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

delegation

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

adulation

advocation

aggregation

agitation

aggravation

allegation

allocation

allegations

allocations

animation

annotation

appellation

application

approbation

avocation

culmination

calibration

calculation

celebration

cancellation

circulation

cultivation

collocation

connotation

coronation

correlation

declaration

defamation

decimation

definition

dedication

delegations

degradation

delegating

depravation

deprivation

desecration

deposition

desolation

depredation

destination

derivation

desiccation

designation

desperation

detonation

devastation

dilatation

divination

dissipation

distillation

domination

duplication

education

elocutions

emanation

elocution

elevation

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

erudition

excitation

exclamation

excavation

exhalation

explanation

imitation

immolation

explication

fermentation

fascination

immigration

fluoridation

fumigation

hesitation

germination

granulation

habitation

inhalation

illustration

innovation

implication

inclination

indication

inflammation

melanesian

reformation

integration

regulation

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

legislation

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

machination

medication

meditation

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

obligation

nomination

oscillation

palpitation

pagination

penetration

provocation

propagation

premonition

presentation

preservation

proclamation

profanation

publication

realization

realizations

recitation

reclamation

recantation

recognition

recreation

renovation

replication

repetition

reputation

resignation

reservation

respiration

restoration

revelation

revocation

sanitation

segregation

segmentation

simulation

subluxation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

suffocation

surrogation

tabulation

termination

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

valuation

validation

vaccination

vegetation

vacillation

ventilation

vindication

visitation

Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word delegation.
2 syllable words

