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

allegation

delegation

allegations

allocation

navigation

validation

allocations

animation

annotation

appellation

acclamation

acclimation

application

avocation

calibration

collocation

delegations

palpitation

fascination

habitation

machination

propagation

obligation

elevation

sanitation

abrogation

aggregation

vacillation

surrogation

adulation

agitation

pagination

calculation

approbation

culmination

granulation

appalachian

emigration

connotation

coronation

segregation

tabulation

correlation

aggravation

cancellation

celebration

designation

proclamation

replication

resignation

decimation

reclamation

vaccination

dedication

defamation

derivation

emanation

germination

hesitation

irrigation

isolation

litigation

oscillation

profanation

provocation

recitation

revelation

termination

abnegation

accusation

suffocation

valuation

activation

adaptation

advocation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

dilatation

domination

gravitation

medication

meditation

nomination

realization

renovation

revocation

violation

conjugation

conflagration

education

alabaman

saturation

modulation

vegetation

graduation

maturation

galilean

amputation

complication

fragmentation

malformation

gastrulation

subluxation

degradation

depravation

affirmation

abdication

affectation

circulation

combination

consummation

depredation

congregation

delegating

fluoridation

fumigation

imitation

immolation

melanesian

politician

strangulation

ulceration

annexation

jubilation

compilation

convocation

commendation

commutation

consolation

cultivation

deprivation

divination

duplication

fermentation

alteration

aspiration

desecration

destination

devastation

elocution

oxidation

ordination

penetration

publication

abolition

presentation

speculation

ventilation

admiration

realizations

recantation

emulation

fabrication

regulation

reputation

estimation

population

occupation

inhalation

equitation

motivation

immigration

innovation

mitigation

mutilation

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

function

junction

sanction

scallion

emption

gumption

stallion

action

caption

flexion

pension

flashgun

mention

faction

suction

mansion

gentian

tension

fraction

traction

section

ashen

ballasts

caution

delphian

fashion

freshen

grandson

haitian

hessian

lengthen

mahone

nation

passion

prussian

ration

russian

session

station

strengthen

claxon

calvin

canyon

damson

alman

ensign

bagman

banyan

falcon

jetson

samson

saxon

plankton

scullion

stepson

kelson

onion

kenyan

runnion

keelson

tungsten

hangman

hasten

landsman

alan

lagan

bastion

sunken

bison

hyson

talon

belgian

torsion

bason

shrunken

basin

caisson

auction

jason

vegan

huntsman

chasten

craftsman

diction

gallon

dungeon

drunken

engine

wagon

freshman

luncheon

draftsman

friction

option

dragon

mangan

mason

martian

fiction

question

lessen

portion

lesson

fasten

lampron

landman

klansman

salesman

bludgeon

cajun

asian

sexton

cushion

baldwin

fission

dudgeon

cauldron

caxton

grecian

headsman

gudgeon

dustman

capstan

mission

pathan

suasion

acton

airman

bargain

ballast

atman

alban

arson

aspen

baston

bellman

billion

boston

bullion

calloused

canton

captain

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

classman

dalton

dampen

desman

dobson

dolman

dolphin

faulcon

gascon

gorgon

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

jackman

penguin

hackman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

london

m1

melton

mignon

million

minion

morgan

nekton

organ

oxen

packman

panton

parson

passman

pectin

penman

pillion

pinion

plantain

pressman

saffron

santon

selden

shotgun

stallman

stillion

sultan

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

henchman

tendon

teston

vulcan

whitson

guardsman

marksman

sportsman

bushman

georgian

christian

brethren

faustian

churchman

dutchman

fortune

longan

margin

rincon

othman

polished

watchman

begun

bellon

bisson

blacken

button

cabin

cayman

dozen

haven

heaven

heighten

jetton

oven

patten

satan

tighten

summon

taken

tappen

threaten

bulkheads

kalan

pagan

perron

person

salmon

sullen

sudden

syphon

charon

cousin

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

devon

christen

bollen

falsehoods

bracken

brazen

cannon

canon

breton

brighten

canaan

heron

platen

hyphen

platten

hymen

pollan

pollen

raven

riden

ripen

sadden

reckon

redden

resin

satin

shaken

seven

shaman

siphon

siren

slacken

straighten

weapon

whiten

wizen

worsen

widen

zaman

baton

amman

bacon

baron

batten

barren

batton

bayman

beckon

fallen

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

frighten

gammon

garron

gladden

glisten

graven

happen

laden

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

listen

liven

lyden

madden

maiden

marron

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

urson

mutton

titan

toughen

triton

waken

