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

acton

action

airman

alan

aircraft

aircrew

aircrafts

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

archer

archers

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

austin

auction

auden

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

baston

bason

baton

batten

barger

barkers

bastion

barker

basin

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

canton

beckon

bellman

belgian

bellon

berserk

billion

billman

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bludgeon

blacken

blowgun

boatman

bobbin

bordman

bookman

boston

bollen

bourbon

bolden

boughten

bowman

bracken

brakeman

braggers

bragger

brassard

bracer

brazen

braziers

breaker

brethren

broaden

breton

brighten

briton

brogan

brickyard

broken

brochure

broker

browsers

brochures

brokers

browser

brushwork

breakers

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

button

bushman

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

cajun

burgher

calvin

canaan

begun

canyon

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

captain

caption

carton

cauldron

children

caxton

canon

cayman

certain

caution

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charger

chevron

charon

chessman

cheapen

chicken

chieftain

chargers

chasten

christian

christen

churchman

chosen

churchyard

citron

clinton

classman

claxon

coachman

cannon

colon

common

cordon

corban

copeman

corkscrew

darken

corsair

cotton

dagan

cousin

craftsman

cowan

courser

craven

crackers

cracker

craker

crimson

cretin

crewman

dalton

crossroads

crossroad

crocker

crouton

cruisers

croaker

croker

crozier

curtain

cushion

cuban

cumin

crushers

crusher

cruiser

dagon

dampen

daman

damson

deacon

deaden

deepen

delphian

demon

dungeon

desman

dustman

dian

devon

diction

drunken

draftsman

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

dresser

dressers

driven

dromon

dudgeon

deafen

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

earthen

jetton

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

fortune

famine

falcon

fairground

fallen

faction

fairgrounds

faulcon

faustian

fasten

fatten

felon

fashion

floren

fibrin

fielden

fireman

foreman

flashgun

firman

flatten

fission

foreign

flexion

footman

foreground

forger

forgers

fiction

forsworn

foursquare

gentian

fragrant

georgian

forswear

fountain

freeman

freshman

friction

frighten

freshen

frozen

fresher

function

freedman

gascon

gallon

garden

gammon

freezers

garron

german

fusion

freezer

gilden

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

fraction

gorgon

goodman

gotten

gowan

gluten

golden

grandson

grecian

graven

greaser

grazer

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

heathen

hackman

haitian

harten

hangman

harken

harden

happen

hausen

hasten

haven

hearten

huntsman

horseman

headsman

headman

hempen

henchman

heron

hetman

hidden

hessian

hogan

homespun

grocers

heaven

houseman

hoten

grocer

heighten

hymen

hoven

ibsen

hyson

hyphen

human

ion

jargon

jackman

jasmine

jason

jetson

jordan

junction

jorden

kalan

kansan

kenyan

kelvin

kitchen

kirkman

lampron

kitten

klansman

keelson

kremlin

laden

lagan

kelson

landsman

landman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legion

lengthen

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lion

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linen

listen

london

luncheon

lockman

liven

locken

logan

longan

loren

lopeman

loosen

lumen

lotion

lynden

lyden

mangan

madden

mahone

maiden

marlin

m1

marcher

martin

margin

marten

marchman

markman

marksman

marron

margrave

marcor

markers

marchers

marker

martian

mansion

mason

matron

mayan

melton

mention

melon

kercher

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

mission

mitten

mormon

morgan

mountain

molten

moisten

motion

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

mercer

newsman

ninon

norman

notion

onion

oarsman

often

nekton

odin

ocean

olden

option

orchard

omen

open

orchards

mergers

organ

orphan

outrun

outdone

othman

oven

oxen

owen

paean

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

parkers

parker

parser

parsers

parson

passman

passion

patron

pathan

patten

pectin

pavon

penguin

penman

pension

peon

merger

pollen

perjured

perron

persian

person

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

pigeon

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

pollan

ponton

porker

porkers

portion

portman

postman

potion

preacher

preachers

perjure

perjures

prescribe

lesion

zion

cursor

pressman

preserve

pressures

presser

pressure

prison

procure

program

programme

programs

proscribes

proscribe

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

purser

reason

ration

rayon

raven

reckon

redden

region

prescribes

runnion

rerun

resin

ridden

rincon

ribbon

ripen

risen

riven

robin

riden

roman

