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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

aboard

abrades

abrade

aborts

abridge

abridged

abort

abroad

action

acton

afford

affords

afraid

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apart

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

auden

austin

atman

averts

avert

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

bason

bastion

barton

baston

basin

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bayman

beaten

beacon

begun

belgian

bellon

bellman

billon

billion

billman

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

bordman

blacken

boston

bobbin

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bookman

brakeman

bowman

brazen

brethren

bracken

breton

briton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

buffered

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bushman

button

cabin

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

cavort

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chevrette

chevron

chicken

chieftain

children

carton

christen

christian

churchman

citron

classman

canaan

claxon

clinton

coachman

chipboard

chosen

common

colon

corban

copeman

crimson

cordon

cousin

cotton

cowan

covered

covert

damson

craftsman

craven

cuban

cushion

curtain

cupboards

crouton

cumin

cupboard

dagan

cretin

dagon

dalton

daman

crewman

dampen

darken

deaden

deacon

deafen

caisson

deepen

defraud

delphian

departs

depart

deport

demon

diction

desman

devon

dian

diverts

divert

doctrine

draftsman

dobson

dolman

dozen

dolphin

dragon

drunken

dudgeon

earthen

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

eaten

efforts

eden

effort

driven

elan

dromon

emption

engine

ermine

ensign

evert

everts

cajun

faction

fashion

fasten

falcon

famine

fatten

faulcon

fallen

faustian

felon

harten

fibrin

haven

favored

fiction

fireman

firman

fission

flashgun

flexion

flatten

floren

fraction

fortune

foreman

foreign

fountain

freshen

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

function

frighten

gabert

fusion

frozen

garron

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gilden

glidden

glisten

gladden

grandson

gorgon

gotten

goodman

gowan

gumption

grecian

graven

gluten

griffon

golden

guardsman

gudgeon

fibroid

fevered

fielden

happen

haitian

hackman

harden

hangman

harken

footman

hearten

henchman

fibroids

heaven

headman

hempen

hausen

headsman

heighten

heathen

heron

hessian

horseman

hidden

hetman

homespun

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

hybrid

huntsman

hybrids

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

hasten

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

junction

jetson

jordan

jetton

jorden

kansan

keelson

kelson

kalan

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

klansman

kirkman

keyboards

keyboard

kitten

lampron

landsman

landman

lagan

kremlin

labored

latin

lessen

leaden

leaven

ledden

laden

lesson

lemon

lengthen

leopards

layman

leopard

legion

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

linen

linden

lineman

linemen

lightman

lighten

lisbon

listen

lockman

london

longan

liven

locken

logan

liveried

loren

loosen

lopeman

lotion

luncheon

madden

lynden

m1

lyden

lumen

mansion

mahone

mangan

maiden

margin

marchman

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

marron

martian

martin

matron

mason

mayan

melon

melton

mignon

mention

milken

million

minden

morgan

mormon

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

mopboard

muffin

motion

mountain

liken

liman

lion

mullen

nation

mutton

siren

muslin

nekton

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

newsman

onion

open

omen

option

organ

orphan

outrun

othman

oven

outdone

olden

odin

nephrite

overt

oxen

packman

parson

panton

pardon

passion

paean

passman

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

penman

penguin

peon

persian

person

perron

platen

pigeon

pathan

piston

plankton

plantain

platten

pillion

pinion

pitman

portion

ponton

portman

pollan

potion

poison

pollen

postman

pressman

prison

pagan

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

rapport

ration

owen

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

reports

rerun

resin

samson

revert

reverts

ribbon

scallion

raven

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

roberts

rincon

robert

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

russian

saffron

sadden

salesman

runnion

rumen

rowen

ruin

salmon

rotten

sanction

santon

satin

satan

rowan

saxon

scabbard

scion

scotsman

scullion

report

section

seaports

season

seaport

selden

seedsman

semen

seaman

shorten

sermon

session

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

sequin

seton

sharpen

shearman

shepherd

shepherds

shogun

shipman

shipyards

shipboard

shipyard

sicken

shotgun

shrunken

showman

silken

seaboard

smarten

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

tension

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spartans

suasion

siphon

spirit

spirits

spheroid

sporting

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

spreader

stepson

station

squadron

stallion

statesman

stallman

steven

stiffen

stillion

stockman

stolen

straighten

sturgeon

stricken

striven

strengthen

spearman

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

sultan

subvert

sunken

subverts

tappen

surgeon

supports

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

talon

syphon

taken

tapered

tarpon

tartan

support

tendon

teston

spearhead

thicken

thousand

threaten

tillman

tighten

titan

token

torsion

toman

traction

toughen

townsman

trillion

tubman

trodden

tuscan

tungsten

turban

undone

treason

union

triton

urson

urban

trojan

urchin

urine

upwards

uproot

upward

upbraid

vegan

version

vibrates

vibrate

villain

vision

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

vulcan

wanton

waken

weaken

weapon

worsen

whitson

wiccan

whiten

widen

wizen

wheaten

women

woman

workman

wooden

woolen

woodman

woolman

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abridges

aborted

abridgement

abortion

abortions

abrasion

abortive

abstention

absorption

abstraction

accession

addition

addiction

adhesion

adoption

acumen

adrian

adsorption

aegean

affection

african

affliction

aggression

aforethought

albion

aleutian

alderman

albumin

alien

alaskan

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

aperture

apartment

anyone

apartments

apartheid

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

aspersion

aryan

artisan

assertion

assassin

asuncion

bandwagon

assumption

audition

attention

attraction

aversion

australian

avian

averted

austrian

awaken

backgammon

badminton

backwoodsman

bedridden

battalion

bedizen

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bedouin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