children

collects

doctrine

flagstone

horseman

portman

selects

statesman

marchman

markman

molests

bordman

oarsman

scotsman

townsman

yachtsman

burgeon

earthen

heathen

legion

lesion

persian

potion

region

kitchen

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

pigeon

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

vision

blockheads

bulkhead

falsehood

cordon

minden

skylights

corban

milken

rayon

carbon

calcite

carman

carmine

carton

footman

gilden

linemen

lion

scion

golden

lockman

zion

lineman

lisbon

lynden

closets

mayan

apron

brakeman

citron

clinton

foreman

fountain

garden

lightman

linden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

sharpen

shipman

shorten

silken

smarten

barton

bolden

bookman

crimson

darken

blackouts

daylights

fibrin

fielden

fireman

dian

austin

billman

goodman

harden

hearten

houseman

jordan

kirkman

harken

harten

jorden

kremlin

ion

molten

mountain

olden

orphan

outdone

outrun

muslin

norman

mormon

pardon

piston

pitman

patron

flagstones

policed

ponton

soldan

sovereign

spartan

spearman

sovran

squadron

sylvan

tillman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

union

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

blasting

blockhead

bullshit

coachman

alight

auden

beacon

beaten

billon

blowgun

bitten

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

briton

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

certain

cheapen

chicken

colon

common

cotton

cretin

curtain

daylight

deacon

deepen

demon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

german

gibbon

given

hausen

hidden

hogan

leven

locken

loosen

spokesman

gotten

freeman

glidden

griffon

leman

logan

ermine

firman

floren

foreign

kitten

linen

loren

mitten

ninon

often

pavon

placid

poison

prison

pullen

quicken

reason

risen

riven

rerun

ribbon

ridden

robin

rosin

rotten

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shogun

sicken

skylight

slogan

smitten

sodden

steven

soften

swollen

treason

trodden

solon

stiffen

stricken

striven

gallstone

plastics

stolen

sweeten

thicken

thousand

turban

twilight

warren

weaken

wheaten

written

yaupon

zircon

hailstone

woolen

elects

holstein

homespun

urban

villain

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

milestone

fusion

slighting

trojan

chieftain

blockades

delights

flagstaffs

freedman

lopeman

plasters

boatman

collect

copeman

dulcet

flaxseed

newsman

blasted

milestones

molest

select

gallstones

sequin

shearman

ulster

hailstones

hailstorm

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

urine

bolstered

bolsters

hillsides

milkweed

millstone

oilseeds

postman

seedsman

solstice

blackout

blockade

blaster

bowman

broken

chosen

closet

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

delight

dromon

gluten

hoten

frozen

hoven

open

plaster

human

roman

rosen

rumen

showman

spoken

woven

yeoman

lumen

odin

omen

placate

placoid

proven

token

toman

cliched

maelstrom

blacktop

blackwood

blastoff

clusters

bolster

clustered

elect

flaccid

flusters

hillside

holster

oilseed

plastic

rowan

rowen

owen

ruin

flagstaff

bluster

slaughters

slightly

cloister

cluster

fluster

cloistered

cloisters

blisters

bluestone

closedown

closedowns

polecats

flighty

slaughter

blister

polecat

falstaff

3 syllable words

transgression

truncation

capsaicin

translation

assumption

collagen

filtration

compunction

prostration

abduction

progression

production

gestation

ablation

propulsion

regression

collection

crustacean

formation

libration

reduction

foundation

migration

optation

aggression

carnation

hydration

temptation

asuncion

selection

sensation

starvation

vibration

assertion

corruption

duration

flirtation

gradation

malaysian

percussion

phoenician

possession

privation

procession

vacation

conjunction

profession

relation

cetacean

citation

occasion

venetian

gyration

causation

elation

oration

adhesion

consumption

alaskan

delegates

talisman

allocates

horatian

backgammon

convulsion

affliction

collections

compulsion

conduction

declension

conflation

frustration

resumption

presumption

selections

transaction

allocate

ascension

cognition

accretion

attention

accession

elison

melanin

admission

affection

abrasion

ambition

compassion

jacobin

concussion

contagion

venison

connection

connexion

dictation

digression

election

concession

delegate

confession

jamaican

deduction

emulsion

deflation

eruption

albion

exertion

fixation

oppression

perception

perfection

seduction

persuasion

awaken

secretion

succession

tactician

obsession

ramadan

relegate

solomon

revulsion

skeleton

protection

suppression

garrison

halcyon

pelican

medicine

transition

injunction

aversion

collegian

collision

dilution

mutation

digestion

ovation

audition

edition

flotation

physician

donation

petition

direction

pollution

rotation

position

complexion

location

albumin

suggestion

aleutian

evasion

promotion