rosen

rosin

saffron

russian

sadden

rowan

rowen

rumen

ruin

salesman

salmon

santon

scallion

rotten

satin

satan

saxon

scullion

scion

samson

scarecrow

scarecrows

scorcher

sanction

scotsman

seaman

season

searchers

searcher

sharpen

selden

section

seedsman

semen

sexton

sermon

seton

seven

session

sequin

shaken

shaman

shearman

shorten

shipman

shogun

shotgun

showman

shrunken

smarten

siren

silken

sicken

slacken

siphon

slogan

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

spartan

sovereign

sovran

spokesman

squadron

spoken

spearman

sportsman

stallion

sunken

stallman

stillion

strengthen

stepson

stockman

statesman

station

steven

stiffen

stricken

stolen

striven

straighten

suasion

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

sturgeon

summon

surgeon

surcharge

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

tarpon

tartan

syphon

talon

tappen

taken

tendon

tuscan

tension

thicken

thousand

threaten

tillman

torsion

tighten

titan

token

toman

toughen

townsman

urson

thresher

traction

trackers

tracker

treason

trillion

triton

trigger

treasures

triggers

trodden

trojan

treasure

truckers

trucker

tubman

tungsten

turban

union

teston

undone

urban

urchin

urine

tracers

vegan

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

version

waken

wanton

warden

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

woolman

wheaten

whitson

woodman

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

tracer

yaupon

yorkshire

worsen

workers

written

workman

yorkers

woven

yeoman

yorker

workroom

wrecker

yachtsman

zaman

verser

worker

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abduction

absorption

abrasion

accession

abstention

abstraction

accretion

abandon

adsorption

adrian

acumen

addition

adoption

adhesion

admission

aegean

affection

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

addiction

albion

alderman

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

appian

anyone

anchorman

andean

arian

anglican

arkansan

archery

artesian

aspersion

ascension

albumin

assassin

artisan

assertion

aleutian

assumption

attention

attraction

attrition

australian

audition

austrian

badminton

asuncion

aversion

backgammon

awaken

avian

backwoodsman

bandwagon

battalion

combustion

bedridden

bedouin

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

brazilian

brasserie

bouillon

brazier

brokerage

bulletin

bureaucrat

bureaucrats

cambrian

carrion

clarion

bedizen

campion

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

cartesian

cation

castration

caucasian

causation

catalan

chilean

collegian

champion

chamberlain

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

charwoman

charlatan

cistercian

civilian

cinnamon

citation

citizen

cognition

collection

clergyman

coercion

clarendon

cohesion

collagen

collision

collusion

companion

beethoven

commotion

communion

commission

lesbian

compassion

completion

compression

concession

complexion

compulsion

conception

compunction

concoction

conclusion

concussion

condition

conduction

conflation

confession

confection

confucian

confusion

congestion

connection

conscription

connexion

congressman

conjunction

contortion

constriction

contagion

consumption

contention

construction

contrition

contraction

contraption

conversion

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

cyprian

convulsion

corsican

corruption

councilman

correction

corrosion

coworkers

coworker

crackerjack

creation

cremation

crestfallen

crosscurrent

crockery

crosscurrents

croatian

crustacean

zambian

dalmatian

damnation

determine

deletion

declension

decision

deduction

deflation

deflection

defection

description

depletion

dentition

delusion

denizen

depiction

desertion

depression

derision

detection

detention

destruction

devotion

dictation

digression

diffusion

discretion

digestion

diffraction

dimension

dilation

discipline

direction

dilution

discussion

dispersion

distortion

downtrodden

dissension

dissection

disunion

disruption

distraction

distinction

diversion

dominion

division

donation

duration

deception

edition

election

ejection

elation

egyptian

emblazon

embolden

emotion

eleven

elison

emission

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

equation

englishman

erosion

erection

eraser

erasers

eruption

etruscan

exaction

everyone

evasion

eviction

exertion

excretion

excursion

excision

exemption

exception

exclusion

exhaustion

expansion

expression

fabian

expulsion

extension

extortion

extraction

extrusion

extinction

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

forbidden

foramen

flotation

forewoman

flirtation

forgeries

forgery

forgotten

formation

explosion

fustian

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fruition

galleon

garrison

gaussian

freemason

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gestation

gordian

gravamen

gradation

grazier

grobian

