Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word affliction.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words
5 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word affliction.
2 syllable words

friction

fiction

diction

suction

afflicts

junction

function

publics

afflict

vulcan

gumption

flexion

auction

fraction

faction

section

action

publish

traction

sanction

prussian

mission

russian

fission

efflux

claxon

emption

falcon

faulcon

ibsen

keelson

kelson

milken

muslin

oxen

public

saxon

scullion

silken

sultan

tuscan

whitson

chicken

belgian

drunken

bisson

dungeon

dutchman

christen

mansion

martian

mention

portion

option

craftsman

glisten

shrunken

draftsman

pension

reflects

marksman

listen

christian

sicken

sullen

devilish

thicken

gentian

sunken

tension

quicken

muffin

stricken

mullen

torsion

toughen

luncheon

wiccan

deflects

huntsman

caption

baldwin

reflect

marchman

cushion

reflex

fashion

markman

dudgeon

cauldron

grandson

caution

grecian

gudgeon

caxton

hessian

freshen

bludgeon

ashen

reflux

kitchen

passion

session

children

deflect

vision

ration

dustman

pigeon

sexton

acton

alban

alman

bellman

arson

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

calvin

chaplain

citron

clinton

crimson

dalton

damson

tungsten

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

ensign

gascon

gilden

hackman

harken

jackman

jetson

kelvin

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lockman

london

lynden

marlin

melton

mignon

million

minion

nekton

oblique

packman

parson

onion

pectin

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

runnion

saffron

samson

scallion

selden

sequin

shipman

spearman

stallion

stallman

stepson

stillion

stockman

henchman

plankton

trillion

tubman

undone

sublease

sylvan

tillman

woolman

question

landsman

bastion

rincon

brethren

sportsman

margin

engine

freshman

bushman

faustian

guardsman

georgian

flashgun

fortune

alan

bason

beacon

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

bollen

bracken

briton

button

cousin

deacon

deafen

dozen

driven

fallen

fasten

felon

gallon

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

hidden

hyphen

hyson

kitten

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

linen

locken

melon

mitten

mutton

ninon

often

oven

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

reckon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

summon

siphon

soften

slacken

smitten

stiffen

striven

sudden

syphon

talon

villain

weaken

women

woolen

written

bordman

capstan

klansman

headsman

oarsman

portman

duplex

delphian

doctrine

horseman

spokesman

townsman

lampron

landman

lengthen

salesman

scotsman

strengthen

yachtsman

lotion

notion

pathan

ocean

haitian

nation

motion

potion

mahone

station

penguin

chieftain

fireman

footman

golden

goodman

gorgon

headman

jorden

kenyan

lightman

m1

morgan

mormon

aspen

baston

carbon

carman

carmine

dampen

harden

harten

houseman

kansan

kirkman

lifelike

marten

martin

airman

austin

bargain

canton

atman

bagman

banyan

barton

bolden

boston

brakeman

canyon

captain

carton

chairman

chapman

chessman

chevron

classman

corban

cordon

desman

fibrin

fielden

foreman

fountain

garden

hetman

jasmine

hempen

jargon

jordan

lineman

molten

hearten

linemen

minden

mountain

muffles

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

panton

pardon

passman

penman

plantain

ponton

pressman

ruffles

santon

sharpen

shorten

shuffles

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

scuffles

shotgun

spartan

squadron

tarpon

tartan

tendon

teston

wanton

warden

woodman

workman

hangman

longan

mangan

othman

watchman

whiplash

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

batton

bobbin

boughten

breton

brighten

broaden

broken

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

charon

chasten

colon

common

cotton

deaden

devon

dragon

elan

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gammon

garron

gladden

gotten

happen

hasten

hausen

heaven

heighten

heron

homespun

hymen

jason

jetton

kalan

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lighten

liman

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

marron

mason

moisten

patten

pavon

perron

person

platen

platten

redden

resin

riden

ripen

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

seedsman

seven

shaken

siren

sodden

solon

spoken

statesman

stolen

swollen

taken

tappen

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

triton

trodden

urson

vegan

wagon

waken

warren

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

worsen

yaupon

zircon

sturgeon

fusion

region

earthen

surgeon

heathen

trojan

asian

burgeon

suasion

legion

persian

urchin

cajun

lesion

version

raffles

waffles

applies

apron

freedman

