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

alman

arson

aspen

atman

bagman

banyan

baston

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

classman

dobson

ensign

falcon

fastened

gascon

dampen

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

lockman

nekton

panton

parson

passman

pectin

plantain

saffron

santon

scallion

stallion

stepson

stockman

workman

alan

amman

bacon

baron

barren

basin

gumption

baton

batten

batton

beckon

bison

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

chasten

dragon

famine

fatten

flatten

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

happen

hasten

hyson

jason

lagan

latin

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

locken

madden

mason

patten

person

platen

platten

reckon

bastions

sadden

salmon

shaken

taken

talon

tappen

urson

wagon

waken

worsen

emption

satin

zircon

fictions

plankton

acting

belgian

dungeon

engine

fortune

freshman

georgian

hangman

luncheon

mangan

faustian

margin

question

craftsman

draftsman

extant

marksman

bludgeon

dudgeon

fission

grecian

asian

gudgeon

doctrine

notion

horseman

klansman

lotion

lampron

landman

cushion

markman

strengthen

cajun

burgeon

earthen

spokesman

persian

lengthen

mission

motion

ocean

potion

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

marchman

scotsman

version

statesman

yachtsman

urchin

bargain

alban

bellman

barton

henchman

airman

apron

austin

questions

bookman

boston

carbon

tungsten

carman

carmine

carton

chairman

chastened

chessman

chevron

corban

cordon

dalton

darken

desman

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gorgon

harden

harken

harten

hastens

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

ibsen

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

lactone

lightman

lineman

linemen

london

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

minden

morgan

mormon

mountain

muslin

norman

onion

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

penman

ponton

pressman

rectum

runnion

scullion

selden

sequin

shakedown

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

sultan

tarpon

tubman

tartan

tendon

teston

tuscan

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

whitson

asthma

auden

bayman

beacon

bellon

bisson

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

brazen

brethren

breton

brighten

broaden

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

canaan

casting

cayman

certain

charon

chicken

christen

christian

churchman

common

cotton

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

drunken

dutchman

ermine

fallen

felon

firman

floren

foreign

frighten

german

glisten

gotten

graven

hausen

haven

heaven

heighten

heron

huntsman

hymen

hyphen

jetton

kalan

laden

landsman

lasting

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lighten

liman

listen

liven

longan

loosen

loren

lyden

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

often

othman

oven

pagan

pavon

perron

pollan

pollen

quicken

raven

redden

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

rotten

satan

sermon

seven

shaman

shrunken

sicken

siphon

siren

sodden

soften

spoken

sportsman

straighten

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

sunken

syphon

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toughen

triton

trodden

turban

urban

vegan

warren

watchman

weaken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

yaupon

zaman

bordman

cauldron

homespun

delphian

baldwin

headsman

dustman

oarsman

salesman

shakedowns

townsman

portman

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

rayon

scion

urine

kitchen

region

zion

fusion

heathen

legion

lesion

pigeon

trojan

vision

castings

penguin

billion

billman

boatman

bolden

bullion

chestnut

chieftain

citron

clinton

lightens

linden

lisbon

listens

lopeman

lynden

mignon

milken

million

minion

molten

pastime

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

tightens

tillman

trillion

union

victim

destin

silken

crimson

goodman

custom

dukedom

newsman

shearman

shipman

sylvan

gilden

octane

woodman

heightens

soldan

spearman

dictum

golden

ragtime

stillion

olden

woolman

fielden

footman

freedman

copeman

bookstand

extend

extent

guardsman

wasting

ousting

tasting

testing

costing

resting

coachman

rincon

basting

vesting

lightning

beaten

begun

billon

bitten

blowgun

bowman

briton

brogan

cheapen

chosen

colon

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

deepen

demon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

griffon

