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

arson

alban

archers

aircraft

aircrafts

aircrew

alman

amman

archer

apron

airman

alan

ashen

aspen

asian

auction

atman

auden

austin

baldwin

bargain

bagman

bacon

banyan

barkers

baron

barton

barker

barren

bason

bastion

basin

belgian

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

burden

bellman

bellon

bison

bisson

bitten

billion

billon

blacken

billman

berserk

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bobbin

bordman

boston

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bolden

bookman

bowman

bracer

bracken

bragger

braggers

brakeman

brethren

breton

brighten

brazen

braziers

breakers

breaker

brickyard

briton

broaden

brushwork

brassard

brogan

broken

browsers

browser

brokers

broker

brochures

brochure

bullion

burdon

zircon

burgeon

burton

bushman

burgher

burman

button

cajun

cabin

calvin

cannon

canon

cauldron

canyon

chapman

capstan

carman

canton

caisson

carbon

caption

carmine

captain

carton

caxton

cayman

caution

chairman

chaplain

certain

charon

chevron

common

chessman

chicken

churchman

citron

christen

children

chieftain

christian

chosen

churchyard

classman

claxon

clinton

coachman

canaan

colon

chasten

cheapen

crushers

curtain

courser

cordon

copeman

corban

corkscrew

corsair

cotton

cousin

cowan

craftsman

crackers

craven

cracker

craker

cretin

crewman

crimson

crocker

crouton

crozier

crossroads

crossroad

croaker

croker

cruiser

cruisers

crusher

cuban

cumin

cursor

cushion

darken

dalton

dampen

damson

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

dian

diction

devon

houseman

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

drunken

dungeon

dudgeon

earthen

dutchman

driven

dustman

dromon

eaten

eden

dressers

dresser

elan

engine

emption

ensign

ermine

fibrin

fireman

floren

fatten

faction

fallen

fashion

falcon

fairground

famine

fairgrounds

fasten

faustian

felon

faulcon

flashgun

fielden

fiction

firman

fission

flatten

flexion

footman

garden

forgers

forger

foreman

foreground

foreign

fortune

fraction

fountain

garron

forsworn

fragrant

forswear

gascon

foursquare

freedman

frighten

friction

freshen

fresher

frozen

gallon

fusion

function

freezers

gammon

freeman

homespun

gentian

freezer

horseman

freshman

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gilden

golden

gluten

goodman

gorgon

gotten

grandson

gowan

graven

grazer

greaser

grecian

harken

grocers

guardsman

gudgeon

griffon

gumption

harten

hackman

haitian

hangman

happen

hasten

hausen

headman

haven

headsman

grocer

harden

hearten

heathen

heaven

heron

heighten

hessian

hempen

hetman

henchman

hidden

orchards

orchard

dagan

hogan

hoten

huntsman

linen

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

lisbon

lotion

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

kansan

jetson

kalan

kirkman

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kercher

kitten

lampron

klansman

landman

landsman

lagan

kitchen

kremlin

laden

latin

leaden

legion

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesion

lengthen

lesson

leman

leven

lion

lightman

lichen

lineman

lighten

liken

liman

linden

linemen

locken

listen

layman

lockman

london

longan

liven

loren

luncheon

logan

loosen

lumen

lyden

lopeman

lynden

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

marchers

marchman

marcher

marcor

margrave

marker

markers

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marksman

marron

matron

mangan

mason

mayan

melon

melton

mention

mercer

merger

mergers

minden

mignon

milken

million

minion

mission

mitten

mutton

moisten

molten

mormon

motion

mullen

morgan

muffin

mountain

muslin

nation

nekton

newsman

norman

oarsman

notion

option

ninon

often

ocean

odin

olden

onion

omen

open

pardon

organ

orphan

othman

outrun

oven

outdone

oxen

pagan

owen

paean

packman

panton

parker

parkers

parson

parsers

parser

passion

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

penman

penguin

peon

perjured

pension

perjure

perjures

perron

persian

person

pollan

pigeon

ponton

plantain

plankton

pinion

piston

pitman

platen

pollen

platten

poison

pillion

porker

porkers

portion

portman

postman

potion

preacher

preachers

proven

preserve

pressures

pressure

presser

prison

pressman

procure

program

programs

programme

proscribes

proscribe

prescribe

prussian

purser

quicken

ration

question

rayon

raven

reason

reckon

redden

region

pullen

rerun

resin

ridden

robin

scotsman

riden

scorcher

rincon

ripen

ribbon

risen

rosin

rotten

scion

roman

rosen

rumen

rowen

russian

ruin

saffron

runnion

sadden

salmon

salesman

samson

rowan

santon

saxon

scallion

sanction

satin

scarecrows

scarecrow

satan

scullion

riven

searchers

searcher

seaman

season

section

prescribes

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sermon

seven

sharpen

shearman

smarten

shorten

shotgun

session

shipman

seton

shaken

shaman

shogun

shrunken

sexton

showman

sicken

silken

sovereign

siren

sovran

siphon

slacken

slogan

smitten

sodden

spartan

soften

soldan

solon

squadron

sportsman

spearman

spokesman

spoken

stallion

stallman

tarpon

statesman

stiffen

stockman

station

stepson

stillion

steven

stolen

straighten

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

suasion

sudden

striven

suction

sullen

summon

sultan

sunken

surgeon

surcharge

syphon

sylvan

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

tappen

tartan

thousand

threaten

tighten

thicken

tendon

teston

tension

tillman

thresher

titan

toughen

traction

token

townsman

trackers

torsion

trodden

tracer

trojan

trillion

toman

treason

tracers

tracker

treasures

treasure

triggers

trigger

triton

tubman

tuscan

turban

tungsten

truckers

trucker

undone

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

verser

vulcan

villain

vision

wagon

waken

wanton

watchman

warden

warren

whiten

wiccan

whitson

weaken

wheaten

weapon

widen

wizen

woman

women

woolen

wooden

woodman

woolman

worker

workers

workman

yachtsman

yorkers

yorkshire

worsen

written

yaupon

yorker

zion

woven

yeoman

zaman

wrecker

workroom

3 syllable words

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abdomen

ablation

abduction

ablution