lopeman

quibbles

supplies

swivels

refills

ablaze

cowan

baffles

couples

dian

ion

applause

boatman

copeman

gowan

bubbles

lion

peon

doubles

shearman

paean

havelock

matron

rifles

ripples

mayan

nipples

scion

hovels

newsman

nibbles

noblesse

patron

shovels

zion

union

churchman

coachman

divulge

oblige

postman

bayman

beaten

bourbon

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

canaan

cayman

certain

demon

dromon

eaten

eden

freeman

frozen

german

gluten

hogan

hoten

blowgun

bowman

brazen

burton

cheapen

chosen

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

ermine

firman

graven

haven

hoven

human

leven

maiden

omen

open

poison

raven

rerun

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaman

slogan

splices

toman

treason

turban

wheaten

woven

laden

layman

leman

logan

lumen

odin

pagan

proven

reason

roman

rosen

rumen

shogun

showman

steven

straighten

sweeten

urban

yeoman

zaman

splashes

abeles

appeals

apples

baubles

befalls

appalls

bibles

dabbles

deploys

devils

gobbles

hobbles

lapels

levels

novels

pebbles

rebels

replace

replies

revels

rivals

squabbles

topples

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

urine

rayon

splashy

ables

cables

caples

evils

eyeballs

fables

foibles

gables

labels

maples

mobiles

nobles

peoples

pupils

repels

repulse

reveals

robles

rubles

sables

tables

weevils

lobules

loopholes

repeals

ovules

3 syllable words

diffraction

convention

compunction

conception

attraction

contention

abduction

completion

elison

infection

distinction

concoction

conflation

contrition

induction

suspension

accession

admission

obsession

rendition

seduction

suppression

detection

confession

ablation

deduction

depletion

oppression

optician

partition

prediction

secretion

technician

cognition

erection

perfection

transition

ablution

ascension

accretion

aggression

ambition

asuncion

attention

concession

deflation

dentition

dissection

ignition

progression

regression

succession

tactician

phoenician

pollution

possession

religion

venetian

volition

conjunction

conscription

injection

aleutian

collegian

provision

audition

deletion

construction

procession

sedition

obstruction

subscription

emission

solution

applicant

reflexes

contraction

description

consumption

reflexive

infarction

egyptian

destruction

harlequin

encryption

ejection

supplicant

infraction

restriction

rejection

inspection

subtraction

brazilian

civilian

dominion

opinion

pavilion

publicize

talisman

policeman

unwritten

extinction

compression

inflation

transaction

assumption

transmission

combustion

contortion

confucian

englishman

exaction

frustration

reflecting

propulsion

bulletin

garrison

alsatian

crustacean

nutrition

adoption

concussion

publishers

irishman

jettison

abortion

dalmatian

apportion

inaction

profusion

incision

replica

compassion

proportion

resection

salvation

vatican

inscription

instruction

applicants

congestion

transcription

franciscan

assertion

reptilian

truncation

allusion

contraption

distraction

suggestion

adsorption

collusion

correction

dilation

direction

munition

musician

octillion

commotion

decision

dilution

division

elation

malaysian

negation

omission

permission

predation

promotion

publisher

recision

remission

rescission

sedation

summation

absorption

abstention

proscription

badminton

convulsion

conclusion

alaskan

biblical

bedridden

compulsion

forbidden

cardigan

confusion

logician

tuition

unbutton

publicly

castration

midshipman

filtration

replicas

misprision

prostration

fruition

translation

abrasion

abstraction

artesian

aspersion

assassin

awaken

carnation

cartesian

contagion

contusion

conversion

damnation

dictation

diffusion

discussion

eleven

emulsion

excision

extraction

fixation

formation

foundation

fustian

gestation

hydration

jamaican

libration

migration

norwegian

optation

plantation

publicists

revulsion

sensation

stagnation

starvation

submersion

subversion

temptation

uneven

vibration

wesleyan

whiplashes

abolish

relation

secession

malayan

countryman

gillian

oration

galleon

duration

precaution

citation

plebeian

publicist

unbroken

gyration

revision

reflectors

aversion

reflective

reflected

nebraskan

devotion

causation

chilean

cessation

delusion

narration

desertion

communion

cetacean

muskmelon

companion

corruption

deflected

deflectors

ligation

digestion

emotion

illusion

imprison

occasion

reaction

precision

privation

recession

excursion

exception

resumption

inclusion

infusion

discretion

implosion

presumption

misfortune

chairperson

mexican

medallion

chairwoman

reflector

lumberman

battalion

guncotton

parisian

abandon

obliquely

unburden

deflector

everyone

uncommon

vermilion

alderman

duplicate

enlighten

enliven

derision

cistercian

