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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word attraction.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words
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2 syllable words

action

acton

addressed

caisson

airman

alan

alban

amman

alman

apron

arson

attract

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

attracts

auden

austin

authors

bagman

bacon

badders

bason

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

bastion

baston

bathers

baton

batten

beacon

beaten

batters

belgian

bayman

bellman

betrays

begun

bellon

betters

billion

bettors

blacken

batton

bludgeon

beckon

billman

beadwork

bison

bisson

bitten

billon

bitters

boatman

bobbin

blowgun

bolden

bookman

bollen

bordman

boston

bourbon

beaters

bidders

boughten

brakeman

brethren

breton

brighten

briton

broaden

brazen

brogan

broken

bushman

bothers

bracken

burgeon

bullion

burdon

burman

burton

button

butters

burden

adheres

cabin

calvin

bowman

cajun

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

adores

caution

caxton

cauldron

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

canaan

chasten

cheapen

caters

chevron

chicken

children

chieftain

chosen

christen

christian

citron

citric

churchman

claxon

classman

clinton

coachman

colon

common

cheaters

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

cushion

craftsman

chessman

cretin

cowan

craven

crewman

crimson

crouton

curtain

cuban

cumin

cutters

darken

damson

dampen

dalton

daman

deaden

deafen

deacon

dagon

dagan

deepen

cousin

cedars

cheddars

cadres

fireman

desman

detracts

detract

devon

diction

detours

dian

deters

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

drunken

dudgeon

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

dungeon

dustman

faulcon

dutchman

eden

earthen

emption

engine

ermine

flexion

eaters

ensign

eaten

delphian

faction

falcon

fashion

fasten

faustian

famine

fatten

fallen

elan

felon

fetters

feeders

flashgun

ethers

fibrin

fathers

fiction

fission

firman

fielden

features

feathers

flatten

footman

foreign

foreman

fraction

function

fortune

fountain

freshen

friction

freshman

frighten

freedman

freeman

frozen

fusion

gallon

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

gathers

gentian

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

getters

futures

gladden

glisten

glidden

gorgon

goodman

gotten

haitian

gluten

grandson

grecian

graven

griffon

guardsman

gumption

gudgeon

gutters

golden

guitars

hackman

harden

hangman

happen

harken

harten

hasten

haven

haters

headers

hearten

headman

headsman

hausen

heighten

heaven

heathen

heaters

heathers

henchman

hempen

gowan

heron

hetman

floren

hidden

homespun

hitters

hogan

hooters

huntsman

horseman

hoven

houseman

hoten

human

hydras

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

hymen

hessian

demon

muslin

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

ion

kitten

lagan

klansman

lampron

landman

kitchen

kremlin

landsman

junction

lichen

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

layman

leaders

leman

lemon

leathers

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lesion

letters

leven

lightman

lighten

liken

linden

lineman

liman

linemen

listen

london

lisbon

linen

lion

lockman

locken

liven

litters

logan

loaders

longan

loosen

looters

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lynden

lumen

madden

lyden

m1

mahone

mansion

mangan

marksman

marchman

markman

margin

lotion

maiden

marlin

marten

marron

martian

martin

matrice

mathers

matrix

mason

matters

matures

mayan

matron

mention

melton

melon

metrics

metric

meters

metres

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

morgan

molten

mormon

mothers

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

nation

mutters

mutton

motors

natures

nekton

networks

network

nethers

nitric

ninon

newsman

norman

notion

oarsman

onion

ocean

often

olden

odin

omen

odors

open

option

organ

orphan

outdone

othman

otters

others

outdoors

outrage

outraged

outrun

outright

outreach

oven

oxen

nutters

owen

packman

panton

pardon

pagan

paean

passion

parson

padres

passman

pathan

pedros

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

persian

person

peters

pillion

portion

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

pigeon

pinion

piston

ponton

pollan

pollen

portman

poison

potion

postman

potters

ladders

pressman

prussian

prison

laden

powders

proven

pullen

putters

question

quicken

quitters

ration

kalan

rayon

raters

raiders

readers

reason

latin

reckon

region

redden

rerun

resin

retract

retrace

retires

retracts

rincon

ribbon

riden

ripen

ridden

riders

risen

riven

robin

roman

rooters

rosen

rosin

rotten

runnion

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

rotors

routers

russian

saffron

sadden

salesman

lathers

sanction

samson

scotsman

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scallion

scion

scullion

seaman

radars

section

session

season

salmon

selden

seedsman

semen

sexton

sharpen

sequin

sermon

seton

seven

setters

shaken

shaman

shorten

shearman

shipman

shatters

shogun

shooters

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

shutters

siphon

siders

silken

siren

sitters

slacken

skaters

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

slogan

solon

sovereign

southers

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

spokesman

spoken

sportsman

staircase

squatters

stairways

stallman

starches

raven

starcher

starchy

starcraft

station

statesman

starkly

stearic

stepson

shudders

stiffen

stillion

steven

strengthen

storage

storehouse

straggle

stolen

stragglers

stories

straggler

stricken

straightedge

straightens

sturgeon

straighten

stresses

stressful

stricture

strictures

striven

strickler

structure

strychnine

strikeout

striking

structured

structures

strikers

strikeouts

striker

struggle

struggles

stroking

