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3 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

acting

actions

apron

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

astound

asthma

astounds

austin

auction

bacon

basin

bason

atman

auctions

bagman

auden

banyan

baldwin

baron

bargain

barren

barton

basting

bastion

bastions

baton

batten

batton

bitten

bayman

beacon

bisson

beaten

begun

bellman

belgian

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bison

blacken

bludgeon

blowgun

boasting

bookstand

boatman

bolden

bobbin

bollen

bookman

bookstands

bordman

boston

boughten

bourbon

bracken

bowman

brakeman

brethren

briton

bullion

brazen

brighten

broken

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bushman

button

caisson

calvin

cabin

canaan

cajun

cannon

canton

captain

caption

canyon

canon

carbon

carman

caution

carmine

casting

carton

castings

cauldron

chairman

cayman

charon

certain

chaplain

chapman

chasten

chestnut

chestnuts

chastened

cheapen

chevron

chicken

children

christen

christian

chieftain

churchman

chosen

citron

classman

clinton

coasting

coachman

colon

common

customs

damson

deaden

deafen

copeman

corban

cordon

custom

costing

cotton

craftsman

cousin

craven

costume

cowan

costumes

cretin

cushion

crimson

curtain

crouton

crewman

cuban

cumin

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

darken

deacon

zircon

deepen

glidden

delphian

demon

desman

felon

devon

dian

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

dobson

draftsman

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

drunken

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

dungeon

dutchman

eaten

dukedom

eden

elan

eighteenth

emption

engine

ermine

esteem

extend

extends

extent

extinct

eighteens

factions

fasten

eyestone

fashion

falcon

famine

fastened

fallen

fatten

faulcon

faustian

eighteen

gilden

festoon

fictions

fission

fielden

firman

flatten

flashgun

fireman

fighting

fightings

floren

footman

foreman

foreign

fortune

fountain

freshen

freshman

frighten

freedman

freeman

frozen

function

fusion

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

garden

german

georgian

goodman

hessian

glisten

grandson

fibrin

gibbon

given

gladden

golden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

hempen

henchman

graven

griffon

grecian

gudgeon

guardsman

gumption

hackman

haitian

harten

hangman

happen

harden

harken

hasten

hastens

headman

headsman

heaven

hearten

haven

heighten

hausen

heathen

heightens

heron

hetman

million

hidden

hogan

horseman

hosting

hoten

houseman

ibsen

homespun

hoven

huntsman

human

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ion

jackman

jason

jasmine

jargon

junction

kansan

kalan

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kitten

klansman

kitchen

keystone

keystones

kremlin

lasting

lactone

landman

latin

landsman

laden

leaden

lagan

layman

leaven

ledden

lampron

legion

lengthen

lemon

leman

lesion

leven

lichen

lighten

lightens

lightman

lighting

lightning

listen

listing

linden

linen

lineman

linemen

liman

lisbon

lion

listens

listings

liven

m1

locken

lockman

london

longan

loosen

lotion

lopeman

luncheon

madden

loren

lynden

lumen

lyden

mahone

logan

maiden

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

marron

mason

marksman

marten

martin

martian

markman

marlin

matron

minion

melon

mignon

milken

minden

mayan

lightnings

liken

mustangs

mission

molten

mitten

moisten

morgan

mormon

mullen

mustang

mountain

muslin

muffin

motion

mutton

nation

panton

newsman

nighttime

ninon

nighttimes

nightmares

nightmare

norman

oarsman

onion

ocean

octane

olden

odin

often

omen

option

packman

notion

organ

open

orphan

oxen

ousting

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

owen

pagan

paean

pardon

passman

penman

penguin

passion

pastime

pastimes

patten

pathan

patron

peacetime

pavon

perron

person

persian

peon

pistons

plankton

plantain

pillion

pinion

pitman

pigeon

platen

platten

poison

pollan

ponton

pollen

portion

postman

posting

portman

postings

postmark

potion

parson

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

questions

quicken

ragtime

ration

rayon

reason

raven

redden

region

rerun

resin

sultan

ribbon

ridden

rotten

riden

rincon

roasting

risen

riven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

right-hand

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

samson

santon

russian

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

sanction

satan

runnion

satin

scotsman

scallion

scion

scullion

seaman

season

session

selden

seedsman

semen

sequin

sermon

seven

seton

shakedown

shaken

shaman

shakedowns

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shogun

shorten

shrunken

sicken

shotgun

showman