detention

deception

depression

dimension

dissension

menhaden

impassion

incursion

insertion

misshapen

occlusion

injunction

preclusion

taxation

preemption

oxygen

equation

eruption

reception

exertion

replacement

lactation

laurentian

seclusion

bouillon

lesbian

thespian

campion

kantian

zambian

bosnian

toboggan

exclusion

excretion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extrusion

andean

gordian

transfusion

guardian

halcyon

scorpion

anyone

albion

determine

ferryman

champion

nevadan

suburban

bandwagon

albumin

ambrosian

downtrodden

emblazon

handwoven

nonunion

housebroken

outspoken

replicates

snapdragon

quotation

location

korean

aryan

caucasian

appian

libyan

vocation

arian

myosin

niacin

syrian

alien

simian

mutation

notation

percussion

saccharin

ovation

probation

vacation

samoan

rotation

marian

reversion

carrion

gaussian

diversion

donation

hawaiian

erosion

evasion

flotation

gradation

immersion

clarion

dorian

imagine

ghanaian

irian

julian

fisherman

flirtation

cremation

abdomen

acumen

austrian

cambrian

discipline

forewoman

redemption

in-person

italian

nobleman

obloquy

perfusion

rebellion

inception

retraction

exhaustion

impression

replicate

rifleman

invention

uncertain

disruption

distortion

horatian

heartbroken

phrygian

coercion

aegean

creation

ingestion

croatian

scythian

laotian

stygian

beholden

digression

perception

dispersion

extortion

exemption

anchorman

invasion

inversion

retention

pretension

prevention

adrian

bitumen

cyprian

arkansan

bedizen

catalan

adhesion

councilman

crestfallen

embolden

etruscan

gentleman

saleswoman

freemason

gravamen

hammerman

indian

javelin

lanolin

mandarin

medicine

pelican

silicon

unison

venison

waterman

keynesian

obliging

intestine

replacements

origin

halogen

perversion

inhuman

intention

intrusion

lecithin

nonhuman

precession

singleton

parthian

avian

biotin

grobian

australian

cohesion

magdalen

fenian

fabian

cation

freudian

rhodopsin

bedouin

jovian

odeon

porcelain

populists

veteran

mistaken

corsican

nubian

backgammon

moroccan

permian

african

capsaicin

timberman

heroin

heroine

median

nemean

protean

tamarin

backwoodsman

benjamin

corrosion

fijian

hydrogen

nitrogen

obliges

repression

transgression

beethoven

aviles

cinnamon

buffalos

citizen

collagen

denizen

duplicates

melanin

ottoman

overdone

jacobin

masculine

keratin

overman

superman

vitamin

skeleton

solomon

peterman

disunion

puritan

specimen

overrun

ramadan

reunion

anglican

clergyman

margarine

regimen

pentathlon

artisan

chamberlain

obligate

upholster

foramen

horizon

partisan

replaces

uterine

charlatan

charwoman

genuine

predestine

reopen

repulsive

congressman

sumatran

persuasion

obligates

lutheran

civilize

nepalese

feminine

forgotten

civilized

clarendon

populace

orion

cobblestone

populist

epilogue

cobblestones

cavalcade

novelist

applesauce

novelists

tablespoon

tablespoons

mobilize

cablegram

tablecloth

tablecloths

payables

4 syllable words

jurisdiction

subluxation

abdication

benediction

crucifixion

oblivion

cultivation

fabrication

predilection

disaffection

recollection

syndication

valerian

definition

preelection

preignition

reelection

abolition

demolition

resurrection

supposition

apparition

coloration

dietitian

prohibition

rhetorician

republican

subluxations

substitution

duplications

inflammation

interdiction

insurrection

invitation

liquidation

lubrication

precondition

obsidian

publicity

affectation

dislocation

culmination

fibrillation

recognition

restitution

statistician

subdivision

assyrian

indiscretion

abolishes

circumspection

affirmation

bifurcation

declaration

defamation

deposition

dissipation

erudition

gravitation

intuition

irritation

levitation

limitation

manumission

mitigation

opposition

politician

polynesian

reformation

premonition

proposition

readmission

repetition

reposition

conflagration

titillation

trepidation

contradiction

ulceration

visitation

comparison

foliation

fluctuation

leviathan

applicable

cogitation

toleration

variation

ideation

violation

instigation

satisfaction

institution

disconnection

attribution

disinfection

arbitration

electrician

imperfection

indignation

intersection

liquefaction

preconception

punctuation

reinspection

reproduction

composition

copernican

competition

confirmation

committeeman

deconstruction

darwinian

refutation

reconstruction

apprehension

abyssinian

admonition

ammunition

dominican

acquisition

altercation

american

amphibian

annexation

requisition

imposition

samaritan

carcinogen

exhibition

disposition

circumcision

indecision

information

interaction

interjection

intermission

introspection

admiration

algerian

alteration

appellation

aspiration

bolivian

businesswoman

chameleon

comedian

corp.

