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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word housebroken.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

baton

action

acton

alban

airman

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

asper

aspire

aspirin

atman

auction

auden

backboard

austin

baldwin

bagman

bacon

banyan

bargain

barton

bastion

baron

barren

bason

basin

backboards

baseboards

baseboard

baston

batten

cauldron

batton

bayman

beacon

belgian

bellman

caution

beaten

beckon

begun

billion

billman

bellon

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

boatman

bisson

bludgeon

bitten

bowman

bolden

bordman

boston

boughten

bracken

bollen

bookman

bourbon

brakeman

brazen

brethren

breton

brighten

carman

carmine

brogan

burden

burdon

bushman

broaden

bullion

briton

broken

capstan

burman

burton

carbon

burgeon

cabin

calvin

button

caisson

cajun

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

canaan

captain

caption

carton

bison

caxton

billon

cayman

certain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chessman

chessboard

chessboards

chevron

chicken

chieftain

children

classman

chosen

christian

churchman

christen

citron

colon

claxon

coachman

clinton

common

dian

copeman

cowan

corban

cordon

cotton

cousin

craftsman

crewman

crimson

cretin

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dagan

darken

dalton

dampen

damson

dashboards

deacon

dashboard

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

craven

deepen

delphian

demon

desperate

despairs

diction

desman

devon

despair

zircon

disburse

disbar

dutchman

dispersed

disperse

dispair

disprove

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

drunken

dromon

draftsman

dungeon

dozen

dragon

dudgeon

driven

dustman

eaten

eden

elan

engine

emption

ensign

earthen

ermine

esprit

hearten

kansan

fraction

experts

freshen

export

exports

expressed

faction

falcon

faulcon

faustian

fasten

fashion

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

fibrin

fireman

firman

fiction

fission

flashgun

floren

flatten

flexion

footman

foreign

foreman

fountain

expire

expert

fortune

frozen

freshman

frighten

freeman

friction

expired

fusion

gascon

function

garden

gallon

gammon

fielden

garron

german

gentian

georgian

gibbon

gilden

given

gorgon

golden

gowan

gladden

glisten

gluten

goodman

gotten

glidden

grandson

guardsman

grecian

gudgeon

griffon

gumption

hackman

hangman

haitian

harden

harken

harten

happen

hausen

hasten

headsman

haven

headman

graven

freedman

henchman

hempen

heighten

heron

heathen

hessian

hetman

hidden

houseman

hogan

hoten

hoven

homespun

horseman

highbrows

human

hesper

huntsman

hymen

highbrow

hyson

icebergs

ibsen

hyphen

iceberg

ion

jason

jordan

jackman

jargon

jorden

jasmine

jetson

jetton

junction

jasper

jaspers

kalan

keelson

heaven

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

lampron

landsman

klansman

lakefront

lagan

kremlin

laden

landman

latin

lineman

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

kitchen

legion

lessen

lesson

lengthen

leven

lesion

lichen

liken

lightman

lighten

liman

lemon

linden

leman

linemen

lisbon

listen

liven

lion

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lotion

lockman

london

lopeman

longan

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lynden

linen

m1

mahone

maiden

madden

mangan

mansion

marchman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

margin

martian

marksman

marron

mason

matron

mayan

minion

milken

minden

melton

mignon

million

mention

melon

misprint

misprints

mission

moisten

mitten

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

motion

muffin

mullen

muslin

mutton

kenyan

nekton

neighbors

neighbor

newsman

newsprint

ninon

norman

notion

oarsman

odin

ocean

omen

olden

often

onion

open

organ

option

outrun

orphan

outdone

othman

oven

oxen

parson

oxfords

owen

oxford

pardon

packman

panton

pagan

paean

passion

passman

pathan

passports

passport

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

penguin

penman

pension

peon

perron

person

persian

phosphor

plankton

piston

plantain

pillion

pinion

pitman

phosphors

pigeon

platen

platten

nation

pollan

pollen

poison

postman

portion

portman

potion

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

ration

question

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

saffron

ponton

redden

resin

region

rerun

sagebrush

ribbon

riden

ridden

roman

rosen

rowan

runnion

rincon

robin

ripen

risen

riven

rowen

rosin

rumen

ruin

russian

rotten

sadden

salesman

showman

salmon

samson

santon

satin

sanction

satan

saxon

scallion

scotsman

scullion

scion

section

seaman

season

sharpen

seedsman

selden

semen

sermon

sexton

shaken

session

sequin

seton

seven

shearman

shaman

shrunken

shogun

shorten

shotgun

shipman

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

