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

action

acton

alan

alban

akin

airman

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

aspirin

asper

aspire

atman

austin

auden

auction

banyan

bacon

bagman

backboards

backboard

baron

bargain

barren

barton

baldwin

baseboards

basin

bastion

baston

bason

bayman

beckon

baton

batten

beacon

beaten

batton

aubin

baseboard

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

begun

berlin

bison

bidden

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

boatman

blowgun

bolden

bobbin

bodkin

brethren

bourbon

bollen

bordman

bookman

boston

boughten

bracken

bowman

brahmin

brakeman

brazen

break-in

breton

briton

broaden

bullion

burden

burdon

bumpkin

brighten

buckskin

broken

bruin

buffin

burgeon

bushman

caisson

button

cabin

cajun

burton

calvin

calkin

canaan

burman

cannon

canon

caption

canton

canyon

capstan

caplin

captain

carbon

brogan

carlin

carman

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

begin

cavin

caxton

cayman

certain

chagrin

chairman

chessman

chaplain

chasten

chapman

chessboards

cheapen

chessboard

chevron

charon

chicken

christian

children

christen

chieftain

chosen

churchman

citron

citrin

classman

clinton

coachman

cochin

claxon

coffin

colon

collin

colin

common

copeman

cordon

coppin

corban

crispin

craven

craftsman

crimson

cousin

cretin

crewman

cowan

covin

dagan

darken

cotton

cushion

curtain

crouton

dampen

dagon

daman

damson

dalton

deaden

cuban

deafen

cumin

deacon

dashboard

dashboards

dahlin

dauphin

deepen

delphian

deerskin

desman

despair

desperate

despairs

dextrin

diction

devon

destin

demon

dian

disbar

disburse

dispair

disperse

dispersed

earthen

disprove

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

driven

doyen

drunken

dromon

dobbin

dustman

henchman

dudgeon

dublin

dungeon

elan

elfin

emption

ensign

engine

erin

ermine

ermin

esprit

even

dutchman

experts

expert

expire

expired

exports

export

expressed

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

faustian

fasten

famine

fatten

faulcon

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

firman

flexion

fission

flashgun

flatten

flavin

floren

florin

footman

foreman

foreign

foreskin

fortune

fortin

fountain

fraction

freshen

freeman

franklin

freedman

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

function

fireman

fusion

gallon

gascon

garron

garden

gammon

gentian

german

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

goodman

gorgon

gluten

golden

goblin

going

gotten

gowan

grecian

grandson

gumption

graven

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

griffin

haitian

hackman

happen

harden

harken

hangman

harten

hasten

georgian

heaven

hessian

hempen

heron

dustbin

heighten

herein

hesper

hetman

heathen

homespun

hidden

horseman

hogan

highbrow

highbrows

houseman

hausen

hoten

hoven

hymen

ibsen

icebergs

iceberg

human

haven

headman

headsman

hearten

huntsman

hyphen

hyson

eden

eaten

jason

jasper

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jaspers

ion

jetson

junction

jetton

jordan

jorden

keelson

kalan

kelson

kenyan

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

kitchen

kevin

kitten

laden

lagan

mullen

lampron

landsman

layman

landman

latin

leaden

lengthen

lessen

leaven

ledden

lemon

legion

lesion

lesson

leman

leven

levin

lichen

lighten

lakefront

lightman

liman

linchpin

linden

lignin

maiden

liken

listen

lisbon

lion

liven

london

loosen

lockman

longan

locken

logan

lopeman

loren

lotion

m1

luncheon

lynden

lyden

madden

lumen

mahone

mansion

mangan

malkin

marchman

mason

margin

markman

martin

maslin

matron

marksman

maudlin

mayan

marlin

marron

marten

martian

melon

melton

linen

million

mignon

milken

merkin

merlin

minden

minion

misprint

misprints

mission

mention

mitten

lakin

moisten

morgan

mormon

molten

motion

linemen

muslin

napkin

laurin

muffin

mutton

nation

mountain

lineman

morin

nekton

newsprint

newsman

ninon

neighbor

neighbors

norman

oarsman

notion

ocean

onion

open

olden

odin

often

omen

option

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oxen

oven

oxford

owen

oxfords

pagan

packman

paean

panton

pardon

passion

passman

passports

passport

pathan

pectin

patten

pavon

paulin

pension

penguin

penman

patron

perron

person

persian

perkin

peon

parson

phosphor

phosphors

pigeon

pigskin

pillion

piston

plankton

pipkin

pitman

plantain

pippin

platen

platten

poison

pinion

ponton

poplin

pollan

pollen

portion

zircon

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

pumpkin

pullen

proven

puffin

punkin

question

raisin

ration

raven

rayon

reason

ravin

redden

redskin

reckon

region

quicken

quintin

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

robbin

ronin

rotten

scotsman

rowan

rumen

scullion

rowen

runnion

russian

saffron

sadden

salmon

sagebrush

samson

salesman

ruin

sanction

scallion

satan

shaken

santon

saxon

satin

sanguine

scion

rubin

section

season

selden

semen

session

sermon

seven

seton

sequin

sexton

seedsman

shahin

shaman

seaman

sharpen

ruffin

shearman

titan

sheepskin

shrunken

silken

sicken

shotgun

showman

shipman

siskin

siphon

siren

slacken

torsion

shogun

smitten

soldan

sodden

soften

smoothen

solon

stepson

station

sovereign

sovran

spartan

stallion

stallman

spoken

spearman

shorten

spokesman

strengthen

straighten

sturgeon

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

stolen

suasion

stricken

sportsman

striven

squadron

statesman

suction

sultan

summon

sunken

surgeon

sudden

sullen

sweeten

sylvan

taken

tappen

tarpon

tartan

syphon

talon

swollen

tension

teston

tendon

therein

termine

thicken

threaten

threadfin

tillman

tighten

vegan

slogan

token

toman

traction

smarten

toughen

townsman

tiffin

tuscan

turban

trillion

tungsten

tubman

treason

triton

