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2 syllable words

action

addressed

adheres

acton

airman

alman

alan

alban

adores

arson

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

attract

attracts

auction

austin

auden

authors

baldwin

bacon

badders

bagman

amman

banyan

basin

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bason

bastion

bison

batten

batters

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beadwork

beaters

beckon

belgian

bellman

begun

bellon

bothers

betrays

billion

billman

bettors

billon

bidders

baton

boatman

betters

bordman

bludgeon

bitten

bolden

bitters

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

bisson

boston

brazen

brighten

broaden

brakeman

brethren

bowman

bracken

breton

briton

burgeon

caisson

burden

burdon

burman

burton

boughten

cajun

baston

canyon

canaan

calvin

canton

caption

bourbon

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

brogan

carmine

broken

cauldron

carton

caution

cayman

caxton

caters

cedars

certain

bullion

chairman

chaplain

cannon

chapman

chasten

charon

citron

canon

churchman

chosen

chessman

chevron

children

chicken

chieftain

cheddars

christen

christian

citric

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

cheaters

cheapen

colon

bathers

bollen

common

bookman

corban

cordon

cotton

copeman

craftsman

craven

cretin

cowan

crewman

crimson

cousin

bushman

crouton

cushion

curtain

cutters

dagan

dagon

cumin

dalton

daman

damson

darken

dampen

deacon

deaden

deafen

cuban

butters

button

deepen

cabin

cadres

delphian

desman

detracts

devon

dian

diction

detract

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dungeon

dustman

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eaters

eden

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

ethers

demon

deters

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

faustian

fasten

faulcon

fathers

famine

fatten

feathers

features

feeders

felon

fetters

fiction

fireman

fission

flexion

floren

fibrin

flatten

flashgun

foreman

foreign

footman

fortune

fraction

friction

fountain

freeman

freedman

freshen

freshman

frighten

fielden

frozen

firman

function

fusion

futures

garden

gascon

garron

gathers

georgian

gentian

german

glisten

gilden

golden

goodman

given

gladden

gluten

gorgon

glidden

gotten

gowan

getters

grandson

gibbon

graven

grecian

guardsman

griffon

gudgeon

gumption

gutters

guitars

haitian

hackman

harden

harken

hangman

happen

harten

hasten

headsman

hausen

haven

headman

gammon

haters

headers

hearten

heaters

heathen

heathers

heaven

heighten

henchman

hempen

gallon

heron

detours

hetman

hidden

hitters

hogan

homespun

hooters

horseman

hoten

houseman

hoven

huntsman

human

hydras

hymen

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

ion

jackman

jasmine

junction

jordan

jorden

jason

jetson

jetton

jargon

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kalan

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kremlin

laden

ladders

landman

landsman

latin

layman

lathers

leaden

leaders

lessen

lesson

legion

lesion

lengthen

ledden

leman

lemon

letters

leven

leathers

leaven

liken

lightman

lichen

lighten

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

linen

listen

lisbon

litters

liven

lockman

loaders

locken

logan

london

loren

lotion

lopeman

loosen

looters

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lynden

longan

m1

madden

liman

maiden

mansion

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

martian

marlin

marron

marten

martin

mason

matron

matters

mathers

matrix

matrice

mayan

matures

melton

mahone

mention

meters

metres

melon

metric

million

mignon

milken

minden

metrics

minion

moisten

mission

mitten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mothers

mangan

lagan

lampron

motors

muffin

mullen

mountain

hessian

muslin

nation

natures

newsman

networks

nethers

network

nekton

oarsman

nitric

norman

notion

nutters

ninon

ocean

often

olden

odin

odors

omen

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

others

othman

otters

outraged

outrage

outdone

outdoors

outright

outreach

oven

oxen

pagan

packman

padres

paean

owen

panton

mutton

parson

passion

pardon

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

penguin

penman

pension

perron

persian

person

peters

peon

pinion

pigeon

pitman

plankton

pedros

pillion

platten

piston

plantain

poison

pollan

pollen

portion

platen

portman

outrun

potion

mutters

postman

potters

ponton

prison

pressman

proven

prussian

putters

pullen

question

quicken

quitters

raiders

radars

raters

ration

readers

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

region

resin

rerun

retrace

retracts

retires

retract

ribbon

ridden

riden

riders

rincon

powders

ripen

risen

rosin

rosen

rotors

rotten

riven

robin

roman

rooters

russian

runnion

routers

salesman

salmon

samson

satan

satin

santon

sanction

rowan

saxon

rowen

scullion

scotsman

scallion

scion

section

seaman

season

selden

ruin

saffron

seedsman

shipman

sadden

shorten

session

sermon

seton

setters

sequin

seven

sexton

shaken

rumen

sharpen

shaman

shatters

shearman

shogun

shooters

shotgun

showman

shrunken

shudders

semen

shutters

siphon

siren

silken

sicken

siders

sitters

skaters

slacken

soldan

smitten

sodden

soften

solon

sovereign

sovran

spearman

spartan

sportsman

southers

spokesman

spoken

squatters

squadron

staircase

stallion

stallman

stairways

starcher

starcraft

starkly

starches

starchy

statesman

station

stearic

stepson

slogan

stillion

smarten

steven

stiffen

storehouse

storage

stockman

stolen

stories

straggle

straggler

stragglers

straighten

straightens

straightedge

structures

strengthen

stresses

stricken

strikers

strictures

structure

stressful

stricture

strictly

strickler

strikeout

strikeouts

striven

striking

stroking

structured

striker

struggle

struggles

sturgeon

suasion

sturgeons

suction

sunken

sullen

suitors

sudden

sultan

surgeon

summon

syphon

sylvan

sweaters

sweeten

swollen

sutures

taken

talon

tarpon

tatters

tartan

tension

titan

tendon

tethers

teston

teeters

thousand

tighten

thicken

threaten

theatrics

theatric

tillman

token

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

toman

treason

trillion

triton

tappen

trojan

trodden

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