freeman

frozen

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

kitten

leman

leven

linen

logan

lumen

mitten

ninon

odin

omen

open

poison

reason

prison

proven

pullen

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

seaman

semen

showman

season

seton

shogun

slogan

smitten

toman

solon

steven

stiffen

stolen

sweeten

swollen

striven

treason

villain

wheaten

woolen

woman

women

wooden

woven

written

yeoman

chestnuts

children

seedsman

postman

distant

distance

customs

sixteen

pistons

victims

pastimes

extends

bookstands

fighting

sighting

yachting

lighting

extinct

lightnings

tastings

owen

paean

rowen

ruin

rowan

festoon

wisdom

system

eyestone

peon

nighttime

sixteens

vestment

boasting

coasting

fightings

hosting

listing

posting

roasting

sightings

sixteenth

toasting

twisting

systems

distend

nighttimes

vestments

eighteen

listings

postings

costume

disdain

eighteens

keystone

peacetime

sistine

eighteenth

costumes

disdained

disdains

keystones

nightmares

sixteenths

nightmare

sustain

mustang

touchdown

astound

sustained

sustains

mustangs

right-hand

touchdowns

astounds

esteem

postmark

distinct

3 syllable words

mexican

abduction

attraction

confection

convection

diffraction

exaction

retraction

transaction

halcyon

catalan

garrison

javelin

lanolin

ramadan

admission

auctioneer

deduction

defection

technician

seduction

accidents

salvation

appian

succession

addiction

election

cation

production

arian

fastener

galleon

reduction

sectional

ascension

accession

alsatian

ambition

attention

damnation

myosin

niacin

objection

accretion

concussion

dalmatian

detection

erection

laurentian

oxygen

perfection

resection

tamarin

plantation

secretion

stagnation

transition

vacations

addition

aleutian

assertion

audition

caucasian

causation

cessation

citation

commission

commotion

corruption

dilation

dilution

edition

flirtation

gradation

gyration

halogen

ligation

location

narration

negation

occasion

oration

permission

petition

phoenician

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

predation

privation

procession

profession

promotion

sedation

solution

summation

tradition

venetian

vocation

ejection

franciscan

masculine

rejection

truncation

distraction

creation

coercion

croatian

parisian

complexion

contraction

infraction

tuition

subtraction

corrosion

fruition

derision

backgammon

capsaicin

decadent

magdalen

magician

porcelain

talisman

transmission

translation

conviction

induction

auctioneers

contention

declension

infection

affliction

castration

reflection

suspension

deflection

conduction

conception

concoction

convention

acetone

assassin

fasteners

andean

jamaican

kantian

jettison

specimen

vitamin

solomon

albion

champion

hammerman

vatican

zambian

campion

elison

mandarin

awaken

ottoman

collagen

ablation

ablution

abortion

adoption

anchorman

apportion

aggression

abstraction

asuncion

attrition

carnation

cognition

compassion

concession

condition

confession

crustacean

deception

dentition

depiction

detention

dictation

digression

dimension

discussion

dissension

emulsion

eruption

eviction

excision

fictional

fixation

formation

foundation

gestation

hydration

impassion

irishman

libration

locations

migration

obsession

occlusion

oppression

optation

optician

partition

patrician

perception

positions

prediction

preemption

extraction

prevention

progression

pretension

backwoodsman

proportion

propulsion

injection

reception

regression

suspicion

sensation

starvation

temptation

vocations

rendition

retention

submission

transcription

revulsion

suppression

vibration

adhesion

alien

allusion

aryan

aversion

avian

badminton

bedouin

biotin

carrion

cetacean

clarion

collegian

collision

collusion

contraption

councilman

cremation

decadents

deletion

desertion

destruction

devotion

digestion

diversion

donation

dorian

duration

elation

emission

emotion

encryption

expansion

extortion

fabian

fastening

flotation

foramen

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

imagine

infarction

inflection

inspection

irian

korean

lecithin

malaysian

marian

moroccan

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

notation

occident

octillion

omission

origin

ovation

parthian

permian

perversion

plebeian

precession

prescription

probation

provision

questioner

quotation

recession

relation

remission

rotation

samoan

secession

sedition

suggestion

transfusion

transgression

veteran

volition

presumption

prostration

forbidden

guncotton

