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

acton

action

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ardor

aspen

ashen

asian

artworks

artwork

atman

auction

auden

austin

banyan

bagman

bargain

bacon

baldwin

baron

barton

baston

barren

baton

bartram

basin

bason

bastion

barter

batten

batton

beaten

beckon

bayman

beacon

belgian

bellman

begun

bertram

billion

billman

bellon

billon

bitten

birthrates

bisson

birthrights

birthright

bison

blacken

bludgeon

boatman

boardrooms

boardroom

blowgun

bobbin

boarders

boarder

bolden

bollen

bookman

bordman

bordered

borders

border

boston

boughten

bourbon

brakeman

bracken

brazen

bratwurst

bowman

brethren

breather

breeder

breeders

breton

briton

brighten

brothers

burgeon

burton

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

broaden

bushman

button

calvin

cabin

caisson

cajun

canaan

capstan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

captain

brogan

caption

carbon

broken

carder

brother

carman

carmine

christian

birders

carton

cartridge

cartwright

birthrate

carter

carters

birder

chairman

certain

cayman

chaplain

chapman

chevron

charon

children

chessman

chicken

chieftain

chasten

cauldron

chartreuse

chartered

charters

cheapen

chosen

christen

churchman

charter

caution

citron

caxton

clinton

claxon

coachman

classman

colon

common

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

craftsman

cousin

craven

craters

courtyards

crater

creature

creatures

cretin

crimson

critters

crouton

critter

crowder

cuban

curtain

cushion

dagan

dagon

cumin

dalton

dampen

daman

damson

crewman

darken

darter

deaden

deafen

courter

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

courtyard

cowan

desman

devon

diction

eden

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

earthen

dungeon

driven

dragon

dudgeon

drunken

dromon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

earthworms

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

earthwork

earthworm

faction

falcon

fatten

faulcon

fallen

faustian

fashion

felon

flexion

famine

fibrin

fiction

fielden

firman

fireman

farther

flatten

fission

flashgun

fasten

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

friction

forthright

fountain

freshman

freshen

freeman

freedman

fretter

frater

frighten

fraction

fritter

frozen

garden

gammon

fusion

furthers

further

gallon

garron

gascon

garters

garter

gentian

gilden

georgian

german

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

gladden

girders

girder

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

grandson

gotten

graven

grecian

gowan

grater

grader

graders

griffon

guardrails

guardrail

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

hackman

hangman

haitian

harden

happen

harder

harders

hardware

harken

harten

headsman

hearten

headman

hasten

haven

heathen

hausen

heaven

henchman

hetman

heron

hempen

heighten

herder

herders

hessian

hidden

horseman

homespun

hoten

houseman

hogan

hoven

human

huntsman

function

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

kenyan

kelson

kelvin

keelson

jorden

kansan

junction

kalan

kitten

kirkman

kitchen

landsman

klansman

latin

landman

laden

lagan

lampron

larder

layman

leaden

lengthen

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

leman

leven

legion

lesion

kremlin

linden

lightman

lighten

lichen

liken

liman

lineman

lisbon

linen

listen

linemen

lion

liven

london

lockman

lopeman

longan

logan

loosen

loren

lynden

m1

luncheon

locken

lumen

lyden

lotion

madden

mahone

maiden

mansion

marchman

margin

mangan

markman

marksman

marron

marten

martin

martian

martyrs

martyr

mason

matron

mayan

marlin

melon

melton

mention

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mortars

mortar

motion

mullen

mutton

muslin

murdered

murders

murder

nekton

nation

pectin

newsman

ninon

norman

northern

norther

northward

oarsman

nurtures

nurture

olden

ocean

odin

often

omen

onion

open

organ

notion

outrun

order

orders

orphan

outdone

ordered

oven

othman

packman

paean

pagan

oxen

owen

panton

pardon

parson

partridge

passman

passion

pathan

patron

patten

option

pavon

penguin

penman

pension

perron

persian

peon

person

perturb

perturbed

perturbs

pillion

pinion

pitman

pigeon

piston

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollen

portrait

portion

ponton

porters

porter

portman

portraits

portray

portrays

pollan

postman

potion

praetor

prater

pressman

prison

protract

proven

protrude

pullen

quarter

question

quicken

quarters

raven

prussian

ration

reckon

reason

rayon

redden

region

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

riden

rincon

sexton

santon

risen

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

runnion

salesman

russian

saffron

sadden

salmon

samson

sanction

satin

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

scion

session

selden

satan

seedsman

semen

ripen

riven

sermon

sequin

robin

seton

seven

roman

sharpen

shaken

rosen

shaman

rosin

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shogun

silken

sicken

slacken

smitten

slogan

smarten

siphon

siren

stallion

sodden

statesman

soften

soldan

spearman

sovereign

spartan

sovran

sportsman

spokesman

spoken

stillion

squadron

stallman

stepson

solon

station

stiffen

steven

sorter

straighten

sorters

stockman

stolen

tension

strengthen

tendon

stricken

sturgeon

suction

striven

suasion

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

surgeon

sylvan

syphon

taken

swollen

tartan

tarpon

talon

tappen

tartars

tartar

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tillman

shrunken

token

toman

whitson

torsion

tighten

toughen

torture

tortures

townsman

treason

traitor

trillion

traitors

treaters

treater

tungsten

tubman

turban

triton

trodden

trojan

trotter

traction

trader

tuscan

traders

urchin

urban

undone

union

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

warden

wagon

waken

warder

warders

wardrobe

wardrobes

warren

watchman

weapon

weaken

wheaten

titan

whiten

wiccan

women

woodman

woolman

woman

wooden

woolen

widen

wizen

workman

written

worsen

yachtsman

zaman

zion

woven

yaupon

yeoman

writers

writer

zircon

showman

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

adrian