trojan

trodden

turpin

undone

union

urson

urine

thousand

urban

urchin

truncheon

vesper

verdin

vermin

version

virgin

villain

vision

vixen

vulcan

weapon

waken

warden

wagon

warren

weaken

wanton

watchman

washboard

wheaten

whispers

wherein

whisper

whiten

whitson

wiccan

widen

wizen

within

zaman

woman

women

worsen

workman

woodman

woolman

woolen

written

yachtsman

yaupon

woven

yeoman

wooden

zion

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

achievers

achiever

adoption

addiction

addition

adhesion

acumen

admission

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affliction

affection

african

aggression

albion

aleutian

alderman

albumin

alaskan

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

abandon

appian

aquifer

aquifers

ascension

arian

artesian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

aspartame

aspersions

aspirant

aspirates

aspirate

aspirants

assassin

asuncion

assumption

aspiring

attention

aspires

attraction

attrition

australian

aversion

austrian

audition

avian

awaken

backgammon

bandwagon

backwoodsman

badminton

bedridden

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

begotten

biotin

bishoprics

bitumen

bookkeeper

bosnian

bouillon

bookkeepers

brazilian

capsaicin

bufferin

bulletin

cambrian

campion

carnation

carrion

cardigan

cartesian

caucasian

causation

cation

cetacean

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cheeseburgers

cheeseburger

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

charlatan

civilian

citizen

clandestine

completion

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

compassion

coercion

cognition

collegian

collection

collision

collagen

collusion

combustion

cohesion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

citation

catalan

complexion

compulsion

beethoven

compunction

concession

conception

concussion

deduction

conclusion

concoction

conduction

condition

conflation

confucian

confusion

confection

conscription

conjunction

connection

connexion

contraction

contagion

constriction

construction

contortion

consumption

contention

contraption

congestion

confession

contrition

conversion

conviction

contusion

convection

convention

corruption

convulsion

congressman

correction

corrosion

corsican

countryman

cremation

crestfallen

councilman

creation

croatian

curmudgeon

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

decipher

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

depletion

dentition

depiction

denizen

description

derision

desertion

despairing

digression

destruction

determine

detection

detention

dictation

diffraction

devotion

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

dimension

direction

disappear

disbarment

disbursement

dispersal

disbursements

discovers

discussion

discipline

disparage

discover

disparate

dispersive

disappears

disruption

dissension

dissection

distinction

distortion

distraction

disapprove

diversion

disunion

division

donation

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

dogberry

elation

egyptian

edition

election

ejection

emblazon

elison

embolden

eleven

emission

emotion

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

encryption

englishman

equation

erosion

erection

eruption

eurasian

etruscan

excretion

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

examine

exclusion

exception

excision

exertion

excursion

exemption

expansion

exhaustion

expertly

expires

expiring

expiry

explosion

exporters

exporter

expressions

expressive

expressly

expresses

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extrusion

fabian

extraction

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

formation

forbidden

forgotten

forewoman

foundation

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

fustian

galleon

gaussian

garrison

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

gillian

globulin

gordian

gossipers

gossiper

glycogen

gooseberries

gooseberry

gradation

gyration

grobian

guncotton

guardian

halcyon

halogen

hackberry

hammerman

gravamen

handwoven

harlequin

horatian

hawaiian

heartbroken

housebroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

high-powered

hydration

inspection

humulin

icebreaker

in-person

icebreakers

ignition

illusion

inflation

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

induction

inaction

inception

inclusion

incision

incursion

imprison

indian

infarction

infraction

infection

inflection

infliction

infusion

ingestion

injunction

inhuman

injection

insertion

inscription

instruction

hydrogen

intention

intestine

intrusion

invasion

inversion

invention

irian

jamaican

italian

irishman

jettison

jessamine

jovian

julian

lactation

keratin

kantian

jacobin

korean

javelin

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

layperson

lesbian

keynesian

lecithin

ligation

libration

libyan

location

logician

magician

magdalen

lumberman

lutheran

macabre

lucifer

menhaden

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

mannequin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

misfortunes

misprision

mispronounce

misshapen

moleskin

negation

mistaken

moroccan

moccasin

mutation

muskmelon

myrmidon

munition

musician

myosin

nebraskan

neighborhood

neighborhoods

neighboring

neighborly

porcelain

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

nonhuman

notation

nutrition

objection

nubian

obsession

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

opinion

oration

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

optation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

neighbourly

paladin

parisian

partition

parthian

passover

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pentathlon

pelican

perception

percussion

permission

perfection

permian

perfusion

persuasion

perversion

phoenician

petition

peterman

phosphorites

phrygian

phosphoric

phosphorite

physician

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

possession

