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

lampron

airman

chairman

darken

gumption

harken

tuscan

vulcan

reckon

torsion

question

tension

luncheon

locken

martian

shrunken

margin

marron

mention

beckon

pension

section

baron

barren

blacken

bracken

summon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

charon

engine

flexion

garron

perron

gentian

georgian

slacken

fortune

heron

portion

sunken

zircon

belgian

brethren

doctrine

session

sexton

russian

prussian

burgeon

gudgeon

hessian

bordman

bludgeon

freshen

dudgeon

cauldron

earthen

children

horseman

headsman

lengthen

portman

marchman

markman

persian

oarsman

somewheres

delphian

urchin

sturgeon

surgeon

version

strengthen

acton

bellman

carton

claxon

bargain

barton

citron

corban

cordon

crimson

faulcon

harten

falcon

fibrin

fireman

harden

headman

jetson

mormon

hearten

hempen

hetman

jargon

jordan

jorden

muslin

nekton

norman

onion

outrun

oxen

pardon

parson

pectin

penman

smarten

arson

carbon

carman

carmine

chevron

chessman

dampen

damson

desman

ensign

foreman

garden

gascon

gorgon

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

london

m1

marlin

marten

martin

melton

milken

morgan

organ

orphan

pressman

saffron

saxon

scullion

selden

runnion

samson

shamrock

sharpen

shorten

silken

sovereign

tarpon

tungsten

tubman

tartan

warden

emption

sultan

tendon

teston

penguin

sovran

spartan

squadron

spearman

stepson

undone

auction

faction

guardsman

junction

action

christian

sportsman

fraction

othman

watchman

marksman

suction

rincon

traction

function

amman

bellon

bacon

bourbon

breton

burden

burdon

burton

button

certain

chicken

comers

common

cousin

curtain

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

famine

floren

foreign

heaven

hymen

felon

gammon

jetton

ledden

leaden

leaven

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

liman

loren

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

person

quicken

redden

resin

salmon

seven

shaken

sicken

siren

stricken

sudden

sullen

summers

thicken

threaten

toughen

turban

taken

urban

urson

vegan

waken

warren

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

worsen

capstan

baldwin

caxton

grandson

homespun

remarks

dustman

mahone

fission

emerge

kitchen

mission

cushion

pigeon

vision

plankton

alban

alman

aspen

atman

bagman

baston

billman

boston

billion

apron

austin

banyan

bookman

bullion

canyon

calvin

canton

captain

classman

clinton

chaplain

chapman

dalton

dobson

dolman

dolphin

emersed

footman

fountain

genres

gilden

goodman

hackman

houseman

ibsen

immersed

jackman

jasmine

kansan

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lockman

mignon

minden

minion

packman

urine

lynden

matron

million

mountain

outdone

panton

passman

patron

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

ponton

remark

santon

scallion

shearman

shipman

shotgun

stallion

stallman

stillion

stockman

sumners

sylvan

tillman

veneers

trillion

wanton

whitson

woodman

woolman

huntsman

sanction

enrich

churchman

freshman

friction

mangan

longan

diction

hangman

bushman

flashgun

coachman

fiction

alan

auden

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

begun

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

brighten

briton

broaden

broken

burman

cabin

cannon

canon

cayman

christen

commerce

cotton

crewman

cumin

daman

deacon

demerse

demon

demurs

dragon

driven

dromon

ermine

fallen

fasten

fatten

firman

flatten

freeman

frighten

gallon

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

griffon

hammers

happen

hausen

heighten

hidden

human

hyphen

hyson

immerse

kitten

klansman

lagan

landman

latin

layman

leman

lighten

linen

listen

liven

lumen

lyden

madden

mitten

monarchs

ninon

often

omen

pavon

pollen

patten

platen

platten

pollan

prison

pullen

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

satin

scotsman

seaman

semen

sermon

shaman

shimmers

showman

simmers

siphon

skimmers

smitten

sodden

soften

spoken

stiffen

striven

swimmers

syphon

talon

tappen

tenrecs

thousand

tighten

timers

timmers

titan

token

toman

townsman

triton

trodden

unrest

villain

wagon

weaken

whiten

widen

wizen

wooden

woolen

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

henchman

ashen

caution

fashion

passion

pathan

ration

craftsman

draftsman

landsman

bolden

chieftain

boatman

cowan

rayon

brakeman

ion

scion

dian

gowan

lion

mayan

copeman

downright

fielden

golden

homework

zion

freedman

kirkman

lopeman

molten

monarch

newsman

olden

remorse

sequin

soldan

teamwork

union

workman

bastion

caption

faustian

mansion

option

statesman

spokesman

salesman

seedsman

postman

banners

basin

beaten

brazen

brogan

caisson

crouton

cuban

dagan

dagon

deepen

diners

frozen

hasten

haven

jason

manners