turban

tutors

undone

union

urchin

urban

urine

urson

utters

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

voters

vitric

waders

wagon

warden

warren

wanton

watchman

waken

waters

waiters

weaken

weapon

wheaten

yeoman

weathers

whiten

whitson

widen

wizen

wiccan

woman

women

withers

woodman

wooden

whitehorse

worsen

yachtsman

workman

yaupon

woolman

woolen

woven

written

woodwork

zaman

zion

zircon

zithers

strychnine

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

abstraction

accession

absorption

abstention

accretion

addition

addiction

addresses

addressee

adhesion

acumen

admission

adoption

african

affection

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affliction

aggression

alsatian

alderman

albion

albumin

aleutian

alien

allusion

alaskan

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

aspersion

artesian

arkansan

artisan

assassin

arian

ascension

aryan

attraction

assumption

assertion

attention

asuncion

attractions

authorship

attracting

australian

attrition

audition

attractive

austrian

authorized

authorize

aversion

awaken

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

batteries

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

biotin

bedouin

bedraggle

benjamin

causation

bosnian

bittersweet

bitumen

bothersome

bouillon

brazilian

buttresses

carnation

castration

capsaicin

cambrian

campion

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

cation

catalan

caucasian

cauterize

cataracts

cataract

cessation

cetacean

bulletin

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

charlatan

chilean

cinnamon

citation

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

clarion

coercion

cohesion

collagen

cognition

coauthors

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

conflation

communion

companion

compassion

combustion

commotion

compression

compulsion

compunction

completion

conception

complexion

concession

conduction

concussion

condition

confection

confession

concoction

confucian

confusion

conclusion

congestion

construction

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

consumption

contagion

congressman

contortion

contraction

contraption

contention

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

corruption

correction

corsican

corrosion

crustacean

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

buttercup

buttercups

deduction

defection

deflation

deletion

deflection

denizen

derision

depiction

depletion

depression

destruction

desertion

description

detection

detention

detergent

delusion

determine

exemption

detergents

dentition

detractors

devotion

dictation

digestion

diffraction

digression

diffusion

dieters

detractor

dilation

dispersion

dimension

dilution

discussion

direction

discipline

discretion

disruption

dissension

dissection

distraction

diversion

donation

division

distinction

disunion

distortion

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

ejection

elation

election

egyptian

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

encryption

emotion

englishman

emission

equation

enlighten

enliven

erection

erosion

etruscan

etruscans

eruption

eviction

evasion

everyone

exaction

exception

excision

excretion

excursion

exclusion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

edition

extraction

expulsion

expression

extension

explosion

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

feminine

fenian

ferryman

filtration

fisherman

fixation

fijian

flirtation

flotation

formation

frustration

foundation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

forbidden

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

futurists

fustian

futurist

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

guitarist

guncotton

guitarists

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

headdresses

heroin

heroine

horizon

housebroken

horatian

hydration

hydrazine

hydrogen

hydrogens

hydroxide

hydroxides

ignition

illusion

impassion

immersion

imagine

impression

imprison

in-person

implosion

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

infraction

ingestion

inflection

infliction

inhuman

infusion

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

abandon

intestine

invasion

intrusion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

korean

libration

lactation

lanolin

laurentian

laotian

leadership

leaderships

lecithin

lesbian

lethargy

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

libyan

lutheran

liturgy

lotteries

madrigal

magdalen

madrigals

magician

malaysian

mattresses

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

matrices

matrixes

medicine

medallion

median

menhaden

meteors

metrical

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

melanin

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

motorcades

motorcade

motorized

motorcar

motorcars

motorize

musician

munition

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

networking

nemean

nutrition

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

nubian

objection

obstruction

occasion

obsession

occlusion

octillion

omission

odeon

oration

optation

oppression

optician

origin

opinion

orion

otherwise

ottoman

outrages

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

position

partisan

partition

patrician

parthian

petition

outspoken

pavilion

pelican

patricians

percussion

perception

perfection

permission

permian

perfusion

pentathlon

persuasion

perversion

peterman

outrigger

phoenician

physician

plebeian

phrygian

petroglyphs

plantation

pollution

policeman

possession

petroglyph

porcelain

outriggers

predation

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

precaution

predestine

preemption

presumption

pretension

prescription

privation

prevention

probation

procession

production

projection

profession

progression

promotion

profusion

propulsion

proportion

prostration

protection

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

readership

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

proscription

reduction

redemption

reflection

redirect

rejection

regression

relation

religion

remission

rendition

regimen

reopen

repression

retraction

rescission

resection

reptilian

resumption

retention

restriction

reversion

revulsion

retrospect

retrograde

revision

reunion

rhetoric

rhodopsin

rifleman

rioters

skeleton

secretion

rotation

sedition

saccharin

seduction

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