position

precession

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

procession

privation

probation

presumption

pretension

prevention

production

progression

profusion

profession

projection

proportion

propulsion

proscription

promotion

protection

protean

puritan

provision

quotation

precaution

ramadan

raspberries

raspberry

rebellion

recession

reception

receiver

receivers

reaction

recision

redemption

reduction

recover

recovers

reexports

reexport

recovery

reflection

regimen

regression

preclusion

relation

precision

rejection

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

remission

restriction

rescission

resection

resumption

religion

retention

retraction

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

revision

rotation

reunion

rifleman

salvation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

scorpion

sarasin

scythian

secretion

sedation

sedition

seclusion

seduction

selection

secession

simian

silicon

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

starvation

solution

stagnation

submersion

subtraction

stygian

subversion

succession

subscription

submission

suburban

technician

taxation

summation

sumatran

superman

suspicion

suggestion

taxpayer

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tactician

takeovers

takeover

taxpayers

thespian

transaction

singleton

timberman

toboggan

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transgression

translation

transmission

transition

truncation

tuition

venetian

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

underpin

uneven

unbutton

uncommon

unison

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

veteran

venison

vermilion

vibration

violin

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

whispering

whisperer

whisperers

zambian

zeppelin

vanillin

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

activation

acquisition

adaptation

admonition

adulation

adrenaline

advocation

affectation

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

allegation

adrenalin

agrarian

albanian

algerian

aldebaran

algonquian

alabaman

allocation

apparition

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

animation

annexation

annotation

amphibian

appellation

appalachian

approbation

application

arbitration

arabian

arthurian

armenian

armageddon

arizonan

aspirated

asperity

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

barbarian

apprehension

bavarian

complication

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

bradykinin

cancellation

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

circumspection

circulation

chameleon

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

commendation

collocation

combination

collodion

coloradan

columbian

comedian

committeeman

commutation

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

concentration

computation

experience

composition

demonstration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conservation

consternation

consecration

consolation

constellation

conjugation

connotation

constipation

constitution

consummation

contemplation

consultation

contraception

conversation

convocation

contrarian

contradiction

copernican

contribution

convolution

coronation

correlation

copenhagen

corinthian

contravention

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cotyledon

cultivation

cyclopean

darwinian

crucifixion

dandelion

culmination

decompression

imputation

deconstruction

degradation

deformation

definition

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

deportation

deposition

dereliction

designation

dilatation

desperately

desperado

destitution

devastation

deviation

devolution

diaspora

devonian

dietitian

desperadoes

diminution

disconnection

diocesan

disaffection

disapproval

disappearance

disappearing

dispensation

disinflation

dislocation

discoverer

discoverers

discovery

disinfection

disillusion

disparaging

disparages

disparities

disparity

discoveries

dispiriting

dispirited

disputation

distillation

disposition

dissolution

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

disapproving

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

embarkation

elocution

elongation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

esperanto

estonian

european

evocation

evolution

eustachian

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

exhibition

experienced

experiment

experiments

explanation

explication

exportable

exposition

exploitation

expressionist

expropriate

extrication

extradition

fabrication

exuberance

exuberant

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

gastrulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

illustration

imperfection

importation

imitation

immolation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

immigration

ideation

ibuprofen

implantation

implication

imposition

impregnation

insulation

comprehension

incantation

insurrection

incarnation

inclination

inattention

interaction

indication

indiscretion

indentation

indexation

indignation

incubation

incrustation

indecision

indigestion

indonesian

inhalation

infestation

interjection

infiltration

inflammation

intersection

inhibition

integration

innovation

inquisition

interception

intercession

installation

instigation

institution

intervention

intermission

interdiction

interruption

interurban

hyperion

intimation

interwoven

intonation

inundation

introspection

introduction

iberian

intuition

invitation

molestation

invocation

iranian

moravian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

navigation

limitation

lilliputian

nicaraguan

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

machination

macedonian

low-spirited

maccabean

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

mediation

melanesian

melatonin

ministration

meridian

misconception

misbegotten

misperceptions

minnesotan

misgovernment

mispronounces

missourian

mitigation

moderation

modulation

mortification

napoleon

mongolian