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adhesion

adoption

adsorption

aegean

affliction

african

affection

aggression

albion

alien

albumin

alaskan

aleutian

alderman

allusion

alsatian

andean

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

appian

anyone

apportion

austrian

arian

arkansan

arteries

artery

artesian

aryan

artisan

ascension

aspersion

anglican

arthropods

assassin

attrition

assumption

assertion

attraction

attention

asuncion

audition

arthropod

australian

bedridden

avian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

communion

beethoven

benjamin

cartesian

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

beholden

brotherly

brotherhood

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

castration

catalan

cartridges

biotin

cation

carnation

caucasian

chairperson

chairwoman

cetacean

chamberlain

champion

cessation

charlatan

chilean

charwoman

cinnamon

causation

citation

cistercian

civilian

clarendon

citizen

clarion

clergyman

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collision

collegian

collection

collusion

collagen

charterhouse

commission

combustion

commotion

completion

compassion

complexion

compulsion

compression

compunction

conception

concession

condition

conclusion

conduction

concoction

concussion

congestion

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

conjunction

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contagion

consumption

contention

contortion

contraction

contrition

contusion

contraption

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

conversion

corduroy

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

corridors

councilman

corridor

countryman

courtier

creation

creators

creator

cremation

crestfallen

crustacean

croatian

curators

cyprian

curator

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

deduction

defection

deflection

deletion

deflation

dentition

companion

delusion

courtiers

depiction

derision

depletion

denizen

description

desertion

depression

detection

detention

destruction

determine

dictation

devotion

direction

diffusion

digestion

diffraction

digression

dilation

dilution

dimension

discipline

discretion

discussion

dissension

dispersion

disruption

dissection

division

distinction

distraction

disunion

distortion

diversion

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

donation

ejection

elison

edition

egyptian

elation

election

eleven

encryption

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

enlighten

enliven

equation

englishman

erection

everyone

eruption

erosion

eviction

etruscan

evasion

exaction

excision

excursion

exception

exclusion

excretion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

extortion

explosion

expulsion

extension

expression

extinction

extraction

extrusion

fabian

ferryman

filtration

fisherman

fenian

feminine

fijian

flirtation

fixation

frustration

forgotten

flotation

franciscan

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

formation

foundation

freudian

fruition

fortresses

fraternal

fratricide

fraternize

fratricides

freemason

gradation

fustian

garrison

galleon

furtherance

furthermore

gaussian

gestation

gordian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

ghanaian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gridiron

guncotton

gyration

hairdresser

hairdressers

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

hairdressing

hardworking

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

incision

illusion

impassion

immersion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

inclusion

impression

indian

induction

infection

infarction

infliction

inflation

inflection

infraction

infusion

inhuman

ingestion

injection

inscription

injunction

insertion

instruction

inspection

intention

invasion

keratin

intestine

intrusion

invention

inversion

jettison

irishman

irian

italian

kantian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

keynesian

jovian

julian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

marian

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

libyan

libration

ligation

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

malaysian

magician

marauder

margarine

marauders

mandarin

martyrdom

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

magdalen

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

migration

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

phrygian

munition

musician

mutation

murderers

muskmelon

murderer

myosin

narration

narrators

nebraskan

narrator

nemean

negation

nevadan

northerners

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

niacin

nonunion

northerly

northerner

norwegian

northernmost

northwardly

opinion

nutrition

nubian

obsession

obstruction

octillion

occasion

occlusion

odeon

omission

pavilion

optation

optician

oppression

overdone

orators

oration

orator

origin

orderly

ordering

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overman

overrun

oxygen

ovation

parthian

parisian

patrician

partition

partisan

partridges

permian

pelican

notation

permission

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

perfusion

objection

persuasion

misfortune

portrayal

peterman

perversion

petition

physician

portrayals

phoenician

plebeian

plantation

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

precision

preclusion

precession

predestine

possession

predation

precaution

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

privation

probation

production

profession

projection

promotion

progression

protean

propulsion

proportion

profusion

proscription

prostration

provision

incursion

protection

protracted

prothorax

puritan

quarterback

quarterbacks

quarterly

quotation

ramadan

reaction

recision

reception

recession

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

rebellion

regression

prudery

religion

remission

rejection

relation

rendition

reptilian

reopen

reorder

repression

rescission

resection

restriction

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

resumption

revision

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

rotation

sedition

scorpion

scythian

secretion

secession

seclusion

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

skeleton

singleton

snapdragon

solution

starvation

specimen

stagnation

solomon

stygian

submission

subscription

subtraction

submersion

subversion

suburban

succession

