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

ventilation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adulation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

allegation

allocation

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

application

approbation

avocation

calculation

cancellation

celebration

circulation

compilation

constellation

consolation

constipation

consultation

contemplation

consummation

conjugation

connotation

convocation

culmination

correlation

dedication

decimation

estimation

defamation

demolition

degradation

delegation

depravation

depredation

derivation

deprivation

desiccation

desolation

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

detonation

devastation

devolution

dilatation

distillation

divination

education

elevation

emulation

emigration

equitation

emanation

excavation

evolution

exhalation

extrication

fluoridation

fascination

fibrillation

invitation

gastrulation

generation

gentlewoman

germination

granulation

inundation

habitation

litigation

invocation

intonation

hesitation

insulation

immolation

imitation

inclination

indication

inflammation

installation

inhalation

innovation

intimation

instigation

integration

medication

meditation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

legislation

machination

menstruation

replication

mitigation

motivation

navigation

mutilation

oscillation

ovulation

palpitation

penetration

population

resignation

resolution

restoration

predilection

recitation

reclamation

recollection

renovation

regulation

reputation

revelation

revocation

revolution

segregation

sanitation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

suffocation

surrogation

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

termination

titillation

trepidation

tribulation

vacillation

vegetation

vaccination

validation

veneration

vindication

violation

6 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word ventilation.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

