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

baldwin

delphian

bellman

bolden

builders

chevron

clinton

bullion

crimson

freedman

golden

goodman

guilders

headman

ibsen

keelson

kelson

kelvin

lisbon

london

melton

mignon

minion

olden

pinion

piston

pitman

scullion

shipman

soldan

spearman

squadron

sultan

tendon

ultra

undone

vulcan

whitson

woodman

woolman

eldritch

begun

bellon

bisson

bitten

briton

builder

felon

gibbon

gilder

given

glisten

griffon

guilder

heron

mitten

mullen

ninon

perron

redden

sudden

rerun

sullen

thicken

belgian

christian

diction

fiction

christen

rincon

chicken

charon

deaden

friction

driven

eden

elan

kitten

leaden

ledden

linen

listen

marron

melon

prison

pullen

quicken

ribbon

risen

riven

sicken

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

wiccan

women

wooden

woolen

written

heathen

bordman

grandson

pigeon

baldric

doctrine

dustman

headsman

mission

vision

lampron

landman

fission

salesman

seedsman

sexton

kitchen

airman

alban

alman

apron

bookman

calvin

chairman

chessman

chieftain

cordon

dalton

desman

dolman

dolphin

elders

emption

ensign

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fielders

filters

footman

garden

gumption

harden

hempen

henchman

hetman

jetson

jordan

jorden

kenyan

kremlin

m1

matron

minden

molten

muslin

nekton

onion

outdone

outrun

pardon

patron

pectin

penguin

penman

pressman

quilters

runnion

saffron

scallion

sequin

shearman

sovereign

sovran

stallion

stallman

stepson

teston

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

warden

welders

question

section

shrunken

function

guardsman

huntsman

tension

junction

landsman

gentian

luncheon

mention

bushman

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

engine

flexion

freshman

pension

suction

sunken

alan

auden

baron

barren

beacon

beaten

beckon

bollen

breton

broaden

burden

burdon

button

cheapen

colon

cousin

cretin

deacon

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dozen

eaten

elder

fallen

fielder

filter

floren

foreign

freeman

gallon

garron

gelder

gladden

heaven

jetton

kalan

kilter

laden

leaven

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

loren

lyden

madden

maiden

muffin

mutton

odin

oven

pollan

pollen

quilter

reason

reckon

resin

riden

sadden

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

siren

sodden

solon

steven

stolen

summon

sweeten

swollen

talon

threaten

toughen

treason

trodden

vegan

warren

weaken

weapon

welder

wheaten

widen

woman

homespun

klansman

scotsman

spokesman

strengthen

townsman

yachtsman

capstan

caxton

fieldwork

lengthen

postman

statesman

gudgeon

legion

bludgeon

cushion

lesion

hessian

paean

peon

dudgeon

freshen

grecian

prussian

region

urine

russian

session

plankton

acton

arson

atman

aspen

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

boatman

boston

boulders

brakeman

captain

canyon

canton

carbon

carmine

carman

carton

chaplain

chapman

classman

claxon

copeman

corban

damson

foreman

darken

dobson

fireman

folders

dampen

fountain

gascon

gorgon

hackman

harken

harten

hearten

holders

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

kirkman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

oxen

orphan

organ

packman

panton

plantain

parson

passman

ponton

saxon

shotgun

samson

santon

sharpen

shorten

shouldered

shelters

shoulders

swelters

spartan

stockman

sultry

tartan

union

tarpon

workman

smarten

sweltry

wanton

craftsman

draftsman

slither

flashgun

churchman

coachman

cultured

cultures

fortune

georgian

hangman

longan

martian

othman

torsion

mangan

portion

watchman

vultures

margin

alder

amman

bacon

balder

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

bison

blacken

blowgun

bobbin

boulder

boughten

bourbon

bowman

bracken

brazen

brighten

brogan

broken

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

chasten

chosen

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dragon

dromon

ermine

famine

fasten

fatten

felter

firman

flatten

folder

frighten

frozen

gammon

german

glitters

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

heighten

hogan

holder

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

jason

kelter

lagan

latin

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

logan

loosen

lumen

mason

moisten

moulder

often

omen

open

pagan

patten

pavon

person

platen

platten

poison

polder

proven

raven

ripen

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

shelter

shogun

shoulder

showman

siphon

skelter

slacken

slogan

soften

spoken

straighten

swelter

syphon

taken

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

triton

turban

toman

urban

wagon

waken

worsen

urson

welter

whiten

wilder

wizen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

portman

marchman

horseman

markman

oarsman

earthen

caution

fashion

haitian

mahone

persian

station

lotion

notion

passion

pathan

vulture

version

asian

potion

surgeon

urchin

ration

ashen

sturgeon

culture

motion

ocean

fusion

nation

burgeon