gregory

guardian

groceries

hammerman

gyration

halcyon

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

harassers

harasser

hawaiian

guncotton

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

grocery

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

foundation

jovian

ignition

imprison

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

in-person

inaction

indian

incursion

incision

inception

inclusion

infarction

induction

infection

inflation

infliction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

ingestion

injection

inflection

inscription

insertion

instruction

intention

inspection

intrusion

intestine

irian

illusion

inversion

invasion

irishman

invention

italian

jamaican

jacobin

javelin

jettison

julian

kantian

injunction

keynesian

keratin

lactation

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

laotian

libration

libyan

ligation

lumberman

location

logician

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

magician

magdalen

marian

margarine

marguerite

marjoram

masculine

muskmelon

menhaden

median

medicine

melanin

mercury

mercuric

medallion

migration

midshipman

mexican

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

nebraskan

moroccan

narration

myosin

negation

munition

musician

mutation

nevadan

nemean

nubian

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

norwegian

nonunion

notation

nonhuman

nurseries

nursery

nutrition

objection

obsession

oration

occlusion

occasion

odeon

obstruction

octillion

opinion

oppression

optician

omission

optation

orion

origin

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

paragraphs

paragraph

parisian

parthian

partition

partisan

patrician

pavilion

peregrine

pelican

pentathlon

perception

percussion

peregrines

perfection

perfusion

phoenician

permian

persuasion

permission

peterman

perversion

petition

phrygian

plebeian

physician

plantation

policeman

perjurer

pollution

porcelain

perjury

position

possession

precaution

preclusion

predation

precession

praiseworthy

precision

predestine

prediction

precursor

precursors

preemption

prescriber

prescription

prescriptions

prescribers

presumption

pressurize

preserver

preservers

pretension

procession

procreate

procreates

prevention

privation

probation

procurement

procurements

production

progresses

profusion

profession

progression

promotion

prostration

propulsion

procurer

projection

progressive

protection

protean

proscription

provision

puritan

quotation

pursuer

pursuers

ramadan

rebellion

reaction

reception

recession

recision

reduction

redemption

regression

reflection

regimen

rejection

religion

relation

remission

rendition

repression

reopen

rescission

resection

restriction

resumption

retraction

retention

reunion

seclusion

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revulsion

revision

saccharin

secretion

samoan

scorpion

salvation

sauerkraut

scythian

rotation

secession

saleswoman

selection

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

sharecropper

sharecroppers

reptilian

simian

singleton

silicon

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

solution

specimen

sorcerer

sorcery

sorcerers

stagnation

starvation

superman

stygian

submersion

subscription

submission

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succession

suggestion

summation

sumatran

transcription

suppression

suspicion

surgeries

surcharges

suspension

surgery

technician

temptation

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tactician

taxation

thespian

three-quarters

timberman

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transgression

transition

transmission

translation

transfusion

treasuries

treasurys

trickery

treachery

treasury

treasurers

treasurer

truncation

unburden

uncertain

unbroken

unbutton

unwritten

uneven

uncommon

unison

uterine

vacation

venetian

vatican

tuition

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vitamin

volition

vocation

wesleyan

waterman

cursory

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abdication

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

activation

accusation

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

admonition

adulation

affectation

affirmation

advocation

acquisition

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

adaptation

alabaman

albanian

algonquian

algerian

aldebaran

altercation

allegation

alteration

alternation

allocation

amphibian

american

arabian

annexation

animation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

ammunition

armenian

arbitration

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

amputation

augmentation

backwardation

avocation

aviation

ayrshire

barbarian

comedian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

californian

brokerages

bureaucratese

bureaucracy

bureaucracies

calibration

businesswoman

calculation

canadian

centurion

caracara

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

