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

alban

alan

airman

akin

alman

amman

apron

ashen

arson

asian

blacken

aspirin

atman

auction

austin

aubin

auden

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bobbin

backbone

backbones

bastion

baston

bacon

baron

barren

bargain

barton

bason

basin

bracken

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beckon

begun

beaten

begin

belgian

bellman

bellon

billon

bison

billion

billman

berlin

bidden

bisson

bitten

cabin

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bourbon

bookman

bordman

boston

bollen

boughten

bodkin

bolden

bowman

aspen

brakeman

breton

buckskin

brethren

brazen

break-in

briton

broaden

brahmin

brogan

broken

buffin

brighten

bruin

burgeon

button

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

bullion

bushman

bumpkin

zircon

aspens

cajun

calvin

capstan

caption

canton

canyon

carbon

cannon

calkin

canon

captain

caplin

carlin

carman

carmine

chieftain

cauldron

carton

caution

canaan

cayman

certain

chairman

chessman

chevron

cavin

chagrin

chaplain

chapman

charon

chasten

cheekbone

cheapen

checkpoint

cheekbones

checkpoints

chicken

churchman

christen

christian

classman

coachman

citron

citrin

clinton

chosen

coffin

cochin

colin

collin

colon

common

children

corban

cordon

copeman

coppin

cousin

cotton

covin

craftsman

cowan

craven

deacon

deaden

cretin

crewman

cuban

curtain

crouton

cumin

cushion

dampen

damson

dalton

darken

dagan

dagon

daman

dahlin

dauphin

crispin

deafen

crimson

deepen

goblin

delphian

devon

demon

desman

destin

diction

dextrin

dian

disband

dispense

dispensed

doctrine

dobbin

dobson

dozen

draftsman

dogbane

dolman

dolphin

dragon

doyen

dublin

dudgeon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

driven

dustbin

dustman

dromon

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

elfin

engine

emption

erin

ermine

ermin

ensign

fatten

hangman

happen

even

expands

expand

expanse

expend

expense

expound

expounds

expunge

falcon

famine

fashion

fallen

fasten

faustian

felon

fiction

faulcon

fireman

flashgun

fibrin

fielden

firman

flexion

fission

flatten

flavin

foreman

floren

footman

fortune

fountain

fortin

franklin

foreign

florin

freedman

foreskin

freeman

friction

freshman

frighten

frozen

gallon

function

freshen

fusion

gammon

garden

gascon

garron

gentian

georgian

german

gotten

gibbon

gladden

given

gilden

glidden

gluten

glisten

golden

goodman

going

gorgon

grandson

graven

grecian

griffon

griffin

gudgeon

guardsman

gumption

haitian

gowan

heaven

hasten

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hausen

haven

headsman

heathen

heighten

hessian

heron

hetman

deerskin

henchman

herein

homespun

hogan

horseman

houseman

hidden

hoven

human

hoten

husband

ibsen

husbands

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ion

jasmine

kansan

jetton

jargon

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kalan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