sturgeons

suasion

strictly

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

suitors

sunken

summon

surgeon

sweeten

sylvan

sweaters

swollen

sutures

syphon

tarpon

tartan

taken

talon

tappen

tatters

teeters

tendon

tension

teston

theatric

tethers

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

theatrics

tillman

titan

token

torsion

traction

stockman

toughen

townsman

triton

trillion

trodden

trojan

treason

tubman

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urson

urchin

urban

utters

urine

tutors

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

vision

vitric

voters

whitson

wagon

warden

waken

warren

wanton

watchman

waiters

waders

waters

yachtsman

whiten

wiccan

weaken

weapon

wheaten

widen

wizen

weathers

woman

women

whitehorse

yaupon

withers

worsen

woodman

workman

written

zircon

woolman

wooden

woolen

woven

woodwork

yeoman

zaman

zion

toman

zithers

3 syllable words

abandon

filtration

ablation

abrasion

absorption

abstention

accession

ablution

abortion

accretion

addiction

acumen

adoption

addition

admission

addresses

addressee

adhesion

abdomen

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affliction

african

alaskan

ambition

albion

aleutian

alderman

albumin

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

anyone

arkansan

artesian

arian

assertion

assassin

ascension

aspersion

aryan

artisan

asuncion

attention

assumption

attractive

australian

audition

austrian

authorship

authorized

authorize

aversion

avian

awaken

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

backgammon

abduction

batteries

bedraggle

beholden

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

bedouin

benjamin

biotin

bittersweet

bitumen

bosnian

bothersome

brazilian

buttercup

bulletin

buttercups

bouillon

deflection

cambrian

cardigan

campion

capsaicin

castration

carnation

cartesian

carrion

cataracts

catalan

cataract

concession

causation

caucasian

cauterize

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

charwoman

champion

chamberlain

charlatan

confucian

chilean

citation

cistercian

citizen

civilian

cinnamon

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

coauthors

coercion

collegian

collision

collusion

cognition

cohesion

collagen

combustion

compression

compunction

commission

commotion

communion

companion

completion

compulsion

conception

concussion

condition

conclusion

cation

confession

conjunction

conflation

confusion

congestion

congressman

conscription

consumption

contention

contagion

contortion

contrition

convention

conviction

contusion

conversion

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

corsican

councilman

countryman

cremation

declension

crestfallen

creation

croatian

crustacean

defection

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

deception

decision

deduction

deflation

deletion

fixation

delusion

duration

detention

depiction

dentition

depletion

detergent

depression

derision

description

desertion

detergents

determine

denizen

dictation

detractors

devotion

detractor

digression

dilation

dimension

digestion

dilution

diffusion

dieters

distinction

direction

discretion

discussion

disruption

dissection

dissension

dispersion

distortion

diversion

disunion

division

dominion

downtrodden

donation

dorian

discipline

edition

ejection

elation

egyptian

election

elison

eleven

emblazon

emulsion

embolden

encryption

emotion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

etruscan

etruscans

emission

equation

eviction

eruption

erosion

everyone

exception

excision

evasion

excretion

exemption

exertion

expression

excursion

expansion

exhaustion

exclusion

explosion

extortion

extrusion

expulsion

extinction

extension

fabian

ferryman

fenian

feminine

fisherman

fijian

flirtation

formation

flotation

forbidden

forewoman

foramen

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

freemason

fruition

freudian

fustian

galleon

futurist

futurists

garrison

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gentleman

genuine

heroin

gordian

gravamen

grobian

gyration

guardian

guncotton

guitarists

guitarist

halcyon

gradation

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

headdresses

heartbroken

halogen

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

hydrogens

hydroxide

inspection

hydrazine

hydroxides

ignition

imagine

immersion

illusion

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

inception

incursion

inclusion

incision

induction

indian

infarction

infection

inflection

infliction

inflation

infusion

ingestion

injection

injunction

inhuman

inscription

insertion

imprison

intention

intrusion

invention

intestine

invasion

italian

inversion

irishman

irian

jamaican

jacobin

mutation

jettison

javelin

kantian

keratin

keynesian

jovian

lactation

korean

laotian

lanolin

starvation

julian

laurentian

lecithin

leadership

leaderships

libration

lesbian

libyan

lethargy

ligation

logician

location

liturgy

magician

lumberman

madrigal

lutheran

lotteries

madrigals

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

matrices

matrixes

mattresses

medallion

median

masculine

medicine

menhaden

melanin

metrical

mexican

migration

midshipman

meteors

mistaken

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

moroccan

nitrogen

nevadan

musician

motorcar

motorcars

nutrition

motorize

narration

munition

motorized

negation

muskmelon

myosin

motorcade

networking

niacin

nobleman

nonhuman

petition

notation

nemean

motorcades

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

obsession

occasion

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

opinion

oration

optation

optician

origin

orion

otherwise

ottoman

outrages

outrigger

outriggers

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partisan

partition

patricians

perfection

permission

pavilion

pentathlon

percussion

perception

pelican

perfusion

permian

overman

persuasion

peterman

phoenician

perversion

physician

plantation

phrygian

petroglyphs

position