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alight

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

austin

auden

belgian

ballasts

banyan

basin

bagman

baldwin

ballast

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bason

bastion

bacon

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beckon

beaten

begun

bellman

bellon

billion

bison

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

blackouts

blasted

blackout

blaster

blacktop

blackwood

blasting

bludgeon

brethren

blister

blisters

blockades

blockade

blastoff

brazen

bolsters

bolden

bollen

boatman

bolstered

bobbin

bolster

bluestone

bookman

boston

bordman

bourbon

bracken

boughten

bowman

brakeman

breton

bluster

brighten

briton

brogan

broaden

broken

blockhead

blockheads

bulkheads

bullion

bullshit

bulkhead

cajun

bushman

button

burgeon

burman

burton

cabin

calcite

caisson

calvin

calloused

canyon

canton

cannon

canon

caption

canaan

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

capstan

carton

cauldron

caution

cayman

caxton

certain

chairman

chicken

chasten

chessman

chevron

charon

chaplain

chapman

cheapen

children

chieftain

christian

christen

citron

churchman

chosen

classman

claxon

clinton

cliched

cloister

cloistered

cloisters

closedown

closedowns

closets

closet

coachman

clustered

clusters

cluster

collect

craftsman

collects

colon

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

burden

cushion

dagan

dagon

daman

dalton

dampen

cumin

damson

burdon

curtain

deaden

deafen

daylights

daylight

deacon

deepen

delphian

delights

delight

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

dobson

dolman

doctrine

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

dulcet

dromon

dustman

dutchman

driven

earthen

eaten

eden

elect

elects

emption

elan

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

faustian

faulcon

famine

falstaff

felon

fasten

fatten

falsehood

fiction

fibrin

fielden

falsehoods

fireman

fission

firman

flighty

flexion

flagstaff

flashgun

flagstone

flatten

flagstones

flagstaffs

flaxseed

flaccid

fraction

footman

foreman

foreign

flusters

fortune

fountain

freedman

fluster

function

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

fusion

gammon

gallstone

gallstones

garden

garron

gascon

freeman

gentian

gilden

georgian

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glisten

golden

goodman

gorgon

glidden

gowan

gluten

gotten

grandson

grecian

graven

guardsman

griffon

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

hackman

hailstone

hailstones

hailstorm

floren

hangman

happen

harden

harken

henchman

hasten

harten

headsman

headman

haven

heaven

heighten

heathen

hausen

hempen

hearten

heron

hetman

hidden

hillsides

hogan

holstein

hillside

holster

homespun

huntsman

houseman

horseman

hoten

hoven

human

hyson

ibsen

hyphen

hessian

hymen

gallon

ion

jackman

jetson

jason

jetton

jargon

jasmine

junction

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kalan

kansan

kirkman

kitchen

kremlin

landsman

laden

lagan

klansman

lampron

landman

kitten

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

lengthen

lessen

lesson

ledden

lemon

legion

lesion

leman

leven

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lisbon

london

listen

liven

lotion

longan

logan

loosen

lockman

lopeman

locken

loren

luncheon

m1

lyden

lynden

madden

lumen

maelstrom

mansion

mangan

maiden

mahone

marchman

mason

martian

marron

marksman

margin

markman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mayan

mention

melton

melon

mignon

million

milken

minion

minden

milkweed

millstone

milestone

milestones

mission

mitten

moisten

molests

molten

molest

morgan

mormon

motion

mullen

muslin

nation

mutton

nekton

ninon

mountain

newsman

jorden

norman

notion

jordan

muffin

ocean

oarsman

oilseeds

olden

odin

onion

omen

open

organ

option

orphan

oven

outdone

outrun

pagan

oxen

packman

othman

owen

paean

panton

parson

pectin

pardon

passion

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pension

penguin

penman

pavon

peon

perron

person

persian

pillion

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

placate

placid

placoid

plantain

platen

plasters

plaster

plastics

plastic

platten

poison

often

policed

polished

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

pigeon

potion

pressman

portman

postman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

oilseed

polecat

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

resin

darken

rerun

riden

ribbon

ridden

ripen

rincon

risen

stallman

riven

polecats

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

samson

santon

satan

scallion

saxon

satin

scullion

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

seedsman

selden

selects

select

semen

sermon

sequin

session

seton

seven

sexton

shaken

shaman

shipman

sharpen

shearman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sturgeon

siren

siphon

slacken

sovereign

skylight

skylights

slogan

soldan

smitten

smarten

sodden

soften

slightly

slaughter

solon

slighting

solstice

sovran

spartan

spearman

stallion

sportsman

spokesman

squadron

spoken

stepson

straighten

statesman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stolen

stockman

station

strengthen

stricken

striven

slaughters

suasion

sicken

silken

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

syphon

taken

sweeten

swollen

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

sylvan

tension

tendon

teston

traction

tillman

threaten

tighten

titan

thicken

thousand

torsion

token

toman

toughen

tungsten

townsman

trillion

triton

treason

trojan

trodden

tubman

tuscan

turban

twilight

ulster

undone

union

urban

roman

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

waken

weapon

warren

whiten

whitson

woolman

weaken

widen

wanton

wizen

wheaten

wiccan

woman

woodman

woolen

women

warden

wooden

worsen

watchman

workman

woven

zaman

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

robin

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

acumen

abstraction

accession

accretion

addition

adoption

adhesion

admission

adrian

adsorption

affliction

addiction

african

aegean

aggression

alaskan

affection

albion

albumin

alderman

allocate

alien

allocates

allusion

aleutian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

artesian

arian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

ascension

aspersion

assertion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attraction

attention

aversion

australian

audition

avian

austrian

awaken

attrition

backgammon

backwoodsman

bandwagon

badminton

ballistics

ballistic

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

blastoderm

blessedly

blistering

blockaded

blockader

blustering

brazilian

bosnian

bouillon

blockaders

bulletin

cambrian

campion

castration

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

cation

catalan

caucasian

celestial

charwoman

causation

charlatan

collection

cetacean

champion

chilean

cistercian

citation

cinnamon

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

chairperson

clergyman

coercion

cognition

coalesced

collagen

chairwoman

cohesion

collected

chamberlain

collections

creation

collective

cremation

confusion

collegian

collision

collusion

collegiate

commission

commotion

crustacean

combustion

communion

companion

compassion

compunction

compulsion

completion

complexion

compression

concession