cajun

suasion

trojan

altars

alters

cowan

dian

falters

flytrap

glitter

gowan

halters

ion

lion

marksman

mayan

owen

paltry

poultry

rayon

rowan

rowen

ruin

salters

scion

sportsman

walters

zion

bastion

mansion

faustian

traction

action

caption

fraction

option

auction

faction

soldiers

coulter

falter

walter

boulter

halter

salter

bladders

bolter

gliders

balter

altar

alter

colter

poulter

soldier

sanction

flatworm

clothiers

bladder

glider

slider

solder

floaters

platters

plotters

slaters

clothier

blatter

blotter

clatter

clutter

flutter

flatter

floater

plater

platter

plotter

slater

slatter

blather

cloture

flutters

flatware

3 syllable words

deletion

delusion

elation

illusion

religion

timberman

alderman

in-person

filtration

bedizen

bitumen

bulletin

cinnamon

citizen

cyprian

elison

mandarin

pelican

skeleton

beholden

cistercian

deflation

depletion

dispersion

election

exertion

incursion

insertion

inversion

preclusion

seclusion

bedouin

malayan

median

syrian

veteran

libyan

simian

aleutian

allusion

cetacean

collegian

collision

collusion

cultural

decision

desertion

devotion

division

emission

emotion

erosion

evasion

fisherman

imagine

immersion

malaysian

pollution

recession

recision

relation

rescission

reversion

secession

sedition

solution

imprison

aegean

phrygian

scythian

stygian

deflection

brazilian

chairperson

civilian

enlighten

enliven

pavilion

policeman

rebellion

discretion

distortion

implosion

impression

inclusion

inflation

misfortune

excursion

induction

intrusion

italian

bedridden

misprision

alaskan

reflection

lumberman

mistaken

uncertain

vermilion

ablation

ablution

abortion

adrian

albion

andean

anyone

apportion

aspersion

assassin

awaken

bouillon

collagen

collection

conversion

deception

deduction

defection

denizen

depiction

depression

detection

detention

determine

dictation

diffusion

dimension

discussion

dissension

elderly

emulsion

equation

erection

eviction

excision

ferryman

fixation

freemason

fustian

gordian

guardian

halcyon

ignition

impassion

inaction

incision

invasion

jamaican

lesbian

medicine

misshapen

nevadan

occlusion

overrun

peterman

preemption

proportion

reception

reunion

revulsion

seduction

selection

solomon

specimen

submersion

suburban

subversion

thespian

toboggan

uneven

venison

wesleyan

dilation

description

commotion

dilution

reopen

samoan

regimen

sedation

saccharin

destruction

distraction

assertion

aversion

alien

halogen

narration

etruscan

negation

occasion

disunion

venetian

infarction

galleon

inflection

tamarin

egyptian

ejection

intestine

lecithin

ghanaian

nemean

emblazon

embolden

odeon

countryman

julian

infliction

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

marian

infraction

uterine

octillion

unbroken

expression

profession

explosion

clarion

excretion

exclusion

possession

predation

procession

carrion

cessation

phoenician

duration

promotion

rejection

reptilian

fenian

snapdragon

freudian

plebeian

summation

extrusion

compression

abandon

discipline

mexican

completion

chairwoman

charlatan

dominion

medallion

alternate

conclusion

opinion

diffraction

bewilders

nobleman

talisman

disruption

bewildered

forbidden

exaction

battalion

exception

exhaustion

frustration

genuine

inception

infection

infusion

inhuman

intention

invention

midshipman

englishman

austrian

presumption

redemption

cambrian

everyone

predestine

unburden

unbutton

uncommon

guncotton

singleton

sumatran

declension

acumen

conflation

contortion

rifleman

resumption

abdomen

conduction

derision

fruition

lutheran

inscription

instruction

fijian

parisian

tuition

abrasion

accretion

accession

anchorman

ascension

attention

benjamin

concussion

hydration

contagion

crustacean

contusion

obsession

suppression

foundation

temptation

ingestion

succession

dalmatian

hydrogen

injection

retention

addiction

aggression

adoption

affection

alsatian

compassion

concession

confession

gestation

irishman

menhaden

oppression

prediction

production

propulsion

reduction

profusion

progression

protection

regression

secretion

sensation

salvation

balderdash

connexion

prevention

resection

connection

pretension

beethoven

bewilder

catalan

garrison

gravamen

hammerman

jettison

forgotten

javelin

keratin

lanolin

melanin

overdone

vatican

waterman

overman

puritan

ramadan

superman

gentleman

bandwagon

badminton

housebroken

truncation

ambrosian

albumin

inspection

adsorption

absorption

handwoven

nebraskan

harlequin

extortion

contraption

exemption

communion

suggestion

plethora

companion

digestion

councilman

saleswoman

franciscan

projection

complexion

expansion

expulsion

extension

subtraction

contraction

addition

beholder

audition

clergyman

correction

commission

direction

distinction

edition

gradation

maltreatment

margarine

munition

musician

omission

precision

physician

provision

revision

tradition

volition

permission

petition

position

precession

remission

concoction

confucian

arian

affliction

combustion

dorian