junction

jason

kevin

klansman

kremlin

kitten

kitchen

kirkman

lampron

landman

lagan

lakin

landsman

latin

laden

leaden

layman

laurin

leaven

ledden

legion

lemon

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

levin

leven

lichen

liken

lightman

lighten

lignin

liman

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

lockman

locken

melon

lisbon

london

listen

longan

luncheon

liven

logan

loren

loosen

lopeman

lotion

lumen

linchpin

linden

lyden

mahone

madden

marchman

m1

margin

maiden

mansion

mangan

malkin

markman

marron

martian

marksman

marlin

marten

martin

maslin

mason

matron

mayan

lynden

maudlin

melton

mention

merkin

mignon

merlin

milken

million

minden

minion

oarsman

mormon

mission

mitten

misspend

misspent

morgan

molten

moisten

morin

motion

muffin

mullen

mountain

muslin

mutton

nekton

nation

napkin

notion

ninon

newsman

norman

leman

ocean

onion

odin

often

option

open

organ

olden

omen

passion

passman

pathan

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

oxen

panton

pardon

pagan

paean

patten

parson

pectin

patron

paulin

pavon

penguin

penman

peon

perkin

perron

persian

person

plankton

plantain

platen

pinion

pigeon

platten

pitman

piston

pillion

pipkin

pippin

pigskin

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

poplin

portion

portman

postman

potion

pressman

prison

pension

prussian

proven

puffin

pullen

pumpkin

punkin

quicken

raisin

quintin

ration

question

raven

ravin

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

redskin

region

resin

rerun

respond

response

responds

ribbon

robin

robbin

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

rincon

riven

rosin

roman

ronin

rosen

runnion

russian

saffron

ruffin

sanction

rubin

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

sadden

samson

salmon

salesman

sanguine

satin

rotten

santon

satan

saucepan

scallion

scotsman

section

scullion

scion

seaman

season

seedsman

selden

session

sexton

seven

shaken

sequin

semen

shahin

sermon

sharpen

shaman

shearman

sylvan

seton

shorten

shotgun

shrunken

sicken

shipman

silken

shogun

showman

slacken

siphon

siren

smitten

slogan

smarten

smoothen

sodden

soften

sovereign

soldan

siskin

sovran

spartan

solon

spearman

stallion

spokesman

squadron

sportsman

spoken

stallman

statesman

stockman

station

stepson

straighten

stiffen

stillion

steven

stolen

stricken

sturgeon

suasion

striven

suction

strengthen

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

sultan

sunken

suspend

suspense

suspends

sweeten

sheepskin

swollen

taken

talon

syphon

tappen

urban

tarpon

tartan

teaspoon

tendon

teston

tension

therein

termine

thicken

threaten

tighten

threadfin

tillman

tiffin

titan

torsion

toman

toughen

townsman

token

triton

trillion

treason

trodden

trojan

tubman

turban

tuscan

tungsten

turpin

teaspoons

urchin

undone

urine

union

urson

vision

thousand

wagon

truncheon

vegan

version

verdin

vermin

waken

vulcan

villain

virgin

vixen

wanton

warden

warren

watchman

weapon

weaken

wherein

whiten

wiccan

widen

whitson

wheaten

wishbone

within

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

written

woodman

woolman

woven

workman

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

abstraction

absorption

abstention

acumen

achievement

achievements

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adrian

adoption

adsorption

aegean

affection

affliction

african

aggression

albion

alaskan

albumin

alien

aleutian

alderman

ambition

alsatian

ambrosian

allusion

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

artisan

aryan

artesian

ascension

aversion

assumption

assassin

assertion

aspersion

asuncion

audition

attraction

attrition

austrian

australian

attention

avian

backwoodsman

awaken

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

beethoven

bedouin

begotten

bedridden

bedizen

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bookbinder

bookkeeping

bookbinders

brazilian

bufferin

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cation

caucasian

castration

cartesian

causation

complexion

cessation

chamberlain

charlatan

chairperson

chairwoman

champion

charwoman

cetacean

chilean

citation

cinnamon

carrion

cistercian

citizen

collagen

clarion

clandestine

civilian

clarendon

clergyman

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collection

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

collegian

compassion

completion

compulsion

conviction

concoction

concussion

conclusion

concession

conception

condition

conduction

confection

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

connection

connexion

consumption

conscription

convection

constriction

conjunction

construction

contraction

contraption

contagion

contention

contortion

contrition

contusion

compression

convention

conversion

convulsion

correction

corruption

councilman

corrosion

corsican

countryman

crestfallen

creation

cremation

curmudgeon

croatian

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

cyprian

deception

compunction

declension

deduction

abandon

decision

defection

deflection

deletion

deflation

denizen

dentition

delusion

depiction

depletion

derision

description

desertion

depression

detection

destruction

determine

despondent

detention

dictation

direction

diffraction

dilation

dilution

digression

digestion

diffusion

dimension

disappoint

devotion

discussion

discretion

discipline

disappoints

dispenser

dispensers

dispersion

dispenses

dissection

disruption

dissension

distraction

diversion

division

disunion

downtrodden

dorian

donation

dominion

duration

election

ejection

edition

elation

egyptian

enlighten

enliven

elison

embolden

emulsion

encryption

erection

emblazon

distortion

emission

emotion

exaction

equation

equipment

equipments

eleven

englishman

escapement

erosion

eruption

etruscan

eurasian

eviction

evasion

excision

exception

examine

distinction

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

expanding

expansion

expanded

expanses

expansions

expansive

expended

expensive

expenses

expulsion

exponent

explosion

exponents

expression

extortion

fabian

extraction

extension

extinction

extrusion

feminine

fenian

fijian

ferryman

filtration

fisherman

fixation

foramen

forbidden

flirtation

gentleman

forewoman

formation

foundation

flotation

forgotten

exertion

halcyon

franciscan

freudian

fruition

freemason

galleon

fustian

garrison

gaussian

frustration

genuine

glycogen

globulin

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

hammerman

gradation

gestation

guncotton

gravamen

guardian

grobian

gyration

exemption

everyone

harlequin

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydration

husbandry

hydrogen

illusion

hispanic

humulin

ignition

imagine

impassion

immersion

hispanics

insertion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

impression

inclusion

incision

incursion

inception

infarction

induction

indian

infection

inflection

inflation

infliction

ingestion

infraction

injection

infusion

inhuman

inscription

injunction

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

irishman

invasion

invention

irian

inversion

italian

lecithin

jamaican

jessamine

jettison

jovian

kantian

julian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

laotian

laurentian

layperson

lesbian

libyan

lesbians

libration

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

malayan

mannequin

mandarin

malaysian

margarine

marian

medicine

medallion

median

megaphone

megaphones

melanin

mexican

midshipman

migration

moccasin

misshapen

mistaken

misprision

misgivings

misfortune

misgiving

moleskin

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

menhaden

myosin

myrmidon

nebraskan

narration

negation

nemean

niacin

nitrogen

nonhuman

norwegian

nevadan