smarten

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

smitten

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spoken

squadron

spokesman

stallion

stallman

sportsman

statesman

station

stepson

steven

stolen

stockman

stricken

sturgeon

straighten

strengthen

striven

suasion

sunken

token

sultan

suction

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

tarpon

tartan

swollen

sylvan

sweeten

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tendon

thousand

teston

thicken

tighten

titan

tillman

tension

threaten

torsion

toman

stillion

townsman

traction

toughen

treason

trojan

triton

trodden

tubman

tuscan

tungsten

turban

undone

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

watchman

vegan

version

vesper

vulcan

warden

villain

wagon

waken

vision

wanton

warren

washboard

weaken

wizen

trillion

whiten

wiccan

widen

whitson

weapon

wheaten

whispers

whisper

woman

worsen

woven

yeoman

yachtsman

woodman

workman

yaupon

woolman

zion

women

wooden

woolen

written

zaman

stiffen

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablation

expansion

abrasion

abortion

ablution

abstraction

abstention

accession

adsorption

absorption

accretion

achiever

achievers

addition

adhesion

acumen

addiction

admission

adoption

adrian

albumin

aegean

affection

affliction

african

alderman

aggression

alaskan

albion

aleutian

appian

ambition

alsatian

allusion

andean

anglican

anchorman

apportion

alien

battalion

aquifer

aquifers

artisan

ascension

arian

arkansan

aryan

artesian

aspartame

aspersion

aspersions

aspirant

aspirants

assassin

aspiring

aspirates

aspirate

assertion

aspires

assumption

asuncion

attraction

attrition

audition

austrian

australian

backwoodsman

awaken

attention

avian

aversion

badminton

backgammon

bandwagon

anyone

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

causation

beholden

beethoven

biotin

bouillon

bitumen

bosnian

bookkeepers

bookkeeper

brazilian

cambrian

capsaicin

campion

bulletin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

carrion

benjamin

castration

catalan

caucasian

cation

cessation

chamberlain

chairwoman

chairperson

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cheeseburger

cetacean

cheeseburgers

cistercian

civilian

citation

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

clarion

clarendon

coercion

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

compression

communion

companion

compassion

completion

complexion

kantian

bishoprics

compunction

conception

concession

conclusion

concoction

concussion

condition

conduction

confection

confucian

congestion

congressman

conflation

confusion

conjunction

constriction

conscription

connection

connexion

construction

consumption

contagion

confession

contraction

contrition

conversion

contraption

contusion

convection

convention

conviction

councilman

contortion

convulsion

corrosion

corsican

corruption

countryman

deception

correction

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

cremation

decision

creation

declension

description

contention

deduction

defection

deletion

delusion

depression

derision

deflection

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

deflation

desertion

direction

destruction

detection

detention

determine

decipher

devotion

diffraction

despairing

dictation

diffusion

digression

digestion

dilution

dilation

dimension

disappear

disbursement

disbursements

disbarment

discipline

disapprove

discretion

discover

discussion

discovers

dispersion

dispersal

disparate

disparage

dispersive

dissection

disunion

disruption

diversion

dissension

distraction

distinction

distortion

disappears

dominion

donation

dogberry

dorian

downtrodden

duration

encryption

edition

egyptian

ejection

eleven

elison

elation

election

division

embolden

emblazon

emotion

emulsion

emission

enlighten

englishman

enliven

erosion

erection

equation

eruption

etruscan

everyone

evasion

exaction

eviction

exception

exclusion

excretion

excision

exhaustion

exertion

exemption

excursion

compulsion

expertly

franciscan

expiring

explosion

exporters

exporter

expresses

expression

expressions

expressive

expressly

expulsion

extension

extinction

extraction

extrusion

extortion

fabian

ferryman

feminine

fenian

filtration

gaussian

fijian

forbidden

fisherman

fixation

flotation

flirtation

foramen

forewoman

foundation

frustration

heroin

expires

formation

fustian

fruition

forgotten

galleon

garrison

freudian

gestation

ghanaian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

gordian

gooseberries

gooseberry

gossiper

gossipers

gradation

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

handwoven

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

guncotton

harlequin

hackberry

hawaiian

expiry

freemason

heroine

horizon

horatian

hydration

hydrogen

icebreaker

icebreakers

immersion

illusion

imagine

ignition

impassion

implosion

inclusion