sumatran

suggestion

summation

superman

suspicion

suspension

suppression

talisman

syrian

tactician

tamarin

technician

temptation

taxation

thespian

wesleyan

toboggan

timberman

torturers

torturer

tradition

unbutton

transcription

transfusion

transition

transmission

transgression

transaction

translation

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

unwritten

uneven

uncommon

unison

urethra

uterine

vacation

vatican

vermilion

veteran

venison

venetian

vibration

volition

vitamin

vocation

waterman

tertiary

zambian

4 syllable words

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

activation

accusation

adaptation

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

agrarian

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

affectation

affirmation

alteration

alabaman

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

advocation

aldebaran

allocation

altercation

amphibian

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

annotation

animation

annexation

appalachian

arbitration

apparition

arabian

abdication

apprehension

appellation

application

approbation

arterial

arizonan

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

aspiration

athenian

attribution

assemblyman

augmentation

aviation

avocation

barbarian

backwardation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

brother-in-law

canadian

carcinogen

businesswoman

californian

calibration

calculation

cancellation

circumvention

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

collodion

collocation

committeeman

columbian

comedian

explication

coloration

coloradan

combination

commendation

comparison

competition

composition

compilation

complication

compensation

comprehension

concentration

computation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

congregation

conflagration

confirmation

confiscation

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

consternation

constipation

consultation

consecration

conservation

consolation

constellation

consummation

corp.

constitution

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

contravention

copernican

conversation

convocation

convolution

coronation

copenhagen

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

demonstration

darwinian

derivation

desecration

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

decimation

declaration

dedication

degradation

deconstruction

defamation

delegation

decoration

deformation

dehydration

definition

decompression

dereliction

demolition

demarcation

deposition

depravation

deportation

desiccation

deprivation

designation

desolation

depredation

desperation

expiration

expectation

destination

destitution

devastation

devolution

devonian

deviation

detonation

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

disinfection

dislocation

disposition

disputation

dispensation

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

divination

dominican

draconian

dissolution

duplication

expedition

dietitian

education

electrician

elevation

equestrian

elocution

emanation

elongation

equitation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

erudition

estimation

european

estonian

eustachian

evolution

evocation

excavation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exclamation

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

domination

explanation

commutation

exploitation

exposition

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fibrillation

federation

floridian

fallopian

fermentation

figuration

fascination

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fraternity

fraternities

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

gregorian

gravitation

graduation

exploration

granulation

greco-roman

habitation

guatemalan

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

hemoglobin

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

illustration

hypertension

imitation

ideation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implantation

importation

ibuprofen

imposition

implication

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

impregnation

inclination

incrustation

indecision

indentation

indication

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indiscretion

indonesian

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

inhalation

inhibition

interaction

innovation

inspiration

installation

institution

inquisition

instigation

insulation

insurrection

integration

irritation

interdiction

interception

intercession

intermission

interurban

interwoven

intersection

intervention

iranian

intimation

intuition

introduction

introspection

intonation

inundation

invocation

isolation

interjection

irrigation

iteration

invitation

jacobean

jordanian

interruption

jurisdiction

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

liberian

lancastrian

levitation

legislation

leviathan

liberation

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

meditation

manumission

medication

masturbation

maturation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

miseration

misconception

penetration

misperception

missourian

pedestrian

mitigation

modulation

moderation

peruvian

molestation

moravian

mongolian

mortification

motivation

mortuary

nestorian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nonprescription

nonpartisan

nomination

oblivion

paraguayan

obligation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

olympian

octahedron

occupation

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

oratory

overburden

pavlovian

ordination

ostentation

pagurian

palpitation

oscillation

oxidation

ovulation

pagination

pelagian

penicillin

obfuscation

perspiration

perforation

permutation

persecution

perturbations

perturbation

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

porterages

polyhedron

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predetermine

predilection

preparation

preelection

premonition

preignition

pretoria

preservation

presentation

procreation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

proposition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

reinspection

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

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5 syllable words

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word eritrean

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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