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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

ardent

arson

aspen

auden

auction

austin

atman

banyan

baldwin

bargain

bacon

bagman

baron

barren

barton

bayman

asian

basin

bastion

bason

baton

batten

batton

baston

beacon

beaten

beckon

billion

bellman

billman

belgian

begun

bellon

billon

boarding

birdman

bison

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

birthing

bisson

bitten

boardings

boatman

birthmark

bobbin

bolden

birthmarks

bollen

bookman

bordman

boredom

brakeman

boughten

brazen

boston

bourbon

bowman

bracken

braiding

breeding

breathing

brethren

breton

broaden

broadens

brighten

bullion

brogan

broken

brooding

briton

bruting

britons

burden

burdened

burdens

burdon

burman

ashen

burgeon

caisson

cajun

button

cabin

canaan

calvin

cannon

canon

canyon

canton

carbon

capstan

captain

cardoon

caption

carman

carmine

cartons

cauldron

carton

cayman

cartoons

caution

cartoon

caxton

chairman

certain

chasten

chaplain

chapman

charon

cheapen

chessman

chevron

chicken

chieftain

children

churchman

chosen

citron

christian

christen

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

cordon

corban

copeman

cotton

cousin

craftsman

craven

cowan

credence

cretin

crimson

crewman

crouton

croutons

cuban

cumin

curtain

curtains

bushman

cushion

burton

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

drunken

dozen

ensign

dragon

dreadnought

dromon

driven

dungeon

dustman

dudgeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

elan

emption

engine

ermine

dampen

falcon

faction

fallen

famine

faulcon

faustian

fatten

felon

fibrin

fiction

fielden

floren

fireman

flashgun

firman

flatten

flexion

fission

footman

foreman

fortunes

fortin

foreign

fortnights

fortnight

fortune

fountain

fourteen

fourteenth

fourteens

freedman

fraction

freeman

freedom

freedoms

freetown

freshen

farthing

fashion

frighten

fasten

frozen

freshman

gilden

friction

garden

gardens

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

georgian

gentian

german

fruiting

function

gibbon

gladden

girding

glidden

given

glisten

gorgon

golden

goodman

gotten

gluten

grandson

graven

grating

grading

gowan

fusion

grecian

guardsman

grouting

gudgeon

gumption

greeting

griffon

hangman

haitian

hackman

happen

harden

hardened

hardens

harken

harten

hearten

hasten

haven

headsman

headman

hausen

heighten

heathen

henchman

heron

hidden

hetman

hessian

hoarding

heaven

horseman

homespun

houseman

hogan

hoten

hoven

hempen

huntsman

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

greetings

hurting

damson

ion

jorden

jargon

jackman

jordan

jordans

jason

jasmine

jetson

jetton

kansan

kalan

junction

klansman

keelson

kenyan

kirkman

kelson

kelvin

kitten

kitchen

landsman

landman

laden

lagan

lampron

latin

layman

leaden

ledden

leman

legion

leaven

lemon

lengthen

lineman

linemen

kremlin

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

leven

linden

lion

lesson

linen

lesion

lessen

lisbon

listen

london

longan

liven

lockman

locken

logan

loren

loosen

lopeman

luncheon

lyden

lynden

lotion

m1

lumen

mangan

maiden

mahone

mansion

marchman

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

margin

marron

martian

martin

martens

martians

martins

mason

matron

mayan

mention

minion

melon

melton

minden

mignon

million

milken

mission

moisten

molten

mordant

morgan

mormon

mountain

muffin

mullen

motion

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

madden

oarsman

olden

notion

ocean

odin

often

onion

open

ordnance

option

ordain

organ

orphan

omen

outdone

othman

outrun

oven

oxen

packman

owen

pagan

paean

panton

pardon

pardons

parson

part-time

parting

passman

passion

pathan

partners

patron

patten

pavon

partner

pectin

penman

pension

penguin

peon

mitten

pertains

perron

person

pertain

persian

plantain

pinion

plankton

pillion

piston

pitman

pigeon

platen

portman

poison

pollan

pollen

portends

portend

portent

portents

portion

ponton

portions

platten

postman

potion

zircon

shredding

pressman

pretend

shrunken

prison

pretends

protein

prudhomme

prussian

prudence

prudent

proven

pullen

proteins

question

quicken

ration

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

rayon

riden

rerun

ridden

ripen

rincon

sardine

resin

ribbon

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

scullion

risen

sadden

salesman

saffron

samson

salmon

russian

sanction

santon

runnion

sardines

satan

saxon

scion

satin

shorten

riven

rumen

scotsman

ruin

shortens

scallion

seaman

seedsman

selden

section

semen

sharpen

shaken

shaman

sequin

shearman

season

sermon

seton

seven

session

sexton

shorthand

shirting

shogun

shipman

shotgun

showman

shrouding

silken

sicken

siphon

siren

skirting

slacken