imprison

in-person

inaction

incursion

impression

inception

incision

indian

infarction

induction

infection

inflation

high-powered

inflection

ingestion

infusion

inhuman

injection

injunction

instruction

inscription

insertion

inspection

intrusion

intention

infliction

infraction

intestine

inversion

invasion

invention

jamaican

irian

irishman

jacobin

italian

javelin

jovian

julian

jettison

keratin

keynesian

narration

korean

laotian

lanolin

laurentian

lactation

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

lucifer

lumberman

lutheran

mandarin

magdalen

macabre

malaysian

malayan

magician

muskmelon

phosphoric

masculine

margarine

marian

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

migration

midshipman

menhaden

mexican

misfortune

misshapen

misfortunes

misprision

mispronounce

mistaken

moroccan

munition

musician

plebeian

origin

myosin

nebraskan

nevadan

negation

nemean

neighborhood

neighborhoods

neighborly

neighbourly

neighboring

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nubian

obstruction

notation

objection

nutrition

obsession

odeon

occasion

occlusion

octillion

oppression

omission

opinion

oration

optation

optician

orion

ottoman

ovation

parthian

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

passover

pelican

perception

percussion

pentathlon

perfection

perfusion

permian

persuasion

permission

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

mutation

phosphorites

phosphorite

physician

phrygian

plantation

pollution

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

predation

predestine

preclusion

prediction

preemption

prescription

promotion

privation

presumption

pretension

prevention

proportion

probation

procession

progression

profession

production

profusion

projection

propulsion

proscription

prostration

provision

protean

protection

puritan

ramadan

quotation

raspberries

raspberry

reaction

rebellion

receivers

receiver

reception

recession

recision

recover

recovers

recovery

redemption

regimen

reflection

reexports

reexport

regression

religion

relation

rejection

remission

rendition

reopen

restriction

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

reduction

resumption

retraction

reversion

reunion

retention

revision

rhodopsin

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

samoan

scorpion

secretion

secession

scythian

seclusion

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

salvation

saleswoman

sedition

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

specimen

starvation

solution

stagnation

submersion

suburban

stygian

subtraction

submission

subscription

subversion

superman

succession

sumatran

suggestion

summation

suppression

toboggan

suspension

suspicion

tamarin

syrian

takeovers

talisman

tactician

taxation

takeover

taxpayers

technician

temptation

taxpayer

timberman

thespian

tradition

transaction

vibration

transcription

transfusion

transgression

transmission

transition

translation

truncation

unburden

unbutton

tuition

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

unison

uterine

uneven

vacation

vatican

venetian

veteran

venison

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

zambian

whispering

wesleyan

whisperer

whisperers

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

abnegation

abyssinian

absolution

acquisition

accusation

activation

admiration

adaptation

admonition

adrenaline

adoration

accordion

affirmation

advocation

affectation

albanian

adulation

agrarian

alabaman

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

algonquian

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

allocation

altercation

alternation

alteration

american

amphibian

annexation

animation

annotation

ammunition

amputation

appalachian

bavarian

apparition

arabian

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

acclamation

arizonan

assyrian

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

asperity

aspirations

aspiration

assemblyman

aspirated

acclimation

athenian

application

attribution

avocation

augmentation

backwardation

barbarian

aviation

appellation

bohemian

bolivian

calibration

californian

businesswoman

calculation

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

benediction

bifurcation

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

committeeman

columbian

comedian

combination

coloration

commendation

coloradan

comparison

comprehension

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

compensation

complication

devolution

computation

condescension

dietitian

condemnation

congregation

condensation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

conjugation

consecration

consternation

conservation

consolation

constellation

constipation

constitution

consummation

consultation

connotation

confirmation

contrarian

contradiction

contravention

contraception

conversation

copernican

cotyledon

concentration

contribution

convolution

corinthian

coronation

corp.

