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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

airman

alan

alman

amman

anthem

anthems

apron

cabin

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

auden

bagman

banding

baldwin

bantams

baron

barren

bason

bastion

bacon

basin

beaten

bayman

beacon

beckon

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

bellman

bellon

bending

bounding

bison

binding

bitten

bindings

billman

billon

bisson

belgian

blacken

bonding

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bordman

bookman

blowgun

bowman

bracken

billion

brakeman

bourbon

brazen

breton

briton

broaden

brethren

brogan

broken

bunting

burton

bullion

burden

burdon

burman

bushman

burgeon

begun

craven

canteens

capstan

caption

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

centime

centimes

certain

centner

canteen

chaplain

chapman

chairman

chanting

charon

chessman

chasten

chevron

cheapen

chieftain

chicken

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

children

citron

claxon

classman

coachman

colon

comedown

condemn

condone

condemned

contend

condemns

contain

contemn

contains

contempt

condense

contents

contends

condensed

cousin

craftsman

pointing

copeman

corban

cordon

cowan

condones

cretin

crouton

crimson

crewman

cuban

curtain

cumin

cushion

dampen

damson

dagon

daman

daunting

dagan

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

dentine

desman

dian

devon

diction

eden

dragon

draftsman

driven

drunken

dungeon

dromon

dustman

dozen

dutchman

dudgeon

eaten

earthen

elan

emption

ensign

ending

engine

endings

entomb

entwine

ermine

fasten

faction

falcon

fainting

famine

fashion

faulcon

faustian

fibrin

fielden

felon

fiction

fireman

floren

gorgon

finding

flashgun

findings

firman

flexion

fission

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

founding

fraction

freedman

freeman

freshman

friction

frozen

freshen

function

gallon

gammon

garron

gascon

gentian

georgian

german

fusion

gilden

gibbon

given

funding

gladden

gluten

golden

goodman

glidden

glisten

gowan

grandson

graven

griffon

guardsman

gudgeon

grecian

gumption

hangman

hackman

happen

haitian

handmade

hausen

headman

hempen

haven

heaven

headsman

heathen

henchman

horseman

hasten

hetman

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

hessian

hoten

hounding

houseman

hoven

human

hunting

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

zaman

zion

jasmine

intent

intense

intend

intends

jackman

intents

intones

intone

ion

jordan

jetton

jetson

jason

jorden

indent

junction

klansman

kalan

kenyan

kitten

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kirkman

kitchen

knitting

kremlin

lagan

laden

landman

landing

landings

landmark

landsman

lampron

leaden

leaven

ledden

landmarks

lengthen

leman

liman

lemon

lending

lessen

lesson

leven

legion

lesion

lendings

lightman

lichen

liken

linden

layman

linen

lindane

lion

lisbon

listen

madden

loren

lopeman

logan

loosen

lotion

luncheon

lynden

liven

lyden

m1

lumen

maiden

maintain

maintains

mahone

mangan

mansion

margin

martian

marchman

markman

marksman

marron

mason

matron

mounting

mayan

melon

melton

minion

mention

nekton

mentions

mignon

milken

million

mitten

minding

mission

moisten

morgan

mormon

motion

molten

muffin

mullen

muslin

mundane

newsman

nation

ninon

nineteenth

norman

oarsman

omen

notion

ocean

often

ointment

olden

odin

nineteen

open

option

organ

othman

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

owen

packman

panting

painting

paintings

paean

pagan

passman

pathan

passion

patron

pectin

pendant

penguin

pending

penman

pension

pentane

perron

peon

person

persian

pigeon

pinion

phantoms

pillion

piston

pitman

poison

pontoons

portman

portion

pounding

postman

potion

redden

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

quintin

random

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

region

rerun

resin

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

saffron

ripen

sadden

rounding

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rowan

rumen

rowen

russian

salmon

ruin

salesman

samson

sanction

sandman

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scullion

satan

scion

seaman

season

selden

section

seedsman

straighten

sentence

taunting

seton

sexton

sequin

sermon

seven

shaken

session

shaman

shearman

shrunken

shunting

shipman

shogun

showman

sicken

silken

siren

siphon

slacken

smitten

smoothen

smoothing

slogan

soldan

solon

tendon

soundings

sometime

sounding

sometimes

spearman

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

stallion

squinting

stallman

stepson

steven

stiffen

statesman

station

stillion

strengthen

semen

stolen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

suasion

suction

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

sundown

tandem

sweeten

swollen

surgeon

sylvan

syphon

talon

taken

tappen

traction

tendons

tension

teston

thousand

threaten

townsman

torsion

tillman

thicken

token

toman

toughen

urine

something

treason

trillion

tubman

trojan

tuscan

turban

undine

union

urson

urban

urchin

vegan

yachtsman

written

winding

version

vulcan

wizen

vision

villain

vintner

vintners

watchman

warden

wagon

warren

waken

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whitson

widen

wiccan

woodman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

windmill

windmills

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

smoothens

somethings

zircon

3 syllable words

aryan

abandon

abduction

ablation

ablution

accession

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

african

aegean

adrian

adsorption

affection

affliction

adoption

alaskan

albion

aggression

albumin

alderman

aleutian

allusion

alien

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

andean

anchorman

anglican

andante

antennas

anyone

antenna

appian

arian

anything

artesian

apportion

arkansan

artisan

ascension

bedouin

assassin

aspersion

attention

assertion

assumption

attrition

attraction

asuncion

audition

austrian

aversion

australian

avian

awaken

badminton

bandwagon

bandanas

bandana

battalion

backwoodsman

backgammon

campion

bedizen

bentonite

beholden

biotin

bitumen

benjamin

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

bedridden

cambrian

beethoven

cantonal

capsaicin

carnation

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

cation

catalan

caucasian

causation