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

adhesion

admission

adoption

acumen

addiction

addition

aegean

adrian

adsorption

african

affection

affliction

aggression

artisan

albion

albumin

alderman

alsatian

aleutian

allusion

alien

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anyone

apportion

andean

appian

anglican

arkansan

archery

arian

artesian

alaskan

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assertion

asuncion

audition

assumption

attraction

attention

attrition

awaken

aversion

avian

badminton

backwoodsman

backgammon

bandwagon

austrian

australian

bedridden

abandon

battalion

beethoven

bedizen

bedouin

beholden

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

benjamin

bouillon

brazilian

brasserie

brazier

brokerage

bulletin

ascension

bureaucrat

charwoman

cambrian

campion

caucasian

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

cartesian

catalan

carrion

castration

cation

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cetacean

charlatan

causation

cistercian

chilean

cinnamon

citation

citizen

clergyman

clarion

civilian

clarendon

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

confusion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conclusion

concession

conception

concussion

concoction

confession

confection

condition

conduction

conflation

confucian

congestion

congressman

conscription

connection

connexion

conjunction

complexion

contortion

contagion

constriction

contention

construction

consumption

contraction

crustacean

contraption

contrition

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corsican

corrosion

corruption

countryman

councilman

convention

crackerjack

cremation

creation

coworker

crestfallen

coworkers

crosscurrent

crosscurrents

crockery

convection

croatian

contusion

completion

cyprian

bureaucrats

cursory

dalmatian

damnation

declension

deception

decision

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

dentition

denizen

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

description

determine

discretion

detection

detention

destruction

dictation

devotion

diffraction

digression

digestion

dilation

dilution

dimension

diffusion

direction

discipline

discussion

horizon

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distortion

dissension

distraction

division

diversion

disunion

donation

edition

distinction

dominion

downtrodden

dorian

duration

egyptian

ejection

eleven

elation

election

elison

emblazon

encryption

emission

emotion

emulsion

embolden

englishman

everyone

enlighten

equation

erasers

eraser

erection

erosion

etruscan

eruption

evasion

enliven

eviction

exaction

excursion

exertion

excretion

exception

excision

exclusion

exemption

exhaustion

expression

expansion

explosion

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

fabian

fisherman

extrusion

feminine

fenian

fijian

ferryman

filtration

extraction

fixation

flirtation

foramen

forgeries

forgery

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

formation

foundation

franciscan

flotation

garrison

fruition

frustration

galleon

fustian

gaussian

freemason

gentleman

genuine

gordian

ghanaian

gillian

gravamen

gradation

gestation

grazier

irian

freudian

groceries

harlequin

gregory

grobian

halcyon

hawaiian

grocery

guardian

hammerman

handwoven

heartbroken

guncotton

gyration

halogen

heroine

heroin

harassers

harasser

horatian

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

imagine

immersion

impassion

illusion

hydration

in-person

imprison

impression

inaction

implosion

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

infarction

infection

inflation

inflection

ingestion

infliction

injection

infraction

inhuman

injunction

infusion

insertion

inspection

instruction

intention

intrusion

intestine

invasion

inversion

invention

irishman

jacobin

italian

jamaican

javelin

jovian

julian

jettison

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lactation

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

mandarin

induction

libration

ligation

libyan

location

lutheran

lumberman

malayan

logician

magician

magdalen

malaysian

marguerite

marian

inscription

masculine

menhaden

median

medicine

melanin

mercury

mexican

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

myosin

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

medallion

nevadan

niacin

nebraskan

negation

nemean

nurseries

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

nutrition

notation

nubian

nursery

objection

obsession

oppression

mercuric

octillion

occasion

odeon

occlusion

omission

opinion

optation

optician

oration

obstruction

orion

origin

ottoman

overdone

outspoken

ovation

overman

overrun

oxygen

paragraph

paragraphs

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

pavilion

perception

percussion

peregrine

pelican

pentathlon

perfusion

perjurer

perjury

permission

permian

perfection

peregrines

perversion

peterman

persuasion

petition

phrygian

physician

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

phoenician

possession

position

praiseworthy

precaution

precession

precision

predation

predestine

precursor

preclusion

precursors

prediction

preemption

prescription

prescriptions

prescribers

prescriber

preserver

pretension

preservers

privation

presumption

prevention

procession

pressurize

probation

progresses

progression

profession

production

profusion

procurement

procurements

procurer

progressive

projection

promotion

proportion

prostration

procreate

proscription

propulsion

protection

protean

procreates

provision

regression

puritan

quotation

ramadan

pursuers

pursuer

reaction

recession

rebellion

reception

regimen

reduction

redemption

reflection

recision

rejection

religion

relation

remission

rendition

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

rhodopsin

retention

retraction

revision

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rifleman

restriction

resumption

scorpion

rotation

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

sauerkraut

secretion

secession

scythian

seclusion

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

sharecroppers

sharecropper

silicon

simian

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

sorcerers

sorcerer

sorcery

solution

singleton

specimen

stagnation

reopen