satires

satirist

satirists

satirize

sedation

secession

scorpion

scattergood

scythian

seclusion

selection

sensation

silicon

singleton

simian

solution

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

staircases

stargazer

starvation

stargazers

storekeepers

storekeeper

straightforward

structural

submersion

submission

stygian

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

summation

suggestion

suppression

succession

sumatran

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

tactician

talisman

technician

timberman

temptation

taxation

toboggan

theatres

thespian

transaction

tradition

transcription

translation

transition

transgression

transfusion

transmission

truncation

unbutton

uneven

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unison

uncertain

unwritten

uncommon

uterine

vacation

vibration

venetian

venison

vermilion

vatican

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

waitresses

waterman

watershed

watersheds

waterways

wesleyan

widowers

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abolition

abdication

abnegation

acclamation

absolution

abyssinian

acclimation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

adoration

admiration

admonition

accordion

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

adrenaline

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

allocation

algerian

altercation

american

amputation

ammunition

animation

application

annexation

annotation

appellation

appalachian

apparition

apprehension

aspiration

arbitration

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

arabian

armenian

assemblyman

avocation

atrocity

backwardation

attribution

augmentation

authorizes

assyrian

aviation

athenian

atrocities

barbarian

amphibian

bavarian

benediction

cancellation

bifurcation

consummation

bolivian

bohemian

calculation

commutation

compilation

calibration

carcinogen

combination

consolation

businesswoman

canadian

californian

celebration

cauterizes

centurion

chameleon

collocation

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

columbian

convocation

commendation

comedian

committeeman

connotation

comparison

compensation

competition

complication

composition

comprehension

computation

concentration

congregation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confrontation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

culmination

conjugation

consecration

constellation

consternation

constipation

corp.

conservation

constitution

consultation

contraception

contribution

contradiction

contravention

conversation

contemplation

contrarian

convolution

corporation

decimation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

dedication

cotyledon

declaration

deconstruction

criterion

crocodilian

decoration

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

darwinian

defamation

decompression

definition

degradation

delegation

dehydration

excavation

deformation

demolition

demonstration

demarcation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deportation

deposition

dereliction

desecration

desolation

desiccation

designation

destination

detonation

desperation

destitution

dispensation

devastation

devolution

deviation

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

diocesan

disposition

disaffection

disconnection

disinflation

dislocation

disinfection

disillusion

diminution

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

elevation

emanation

electrician

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

evolution

evocation

exhalation

execution

exhortation

exclamation

excitation

exhibition

exhumation

expiration

expectation

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

extrication

exposition

extradition

fabrication

fascination

federation

fermentation

fallopian

fibrillation

figuration

foliation

formulation

fluctuation

floridian

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

exploration

futurism

hemoglobin

generation

gargantuan

germination

gentlewoman

gorgonian

graduation

glaciation

granulation

gravitation

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

habitation

hegelian

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hydrocarbons

hydrogenate

hypertension

hydrogenates

hyperion

illustration

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implantation

implication

imputation

imposition

impregnation

importation

inattention

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

indication

indexation

incubation

incantation

indigestion

indentation

indecision

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

inhalation

innovation

information

inhibition

intimation

installation

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

institution

intonation

insulation

interjection

integration

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

insurrection

intermission

interruption

intersection

intervention

interwoven

interurban

introduction

inundation

introspection

intuition

invocation

iranian

invitation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jurisdiction

irritation

jubilation

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

leviathan

legislation

liberation

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

literacy

locomotion

lubrication

liturgical

machination

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

maturation

medication

mortification

manumission

masturbation

matriculates

matriculate

meditation

melanesian

mediation

menstruation

meridian

meteoric

ministration

minnesotan

metrically

misconception

miseration

misperception

misbegotten

moderation

mitigation

missourian

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motorcycle

motorcycles

lancastrian

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

newtonian

nestorian

obligation

nicaraguan

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obfuscation

observation

occupation

obstetrician

obsidian

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watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

acceleration

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accommodation

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theologian

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vegetarian

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vilification

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word authorization

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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