slogan

smarten

soldan

sodden

soften

smitten

solon

spartan

sportsman

squadron

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spearman

spoken

stallion

stallman

statesman

station

stillion

stockman

stolen

stepson

straighten

strengthen

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

suasion

sunken

sudden

sultan

suction

sullen

summon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

tendon

surgeon

tarpon

tartan

taken

talon

tappen

sylvan

tension

teston

sturgeon

titan

torsion

tighten

thirteenths

thirteenth

thirteen

thousand

token

tillman

toman

thicken

threaten

threatens

townsman

traction

trading

tradings

toughen

treadmill

treadmills

treason

treatment

treatments

trident

trillion

trodden

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

turban

trojan

undone

urchin

union

urine

urban

triton

vegan

verdin

urson

verdant

version

vulcan

villain

vision

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

wardens

warren

watchman

whiten

weaken

wheaten

whitson

weapon

wiccan

widen

wizen

woman

women

wording

woodman

workman

worsen

woolman

woolen

woven

writing

yaupon

writings

zaman

yachtsman

wooden

yeoman

written

zion

3 syllable words

abandon

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

acumen

addiction

adrian

addition

adhesion

admission

adoption

affection

adsorption

alaskan

aegean

african

aggression

affliction

aerodyne

alderman

aryan

albion

alien

alsatian

allusion

andean

albumin

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anglican

aleutian

anyone

appian

apportion

ardently

arkansan

arian

artesian

artisan

ascension

assassin

assertion

aspersion

australian

assumption

attraction

attrition

avian

austrian

audition

asuncion

attention

aversion

awaken

badminton

bandwagon

backgammon

backwoodsman

baritone

baritones

battalion

bartenders

bartender

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

boardinghouse

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

breadwinners

breadwinner

bulletin

burdensome

cambrian

campion

carnation

capsaicin

cardigan

cardinal

cardinals

cartesian

carrion

chairperson

caucasian

causation

castration

cartoonist

cation

cartoonists

catalan

cetacean

cessation

certainly

certainty

certainties

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chardonnay

chardonnays

citation

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarion

clergyman

cognition

collection

collegian

cohesion

coercion

collagen

collision

collusion

combustion

clarendon

commission

commotion

communion

companion

completion

compassion

complexion

compulsion

compression

compunction

conduction

condition

concession

concussion

conception

conclusion

concoction

confection

confession

contagion

conflation

confucian

confusion

congestion

congressman

conscription

conjunction

connection

connexion

constriction

construction

consumption

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

conviction

convention

convulsion

convection

conversion

cortinas

corsican

court-martial

countryman

crustacean

cortina

corruption

corrosion

contention

credential

credenza

councilman

creation

creations

credentialed

credentials

correction

croatian

cremation

croatians

crestfallen

cyprian

dalmatian

indian

deception

declension

deduction

defection

decision

dentition

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

detention

derision

description

desertion

destruction

dimension

detection

determine

dictation

devotion

digestion

dilation

diffusion

digression

diffraction

dilution

dorian

dissension

dominion

discussion

disunion

discipline

dissection

disruption

dispersion

distinction

distortion

distraction

donation

diversion

downtrodden

duration

durations

edition

ejection

elation

earthenware

egyptian

election

eleven

elison

equation

emblazon

direction

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

discretion

erection

eruption

erosion

etruscan

extension

evasion

everyone

eviction

exaction

exception

exemption

extinction

excision

exclusion

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exertion

expansion

expression

explosion

expulsion

extortion

extraction

division

fabian

damnation

gravamen

feminine

fenian

ferryman

fijian

filtration

flotation

flirtation

fixation

firedamp

fisherman

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

fortuna

fortunate

fortnightly

freemason

franciscan

freethinker

freethinkers

freudian

frustration

farthingale

gardening

fustian

galleon

gardener

gaussian

gardeners

garrison

genuine

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

fruition

gradient

gradients

guardian

guardians

gyration

grobian

gyrations

halcyon

handwoven

hammerman

halogen

hardener

hardeners

hardening

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

guncotton

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

immersion