castration

champion

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

citation

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citizen

civilian

clarion

clergyman

clarendon

coercion

cognition

collagen

collegian

collusion

collection

cohesion

collision

combustion

conduction

commission

cessation

commitment

companion

communion

commotion

compulsion

commuting

compassion

completion

compression

complexion

commitments

concussion

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

compunction

contagion

condensates

condiment

condiments

condition

condensate

confession

confection

conflation

confucian

confusion

connection

congressman

congestion

conjunction

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

consumption

container

containers

containment

contemplate

contemplates

contention

continent

continents

contender

contenders

contented

contentment

contentions

contingent

continued

continues

contingents

continue

contortion

contraction

contraption

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

contusion

corruption

corsican

corrosion

correction

councilman

countenance

contrition

countryman

condenser

creation

crustacean

croatian

cremation

crestfallen

cyprian

disruption

damnation

dalmatian

declension

decision

deception

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

depression

derision

desertion

description

destruction

determine

detection

devotion

dilation

detention

dictation

dilution

digression

dimension

digestion

diffraction

diffusion

dissection

discipline

direction

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissension

distinction

disunion

distraction

diversion

dorian

dominion

donations

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

distortion

division

elation

election

egyptian

ejection

emulsion

eleven

elison

emission

emitting

emotion

emblazon

embolden

emotions

encryption

endanger

enlighten

enliven

entombment

endowment

entangle

entangled

englishman

endowments

endemic

equation

endangered

eruption

erosion

erection

etruscan

evasion

endangers

exaction

eviction

everyone

excision

exception

exclusion

excretion

exhaustion

excursion

exertion

exemption

forbidden

expansion

extension

expulsion

explosion

expression

extinction

fabian

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fandango

fenian

ferryman

feminine

fijian

filtration

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

fixation

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

freudian

frustration

freemason

fruition

formation

fustian

galleon

garrison

ghanaian

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

gillian

gordian

gravamen

grobian

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

handwoven

gyration

halogen

hammerman

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

gradation

hydrogen

impassion

hydration

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

implosion

in-person

inaction

imprison

incision

incursion

inception

inclusion

impression

indians

indium

indenture

indian

indentured

indentures

induction

infarction

infection

inflation

infusion

ingestion

inflection

infraction

infliction

inhuman

injection

injunction

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

intended

intensive

irian

intention

intensely

intentions

intently

intentioned

intestine

intrusion

intimate

intimates

invasion

inversion

invention

irishman

italian

jacobin

jamaican

janthina

javelin

jettison

jovian

lecithin

julian

korean

keratin

keynesian

lactation

landowners

lanolin

lanthanum

laurentian

landowner

landmasses

laotian

lesbian

ligation

libyan

libration

magician

londoner

londoners

logician

lutheran

malaysian

malayan

lumberman

maintenance

location

magdalen

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

mexican

midshipman

misfortune

minuteman

mistaken

misshapen

niacin

misprision

mountaineer

monotone

moroccan

mountaineers

myosin

munition

munitions

muskmelon

musician

mutation

nevadan

negation

nebraskan

nemean

narration

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

nonhuman

nubian

norwegian

notation

objection

nutrition

occasion

obsession

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

omission

optation

optician

opinion

oration

oppression

origin

ottoman

outspoken

ovation

orion

overman

overrun

pantomime

overdone

oxygen

parisian

pandemic

pantheon

parthian

partisan

partition

pavilion

patrician

pelican

penitent

pentathlon

permian

reduction

percussion

permission

perfusion

perception

perfection

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

peterman

perversion

persuasion

plantation

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

predation

predestine

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

pretension

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

prevention

probation

prostration

privation

procession

production

profession

profusion

progression

projection

proportion

propulsion

promotion

proscription

protean

protection

provision

puritan

ramadan

quotation

randomize

randomly

reaction

rebellion

recession

recision

reception

regimen

regression

redemption

reflection

rejection

rendition

religion

remittance

remission

reopen

reptilian

repression

rescission

rhodopsin

retention

resection

resumption

restriction

revulsion

reunion

reversion

revision

retraction

rifleman

saccharin

rotation

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

sedation

scythian

secretion

secession

seclusion

sedition

seduction

selection

sentinel

sentences

sentiment

sentinels

sentiments

sensation

solomon

silicon

singleton

skeleton

relation

simian

snapdragon

solution

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

subtraction

suburban

subscription

sumatran

summation

summations

suggestion

superman

suppression

suspension

suspicion

tamarin

tantamount

tactician

syrian

talisman

tendency

technician

temptation

tendencies

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transition

transaction

transmission

transfusion

transgression

transcription

translation

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

undaunted

uneven

taxation

unison

untangle

unthinking

undoing

undying

untimely

unwritten

unwitting

uterine

tradition

vomiting

vatican

vacation

venetian

venison

veteran

vibration

vermilion

vitamin

vocation

volition

wantonly

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abnegation

abolition

abyssinian

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

adaptation

accusation

acquisition