manors

mason

minors

moisten

sweeten

swollen

miners

rosen

blowgun

boomers

canaan

chasten

cheapen

chosen

colon

conners

craven

cretin

dinars

downers

eaten

eden

elan

gluten

graven

hogan

homers

honors

hoten

hoven

kalan

laden

lemurs

leven

liners

logan

loosen

maiden

odin

enraged

open

poison

proven

pagan

raven

reamers

reason

rumors

satan

season

seton

shogun

slogan

solon

steven

stolen

straighten

treason

tumors

wheaten

whiners

woven

asian

cajun

fusion

grecian

haitian

heathen

legion

lesion

lotion

motion

notion

station

nation

ocean

potion

region

suasion

trojan

wainwright

enrage

owen

paean

peon

rowan

rowen

ruin

donors

gainers

owners

schooners

sooners

tenors

juniors

seniors

tenures

gunners

runners

dinners

sinners

winners

3 syllable words

jamaican

keratin

pelican

affection

ascension

attention

collection

connection

connexion

dimension

protection

selection

submersion

assertion

commission

construction

aversion

immersion

obstruction

possession

procession

profession

subtraction

etruscan

imprison

nebraskan

projection

suggestion

unbroken

complexion

contraction

destruction

clarendon

corsican

dominion

lumberman

mexican

unbutton

unwritten

anglican

attraction

combustion

compression

compulsion

conception

conduction

confection

contention

contrition

convection

convention

suspension

aggression

apportion

aspersion

attrition

confession

deception

defection

puritan

abortion

compassion

concession

conversion

detection

detention

dissection

dissension

election

emergence

awaken

medicine

hydrogen

laurentian

garrison

hammerman

emergent

erection

denizen

determine

ramadan

oppression

obsession

production

regression

subversion

skeleton

progression

suppression

silicon

patrician

proportion

submission

suburban

nitrogen

venison

reception

reduction

congestion

constriction

objection

instruction

housebroken

moroccan

harlequin

emission

petition

physician

abstention

snapdragon

origin

muskmelon

lecithin

reversion

secession

masculine

congressman

downtrodden

tamarin

contraption

tradition

companion

recession

communion

countryman

digestion

provision

ambrosian

ejection

collision

diversion

edition

position

summation

rejection

distraction

infraction

addition

prescription

desertion

conviction

misprision

exception

alaskan

frustration

affliction

artisan

impression

inception

induction

infection

intention

concoction

invention

bedridden

disruption

brazilian

diffraction

reflection

cambrian

chairwoman

deflection

charlatan

civilian

genuine

partisan

magdalen

magician

contortion

opinion

guncotton

abduction

pavilion

porcelain

rebellion

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

convulsion

timberman

abrasion

abstraction

addiction

admission

ambition

amorist

assassin

catalan

cistercian

citizen

collagen

commercials

condition

conscription

deduction

depression

digression

dispersion

eleven

elison

emulsion

exertion

extraction

ferryman

homeric

impassion

incursion

ingestion

injection

insertion

inversion

javelin

jettison

lanolin

limericks

nevadan

numeric

oxygen

perception

perfection

pretension

prevention

propulsion

resection

retention

seduction

subscription

suspicion

toboggan

vatican

absorption

description

adsorption

expulsion

extension

inflection

inspection

restriction

infliction

correction

corruption

decision

promotion

recision

intestine

religion

councilman

embolden

gentleman

remarriage

fisherman

halogen

narration

negation

limerick

malaysian

malayan

direction

division

imagine

marian

omission

parthian

myosin

saccharin

niacin

outspoken

samaras

samoan

permission

sedition

predation

precession

rescission

sedation

perversion

ghanaian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

summarize

remission

commercial

arian

carrion

clarion

commotion

biotin

cameras

badminton

bandwagon

discretion

distortion

exaction

retraction

pentathlon

prostration

transaction

transmission

inhuman

singleton

intrusion

filtration

castration

misfortune

midshipman

abandon

cardigan

coercion

austrian

battalion

chairperson

discipline

chamberlain

enlighten

enliven

everyone

forbidden

medallion

in-person

mistaken

newmarket

rifleman

vermilion

predestine

ablation

adoption

amharic

contagion

partition

rendition

repression

nutrition

australian

vibration

technician

crustacean

damnation

eruption

beholden

dalmatian

eviction

formation

temptation

libration

menhaden

migration

ignition

revulsion

inaction

inscription

transcription

hydration

dentition

depiction

incision

campion

humorist

fustian

wesleyan

freemason

uneven

unison

forgotten

zambian

canaries

extrusion

excretion

expression

mandarin

encryption

mannerist

infarction

proscription

guardian

bulletin

gordian

lesbian

cyprian

champion

scorpion

transgression

thespian

anyone

overdone