sighting

sightings

smitten

silken

sixteen

slacken

sixteenth

sixteens

sistine

smarten

sixteenths

siphon

siren

slogan

sodden

spokesman

soldan

statesman

soften

solon

strengthen

spartan

spearman

sovereign

sovran

stallman

sportsman

straighten

spoken

squadron

stallion

station

stillion

steven

stiffen

stricken

stockman

striven

sturgeon

stolen

suasion

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sustain

sylvan

sustained

sustains

sweeten

swollen

system

taken

systems

syphon

talon

tasting

tartan

tastings

tappen

tarpon

tendon

thicken

tillman

toasting

tighten

titan

tightens

torsion

token

thousand

toman

undone

toughen

townsman

tubman

sudden

triton

tuscan

trillion

treason

trodden

trojan

turban

twisting

urson

urban

union

urchin

urine

victim

vegan

vestment

vestments

version

victims

villain

touchdown

vulcan

wagon

waken

wanton

whitson

workman

vision

wasting

weapon

worsen

warden

watchman

warren

wiccan

woolman

weaken

woodman

woman

women

wooden

woolen

wisdom

widen

wizen

written

wheaten

woven

yachting

yachtsman

whiten

zaman

yaupon

yeoman

zion

touchdowns

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstention

abstraction

absorption

academe

accident

accidents

accretion

addiction

acetone

addition

acumen

admission

adhesion

adoption

adrian

affection

affliction

aegean

aggression

aleutian

anyone

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

adsorption

anchorman

andean

ambrosian

anglican

appian

african

apportion

arkansan

arian

aspersion

aryan

ascension

assassin

artisan

assertion

astounding

astonish

astounded

assumption

asthmatics

asthmatic

attention

asuncion

badminton

auctioneer

audition

auctioneers

australian

austrian

backgammon

aversion

avian

backwoodsman

awaken

bandwagon

attraction

attrition

bedouin

bedridden

bedizen

battalion

beethoven

begotten

benjamin

biotin

beholden

besetting

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

artesian

bulletin

brazilian

campion

cambrian

bystanders

carrion

cardigan

carnation

capsaicin

cation

caucasian

castration

catalan

causation

cartesian

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

champion

cessation

cetacean

charlatan

collection

cinnamon

chilean

cistercian

citation

clarion

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clergyman

coercion

charwoman

cognition

cohesion

collagen

customer

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

customers

companion

complexion

cyprian

conception

bystander

compassion

decadent

concession

concussion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

condition

confession

conflation

connexion

congestion

connection

contention

confucian

confusion

conscription

congressman

conjunction

contagion

construction

consumption

constriction

contortion

convection

convention

conviction

contrition

contusion

conversion

contraption

convulsion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

crestfallen

creation

contraction

councilman

countryman

cremation

costumer

costumers

crustacean

croatian

customize

completion

dalmatian

damnation

compression

decadents

compulsion

decedent

decedents

compunction

deception

abandon

declension

gillian

defection

deduction

decision

deletion

deflection

delusion

deflation

determine

denizen

dentition

depiction

depletion

derision

depression

description

desertion

destinies

detection

detention

destruction

devotion

dictation

diffraction

discussion

digestion

diffusion

digression

direction

dimension

discipline

dilation

dilution

discretion

disdainful

distraction

dispersion

disruption

dissection

distances

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distemper

distinction

distinctions

distinctive

distinctly

distinguish

distinguished

distortion

diversion

dissension

division

disunion

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

edition

duration

echidna

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

elison

eleven

emblazon

embolden

emission

emotion

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

enliven

everyone

englishman

equating

equation

erection

erosion

equations

eruption

estimate

estimates

etruscan

evasion

eviction

exceeding

exception

exaction

excision

exciting

excitement

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exemption

expansion

exertion

exhaustion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extender

extenders

extension

extensions

extensive

extortion

extinction

extinctions

extinguish

extinguished

extraction

extrusion

fabian

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

ferryman

feminine

fenian

fictional

fisherman

filtration

fijian

fixation

flirtation

genuine

flotation

forgotten

foramen

forewoman

formation

foundation

forbidden

franciscan

frustration

freemason

freudian

fruition