conception

conduction

concussion

condition

concoction

conclusion

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

connexion

conjunction

connection

congressman

conscription

construction

constriction

corruption

consumption

contagion

contraction

contraption

contortion

contention

contrition

convulsion

conversion

conviction

contusion

convection

convention

correction

corrosion

croatian

countryman

congestion

corsican

councilman

crestfallen

collector

collectors

damnation

abandon

cyprian

ignition

deception

decision

deduction

defection

declension

deflation

deflection

delegates

delegate

deletion

delicate

delighted

delighting

delusion

delightful

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

description

derision

desertion

destruction

determine

detection

digression

detention

diffraction

devotion

dictation

diffusion

digestion

dialects

dialect

dilation

dilution

dimension

direction

discussion

discretion

discipline

disruption

dispersion

dissection

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

disunion

division

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

dualist

duelist

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elastic

election

electric

electors

elections

elector

elective

electrics

eleven

electron

electrons

electrode

elicit

electrodes

elicits

elison

emulsion

electro

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

enlighten

enliven

encryption

englishman

equation

eruption

etruscan

erection

erosion

eviction

evasion

everyone

exaction

excision

exception

excretion

excursion

exemption

exertion

expansion

exhaustion

exclusion

fixation

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

fabian

extrusion

falsetto

falsity

falsettos

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fluctuate

fluctuates

formation

foramen

forgotten

forewoman

forbidden

flycatcher

foundation

freemason

frustration

fruition

freudian

galleon

fustian

galactic

galactose

garrison

franciscan

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

glaciate

gradation

gordian

glistening

gravamen

guardian

grobian

halogen

gyration

halcyon

hammerman

guncotton

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

explosion

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

illicit

illusion

illustrates

illustrate

imagine

impassion

immersion

inaction

in-person

implosion

imprison

impression

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

indian

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

infliction

infraction

inflection

infusion

ingestion

inhuman

insertion

inscription

inspection

instruction

intention

expression

injection

injunction

intrusion

invasion

inversion

invention

italian

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

javelin

occasion

irian

keratin

julian

kantian

keynesian

laurentian

lactation

laotian

lanolin

korean

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

magician

location

logician

lumberman

loyalists

lutheran

magdalen

loyalist

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marian

masculine

margarine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

misshapen

mistaken

misfortune

misprision

molested

molesters

molester

moroccan

munition

musician

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nitrogen

nihilists

nobleman

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

intestine

nubian

obsession

objection

obstruction

occlusion

irishman

octillion

jovian

odeon

nutrition

omission

opinion

oppression

optation

oration

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

outspoken

overrun

oxygen

palisades

palisade

permission

parisian

patrician

partisan

pavilion

partition

pelican

pentathlon

parthian

percussion

perception

perfection

permian

perfusion

persuasion

petition

perversion

peterman

phoenician

physician

philistine

philistines

placidly

plantation

plebeian

phrygian

plastering

plasterwork

plasterer

pleistocene

pilaster

pollution

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

preclusion

precession

preemption

prediction

precision

predestine

presumption

prescription

pretension

prevention

production

progression

procession

profession

privation

probation

profusion

projection

promotion

pilasters

propulsion

proportion

prostration

provision

protection

proscription

protean

quotation

puritan

ramadan

reaction

realist

realists

recision

rebellion

reception

recession

reduction

redemption

reelect

reflection

regression

regimen

relegate

relation

religion

reluctant

rejection

relocate

remission

rendition

repression

reopen

reptilian

rescission

resumption

resection

restriction

retention

retraction

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rifleman

rotation

royalist

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scholastic

scorpion

scythian

secession

secretion

seclusion

seduction

sedition

selection

selections

selective

silicate

silicon

silicates

simian

stygian

skeleton

solution

singleton

reunion

slaughterhouse

snapdragon

solicit

solicits

solomon

soloists

solstices

soloist

stagnation

specimen

starvation

submersion

submission

succession

suburban

subversion

subtraction

subscription

sumatran

suggestion

suppression

talisman

superman

suspension

suspicion

syrian

tactician

taxation

tamarin

talkative

technician

translation

timberman

thespian

tradition

toboggan

truncation

transgression

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transition

transmission

tuition

uneven

unison

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

uncommon

vacation

uterine

vatican

venison

venetian

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

violists

violist

volition

waterman

wesleyan

unbroken

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

acquisition

accordion

admiration

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

affirmation

alabaman

affectation

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

alligators

alligator

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

annexation

apparition

appalachian

apprehension

arabian

armageddon

arbitration

arthurian

arizonan

armenian

assemblyman

aviation

athenian

assyrian

backwardation

attribution

augmentation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

aspiration

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

californian

calisthenic

calisthenics

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chalcedony

chameleon

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

collectible

collectibles

collectively

collodion

coloradan

coloration

combination

commendation

conflagration

commutation

columbian

comedian

committeeman

comparison

compensation

complication

compilation

composition

comprehension

computation

competition

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confiscation

confirmation

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

consecration

constellation

conservation

consolation

consummation

constipation

consternation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

collectivize

collectivist

collectivized

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

decoration

decompression

deconstruction

deformation

demonstration

dehydration

delicately

delectable

demarcation

demolition

deportation

dereliction

destitution

deviation

disaffection

devolution

dietitian

devonian

dialectic

dielectric

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinflation

disillusion

disinfection