imagine

imprison

impression

in-person

inaction

impassion

incision

inception

inclusion

implosion

incursion

predation

predestine

induction

infarction

inflation

infraction

infusion

infliction

infection

inhuman

inscription

instruction

insertion

inspection

ingestion

inflection

injection

intention

injunction

invasion

intestine

intrusion

invention

inversion

irian

irishman

korean

jamaican

irritant

irritants

jacobin

javelin

jettison

kantian

italian

jovian

julian

keynesian

keratin

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

libration

lesbian

libyan

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

mandarin

malaysian

magdalen

malayan

magician

margarine

marian

marathon

marathons

maritime

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

mistaken

medicine

melanin

migration

midshipman

mexican

odeon

misshapen

misprision

misfortune

munition

moroccan

musician

muskmelon

mutation

maritimes

myosin

narration

nemean

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nitrogen

nonhuman

niacin

nobleman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

objection

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

obsession

obstruction

octillion

opinion

oration

ordinance

oppression

optation

orations

optician

origin

orion

omission

ottoman

ovation

outspoken

overdone

oxygen

overman

overrun

pardoning

parisian

parthian

parthenon

partisan

perfusion

partition

perfection

partnership

partnerships

pavilion

patrician

percussion

perception

pentathlon

pelican

permian

persuasion

permission

pertinent

phoenician

perversion

phrygian

petition

physician

peterman

plantation

precession

plebeian

porcelain

policeman

pollution

possession

portmanteau

position

precaution

precision

preclusion

prediction

extrusion

preemption

shortening

presumption

pretended

probation

pretensions

prescription

pretension

prevention

production

procession

privation

prostration

profession

profusion

projection

progression

proportion

propulsion

proscription

promotion

protean

protection

prudential

provision

prudency

prudently

quotation

puritan

puritans

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

reception

recession

recision

reduction

reflection

relation

redemption

rejection

regression

religion

rendition

regimen

remission

reopen

reptilian

repression

resection

rescission

restriction

resumption

retention

retraction

reunion

rhodopsin

revision

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

sardonic

sensation

scrutiny

scrutinize

scythian

sedation

secretion

selection

seduction

sedition

seclusion

short-winded

secession

simian

pretenders

silicon

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

solution

pretender

singleton

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

subtraction

suburban

subscription

submersion

suspension

subversion

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

superman

taxation

syrian

suppression

suspicion

temptation

tamarin

tactician

technician

talisman

tritium

thespian

toboggan

timberman

threatening

transaction

tradition

transcription

transfusion

translation

transition

transmission

transgression

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uneven

venetian

unwritten

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unison

vacation

uterine

urethane

vatican

venison

vermilion

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adrenaline

adaptation

admiration

adoration

affirmation

adulation

advocation

admonition

affectation

aggravation

agrarian

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

aldebaran

algonquian

alteration

altercation

allegation

allocation

alternation

amphibian

american

amputation

ammunition

animation

annotation

annexation

arbitration

algerian

appalachian

appellation

application

apparition

apprehension

approbation

arthurian

armageddon

arizonan

arithmetic

aspiration

athenian

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

barbarian

backwardation

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

custodian

canadian

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

carcinogen

chameleon

celebration

centurion

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

comedian

commendation

committeeman

coalition

collodion

collocation

cogitation

coloration

coloradan

columbian

combination

comprehension

competition

compilation

composition

complication

comparison

commutation

compensation

condescension

computation

condemnation

condensation

concentration

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conservation

connotation

congregation

consternation

conjugation

consecration

consolation

constellation

consummation

constipation

consultation

constitution

contemplation

conversation

coordinate

contravention

contraception

contrarian

contradiction

contribution

coordinates

convocation

convolution

coronation

corp.