galleon

projection

malayan

recession

cation

notation

solution

caucasian

niacin

correction

cremation

quotation

volition

commotion

desertion

vocation

commission

transfusion

origin

addition

harlequin

deletion

myosin

probation

secession

lecithin

permission

tradition

african

alderman

anglican

cambrian

chairperson

charlatan

combustion

completion

compression

conception

confection

confucian

contention

convection

convention

creation

croatian

deflection

disruption

elections

enlighten

enliven

exaction

induction

inflation

magician

palisades

policeman

reflection

rifleman

suspension

transmission

congestion

construction

obstruction

objection

abstraction

australian

backwoodsman

transcription

hydrogen

jettison

kantian

keratin

ferryman

invasion

irishman

laurentian

menhaden

mandarin

insertion

nitrogen

freemason

hammerman

gravamen

addiction

determine

andean

anyone

campion

ottoman

palisade

silicon

specimen

artesian

aspersion

attrition

conversion

champion

delicate

denizen

deception

defection

dentition

depletion

depression

detection

detention

dimension

discussion

dissection

dissension

ignition

prediction

preemption

profusion

proportion

submersion

suspicion

submission

subversion

technician

suburban

vatican

ablution

apportion

cartesian

celestial

cistercian

abortion

adoption

anchorman

condition

equation

vitamin

erection

oxygen

norwegian

optician

partition

patrician

uneven

unison

reception

rendition

zambian

repression

handwoven

gentleman

rejection

reluctant

councilman

snapdragon

destruction

infarction

inflection

infliction

badminton

bandwagon

expulsion

ambrosian

ejection

exemption

extortion

emblazon

franciscan

alien

hawaiian

carrion

allusion

saccharin

veteran

appian

biotin

horizon

tamarin

immersion

sedition

arian

reversion

diversion

parthian

reaction

provision

clarion

margarine

foramen

ghanaian

devotion

marian

perversion

precaution

precession

plebeian

clergyman

collusion

emission

emotion

munition

musician

omission

religion

remission

abdomen

acumen

chairwoman

bedridden

battalion

cohesion

genuine

exception

everyone

exhaustion

artisan

in-person

lumberman

logician

impression

corsican

infection

inception

cardigan

italian

medallion

partisan

concoction

confusion

contortion

contrition

conviction

rhodopsin

discretion

invention

nobleman

distortion

nonhuman

mexican

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

mistaken

unwritten

redemption

instruction

laotian

tuition

parisian

fruition

coercion

derision

injection

ingestion

depiction

diffusion

inversion

dispersion

eviction

nutrition

occlusion

pretension

prevention

resection

incursion

inaction

retention

contusion

misshapen

expression

bedizen

forgotten

fustian

encryption

eleven

thespian

extension

excretion

bulletin

delighted

puritan

scorpion

proscription

bosnian

cinnamon

citizen

dialect

silicate

congressman

restriction

prescription

gordian

absorption

adsorption

guardian

lesbian

waterman

wesleyan

abstention

inspection

delusion

communion

countryman

decision

intestine

delighting

distinction

division

egyptian

electron

etruscan

saleswoman

englishman

erosion

illusion

plastering

recision

rescission

revision

attraction

aryan

diffraction

infusion

bedouin

excursion

dorian

misfortune

heroin

gillian

retraction

chilean

heroine

intention

julian

korean

libyan

moroccan

permian

samoan

orion

simian

conclusion

singleton

syrian

philistine

electrons

subscription

dominion

guncotton

blastoderm

heartbroken

nihilists

perfusion

pavilion

illustrates

brazilian

collective

constriction

conscription

forewoman

rebellion

silicates

selective

forbidden

delightful

molested

ballistic

pleistocene

civilian

opinion

charwoman

sumatran

uncommon

vermilion

timberman

extinction

impassion

fijian

phrygian

stygian

benjamin

excision

incision

preclusion

aegean

seclusion

corrosion

lutheran

scythian

contraction

contraption

description

infraction

distraction

subtraction

expansion

assassin

downtrodden

reptilian

companion

imprison

philistines

nonunion

bitumen

cyprian

illustrate

catalan

coalesced

disunion

falsity

indian

unbroken

javelin

lanolin

octillion

overdone

peterman

talkative

toboggan

overman

overrun

solicit

superman

slaughterhouse

midshipman

inhuman

inscription

implosion

inclusion

imagine

regimen

precision

blustering

extraction

intrusion

misprision

fisherman

abandon

avian

collectors

dialects

elective

fabian

freudian

galactose

gaussian

grobian

irian

jovian

loyalists

magdalen

molesters

nubian

odeon

pilasters

plasterwork

predestine

protean

realists

solicits

soloists

uterine

violists

fluctuate

extrusion

explosion

exclusion

embolden

beethoven

ballistics

electric

blessedly

blockaded

blockaders

dualist

duelist

elicit

feminine

nevadan

electrode

molester

pilaster

arkansan

adrian

masculine

muskmelon

nebraskan

loyalist

realist

relocate

outspoken

collector

keynesian

royalist

solstices