quotation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

possession

porcelain

predation

precaution

preclusion

precession

precision

predestine

pretension

prediction

procession

preemption

prescription

presumption

prevention

profession

privation

profusion

probation

prostration

promotion

propulsion

proportion

proscription

protean

puritan

reaction

rejection

provision

readership

ramadan

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

reflection

redemption

redirect

regimen

rendition

relation

religion

remission

reopen

repression

resection

reptilian

rescission

restriction

retention

resumption

petroglyph

reversion

retrospect

retrograde

reunion

revision

revulsion

rhetoric

rotation

rhodopsin

rifleman

rioters

saccharin

secession

salvation

scorpion

samoan

satires

satirist

scattergood

satirists

satirize

scythian

secretion

seclusion

seduction

sedation

sedition

sensation

saleswoman

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

solution

skeleton

solomon

stagnation

specimen

staircases

stargazers

stargazer

storekeeper

storekeepers

straightforward

structural

submission

subscription

submersion

suburban

stygian

subversion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

summation

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

temptation

taxation

technician

theatres

thespian

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transcription

transfusion

transgression

truncation

transition

translation

transmission

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unbutton

unison

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vocation

volition

vitamin

waterman

watershed

waitresses

watersheds

wesleyan

waterways

widowers

zambian

4 syllable words

abrogation

abolition

aberration

absolution

abnegation

abyssinian

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

abdication

admonition

admiration

adoration

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

affirmation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

alabaman

allocation

alteration

arbitration

altercation

aldebaran

allegation

alternation

american

arabian

albanian

algerian

animation

amputation

algonquian

ammunition

amphibian

annexation

annotation

approbation

appellation

apprehension

application

apparition

appalachian

arthurian

armenian

arizonan

armageddon

aspiration

atrocity

atrocities

athenian

assyrian

assemblyman

attribution

augmentation

authorizes

aviation

avocation

barbarian

backwardation

calibration

adrenaline

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

cauterizes

confirmation

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloradan

collodion

columbian

combination

comedian

commendation

commutation

committeeman

comparison

competition

compilation

complication

comprehension

computation

concentration

compensation

composition

condemnation

condensation

condescension

celebration

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

consternation

conservation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consummation

contemplation

contraception

consultation

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

culmination

cultivation

crucifixion

crocodilian

custodian

declaration

deconstruction

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

decompression

decoration

dedication

defamation

definition

degradation

dehydration

delegation

deformation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

derivation

desperation

designation

desiccation

desolation

destination

destitution

deposition

detonation

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

disinflation

dislocation

dissertation

dissipation

dispensation

disputation

disposition

distillation

dissolution

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

emigration

elevation

education

emanation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

erudition

european

estimation

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

excitation

evocation

evolution

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

expiration

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

expedition

exposition

extrication

extradition

fabrication

fascination

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

floridian

fragmentation

formulation

fumigation

hesitation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

futurism

glaciation

germination

gentlewoman

gorgonian

gravitation

granulation

gregorian

graduation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrogenate

hydrocarbon

hydrogenates

hydrocarbons

incantation

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

immigration

imitation

immolation

imperfection

implantation

implication

impregnation

imputation

inattention

inspiration

importation

imposition

indexation

incrustation

incarnation

inclination

indecision

indentation

incubation

indication

indigestion

indiscretion

indignation

indonesian

information

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

instigation

installation

institution

insurrection

insulation

integration

interjection

interception

interdiction

intercession

intermission

introspection

intervention

introduction

inundation

intuition

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

irrigation

iranian

irritation

isolation

invitation

invocation

jacobean

interruption

intersection

jordanian

jubilation

nigerian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

librarian

liberation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

literacy

liturgical

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

machination

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

mediation

manumission

masturbation

matriculate

matriculates

maturation

medication

meditation

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

meteoric

metrically

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misperception

moderation

misconception

mitigation

missourian

motivation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

misbegotten

motorcycle

motorcycles

napoleon

mutilation

navigation