action

airman

acton

alan

alban

alman

amman

antlered

antlers

antler

apron

arson

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

baldwin

bacon

bagman

banyan

basin

baston

bastion

bason

baton

barton

baron

bargain

barren

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

belgian

bellman

billion

bellon

bison

billman

begun

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

bollen

burton

boatman

bolden

blowgun

bobbin

bookman

boston

boughten

bourbon

brethren

breton

brazen

bowman

bracken

bullion

bundled

bundles

bundle

brakeman

briton

burgeon

brighten

burden

broaden

burdon

broken

burman

brogan

bushman

bordman

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canaan

candle

cantle

canton

cantel

cannon

canon

canyon

candles

capstan

caption

captain

carbon

carton

carman

carmine

cauldron

caution

chairman

caxton

cayman

certain

chandler

chaplain

chapman

chasten

children

chessman

chevron

charon

christen

chieftain

cheapen

chicken

chosen

christian

citron

churchman

claxon

classman

clinton

colon

common

coachman

corban

cordon

copeman

cotton

cousin

craven

cretin

cowan

craftsman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

cushion

dagan

dagon

daman

crimson

dalton

dampen

damson

crewman

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

rentals

delphian

demon

dental

dentals

desman

diction

devon

dian

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

dozen

draftsman

dungeon

dustman

dwindles

earthen

dobson

dudgeon

dwindle

dutchman

dragon

driven

dromon

emption

drunken

eaten

engine

entail

entails

ensign

eden

elan

faction

fashion

faintly

falcon

fantail

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

faulcon

faustian

felon

fiction

fibrin

fielden

flexion

fission

flashgun

flatten

fireman

firman

floren

ermine

footman

fondle

fondly

foreman

foreign

freshen

fraction

freshman

friction

freeman

frighten

freedman

frozen

function

gallon

gascon

gammon

garron

fusion

gantlet

garden

gauntlet

genteel

gentian

gentle

gentiles

gentile

gentles

gently

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

glisten

golden

goodman

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grandson

grecian

graven

guardsman

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

fortune

haitian

handle

handled

hackman

handles

handlers

handler

handling

hangman

happen

harden

harken

hasten

headsman

headman

haven

harten

hausen

hearten

heaven

heathen

heighten

heron

hempen

hessian

hetman

hidden

henchman

homespun

horseman

hogan

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

fountain

hymen

huntsman

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

indulge

foundling

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jason

jetton

jointly

junction

jordan

lengthen

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kendal

kansan

kalan

lentil

lentils

jorden

kindle

kindling

kremlin

kitchen

kitten

klansman

landman

laden

lampron

landsman

lagan

landlords

landlock

latin

landlocked

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

landlord

lesion

kindly

lessen

lesson

kirkman

leven

knittle

ion

lichen

lintel

linden

liken

liman

linen

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

listen

liven

lighten

lightman

london

longan

loosen

lopeman

mansion

locken

lynden

m1

lyden

lotion

maiden

mahone

logan

madden

lockman

mantel

mangan

mantles

mantle

marksman

marlin

margin

marchman

markman

marron

marten

martian

luncheon

mason

matron

martin

mayan

loren

lumen

melton

mendel

melon

mental

menthol

mention

minion

million

milken

mignon

mission

mitten

minden

monthly

moisten

molten

motion

mullen

mountain

muffin

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

ninon

newsman

notion

oarsman

norman

olden

odin

often

omen

ocean

open

option

onion

organ

outdone

outrun

orphan

oven

othman

oxen

packman

owen

paean

pagan

panton

pardon

parson

penguin

passion

pathan

pectin

passman

patron

patten

pavon

penman

pension

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

poison

ponton

pollan

portman

pollen

portion

potion

postman

prison

pressman

prussian

proven

pullen

quintal

question

plankton

quaintly

quintile

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

mormon

rental

deepen

morgan

rerun

platen

resin

platten

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

ripen

risen

riven

rotten

roundly

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

salesman

rundle

saintly

sadden

saffron

sanction

santon

sandals

samson

sandal

satan

satin

scallion

scandals

saxon

scandal

scullion

scotsman

scion

section

seaman

season

seedsman

salmon

selden

semen

shipman

session

sexton

seven

shaken

shaman

seton

sharpen

shearman

shindle

shogun

shorten

shrunken

silken

sicken

siphon

shotgun

siren

showman

smitten

smarten

slacken

slogan

smittle

smoothly

sodden

soldan

soften

solon

soundly

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

spoken

squadron

stallion

station

stepson

statesman

stallman

strengthen

stillion

straighten

sturgeon

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

stockman

suasion

sequin

suction

sermon

sudden

sullen

sunken

summon

sundial

surgeon

swindle

sweeten

swindlers

swindles

sylvan

syphon

swollen

taken

talon

tartan

tappen

tarpon

tension

tendon

teston

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

tillman

tindal

titan

token

toman

torsion

toughen

traction

treason

trillion

triton

trodden

trojan

tubman

townsman

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

union

until

urchin

urban

untold

urine

vandal

vandals

urson

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wanton

waken

wagon

warden

warren

whitson

sultan

windle

weapon

weaken

wheaten

whiten

watchman

wiccan

woolman

widen

wizen

woolen

woodman

woman

women

wooden

workman

worsen

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abstraction

abrasion

abortion

abstention

accession

accretion

absorption

addition

addiction

adoption

acumen

adhesion

admission

adrian

affliction

african

aegean

affection

aggression

adsorption

alaskan

aleutian

allusion

alien

alderman

albumin

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

anglican

andean

anyone

antelope

albion

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

assassin

artisan

ascension

aspersion

aryan

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attraction

attrition

attention

audition

australian

austrian

awaken

aversion

backgammon

badminton

avian

backwoodsman

bandleader

bandleaders

bandolier

bandoliers

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

bedouin

biotin

bosnian

bimodal

bondholders

bondholder

bouillon

brazilian

bundling

bulletin

candela

cambrian

campion

cantaloupe

cantaloupes

candlestick

candlelight

candlesticks

capsaicin

castration

catalan

carnation

cation

cartesian

caucasian

carrion

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chandelier

chamberlain

champion

chandeliers

cardigan

chilean

charwoman

cistercian

citation

civilian

cinnamon

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

collection

cognition

coercion

collagen

cohesion

charlatan

collegian

collision

combustion

collusion

commission

committal

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

complexion

completion

compression

compulsion

conception

compunction

concession

conclusion

concussion

concoction

conduction

condition

condolence

confection

confucian

confession

congestion

confusion

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

congressman

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

contusion

conversion

convention

conviction

correction

corruption

corsican

corrosion

councilman

countryman

crestfallen

cremation

creation

crustacean

croatian

damnation

daintily

dalmatian

cyprian

decision

declension

deduction

deception

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

depiction

depression

derision

description

desertion

destruction

detention

detection

determine

dictation

devotion

dilation

dilution

dimension

direction

digression

digestion

discipline

discussion

diffraction

discretion

diffusion

disruption

dispersion

egyptian

defection

distortion

distraction

dissection

election

dissension

distinction

donation

downtrodden

dominion

disunion

division

diversion

duration

dwindling

dorian

edition

elation

elison

eleven

ejection

emulsion

foundation

emblazon

encryption

embolden

emission

emotion

endlessly

enliven

equation

englishman

enlighten

erection

erosion

eruption

exaction

eviction

evasion

everyone

exclusion

excursion

excision

exemption

exception

exertion

excretion

expansion

exhaustion

explosion