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

guncotton

ghanaian

hesitant

gordian

gradation

guesstimate

grobian

guardian

guesstimates

gravamen

halcyon

gyration

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

halogen

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

indian

illusion

ignition

hydrogen

imagine

intestine

immersion

inaction

impassion

in-person

imprison

implosion

impression

incision

inception

inclusion

incursion

invention

induction

infarction

inflation

infection

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

inscription

insertion

inspection

intention

injunction

instruction

invasion

intrusion

inversion

irian

irishman

misfortune

jacobin

italian

jamaican

javelin

istanbul

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keynesian

korean

laotian

lecithin

lactation

lanolin

lastingly

laurentian

octillion

lesbian

libyan

libration

liechtenstein

ligation

lightening

listener

listeners

listening

locating

locations

location

lumberman

logician

macadam

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

midshipman

migration

overrun

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

nebraskan

negation

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nicotine

nightmarish

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nightingale

nonunion

parisian

nubian

objection

obsession

nutrition

occasion

occlusion

occident

odeon

obstruction

omission

optician

notation

norwegian

opinion

oppression

oration

optation

orion

origin

outspoken

ovation

ottoman

overdone

overman

oxygen

partisan

partition

parthian

patrician

pelican

pavilion

persuasion

pentathlon

permian

perfection

percussion

perception

permission

perfusion

perversion

petition

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plantation

preclusion

plebeian

policeman

precaution

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

positions

peterman

post-mortem

postmaster

postmasters

postnatal

precession

precision

probation

predestine

prediction

questioner

predation

preemption

pretension

prescription

presumption

prevention

production

procession

privation

questioners

profession

profusion

progression

promotion

projection

protection

proportion

propulsion

prostration

protean

proscription

provision

puritan

pseudonym

pseudonyms

questionnaire

questionnaires

quotation

ramadan

reception

reaction

reactions

rebellion

recession

recision

rectangle

rectangles

reduction

redemption

regimen

reflection

regression

rejection

rendition

relation

remission

religion

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

residence

resident

residents

restriction

resumption

retraction

reunion

reversion

revision

revulsion

rotation

rifleman

rhodopsin

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

seclusion

secretion

secession

scorpion

scythian

sectional

seduction

sedation

sensation

sedition

selection

silicon

simian

singleton

solution

snapdragon

specimen

stagnation

succession

starvation

stygian

solomon

submersion

submission

subscription

subtraction

suburban

subversion

succeeding

retention

suggestion

summation

sumatran

suspension

suppression

superman

suspicion

sustenance

truncation

talisman

tactician

temptation

syrian

systemic

tamarin

taxation

technician

tectonic

tectonics

testament

testaments

thespian

ticketing

timberman

toboggan

toastmaster

right-handed

tradition

transaction

transition

transfusion

translation

transcription

transgression

transmission

tuition

uncertain

unbutton

unburden

unbroken

uncommon

venetian

unwritten

uneven

unison

vacation

uterine

vacations

venison

vatican

vermilion

victimize

veteran

vibration

visiting

vocation

vocations

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abolition

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

abyssinian

academy

absolution

academies

academic

academics

accidental

accordion

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

actionable

activation

adaptation

admiration

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

advocation

affectation

adulation

affirmation

annexation

aggravation

agitation

aggregation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allocation

allegation

altercation

alteration

alternation

american

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

animation

annotation

arizonan

appalachian

application

appellation

arabian

apparition

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

armenian

armageddon

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

astonishing

astonishment

athenian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

businesswoman

calibration

californian

calculation

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloration

columbian

coloradan

combination

committeeman

comedian

commendation

commutation

competition

compensation

comprehension

computation