overrun

arkansan

crestfallen

disunion

egyptian

emblazon

handwoven

nonunion

reptilian

truncation

memorize

allusion

irian

citation

collegian

collusion

gyration

solution

bedouin

cation

distinction

aleutian

dorian

dilation

aryan

korean

orion

cessation

evasion

erosion

margarine

phoenician

pollution

caucasian

causation

cremation

oration

plebeian

uterine

simian

duration

elation

summaries

syrian

venetian

cetacean

ligation

privation

emotion

samurais

veteran

assumption

presumption

resumption

anarchist

capsaicin

forewoman

completion

italian

logician

nobleman

sumatran

exhaustion

tamarisks

conflation

corrosion

aegean

phrygian

stygian

lutheran

heartbroken

scythian

extortion

carnation

cartesian

deflation

foundation

gestation

taxation

misshapen

norwegian

ablution

alsatian

artesian

concussion

contusion

consumption

invasion

lactation

optation

plantation

prediction

preemption

profusion

salvation

sensation

stagnation

starvation

anarchists

franciscan

adhesion

remorseful

adrian

andean

bedizen

cinnamon

albion

bosnian

halcyon

indian

jacobin

kantian

ottoman

solomon

specimen

tamarisk

tomorrows

vitamin

conclusion

emerges

donation

gradation

notation

implosion

audition

flotation

delusion

flirtation

mutation

redemption

illusion

location

deletion

devotion

occasion

confusion

ovation

percussion

quotation

reaction

regimen

confucian

rotation

relation

vacation

precaution

translation

probation

vocation

inflation

charwoman

anarchy

appian

acumen

chilean

galleon

gillian

gaussian

memories

permian

cohesion

perfusion

unawares

monarchists

rhodopsin

monarchies

homeworkers

talisman

nemean

policeman

libyan

accession

accretion

benjamin

cognition

creation

croatian

depletion

derision

diffusion

discussion

enriches

exemption

fruition

hemorrhage

horatian

irishman

occlusion

optician

parisian

persuasion

reemerge

secretion

succession

tactician

transition

tuition

beethoven

waterman

monarchist

bitumen

melanin

reunion

monarchy

compunction

binaries

keynesian

homeworker

somerset

feminine

octillion

gravamen

declension

clergyman

energies

conjunction

energize

precision

volition

musician

munition

inclusion

nonhuman

revision

infusion

backwoodsman

humorists

odeon

abdomen

jovian

nubian

backgammon

fenian

honorees

alien

avian

fabian

freudian

julian

median

canneries

foramen

protean

wineries

alderman

grobian

reopen

anchorman

asuncion

dictation

enrages

equation

excision

fixation

preclusion

seclusion

albumin

saleswoman

energy

fijian

bouillon

superman

excursion

injunction

overman

peterman

dilution

enrichment

exclusion

expansion

explosion

englishman

sceneries

laotian

extinction

pioneers

transfusion

ownership

synergy

synergies

4 syllable words

bavarian

planarian

agrarian

committeeman

generically

assyrian

coloradan

mammalian

missourian

valerian

commercialize

nonresident

hungarian

leviathan

tamoxifen

coloration

pedestrian

electrician

complication

implication

subdivision

commercialized

reconstruction

emigration

librarian

immigration

inattention

interaction

interruption

nicaraguan

pagurian

paraguayan

nonresidents

sectarian

disaffection

numerically

dereliction

wagnerian

deconstruction

predilection

barbarian

admiration

canadian

chameleon

comedian

contradiction

criterion

dedication

derivation

desiccation

diocesan

emergency

erudition

european

extrication

gregorian

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

introduction

liberian

limitation

medication

nonpartisan

preelection

reawaken

reelection

reemergence

repossession

resurrection

revocation

siberian

suffocation

ulceration

anarchical

contrarian

education

augmentation

condescension

computation

gastrulation

imperfection

imputation

amputation

subluxation

republican

interdiction

iteration

laceration

liberation

nigerian

miseration

moderation

operation

rhetorician

toleration

adoration

aberration

athenian

commercially

abnegation

abrogation

advocation

affectation

benediction

commutation

competition

aldebaran

amphibian

centurion

annexation

aggravation

aggregation

application

apprehension

approbation

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

eritrean

obsidian

tasmanian

oblivion

penicillin

reexamine

compilation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

emergencies

emulation

fabrication

replication

segregation

vindication

insurrection

elocution

indication

indecision

simulation

watermelon

congregation

imposition

interurban

hypertension

introspection

desecration

invocation

degradation

composition

convocation

publication

stimulation

distribution

self-deception

extradition

impregnation

incrustation

contraception

contravention

confrontation

contribution

animation

bifurcation

decimation

dissertation

manumission

provocation

readmission

recitation

disillusion

elevation

irrigation