italian

invention

hesitant

logician

frustration

inception

medallion

partisan

policeman

opinion

redemption

pavilion

conflation

abandon

abdomen

african

acumen

exception

alaskan

combustion

excursion

artisan

discretion

disruption

distortion

battalion

bedridden

brazilian

cambrian

cardigan

civilian

charwoman

compunction

residence

rifleman

uncertain

resident

unbutton

uncommon

assumption

compulsion

confucian

chairperson

vermilion

compression

contortion

chairwoman

unwritten

contrition

rhodopsin

dominion

completion

conclusion

convulsion

charlatan

resumption

congestion

depletion

conscription

conversion

hydrogen

cistercian

conjunction

cartesian

contagion

contusion

deflation

depression

ignition

incision

incursion

persuasion

preclusion

injunction

profusion

instruction

insertion

questioners

succeeding

questionnaire

subversion

constriction

subscription

construction

submersion

obstruction

aspersion

artesian

abrasion

benjamin

equation

exciting

exertion

norwegian

repression

misshapen

nitrogen

menhaden

nutrition

fastenings

seclusion

adrian

anyone

toboggan

waterman

ferryman

keynesian

medicine

thespian

venison

wesleyan

bosnian

academe

bouillon

destiny

gordian

gravamen

guardian

freemason

beethoven

bulletin

determine

fustian

lesbian

nevadan

pelican

scorpion

silicon

suburban

uneven

unison

albumin

arkansan

ambrosian

abstention

bandwagon

absorption

companion

adsorption

egyptian

extender

handwoven

harlequin

snapdragon

residents

nebraskan

testament

consumption

reptilian

description

exclusion

extension

excretion

exemption

explosion

expression

expulsion

extrusion

infliction

proscription

restriction

saleswoman

clergyman

decision

erosion

regimen

division

recision

fisherman

rescission

reversion

revision

precision

religion

delusion

evasion

illusion

immersion

nubian

distinction

nemean

nonhuman

anglican

odeon

jovian

julian

confusion

syrian

protean

horizon

fenian

reopen

simian

freudian

gillian

grobian

listener

malayan

equations

exhaustion

filtration

median

impression

inclusion

inflation

intention

midshipman

chilean

pentathlon

questionnaires

libyan

alderman

austrian

chamberlain

cohesion

corsican

decedent

destinies

discipline

dissidence

dissident

everyone

extensions

forewoman

in-person

inscription

lumberman

mistaken

nobleman

perfusion

predestine

rebellion

sumatran

unburden

excitement

extenders

ingestion

fijian

stygian

scythian

testaments

aegean

phrygian

dispersion

distinctions

lastingly

invasion

inversion

exceeding

diffusion

extinction

congressman

communion

crestfallen

decedents

cyprian

countryman

dissidents

downtrodden

bitumen

forgotten

keratin

emblazon

embolden

bedizen

etruscan

feminine

citizen

denizen

cinnamon

listeners

housebroken

customer

echidna

eleven

indian

nonunion

outspoken

sustenance

macadam

unbroken

intestine

nicotine

melanin

gentleman

overdone

overrun

reunion

overman

peterman

superman

imprison

puritan

skeleton

englishman

extinctions

inhuman

infusion

intrusion

singleton

besetting

rectangle

lightening

listening

margarine

ticketing

locating

implosion

misfortune

misprision

australian

clarendon

customers

customize

enlighten

enliven

estimate

extensive

genuine

guesstimate

heartbroken

liechtenstein

orion

timberman

uterine

victimize

beholden

rectangles

equating

lutheran

disunion

guesstimates

estimates

begotten

pseudonym

distances

extinguish

asthmatic

extinguished

pseudonyms

tectonic

nightingale

nightmarish

bystanders

disdainful

istanbul

postnatal

costumer

right-handed

visiting

postmasters

bystander

costumers

distemper

astonish

postmaster

tectonics

toastmaster

asthmatics

distinctive

distinctly

distinguished

astounded

post-mortem

astounding

distinguish

systemic

4 syllable words

maccabean

allocation

avocation

machination

jacobean

aberration

adoration

apparition

coloration

decoration

laceration

moderation

operation

toleration

tamoxifen

graduation

abdication

acclimation

acclamation

maturation

accusation

acquisition

actionable

saturation

activation

advocation

altercation

abyssinian

affectation

annexation

application

backwardation

predilection

disaffection

fabrication

interaction

recollection

relaxation

vaccination

declaration

dedication

desiccation

fascination

provocation

suffocation

reelection

resurrection

sanitation

abolition

gravitation

habitation

readmission

recreation

revocation

annotation

hibernation

diocesan

galilean

repercussion

alteration

affirmation

allegation

bifurcation

corp.