nicaraguan

nomination

nestorian

newtonian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obligation

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

obfuscation

obsidian

operation

perturbation

recitation

occupation

olympian

octahedron

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

overburden

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

penetration

perforation

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

persecution

penicillin

permutation

perspiration

peruvian

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population

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polyhedron

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recognition

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recreation

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registration

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regulation

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relaxation

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repetition

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retribution

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retrocession

revelation

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revolution

rhetorician

rhetoricians

rhetorical

rhododendron

rumination

sanitation

samaritan

satirical

satisfaction

satirizes

saturation

segmentation

separation

segregation

sequestration

self-deception

shakespearean

sectarian

simulation

situation

siberian

sicilian

simonian

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subluxation

strangulation

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

supposition

superstition

superhuman

supervision

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syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

titillation

termination

tetrahedron

theatrical

toleration

transformation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

transportation

ulceration

variation

usurpation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

valerian

validation

valuation

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

violation

vindication

visitation

victorian

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

amelioration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

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assassination

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assemblywoman

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authorizations

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authentication

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brobdingnagian

brutalization

capitulation

canonization

caledonian

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

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centenarian

christianization

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civilization

coagulation

codification

collaboration

classification

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colonization

commemoration

communication

concatenation

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conciliation

confederation

configuration

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conglomeration

consideration

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contamination

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deification

deliberation

degeneration

delicatessen

delineation

denunciation

desegregation

depreciation

desalination

determination

denomination

depopulation

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

dionysian

edification

electrocution

elaboration

ejaculation

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

equalization

epicurean

enumeration

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exhilaration

exoneration

expatriation

exfoliation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

facilitation

fertilization

exoskeleton

glorification

fortification

gasification

gratification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

heterocercal

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hydrocephalic

hyperinflation

imagination

hyperborean

immunization

illumination

inactivation

inauguration

incorporation

incineration

incrimination

indoctrination

infatuation

incarceration

initiation

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inoculation

insemination

insinuation

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instrumentation

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interpolation

interpretation

intimidation

invalidation

intoxication

interrogation

ionization

irradiation

investigation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modification

modernization

misapprehension

mobilization

motorcyclist

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

nonintervention

neutralization

negotiation

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

nitrocellulose

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

motorcyclists

obliteration

organization

oregonian

orientation

origination

ossification

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

pasteurization

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patagonian

philadelphian

pomeranian

polarization

precipitation

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predisposition

purification

presbyterian

presupposition

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procrastination

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

preoccupation

qualification

premeditation

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reiteration

reaffirmation

rectification

recommendation

recrimination

recombination

recuperation

reforestation

refrigeration

regeneration

reintegration

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

rejuvenation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

reverberation

retroactively

revaluation

retrospectively

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

utilization

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word attraction

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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