activation

admiration

abdication

adrenaline

adulation

adoration

advocation

affectation

admonition

albanian

affirmation

alabaman

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

altercation

allegation

allocation

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

ammunition

anatomy

annotation

anathema

animation

anatomist

andantino

annexation

amputation

antimatter

antinomy

appalachian

appellation

apparition

application

arabian

arbitration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

apprehension

arthurian

approbation

athenian

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

assemblyman

avocation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

backwardation

aspiration

bolivian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

canadians

cancellation

carcinogen

centenary

centennial

centimetre

celebration

centimetres

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

coloradan

collocation

collodion

coloration

columbian

combination

comedian

comedians

commendation

compilation

committeeman

commutation

competition

condemnation

comparison

compensation

composition

comprehension

complication

comedienne

computation

concentration

condemnations

condensation

contemptible

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

connotation

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

conservation

consecration

consolation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

containerized

contaminate

contemplation

contaminates

contemplative

contemptuously

continental

continentals

contingencies

contingency

contraception

contradiction

continuance

continual

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

copenhagen

copernican

corinthian

correlation

cotyledon

corp.

corporation

coronation

contravention

contribution

countenances

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

culmination

dandelion

darwinian

cultivation

decimation

declaration

decompression

dedication

defamation

decoration

definition

deconstruction

depredation

deformation

delegation

demarcation

degradation

dehydration

demolition

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

desiccation

designation

desolation

desecration

destination

desperation

destitution

devonian

devastation

devolution

deviation

dietitian

detonation

dilatation

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disposition

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disputation

dislocation

dispensation

diminution

derivation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

exhortation

dissipation

distribution

crucifixion

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elocution

divination

elevation

elongation

embarkation

emanation

emulation

emotional

emigration

endangerment

entanglement

entanglements

englishwoman

estimation

equitation

equestrian

european

eritrean

erudition

estonian

eustachian

evolution

evocation

exclamation

excitation

excavation

exhibition

execution

exhalation

indemnify

expedition

expiration

fascination

expectation

exposition

exploration

fabrication

fallopian

exploitation

extradition

extrication

fermentation

federation

explication

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

explanation

foliation

fragmentation

formulation

fundamental

fumigation

fundamentals

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gentlewoman

germination

gastrulation

glaciation

gondwanaland

exhumation

gorgonian

gregorian

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hesitation

graduation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ianthina

iberian

ideation

illustration

implantation

imitation

immolation

immigration

ibuprofen

imposition

imperfection

importation

implication

imputation

incantation

inattentive

impregnation

inattention

incarnation

indecision

inclination

incubation

intentional

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

infestation

inhalation

infiltration

information

inflammation

inhibition

indentation

innovation

inquisition

iranian

installation

instigation

institution

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

integration

intemperate

intangible

intangibles

jacobean

intensified

intensifies

intensify

interaction

interception

intercession

intimation

intensively

intermission

interjection

invocation

interurban

interwoven

interruption

intimacy

intersection

intervention

intimately

intimations

intuition

intimidate

intonation

intonations

introduction

introspection

inundation

invitation

interdiction

intimidates

isolation

irrigation

irritation

iteration

intensities

intensity

jordanian

masturbation

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

levitation

liberian

liberation

librarian

lilliputian

legislation

limitation

jurisdiction

liquefaction

locomotion

litigation

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

malformation

manumission

liquidation

lubrication

machination

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

minnesotan

misbegotten

ministration

miseration

misconception

missourian

mitigation

misperception

modulation

monatomic

mongolian

monotony

moravian

mortification

molestation

motivation

mountaineering

mutilation

moderation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

obligation

nonprescription

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obstetrician

occupation

obsidian

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

pagination

pagurian

overburden

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

pigmentation

peruvian

perturbation

planarian

plutonian

perspiration

polyhedron

indemnity

politician

polynesian

population

praetorian

precondition

preconception

preignition

presentation

predilection

preelection

preservation

premonition

preparation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

protestation

provocation

punctuation

publication

radiation

reassertion

readmission

realization

reawaken

recantation

predetermine

recognition

recitation

reclamation

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

refutation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

registration

regulation

reinspection

renovation

remittances

relaxation

relocation

reparation

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

republican

replication

repercussion

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abbreviation

academician

acceleration

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word ponton

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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