corporation

correlation

criterion

desolation

desperation

devolution

disillusion

dissolution

evolution

floridian

fumigation

hibernation

hyperion

iberian

immolation

infiltration

inhalation

inhibition

introduction

isolation

jubilation

legislation

liberian

mammalian

misconception

mutilation

napoleon

obstetrician

oscillation

preservation

procreation

relocation

repossession

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revelation

revolution

rumination

siberian

vacillation

valuation

englishwoman

expedition

disinflation

embarkation

nonprescription

circumvention

illustration

exposition

adulation

condescension

consultation

infestation

transformation

inquisition

exploration

ministration

malnutrition

mortification

decompression

modulation

malformation

crocodilian

operation

federation

mediation

aviation

preparation

perforation

separation

veneration

generation

deviation

aberration

moderation

surrogation

laceration

adoration

radiation

athenian

reparation

nigerian

reassertion

conversation

elocution

emigration

emulation

lilliputian

registration

armenian

absolution

adaptation

alternation

apologist

calibration

cancellation

celebration

circulation

commendation

compilation

conservation

consolation

deformation

eritrean

convolution

desecration

designation

devastation

distillation

granulation

fermentation

immigration

inattention

insulation

inundation

masturbation

molestation

observation

penicillin

penetration

recantation

ovulation

maturation

relaxation

olympian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

superstition

retrocession

resignation

simulation

aldebaran

prosecution

tabulation

presentation

cotyledon

population

graduation

polyhedron

regulation

tribulation

ventilation

persecution

saturation

implantation

orchestration

contemplation

concentration

contraception

demonstration

extradition

sequestration

exploitation

self-deception

bavarian

canadian

meditation

perspiration

collodion

connotation

coloradan

habitation

perturbation

animation

decimation

derivation

gregorian

missourian

melanesian

sicilian

planarian

dehydration

allegation

annotation

californian

allocation

collocation

dedication

delegation

desiccation

detonation

dilatation

diminution

divination

domination

fascination

hesitation

imitation

innovation

motivation

navigation

nomination

supervision

termination

avocation

reawaken

coronation

assemblyman

appalachian

elevation

galilean

emanation

evocation

fluoridation

germination

irrigation

litigation

locomotion

machination

medication

profanation

propagation

provocation

realization

recitation

renovation

revocation

sanitation

fallopian

usurpation

validation

arabian

agitation

condensation

confiscation

condemnation

compensation

calculation

constellation

integration

transportation

consecration

consternation

menstruation

duplicative

education

hemoglobin

noblewoman

pagination

replicated

installation

populism

shakespearean

dispensation

obfuscation

ostentation

vegetation

pigmentation

gastrulation

exhortation

formulation

apologists

augmentation

execution

fragmentation

retribution

segmentation

exhalation

corinthian

strangulation

decoration

hegelian

iteration

miseration

liberation

transplantation

pelagian

accusation

aggregation

activation

abrogation

acclamation

advocation

abnegation

acclimation

aggravation

algonquian

combination

appalachians

application

approbation

commutation

meridian

consummation

convocation

equitation

depredation

deprivation

destination

destitution

deportation

depravation

demarcation

degradation

duplication

estimation

intimation

intonation

indication

invocation

obligation

occupation

ordination

palpitation

permutation

prostitution

protestation

proclamation

oxidation

reclamation

segregation

replication

retardation

vindication

reputation

vaccination

eustachian

conjugation

elongation

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

incrustation

pavlovian

rhododendron

confrontation

pagurian

custodian

contravention

contribution

agrarian

predetermine

syncopation

duplicity

glaciation

columbian

situation

distribution

hungarian

comprehension

dissertation

mongolian

arthurian

figuration

recreation

amputation

implication

jacobean

complication

computation

pedestrian

imputation

applications

constipation

constitution

excavation

incantation

incarnation

inclination

himalayan

indexation

armageddon

arizonan

octahedron

european

macedonian

obligations

maccabean

tetrahedron

congregation

bohemian

incubation

exclamation

explanation

explication

extrication

backwardation

expiration

excitation

hypertension

interruption

inspiration

intercession

accordion

alabaman

equestrian

albanian

barbarian

centurion

peruvian

cyclopean

dandelion

gorgonian

herculean

jordanian

librarian

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estonian

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