pentathlon

blistering

collegiate

glistening

electrodes

austrian

chamberlain

clarendon

discipline

electors

electro

elicits

falsettos

porcelain

blockader

fenian

median

nemean

plasterer

reopen

beholden

fluctuates

glaciate

crestfallen

housebroken

bouillon

soloist

reunion

falsetto

elector

violist

electrics

galactic

scholastic

collected

flycatcher

illicit

placidly

reelect

elastic

4 syllable words

elongation

legislation

explanation

aberration

adoration

laceration

exclamation

coloration

explication

toleration

compensation

computation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

elocutions

excavation

formulation

illustration

implication

inclination

inflammation

satisfaction

integration

mortification

obfuscation

segmentation

glaciation

altercation

admonition

alligators

absolution

acquisition

alternation

ammunition

backwardation

distillation

excitation

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

lilliputian

masturbation

molestation

ovulation

predilection

persecution

prosecution

recognition

recollection

relaxation

simulation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

vindication

repetition

declaration

demolition

relocation

definition

repossession

resolution

deposition

evolution

opposition

premonition

perspiration

exhalation

devolution

perturbation

proposition

erudition

polynesian

maccabean

revolution

rumination

transplantation

jacobean

alligator

supposition

syncopation

confrontation

aviation

extrication

orchestration

self-deception

sequestration

illustrations

decoration

concentration

generation

armageddon

federation

perforation

contemplation

dietitian

foliation

ideation

preparation

radiation

demonstration

separation

variation

reassertion

reparation

cogitation

veneration

condescension

indignation

execution

retribution

dispensation

attribution

imputation

arbitration

installation

instigation

embarkation

ministration

pigmentation

transformation

transportation

convolution

cotyledon

permutation

exhibition

apprehension

dislocation

demarcation

aldebaran

benediction

deportation

albanian

deformation

dereliction

cyclopean

destitution

disaffection

prostitution

composition

lubrication

requisition

paraguayan

relocations

retardation

competition

preservation

figuration

preignition

reservation

algerian

hibernation

levitation

locomotion

reposition

respiration

restoration

diminution

procreation

recreation

trepidation

reawaken

valerian

desperation

dissolution

himalayan

evocation

reformation

contribution

circumspection

contraception

incrustation

exploitation

implantation

dehydration

preconception

coalition

liberation

miseration

importation

moderation

augmentation

circumvention

incantation

disconnection

incarnation

ostentation

fluctuation

mediation

prohibition

constitution

macedonian

operation

decompression

punctuation

apparition

deviation

exhortation

exposition

expedition

exploration

liquefaction

iteration

rhetorician

abyssinian

amphibian

circumcision

columbian

confirmation

conservation

conversation

disposition

expiration

hypertension

imposition

inattention

oblivion

observation

pagurian

pavlovian

precondition

protestation

refutation

situation

tasmanian

wagnerian

infiltration

obstetrician

contradiction

corporation

resurrection

contravention

irritation

readmission

gentlewoman

corp.

extradition

dissipation

preelection

repercussion

reelection

californian

limitation

dissertation

fluctuations

titillation

distribution

impregnation

bifurcation

usurpation

illustrated

inhibition

misconception

visitation

floridian

fallopian

hyperion

iberian

liberian

mammalian

bolivian

criterion

diocesan

siberian

canadian

collodion

arabian

european

leviathan

inquisition

jurisdiction

consternation

electrician

malnutrition

menstruation

octahedron

comparison

crocodilian

hemoglobin

reproduction

tetrahedron

pelagian

misbegotten

noblewoman

republican

introspection

incubation

indigestion

registration

meridian

algonquian

american

inspiration

agrarian

fibrillation

electioneer

olympian

information

minnesotan

nestorian

dandelion

copernican

calisthenic

darwinian

crucifixion

jordanian

liquidation

retrocession

predetermine

samaritan

reexamine

syndication

interruption

invitation

polyhedron

rhododendron

arthurian

introduction

expectation

manumission

hungarian

electricians

nonprescription

bavarian

calisthenics

exhumation

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8 syllable words

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  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
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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
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  • True and Cure

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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
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Different Types of Rhymes
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