decision

declension

cambrian

campion

conception

abandon

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cabaret

causation

castration

catalan

caucasian

cation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

collection

cistercian

citation

commission

civilian

clarion

cinnamon

citizen

clergyman

chilean

collision

coercion

collagen

collegian

cohesion

collusion

combustion

commotion

confucian

clarendon

completion

compassion

complexion

companion

concession

compulsion

compunction

concoction

concussion

confession

conduction

confection

conflation

communion

conclusion

connexion

congressman

connection

conjunction

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

conversion

contraction

confusion

correction

congestion

copperheads

copperhead

dalmatian

corruption

corrosion

countryman

corsican

councilman

covertly

cremation

creation

damnation

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

crestfallen

copartners

copartner

deduction

defection

deletion

deflection

deflation

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

derision

department

departments

departing

departures

departure

departed

deportee

deportees

deportment

description

desertion

destruction

detection

determine

detention

devotion

dictation

digression

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dissection

dilation

dimension

direction

discretion

discipline

dilution

disruption

discussion

dispersion

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

cabarets

diverting

elison

division

donation

dorian

dominion

downtrodden

ejection

election

edition

duration

egyptian

elation

eleven

encryption

emission

emotion

emulsion

emblazon

embolden

englishman

eruption

erection

enlighten

erosion

enliven

equation

etruscan

everyone

eviction

evasion

everyday

everything

everythings

exaction

excision

excretion

excursion

exclusion

exemption

exertion

exception

exhaustion

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

handwoven

favorites

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

favorite

filtration

fijian

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

flotation

heartbroken

feminine

franciscan

forbidden

formation

foundation

freemason

forewoman

forgotten

fenian

fruition

frustration

fustian

galleon

freudian

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

gentleman

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

heroine

hammerman

gyration

halcyon

halogen

harlequin

foramen

heroin

hawaiian

horatian

housebroken

horizon

immersion

hydrogen

hydration

hybridize

guncotton

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

imprison

impression

implosion

in-person

inaction

inscription

incision

incursion

infarction

induction

infliction

inception

infection

inflection

indian

inflation

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inclusion

injection

inhuman

injunction

insertion

pretension

deception

inspection

instruction

intention

irian

jacobin

invention

invasion

jettison

intestine

intrusion

javelin

jamaican

jeopardize

italian

jeopardy

inversion

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

labrador

labradors

lanolin

laurentian

laotian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

liberate

libertine

libertines

liberties

liberty

librettist

libyan

libretto

ligation

munition

musician

negation

location

logician

magdalen

magician

lutheran

mandarin

malaysian

malayan

marian

margarine

lumberman

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

migration

midshipman

mexican

menhaden

melanin

misprision

misshapen

misfortune

mistaken

moroccan

prevention

zambian

mutation

privation

narration

myosin

muskmelon

nemean

nebraskan

nitrogen

niacin

profusion

nevadan

norwegian

notation

nonunion

nubian

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

octillion

occlusion

odeon

nobleman

omission

operates

operate

optation

opinion

opportune

oration

origin

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

orion

overdone

overdo

overdoes

overman

nonhuman

overheads

overhead

overdrive

overdraft

overdraw

overheat

overeat

overheats

overdose

overrates

oxygen

overrun

overtures

procession

override

overtone

overrides

overtones

overtake

overture

overdue

overturn

overthrow

overturns

overthrows

overtime

overdrafts

parthian

parisian

partisan

probation

overrate

pavilion

pelican

petition

pentathlon

perversion

pepperidge

percussion

permission

perception

perfection

permian

perfusion

persuasion

peterman

physician

phrygian

possession

plantation

phoenician

plebeian

position

pollution

policeman

porcelain

precision

precession

precaution

predation

prediction

predestine

preemption

prescription

presumption

poverty

preclusion

promotion

overtakes

overtax

overtly

profession

progression

projection

proportion

propulsion

protection

provision

proscription

prostration

protean

puberty

ramadan

quotation

puritan

reversion

production

reaction

recision

reception

rebellion

recession

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

remission

religion

repartee

reopen

relation

repertoire

reportage

reproduce

reptilian

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

reverted

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

reporters

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scythian

secession

seclusion

sedation

sedition

selection

sensation

seduction

separate

separates

sephardic

silicon

simian

sephardim

reporter

singleton

snapdragon

solution

skeleton

solomon

specimen

spirited

sporadic

sportingly

stagnation

starvation

sportsmanship

stygian

submersion

subscription

subtraction

suburban

succession

suggestion

subversion

summation

superman

sumatran

suspension

supporters

supporter

taxation

talisman

tamarin

syrian

temptation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transaction

transfusion

transgression

translation

unwritten

truncation

tuition

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

typewriting

unbutton

uncommon

typewriters

typewriter

uneven

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vibrations

vibrators

vibrator

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