mutilation

motivation

nestorian

newtonian

nomination

nigerian

noblewoman

observation

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obfuscation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

occupation

obstetrician

octahedron

occupier

occupiers

olympian

ohioan

oleandrin

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

palpitation

oxidation

overburden

ovulation

pagination

pagurian

pacifiers

paraguayan

pacifier

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penicillin

persecution

permutation

pigmentation

peruvian

phosphorescence

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

regulation

praetorian

precondition

predetermine

preconception

predilection

premonition

preignition

preelection

presentation

procreation

proclamation

profanation

protestation

prohibition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

protozoan

publication

punctuation

provocation

radiation

recantation

reassertion

realization

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readmission

receivership

receiverships

reciprocal

reciprocates

reciprocate

reconstruction

reclamation

recollection

recognition

recuperates

recuperate

recoveries

reelection

reexamine

refutation

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relaxation

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repetition

replication

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repossession

reposition

reproduction

reputation

requisition

retardation

resignation

respirators

respirator

restitution

resolution

republican

retribution

retrocession

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

satisfaction

sanitation

shakespearean

sectarian

segregation

self-deception

sequestration

segmentation

sicilian

simonian

siberian

simulation

titillation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

superhuman

supervision

surrogation

superstition

supposition

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

toleration

transplantation

tribulation

vaccination

utopian

validation

valerian

valuation

variation

visitation

vegetation

ventilation

vindication

violation

victorian

vociferates

vociferate

watermelon

wagnerian

whosoever

5 syllable words

acceleration

abomination

academician

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

adulteration

agglomeration

affiliation

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

abbreviation

annihilation

amplification

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appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

authorization

authentication

augustinian

babylonian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

canonization

caledonian

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

certification

centralization

cephalosporin

centenarian

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

commemoration

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

communication

concatenation

beethovenian

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

conglomeration

congratulation

consolidation

contamination

continuation

configuration

coordination

decapitation

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deification

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

delicatessen

depreciation

desegregation

desalination

determination

delawarian

disappearances

dionysian

discrimination

disembarkation

disintegration

disinclination

discoverable

disparagingly

dissociation

dissemination

disproportionate

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

elaboration

edification

ejaculation

electrocution

emancipation

elimination

elizabethan

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

exacerbation

evaluation

evacuation

excoriation

exaggeration

examination

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exoskeleton

experiences

experiential

experimental

experimenter

experimenters

expiratory

expressionistic

expropriation

expropriated

expropriations

expressionism

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

imagination

humiliation

hybridization

incorporation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

illumination

immunization

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

inactivation

infatuation

indoctrination

incrimination

inhabitation

initiation

insemination

insinuation

inoculation

instrumentation

hydrogenation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

intoxication

intrauterine

investigation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

justification

juxtaposition

jeffersonian

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

mechanization

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misinformation

misappropriates

misappropriate

misapprehension

mississippian

mobilization

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

obliteration

normalization

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

oregonian

organization

orientation

origination

ossification

ornamentation

pacification

overproduction

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

premeditation

predisposition

preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

procrastination

presupposition

qualification

prognostication

proliferation

pronunciation

proletarian

purification

pythagorean

quantification

ramification

ratification

reaffirmation

reciprocity

recommendation

rectification

recombination

recrimination

recoverable

reiteration

reforestation

regeneration

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reintegration

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repatriation

renunciation

remuneration

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

respiratory

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

specialization

sophistication

stratification

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

vegetarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word desperation

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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