concentration

comparison

condescension

confiscation

confirmation

condemnation

condensation

conflagration

connotation

consecration

conjugation

congregation

conservation

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consolation

consummation

contemplation

confrontation

contrarian

contradiction

conversation

contravention

contribution

convocation

convolution

corinthian

copernican

corp.

corporation

correlation

coronation

copenhagen

cotyledon

custodian

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

customary

contraception

compilation

customizes

cyclopean

complication

dandelion

composition

darwinian

declaration

decimation

decoration

dedication

defamation

decompression

deconstruction

delegation

degradation

dehydration

demarcation

repossession

definition

education

demonstration

deportation

deposition

dereliction

derivation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

depravation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

designation

destination

destinations

destitution

detonation

devastation

devolution

devonian

deviation

dichotomy

dictionary

dietitian

dictionaries

disaffection

diocesan

disconnection

diminution

dilatation

disillusion

dislocation

distribution

disinfection

disputation

disposition

disinflation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distinctively

distinguishes

distinguishing

dispensation

draconian

dominican

duplication

divination

domination

elocution

electrician

elevation

emanation

elongation

emigration

emulation

embarkation

englishwoman

equitation

eritrean

equestrian

erudition

estimable

estimated

estonian

estonians

estimation

estimator

european

estimations

estimators

eustachian

excavation

evolution

evocation

exceedingly

excitation

exhibition

expectation

execution

exhalation

exclamation

exploitation

expiration

expedition

exploration

explanation

explication

exposition

exhortation

exhumation

extendible

extenuate

extensively

extinguisher

extinguishers

extinguishment

extradition

extrication

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

greco-roman

federation

demolition

himalayan

figuration

fluctuation

fluoridation

floridian

foliation

formulation

fumigation

generation

galilean

gastrulation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

fragmentation

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

fermentation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitancy

hesitantly

hesitation

hibernation

historian

fibrillation

repetition

hungarian

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

ideation

illustration

imitation

imperfection

implication

imposition

impregnation

importation

imputation

implantation

inattention

incantation

immigration

incrustation

incarnation

incubation

inclination

indecision

indexation

immolation

indication

indentation

indonesian

infestation

infiltration

information

inflammation

inhalation

inhibition

indiscretion

innovation

inquisition

installation

instigation

insurrection

institution

insulation

interaction

inspiration

integration

interception

interdiction

intercession

intersection

interjection

intermission

interruption

interurban

intervention

interwoven

indigestion

intuition

introspection

intimation

intonation

introduction

inundation

iranian

invocation

indignation

invitation

irrigation

jacobean

iteration

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

irritation

lancastrian

legitimate

legislation

isolation

leviathan

isotonic

levitation

liberian

librarian

liberation

octahedron

limitation

liquefaction

lilliputian

liquidation

litigation

legitimize

lubrication

maccabean

locomotion

macedonian

machination

minnesotan

deformation

manumission

masturbation

maturation

malformation

mammalian

meditation

malnutrition

medication

menstruation

meridian

mediation

melanesian

ministration

misbegotten

miseration

misdemeanors

misdemeanor

misperception

missourian

mitigation

moderation

molestation

modulation

misconception

mongolian

moravian

mortification

motivation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nomination

nonprescription

mutilation

oblivion

obfuscation

obligation

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occidental

occupation

ohioan

olympian

operation

orchestration

opposition

ordination

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

ostensible

oxidation

ostentation

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

persecution

reproduction

ostensibly

pedestrian

pelagian

pavlovian

penicillin

peruvian

penetration

pagination

perforation

perspiration

permutation

perturbation

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

praetorian

predilection

predetermine

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word sexton

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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