aberrations

abdication

abolition

abnegation

abortionist

absolution

abortionists

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

activation

admiration

admonition

abyssinian

adaptation

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

affordable

agitation

agrarian

algerian

allegation

albanian

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

allocation

ammunition

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

annexation

amputation

animation

annotation

aphrodite

aphrodites

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

apportionment

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

athenian

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

decimation

calibration

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

confrontation

centurion

celebration

chameleon

coloration

circumspection

circulation

coloradan

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

circumcision

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

committeeman

comparison

competition

compilation

compensation

complication

composition

comprehension

commutation

declaration

computation

concentration

confirmation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

conjugation

congregation

consecration

conservation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consolation

constellation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contradiction

contribution

contrarian

contravention

conversation

convolution

convocation

cooperate

cooperates

contraception

corporation

copernican

corp.

corinthian

coronation

correlation

copyreader

copyreaders

cotyledon

cultivation

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

criterion

copenhagen

decoration

decompression

dedication

defamation

calculation

deconstruction

definition

delegation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

deposition

demolition

demonstration

departmental

depravation

deportation

deportations

depredation

depredations

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

desperation

desolation

deviation

designation

destination

devastation

detonation

destitution

dietitian

devolution

devonian

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

dissertation

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dislocation

diminution

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

electrician

draconian

education

duplication

elevation

expiration

emanation

elocution

emigration

emulation

elongation

embarkation

erudition

englishwoman

eritrean

equitation

equestrian

estimation

european

eustachian

expedition

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

estonian

execution

exhibition

exhortation

exhalation

exhumation

expectation

exploration

explanation

exposition

explication

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

ideation

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

hibernation

hesitation

himalayan

historian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertonic

hypertensive

hypertrophy

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

immigration

illustration

imperfection

hungarian

imposition

impregnation

importation

implantation

implication

imputation

inattention

innovation

incantation

inclination

indignation

indecision

incrustation

incubation

indentation

indexation

indication

information

inhalation

infiltration

infestation

indigestion

inflammation

indiscretion

inhibition

incarnation

indonesian

inquisition

inspiration

institution

installation

insurrection

interdiction

intercession

interception

interaction

interjection

integration

intermission

interruption

intuition

intersection

intervention

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

interurban

invitation

interwoven

irritation

iteration

invocation

iranian

irrigation

inundation

isolation

jacobean

jeopardizes

jurisdiction

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

lancastrian

liberation

laboratory

laboratories

levitation

legislation

leviathan

liberator

liberating

liberated

liberators

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

malformation

masturbation

medication

mediation

meditation

meridian

menstruation

ministration

melanesian

miseration

misperception

misconception

misbegotten

mitigation

moderation

missourian

modulation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

minnesotan

mortification

motivation

instigation

insulation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nephridium

nestorian

procreation

nomination

nigerian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obligation

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

operations

operating

olympian

operative

operator

opposition

operettas

opportunists

opportunist

operators

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

orchestration

overburden

overdoses

ovulation

overrating

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

ohioan

pigmentation

planarian

politician

population

polyhedron

polynesian

plutonian

praetorian

precondition

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preignition

preservation

premonition

presentation

preconception

noblewoman

proclamation

simulation

prohibition

profanation

propagation

proposition

prostitution

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

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separator

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shakespearean

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validation

valuation

valerian

vegetation

veneration

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violation

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wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

aberrational

abbreviation

abomination

abortifacient

abortifacients

academician

acceleration

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accommodation

accumulation

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verification

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washingtonian

sophistication

yugoslavian

multiplication

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word apparition

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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