starvation

suburban

submersion

stygian

subscription

subversion

submission

subtraction

succession

suggestion

tamarin

sumatran

summation

superman

suppression

surgeries

surcharges

talisman

surgery

tactician

syrian

suspension

suspicion

taxation

technician

timberman

sedition

thespian

three-quarters

toboggan

transaction

transgression

tradition

transition

translation

unburden

transmission

treachery

treasurers

treasuries

treasurys

treasurer

treasury

trickery

transcription

transfusion

tuition

truncation

unbroken

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vatican

vacation

vermilion

venetian

venison

veteran

vibration

vitamin

volition

vocation

temptation

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

abolition

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

acquisition

accusation

activation

adaptation

admiration

adrenaline

adoration

admonition

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

arthurian

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

ammunition

amputation

annotation

annexation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

animation

approbation

arabian

arbitration

agitation

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

alabaman

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

augmentation

barbarian

avocation

aviation

backwardation

ayrshire

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

brokerages

benediction

bureaucracies

bureaucracy

compensation

competition

commutation

californian

calculation

calibration

canadian

cancellation

caracara

carcinogen

celebration

chameleon

centurion

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

circumcision

cogitation

coalition

collocation

coloradan

coloration

collodion

comedian

combination

columbian

commendation

committeeman

comparison

compilation

contrarian

complication

comprehension

composition

computation

condemnation

condescension

confirmation

concentration

condensation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

conservation

congregation

consecration

consolation

constellation

consummation

consternation

constipation

consultation

contemplation

constitution

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

corp.

corporation

conversation

copernican

coronation

correlation

cotyledon

corinthian

cross-reference

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

businesswoman

bureaucratese

cyclopean

darwinian

dandelion

declaration

decompression

decimation

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

demarcation

deformation

dehydration

delegation

definition

degradation

deportation

demolition

demonstration

desecration

desperation

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

deviation

desiccation

desolation

designation

deposition

detonation

destination

destitution

devastation

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

devolution

diocesan

diminution

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

disillusion

dislocation

disinflation

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

divination

distribution

distillation

dominican

education

domination

draconian

duplication

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

emanation

dispensation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

eustachian

european

erudition

estimation

estonian

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

expectation

exhumation

expedition

expiration

exploration

explication

exploitation

exposition

explanation

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federation

fibrillation

extrication

floridian

figuration

firecrackers

fermentation

extradition

foliation

fluctuation

fluoridation

fragmentation

gargantuan

formulation

fumigation

galilean

gregorian

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

glaciation

graduation

gravitation

gorgonian

granulation

germination

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hara-kiri

hibernation

herculean

hesitation

hemoglobin

historian

hegelian

missourian

himalayan

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

custodian

ideation

hyperion

iberian

importation

ibuprofen

firecracker

immigration

illustration

imperfection

imitation

immolation

imputation

incarnation

inattention

incantation

indiscretion

implication

implantation

indigestion

indication

indentation

indexation

indignation

incubation

incrustation

imposition

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

information

impregnation

indecision

inhalation

innovation

indonesian

inspiration

insurrection

installation

instigation

insulation

institution

interaction

intercession

integration

interception

interjection

intermission

interdiction

interurban

interruption

intersection

interwoven

intervention

intimation

intonation

introduction

introspection

intuition

inundation

irritation

isolation

iranian

iteration

irrigation

invitation

invocation

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

levitation

inhibition

librarian

liberian

limitation

litigation

liberation

lubrication

locomotion

malformation

maccabean

macedonian

liquefaction

machination

liquidation

inclination

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

lilliputian

mediation

menstruation

medication

meditation

melanesian

mercurial

meridian

merry-go-round

ministration

minnesotan

napoleon

misbegotten

inquisition

miseration

misperception

moderation

mitigation

modulation

molestation

mongolian

mortification

moravian

motivation

mutilation

nigerian

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nomination

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nurseryman

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obstetrician

oblivion

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

obsidian

operation

olympian

misconception

opposition

predetermine

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

ovulation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pelagian

perforation

penetration

pedestrian

ordination

penicillin

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

persecution

permutation

planarian

polyhedron

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

praetorian

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word margarine

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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