preelection

collocation

corporation

navigation

ulceration

vacillation

validation

valuation

admiration

appellation

animation

aspiration

medication

adulation

agitation

aviation

calculation

coalition

dietitian

disconnection

education

federation

fluctuation

generation

ideation

iteration

liberation

liquefaction

miseration

pagination

perforation

preparation

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

reparation

rhetorician

satisfaction

separation

shakespearean

surrogation

variation

veneration

violation

recantation

hypertension

oxidation

granulation

persecution

prosecution

reclamation

replication

palpitation

insurrection

occupation

publication

proclamation

glaciation

masturbation

recognition

indication

invocation

observation

obsidian

dandelion

circulation

circumcision

samaritan

benediction

amphibian

calibration

cyclopean

adaptation

admonition

approbation

excitation

equitation

abrogation

desecration

speculation

cancellation

statistician

alternation

dereliction

duplication

watermelon

ammunition

sectarian

absolution

demarcation

elocution

tabulation

conversation

exhibition

expiration

vindication

alabaman

conservation

aldebaran

confirmation

aggravation

wagnerian

abnegation

aggregation

convocation

requisition

circumspection

connotation

criterion

hyperion

derivation

canadian

coloradan

desolation

accidental

iberian

desperation

detonation

algerian

liberian

coronation

correlation

defamation

planarian

decimation

definition

deposition

delegation

appalachian

demolition

reawaken

devolution

erudition

figuration

elevation

emanation

evocation

germination

imitation

immolation

fluoridation

inhalation

innovation

levitation

locomotion

manumission

meditation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

opposition

perspiration

perturbation

preignition

premonition

preservation

procreation

profanation

propagation

reformation

relocation

renovation

arabian

proposition

revelation

supposition

revolution

trepidation

assyrian

dissertation

dissolution

bavarian

divination

dictionary

dilatation

domination

floridian

mammalian

diminution

siberian

valerian

evolution

isolation

irrigation

oscillation

realization

hesitation

jubilation

litigation

politician

recitation

repetition

reposition

missourian

usurpation

repossession

reservation

restoration

termination

draconian

resolution

respiration

complication

amputation

confiscation

consecration

attribution

augmentation

condescension

consternation

disinfection

electrician

implication

mortification

expedition

punctuation

execution

exposition

imperfection

malformation

obfuscation

ostentation

subluxation

gastrulation

embarkation

excavation

exploration

fragmentation

incantation

indexation

interdiction

intersection

jurisdiction

lancastrian

malnutrition

reinspection

reproduction

transformation

transportation

leviathan

mediation

adrenaline

deviation

nigerian

cogitation

crocodilian

introspection

foliation

comparison

corinthian

macedonian

modulation

vegetation

exhalation

interjection

meridian

apprehension

peruvian

strangulation

moravian

algonquian

carcinogen

celebration

combination

commendation

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

consolation

consummation

convolution

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

deformation

degradation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

dictionaries

dislocation

disposition

distillation

emigration

emulation

estimation

fermentation

gargantuan

immigration

imposition

inattention

information

inspiration

insulation

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

inundation

lilliputian

liquidation

lubrication

molestation

obligation

ordination

agrarian

albanian

accordion

ovulation

penetration

permutation

american

refutation

presentation

prostitution

protestation

regulation

oblivion

precondition

population

reputation

tribulation

committeeman

centurion

superstition

syndication

stipulation

stimulation

resignation

retardation

simulation

restitution

barbarian

retrocession

segregation

copernican

cotyledon

darwinian

eritrean

eustachian

greco-roman

ventilation

guatemalan

herculean

hesitancy

jordanian

librarian

pagurian

penicillin

residency

situation

tasmanian

pavlovian

orchestration

self-deception

sequestration

californian

conjugation

extradition

dehydration

extrication

elongation

exploitation

exclamation

expectation

explanation

inhibition

explication

legislation

occidental

introduction

implantation

contraception

contradiction

syncopation

fumigation

intuition

polynesian

rumination

titillation

comprehension

dissipation

hungarian

supervision

melanesian

visitation

exhumation

mitigation

arthurian

irritation

limitation

circumvention

condemnation

chameleon

constitution

arizonan

constipation

gregorian

constellation

consultation

estimations

iranian

exhortation

illustration

collodion

incarnation

fallopian

indentation

menstruation

ministration

dichotomy

inclination

european

imputation

misperception

retribution

reconstruction

transplantation

comedian

importation

bolivian

segmentation

napoleon

condensation

sicilian

praetorian

arbitration

deconstruction

compensation

protozoan

computation

decompression

destinations

dispensation

formulation

infestation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

integration

interception

intervention

octahedron

pigmentation

preconception

substitution

congregation

residences

extendible

incubation

indigestion

pedestrian

registration

hesitantly

contrarian

noblewoman

athenian

pelagian

misconception

conflagration

confrontation

fibrillation

invitation

contemplation

indecision

contravention

contribution

distribution

impregnation

incrustation

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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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