circulation

cancellation

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloration

coloradan

columbian

combination

committeeman

commutation

commendation

comparison

comprehension

composition

complication

computation

concentration

confirmation

conflagration

condemnation

condescension

confiscation

condensation

confrontation

congregation

conservation

consecration

conjugation

connotation

consolation

constellation

constipation

contemplation

consultation

consummation

consternation

contraception

constitution

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

custodian

corinthian

conversation

copernican

copenhagen

coronation

cotyledon

corp.

corporation

correlation

criterion

crocodilian

cross-reference

cultivation

cyclopean

indonesian

crucifixion

culmination

convocation

convolution

dandelion

darwinian

demolition

deformation

declaration

decoration

decimation

delegation

decompression

dedication

deconstruction

defamation

degradation

dehydration

definition

deportation

desperation

demarcation

deposition

derivation

desiccation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

demonstration

desolation

destitution

destination

detonation

devastation

devonian

devolution

deviation

dilatation

dietitian

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

diminution

disillusion

disinflation

disinfection

dislocation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

disputation

draconian

dissolution

distillation

distribution

dominican

divination

domination

dispensation

competition

compilation

education

duplication

electrician

emigration

elongation

embarkation

elocution

emanation

emulation

eritrean

equestrian

estonian

equitation

erudition

englishwoman

estimation

european

eustachian

evolution

evocation

excitation

preparation

expiration

execution

excavation

exclamation

exhortation

exhibition

exhumation

expedition

exhalation

explanation

explication

exploitation

expectation

exploration

elevation

fabrication

extradition

extrication

federation

fascination

fermentation

figuration

exposition

firecracker

firecrackers

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

fibrillation

hyperion

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

fragmentation

glaciation

gorgonian

germination

greco-roman

granulation

graduation

gravitation

guatemalan

habitation

hara-kiri

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

hesitation

hemoglobin

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

mercurial

importation

immigration

illustration

implantation

imitation

immolation

imperfection

imposition

impregnation

implication

inattention

imputation

incantation

incarnation

incubation

incrustation

indecision

inclination

indentation

indexation

compensation

indignation

indigestion

indication

indiscretion

infiltration

information

inhalation

interurban

inhibition

inflammation

inspiration

innovation

integration

intermission

infestation

institution

inquisition

installation

instigation

insulation

insurrection

interdiction

interaction

intercession

interception

interjection

interruption

intersection

interwoven

hypertension

introduction

intervention

intimation

introspection

intuition

iranian

invitation

invocation

irrigation

jacobean

iteration

irritation

isolation

intonation

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

liberian

liberation

legislation

levitation

leviathan

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

litigation

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

machination

manumission

masturbation

maturation

inundation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

ordination

merry-go-round

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

moderation

miseration

mitigation

misperception

misconception

moravian

mongolian

motivation

mortification

modulation

molestation

mutilation

navigation

nigerian

obsidian

newtonian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonprescription

oblivion

nurseryman

obfuscation

obligation

nonpartisan

observation

obstetrician

olympian

ohioan

octahedron

occupation

operation

opposition

orchestration

oscillation

meridian

ostentation

oxidation

overburden

ovulation

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

peruvian

persecution

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

predilection

predetermine

precondition

preconception

preelection

preignition

premonition

pressurizes

preservative

procrastinate

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wagnerian

visitation

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5 syllable words

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abomination

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washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word gregorian

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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

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