dispensation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dissertation

distribution

dissolution

dominican

draconian

dualistic

electioneer

electorates

electrician

electioneers

electrical

electricals

electorate

electricians

electroplate

electronic

electrolytes

electrolyte

electronics

elicited

electrifies

elongation

electrify

elucidate

embarkation

electrocute

englishwoman

equestrian

eritrean

estonian

expedition

european

evocation

evolution

eustachian

execution

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

expectation

exploitation

exploration

expiration

extrication

extradition

fabrication

figuration

fallopian

federation

felicity

felicitate

fibrillation

fluctuation

floridian

fluctuating

fluctuations

fragmentation

foliation

formulation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

exposition

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

illustrations

ideation

illustrated

illustrative

illustrator

illustrators

inhibition

imputation

implantation

importation

imposition

impregnation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

incrustation

indentation

indexation

incubation

indecision

imperfection

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

information

infiltration

indigestion

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insurrection

interaction

interception

intermission

interdiction

interruption

introspection

interwoven

introduction

intuition

invitation

intercession

iranian

intersection

interurban

iteration

jacobean

intervention

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

liberation

librarian

liberian

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

macedonian

maccabean

lubrication

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

darwinian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

missourian

misperception

moderation

modulation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mollycoddle

mortification

napoleon

occupation

nestorian

newtonian

noblewoman

nigerian

nonprescription

interjection

nicaraguan

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

plutonian

operation

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ovulation

oxidation

persecution

pagurian

permutation

paraguayan

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pedestrian

pelagian

penicillin

perforation

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peruvian

olympian

population

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

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praetorian

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preignition

predetermine

preelection

procreation

prohibition

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prostitution

protozoan

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radiation

readmission

realistic

reassertion

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recollection

punctuation

reconstruction

reelection

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oleaster

nonpartisan

registration

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relaxation

relocation

relocations

reluctantly

reparation

repossession

reposition

repercussion

reproduction

republican

requisition

restitution

resurrection

resolution

retardation

retribution

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rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

sectarian

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

simonian

sicilian

siberian

situation

smithsonian

solicitor

solicitors

solicitude

strangulation

statistician

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superstition

superhuman

supervision

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tamoxifen

tetrahedron

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transformation

transplantation

transportation

variation

valerian

usurpation

utopian

veneration

velocity

velocities

violation

victorian

watermelon

wagnerian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

academician

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

agglomeration

adulteration

affiliation

alliteration

alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amplification

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annihilation

anticipation

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appropriation

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argentinian

articulation

assassination

assimilation

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association

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augustinian

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centralization

cauterization

centenarian

certification

collaboration

civilization

christianization

classification

coagulation

cohabitation

codification

colonization

communication

commemoration

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

consolidation

conglomeration

consideration

congratulation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

corroboration

collectivism

decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

decomposition

degeneration

deliberation

deification

delicatessen

denomination

delicatessens

delineation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

determination

denunciation

dialectical

dionysian

disinclination

discrimination

disembarkation

discoloration

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

elasticity

electrically

electrocution

electrocutions

electricity

electroplating

electrostatic

elizabethan

elucidative

emancipation

ejaculation

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

exaggeration

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

expropriation

extermination

falsification

fortification

gasification

harmonization

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illegitimate

imagination

immunization

inhabitation

improvisation

inactivation

inauguration

incineration

incorporation

incrimination

incarceration

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

refrigeration

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interpretation

interpolation

notification

intoxication

intimidation

interconnection

investigation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

libertarian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

lithuanian

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

neapolitan

neutralization

negotiation

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

nonsectarian

obliteration

oregonian

organization

orientation

ornamentation

ossification

overproduction

pacification

perpetuation

participation

patagonian

pasteurization

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

panamanian

proliferation

pronunciation

philadelphian

proletarian

polarization

pomeranian

presbyterian

precipitation

predestination

preoccupation

predisposition

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

purification

qualification

quantification

pythagorean

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

realistically

recombination

recommendation

rectification

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

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reiteration

remuneration

renunciation

representation

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

subordination

solicitation

solicitations

sophistication

specification

stratification

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

vegetarian

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word delegation

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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