nonunion

notation

nobleman

nubian

obsession

nutrition

objection

occupant

occupants

occasion

octillion

occlusion

obstruction

odeon

origin

opinion

oppression

optician

oration

optation

omission

orion

ottoman

oxygen

overdone

overman

overrun

parisian

ovation

paladin

parthian

partisan

partition

patrician

outspoken

pavilion

pelican

position

intrusion

perception

perfection

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

permission

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

physician

policeman

pollution

porcelain

precaution

production

possession

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

prediction

preemption

prescription

privation

predestine

presumption

pretension

prevention

probation

procession

projection

profession

profusion

progression

propulsion

puritan

protection

proscription

prostration

protean

proportion

provision

quotation

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

regimen

redemption

reflection

rejection

regression

rendition

remission

relation

religion

reopen

promotion

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

respondent

respondents

responses

responsive

resumption

restriction

retraction

reversion

rifleman

revision

revulsion

reunion

rhodopsin

retention

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

saxophone

saxophones

scorpion

selection

secretion

seclusion

scythian

secession

sedation

seduction

sedition

sarasin

sensation

skeleton

silicon

simian

singleton

snapdragon

specimen

solomon

solution

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

succession

subtraction

submission

suburban

subversion

sumatran

summation

suggestion

superman

suppression

subscription

suspender

suspenders

suspension

suspensions

suspicion

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

taxation

technician

thespian

temptation

vacation

timberman

toboggan

transaction

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transgression

transition

uncommon

transmission

translation

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

teaspoonful

unison

uneven

unwritten

uterine

vagabonds

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

veteran

zambian

vibration

violin

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zeppelin

underpin

vanillin

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

acupuncture

adrenaline

adoration

adrenalin

admiration

admonition

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

agitation

alabaman

aldebaran

albanian

agrarian

allegation

algerian

algonquian

allocation

annotation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

appellation

amphibian

animation

amputation

annexation

ammunition

appalachian

apparition

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

armageddon

arizonan

arthurian

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

application

attribution

athenian

augmentation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

aviation

arabian

bolivian

bohemian

cacophony

bradykinin

calculation

businesswoman

calibration

composition

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalition

cogitation

collocation

coloradan

collodion

coloration

columbian

combination

commutation

comparison

comedian

committeeman

commendation

competition

compensation

compilation

complication

comprehension

condemnation

condescension

condensation

concentration

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

conservation

consternation

consolation

consummation

contribution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

corinthian

copernican

coronation

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

computation

crocodilian

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

criterion

darwinian

decimation

dedication

decoration

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

delegation

degradation

deformation

dehydration

definition

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

deposition

derivation

desiccation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

desolation

destitution

despondency

desperation

detonation

destination

devastation

devolution

depravation

execution

deviation

dietitian

dissolution

devonian

diocesan

dilatation

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disappointment

disappointing

disappointments

disappointed

disinfection

disillusion

dispensable

dislocation

dispensary

dispensation

disposition

disinflation

dissertation

dissipation

disputation

distillation

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

dysfunctional

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

equitation

emulation

erudition

emigration

embarkation

emanation

equestrian

eritrean

englishwoman

estimation

espionage

european

evolution

elongation

eustachian

excavation

excitation

exclamation

estonian

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

expandable

expectation

expedition

exposition

expenditure

expenditures

expiration

explication

exploration

explanation

exploitation

exponential

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

galilean

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

gravitation

graduation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

germination

hemoglobin

hegelian

evocation

herculean

hesitation

declaration

obligation

himalayan

historian

hibernation

iberian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

hungarian

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implication

implantation

imposition

importation

imputation

indiscretion

inattention

impregnation

incarnation

incrustation

incantation

incubation

inclination

indication

indexation

indigestion

innovation

indecision

indentation

indignation

inflammation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

inhibition

legislation

inhalation

information

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intimation

integration

interdiction

interjection

intercession

intermission

interception

interruption

interurban

intersection

interwoven

intervention

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

invocation

intonation

invitation

iranian

isolation

irrigation

irritation

iteration

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

lancastrian

kindergarten

leviathan

lesbianism

liberian

librarian

liberation

levitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

locomotion

litigation

limitation

lubrication

machination

macedonian

manumission

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

masturbation

medication

maturation

mediation

meditation

melanesian

melatonin

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

misconception

moderation

modulation

misbegotten

miseration

missourian

mitigation

misperception

moravian

mongolian

molestation

mortification

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nicaraguan

nigerian

newtonian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

noblewoman

obfuscation

oblivion

ministration

observation

obsidian

occupying

occupancy

occupation

octahedron

obstetrician

opposition

operation

ohioan

olympian

oleandrin

orchestration

ordination

oxidation

ovulation

overburden

palpitation

paraguayan

pagination

pagurian

oscillation

ostentation

pavlovian

penicillin

penetration

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

permutation

peruvian

politician

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polynesian

population

repercussion

praetorian

precondition

preconception

proclamation

polyhedron

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

preparation

preservation

presentation

predetermine

procreation

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5 syllable words

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abomination

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word jacobin

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

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