correlation

corporation

convocation

copenhagen

custodian

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

contemplation

desecration

disappearance

decoration

dedication

defamation

dehydration

deformation

degradation

demarcation

delegation

demolition

deportation

depravation

deposition

definition

disaffection

depredation

demonstration

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desiccation

desolation

designation

desperation

desperadoes

desperately

desperado

destitution

destination

detonation

devastation

declaration

diaspora

devonian

dilatation

deviation

diocesan

diminution

dispirited

disappearing

disconnection

disapproving

disillusion

dislocation

discoverer

discovery

discoveries

discoverers

disinfection

disinflation

disparaging

disparity

disparities

disparages

dispensation

decompression

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

dissolution

distribution

elongation

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

deconstruction

dispiriting

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

divination

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

estonian

equestrian

equitation

eritrean

erudition

esperanto

estimation

eustachian

evocation

european

evolution

excavation

excitation

exhalation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

disapproval

emanation

experience

expedition

experienced

expectation

experiment

expiration

experiments

expirations

exploration

explication

exploitation

exportable

exposition

expressionist

expropriate

fabrication

extrication

extradition

exuberance

exuberant

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

explanation

fibrillation

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

hemoglobin

fragmentation

gentlewoman

germination

gorgonian

glaciation

graduation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

generation

habitation

gravitation

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

infestation

historian

himalayan

hesitation

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

hungarian

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

illustration

immigration

infiltration

ideation

imitation

impregnation

immolation

importation

imposition

imputation

implantation

incantation

imperfection

implication

inattention

incrustation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indonesian

indiscretion

indecision

indexation

indigestion

indication

indentation

indignation

inflammation

inhibition

inhalation

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

interception

intercession

interaction

information

integration

interwoven

intermission

intersection

interruption

interdiction

interurban

intimation

introduction

intervention

introspection

intuition

interjection

intonation

inundation

isolation

irrigation

irritation

jacobean

invocation

iteration

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

iranian

invitation

lancastrian

laceration

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

locomotion

lubrication

low-spirited

macedonian

maccabean

malformation

machination

malnutrition

mammalian

minnesotan

masturbation

maturation

meditation

mediation

menstruation

meridian

melanesian

ministration

medication

misbegotten

misconception

miseration

misgovernment

misperception

misperceptions

mispronounces

missourian

phosphorescence

molestation

moderation

modulation

mitigation

mongolian

mortification

moravian

motivation

manumission

planarian

plutonian

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

obstetrician

ohioan

observation

oblivion

obligation

obfuscation

obsidian

octahedron

occupation

occupier

occupiers

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

oxidation

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

pacifier

pacifiers

palpitation

pagination

pavlovian

penetration

penicillin

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

persecution

navigation

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

mutilation

kindergarten

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

population

predetermine

predilection

preelection

precondition

preconception

preignition

premonition

preparation

preservation

presentation

prohibition

procreation

proclamation

profanation

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

publication

protestation

provocation

punctuation

radiation

reawaken

reassertion

readmission

realization

receivership

receiverships

recantation

reciprocal

recitation

reciprocate

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shakespearean

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vociferate

violation

vindication

visitation

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watermelon

whosoever

recuperate

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

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agglomeration

accommodation

amazonian

alienation

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alliteration

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hanoverian

hallucination

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imagination

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jeffersonian

justification

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mississippian

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multiplication

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nitroglycerine

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reciprocity

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pomeranian

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reforestation

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russification

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scandinavian

sedimentation

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theologian

triangulation

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washingtonian

vegetarian

verification

vaporization

veterinarian

vulgarization

vilification

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word housebroken

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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