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

cyclopean

businesswoman

indecision

darwinian

dandelion

decimation

decoration

declaration

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

definition

deportation

depredation

depravation

deposition

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

designation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

destitution

destination

devonian

devastation

deviation

devolution

detonation

dilatation

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

dislocation

disinflation

disinfection

eritrean

european

disconnection

dissertation

dissipation

disputation

disposition

distillation

dispensation

dissolution

distribution

domination

eustachian

dominican

draconian

elongation

embarkation

duplication

exhortation

education

elevation

electrician

elocution

emanation

emigration

emulation

disaffection

englishwoman

equestrian

equitation

estonian

erudition

disillusion

estimation

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exclamation

exhumation

expiration

exploration

expectation

explication

exploitation

expedition

exposition

explanation

extrication

exhibition

divination

extradition

fabrication

indication

fallopian

miseration

floridian

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

fluoridation

foliation

fluctuation

fortunately

formulation

fragmentation

gregorian

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gravitation

graduation

fascination

granulation

greco-roman

guardianship

guatemalan

habitation

hungarian

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

hesitation

himalayan

historian

hemoglobin

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

ideation

importation

incarnation

immigration

imitation

immolation

illustration

imperfection

implantation

implication

imposition

incantation

impregnation

imputation

inattention

incrustation

inclination

incubation

indentation

indexation

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

information

inflammation

infiltration

inhalation

infestation

missourian

inhibition

inspiration

indiscretion

installation

instigation

inquisition

institution

insulation

interdiction

integration

intermission

insurrection

interaction

intercession

mitigation

interruption

inundation

innovation

iranian

interception

intimation

introduction

interwoven

intonation

introspection

invitation

invocation

intuition

iridium

irrational

irrigation

jacobean

irritation

isolation

iteration

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

librarian

liberation

liberian

levitation

leviathan

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

macedonian

litigation

maccabean

locomotion

lubrication

mortification

intersection

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

interurban

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meridian

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

intervention

misperception

interjection

machination

moravian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

navigation

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

observation

obsidian

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

occupation

octahedron

ordination

ohioan

obstetrician

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordinances

ordinaries

ordinary

oscillation

ostentation

oxidation

overburden

ovulation

pagurian

paraguayan

palpitation

pagination

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

perspiration

permutation

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

polynesian

plutonian

politician

praetorian

polyhedron

population

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

predominate

preelection

predominant

predominates

preignition

misconception

preparation

preservation

predominance

premonition

procreation

proclamation

profanation

propagation

prosecution

proposition

prostitution

prohibition

protestation

provocation

publication

protozoan

punctuation

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recognition

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recantation

recreation

reconstruction

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sicilian

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restitution

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rhododendron

retribution

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rhetorician

resolution

rumination

samaritan

saturation

satisfaction

reputation

segregation

self-deception

separation

shakespearean

sequestration

presentation

sectarian

scrutinizes

segmentation

simonian

situation

smithsonian

simulation

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

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substitution

suffocation

superhuman

superstition

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tamoxifen

tabulation

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termination

tetrahedron

toleration

titillation

trepidation

transportation

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tribulation

ulceration

validation

usurpation

vacillation

utopian

vaccination

variation

valerian

valuation

variations

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

vindication

wagnerian

visitation

violation

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

accreditation

academician

accommodation

acceleration

accumulation

adjudication

adulteration

affiliation

administration

agglomeration

alleviation

alliteration

alienation

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amelioration

amplification

argentinian

appreciation

appropriation

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annihilation

anticipation

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augustinian

association

assemblywoman

assimilation

assassination

attenuation

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

centralization

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christianization

classification

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colonization

civilization

commemoration

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communication

conciliation

confabulation

concatenation

confederation

conglomeration

congratulation

configuration

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

coordination

cooperation

coordinated

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creationism

decapitation

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decomposition

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degeneration

deification

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

depopulation

determination

dionysian

disembarkation

discrimination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

excoriation

domestication

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edification

elaboration

ejaculation

electrocution

elimination

elizabethan

emancipation

discoloration

enumeration

epicurean

equalization

eradication

equivocation

ethiopian

disinclination

evaporation

exacerbation

evaluation

exaggeration

examination

exasperation

evacuation

exfoliation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expatriation

exhilaration

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hanoverian

hallucination

harmonization

humiliation

hybridization

hyperborean

hyperinflation

hydrogenation

illumination

immunization

incorporation

inactivation

improvisation

inauguration

incarceration

incineration

incrimination

imagination

misinformation

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

initiation

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inoculation

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instrumentation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

intoxication

invalidation

investigation

irradiation

irredentism

irrationally

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

lithuanian

legalization

libertarian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

maximilian

mathematician

maximization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

insemination

mississippian

interconnection

ionization

modernization

mobilization

modification

mummification

multiplication

negotiation

neutralization

neapolitan

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

normalization

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notification

obliteration

nullification

oregonian

ordinarily

orientation

ornamentation

organization

origination

ossification

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

periodontal

peritoneal

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philadelphian

polarization

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mechanization

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predominantly

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predisposition

presupposition

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procrastination

proliferation

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pronunciation

puritanical

purification

puritanism

puritanisms

pythagorean

qualification

quantification

ramification

ratification

repatriation

reaffirmation

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recommendation

reforestation

recrimination

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regeneration

reintegration

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remuneration

renunciation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

preoccupation

sedimentation

presbyterian

simplification

solicitation

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

sophistication

synchronization

utilization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

theologian

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

vulgarization

vilification

veterinarian

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word jordanian

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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