renovation

repetition

resolution

supposition

nonprescription

fallopian

iranian

aspiration

avocation

summarizes

arthurian

coronation

correlation

evolution

demolition

figuration

arabian

fumigation

meditation

fluoridation

nonrecurring

floridian

galilean

napoleon

alteration

sicilian

assemblyman

allocation

algerian

humorously

equestrian

inhibition

rhododendron

collocation

unreasonable

hemorrhagic

defamation

delegation

deposition

desolation

collodion

californian

devolution

hibernation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

simonian

revelation

revolution

rumination

calculation

confiscation

consecration

formulation

importation

misperception

obfuscation

comprehension

indentation

indexation

mortification

intervention

inquisition

installation

infestation

intersection

interception

constellation

constipation

constitution

interwoven

remarkable

jurisdiction

armageddon

malnutrition

misbegotten

liquefaction

disinfection

execution

embarkation

ostentation

reinspection

substitution

retribution

reproduction

tetrahedron

vegetation

unmerciful

interjection

decoration

generation

federation

pelagian

perforation

strangulation

preparation

indigestion

reparation

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

cancellation

algonquian

alternation

conservation

consolation

altercation

abdication

consummation

devastation

demarcation

designation

destitution

disposition

distillation

intercession

intermission

intimation

regulation

inspiration

insulation

reputation

requisition

speculation

stipulation

retrocession

resignation

acclimation

backwardation

estimation

equitation

acclamation

convolution

exhibition

absolution

activation

conversation

celebration

fibrillation

population

molestation

observation

occupation

obligation

oxidation

palpitation

tribulation

penetration

reclamation

acquisition

masturbation

proclamation

accusation

duplication

gargantuan

carcinogen

lubrication

granulation

prosecution

prostitution

syndication

ventilation

protestation

tabulation

implantation

obstetrician

alabaman

albanian

armenian

pavlovian

saturation

victorian

infiltration

maturation

minnesotan

overburden

predetermine

greco-roman

cotyledon

darwinian

graduation

dehydration

guatemalan

gentlewoman

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

kindergarten

legislation

columbian

expectation

explication

unorganized

conflagration

historian

innovation

navigation

declaration

habitation

opposition

usurpation

vacillation

politician

preservation

connotation

desperation

inhalation

oscillation

affirmation

levitation

smithsonian

gravitation

perspiration

perturbation

abolition

allegation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

dilatation

dissolution

intuition

irritation

isolation

litigation

mongolian

propagation

proposition

recreation

repercussion

reservation

sanitation

reformation

respiration

restoration

trepidation

validation

exposition

inflammation

transportation

macedonian

memorizes

adulation

modulation

incarnation

cogitation

satisfaction

condemnation

hemoglobin

consultation

integration

institution

devonian

consternation

energizing

shakespearean

attribution

demarcations

expedition

lancastrian

agitation

protozoan

scenarios

dietitian

ideation

violation

corinthian

exhalation

excitation

ovulation

information

calibration

adaptation

circulation

expiration

lilliputian

cultivation

deformation

statistician

contemplation

confirmation

exclamation

restitution

indiscretion

polyhedron

sequestration

crucifixion

persecution

estonian

eustachian

moravian

olympian

jordanian

situation

cyanuric

conjugation

peruvian

nestorian

glaciation

gorgonian

excavation

realization

ministration

dissipation

menstruation

procreation

reposition

jubilation

transformation

valuation

energizes

malformation

polynesian

illustration

punctuation

titillation

mitigation

corporation

motivation

corp.

mutilation

synergetic

visitation

arbitration

exploration

octahedron

exhortation

amoroso

arizonan

inorganic

jacobean

maccabean

newtonian

noblewoman

registration

plutonian

praetorian

utopian

hegelian

mediation

foliation

reassertion

radiation

deportation

dislocation

apparition

deviation

energizer

invitation

permutation

coalition

prohibition

refutation

relaxation

retardation

synergistic

aviation

bohemian

abyssinian

accordion

elongation

exhumation

herculean

meridian

indignation

machination

preignition

incantation

instigation

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Words that rhyme with the word american

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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

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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
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
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