expression

etruscan

extortion

extraction

extension

extinction

fabian

expulsion

flirtation

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fixation

fisherman

fijian

flotation

extrusion

fondling

foramen

forewoman

forbidden

forgotten

formation

frustration

franciscan

freemason

fruition

freudian

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

genitals

genital

genuine

ghanaian

gradation

gondolas

gondola

gondoliers

gillian

gondolier

gordian

handlebar

handily

gravamen

guardian

grobian

halogen

hammerman

handlebars

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

implosion

impression

imprison

inception

in-person

inaction

incision

inclusion

incursion

indian

abandon

induction

indolent

indulgent

infarction

indulges

inflection

infection

infliction

ingestion

infraction

initial

injunction

injection

infusion

inhuman

initials

innately

inscription

insertion

inspection

intellect

instruction

indulgence

intellects

intention

intestine

hydration

intrusion

invasion

inversion

invention

guncotton

gyration

italian

jamaican

jacobin

jauntily

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kindler

kantian

keynesian

keratin

lactation

lanolin

landholder

landholders

landholding

landlady

laotian

landholdings

lecithin

laurentian

lesbian

libration

libyan

irian

korean

ligation

irishman

magdalen

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magician

malaysian

mandarin

medicine

mantilla

marian

margarine

masculine

medallion

median

halcyon

menhaden

mentally

mexican

melanin

minutely

midshipman

migration

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

misshapen

moroccan

narration

mutation

myosin

musician

muskmelon

negation

nebraskan

nobleman

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

octillion

odeon

optation

oppression

opinion

omission

optician

oration

ovation

ottoman

outspoken

orion

pentathlon

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

pantaloon

pantaloons

parisian

parthian

pavilion

partisan

partition

patrician

pendulum

pelican

percussion

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

petition

persuasion

phoenician

perversion

peterman

physician

origin

phrygian

pollution

policeman

plebeian

possession

porcelain

position

preclusion

precaution

precession

precision

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

propulsion

procession

presumption

privation

probation

pretension

prevention

prescription

production

profession

progression

profusion

projection

promotion

prostration

protection

proportion

provision

protean

proscription

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reduction

recision

reception

recession

rebellion

rendition

redemption

reflection

regression

regimen

relation

religion

rejection

remission

remodel

repression

reopen

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revulsion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revision

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

scantily

scandalize

samoan

scintilla

scythian

seclusion

sedation

seduction

secretion

sedition

scorpion

secession

selection

munition

silicon

simian

skeleton

snapdragon

singleton

solution

solomon

stagnation

specimen

starvation

stygian

subtraction

submersion

submission

subscription

succession

suburban

subversion

suggestion

summation

suppression

superman

sumatran

suspicion

swindler

suspension

syrian

tactician

tantalum

taxation

tantalize

talisman

tamarin

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transition

transgression

transaction

transmission

transcription

transfusion

tradition

truncation

tuition

unbroken

undulates

unburden

undulate

uncommon

unbutton

uncertain

unduly

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vacation

venetian

vatican

ventilate

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vocation

vitamin

volition

wesleyan

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abyssinian

absolution

accordion

acquisition

adaptation

admiration

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

agitation

alabaman

agrarian

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

annexation

anthologists

anthologist

anthologies

anthology

apparition

arbitration

arabian

apprehension

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

backwardation

aviation

arthurian

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

businesswoman

bolivian

bohemian

calibration

canadian

californian

candelabra

candlemaker

carcinogen

commutation

centurion

chameleon

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

cogitation

collocation

combination

coloration

commendation

columbian

collodion

coloradan

comedian

committeeman

comparison

compensation

complication

competition

composition

comprehension

condemnation

computation

concentration

condensation

condolences

condescension

confirmation

confrontation

consecration

conservation

congregation

consternation

constitution

confiscation

conflagration

contraception

contradiction

contribution

conversation

contrarian

contravention

convolution

coronation

corinthian

copernican

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

copenhagen

dandelion

cultivation

dandelions

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

darwinian

indonesian

declaration

decoration

deconstruction

decompression

deformation

dehydration

demonstration

demarcation

deposition

deportation

dereliction

desperation

deviation

dietitian

devonian

disaffection

diocesan

diminution

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

definition

disposition

dislocation

estonian

dispensation

disputation

dissipation

dissolution

distribution

dissertation

domination

dominican

draconian

elongation

duplication

electrician

elocution

embarkation

englishwoman

equestrian

erudition

eritrean

exclamation

european

evocation

eustachian

execution

excitation

explanation

explication

exhibition

expiration

exhumation

expedition

exhortation

expectation

exploitation

exploration

exposition

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

fermentation

federation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

foliation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gentility

gentlemanly

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

hegelian

herculean

hemoglobin

himalayan

hibernation

historian

intolerance

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

ideation

iberian

ibuprofen

illustration

immigration

implication

imposition

implantation

importation

impregnation

imperfection

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

incrustation

indentation

incubation

indecision

indelible

indelicate

indexation

hungarian

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indulgences

infiltration

infestation

inspiration

information

inhibition

inquisition

initially

initialize

institution

insurrection

intelligence

intelligent

interaction

intercession

interruption

interjection

interdiction

intersection

intervention

intermission

interurban

interwoven

interception

intolerant

introspection

introduction

intuition

liberation

iranian

iteration

irritation

jacobean

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

levitation

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

librarian

liberian

liquidation

lilliputian

liquefaction

limitation

malformation

locomotion

mammalian

lubrication

macedonian

maccabean

malnutrition

manumission

masturbation

maturation

mediation

melanesian

mentality

repercussion

meridian

ministration

miseration

misconception

misperception

modulation

missourian

mortification

moderation

minnesotan

molestation

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

nestorian

neonatal

nicaraguan

nomination

noblewoman

nigerian

newtonian

nonpartisan

nonprescription

occupation

obfuscation

obligation

obstetrician

observation

oblivion

obsidian

ordination

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

opposition

operation

ontology

orchestration

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

paraguayan

pagurian

perturbation

pelagian

pedestrian

penicillin

pavlovian

persecution

perforation

permutation

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

plutonian

preparation

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preelection

preignition

propagation

predetermine

premonition

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vandalism

valuation

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ventilator

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

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washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word ventilation

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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