aryan

biotin

cation

collider

elater

foramen

compulsion

horizon

conception

irian

attraction

convection

convention

conviction

prostration

assumption

confection

contention

retraction

anglican

orion

myosin

niacin

confusion

convulsion

abduction

castration

nonhuman

suspension

translation

korean

moroccan

construction

backgammon

african

capsaicin

cardigan

clarendon

unwritten

maladroit

magdalen

magician

porcelain

cohesion

extraction

perfusion

rhodopsin

obstruction

logician

welterweight

backwoodsman

congestion

extinction

objection

admission

bellwethers

ambition

attrition

cognition

condition

dentition

dissection

eruption

laurentian

libration

migration

nitrogen

creation

nutrition

optician

rendition

repression

tactician

technician

perception

partition

patrician

perfection

submission

suspicion

transition

vibration

congressman

encryption

proscription

prescription

abstention

consumption

restriction

helotry

masculine

polluters

jacobin

elaters

unison

downtrodden

scorpion

ottoman

feminine

muskmelon

vitamin

adhesion

zealotry

crestfallen

nonunion

outspoken

abstraction

bellwether

conscription

constriction

contrition

cremation

gyration

injunction

oration

origin

parthian

pentathlon

percussion

precaution

reaction

subscription

transcription

transmission

partisan

gaussian

forewoman

appian

nubian

corsican

australian

artisan

polluter

jovian

altarpiece

grobian

protean

fabian

chamberlain

avian

charwoman

permian

bloodthirsty

carnation

cartesian

asuncion

coercion

starvation

oxygen

formation

horatian

norwegian

laotian

croatian

artesian

digression

corrosion

alternates

arkansan

compunction

bosnian

campion

champion

conjunction

kantian

solitaire

keynesian

zambian

vacation

location

ligation

vocation

heartbroken

donation

perversion

corruption

diversion

mutation

privation

probation

quotation

rotation

caucasian

causation

citation

notation

ovation

flotation

flirtation

transgression

damnation

lactation

optation

persuasion

plantation

saltier

stagnation

taxation

transaction

transfusion

flattery

soldering

flattering

faltering

soldiering

glutaric

4 syllable words

collodion

illiterate

valerian

bewildering

bewilderment

meridian

pelagian

aldebaran

polyhedron

illiterates

interurban

historian

victorian

arizonan

bavarian

canadian

collateral

comedian

dehydration

devonian

dilatation

disillusion

dissolution

fallopian

figuration

floridian

gregorian

himalayan

immolation

inhalation

iranian

kindergarten

militarize

missourian

planarian

praetorian

preelection

reawaken

reelection

sicilian

simonian

titillation

ulceration

republican

coalition

coloration

corinthian

illustration

miseration

hemoglobin

hegelian

federation

iteration

interwoven

melodramas

liberation

reassertion

polyhedrons

violation

electrician

indecision

american

centurion

distillation

committeeman

dislocation

celebration

dominican

eritrean

greco-roman

melodrama

militarized

minnesotan

obsidian

reexamine

immigration

olympian

predetermine

situation

nestorian

fibrillation

pagurian

nicaraguan

indication

cotyledon

inspiration

insulation

interaction

intercession

insurrection

interruption

liquidation

accordion

intermission

indonesian

information

lilliputian

custodian

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

syndication

vindication

sectarian

tribulation

indiscretion

infiltration

equestrian

californian

rhododendron

declaration

delegation

evolution

hungarian

imitation

levitation

repossession

oscillation

polynesian

arabian

appalachian

appellation

limitation

mitigation

restoration

demolition

elevation

respiration

alteration

assyrian

bifurcation

bilateral

bolivian

desolation

desperation

devolution

rumination

gravitation

intuition

irritation

isolation

realization

revolution

jubilation

litigation

dissertation

dissipation

abolition

fumigation

iberian

innovation

mutilation

resolution

smithsonian

trepidation

criterion

napoleon

relocation

hyperion

liberian

revelation

vacillation

coloradan

galilean

mammalian

visitation

siberian

validation

chameleon

disinflation

installation

ministration

octahedron

tetrahedron

intervention

importation

integration

interception

interdiction

implication

decompression

incarnation

indentation

indexation

intersection

indignation

inflammation

imperfection

misperception

nigerian

noblewoman

leviathan

moderation

misbegotten

variation

generation

veneration

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

mediation

modulation

athenian

toleration

bohemian

preparation

separation

pedestrian

crocodilian

comparison

decoration

reparation

cogitation

foliation

abdication

absolution

alterations

altercation

alternation

consolation

circulation

convolution

indigestion

cancellation

carcinogen

calibration

compilation

crucifixion

cultivation

deformation

demarcation

deportation

registration

desecration

disaffection

disposition

elocution

emigration

emulation

expiration

fabrication

granulation

imposition

inattention

intimation

invitation

invocation

lubrication

ovulation

reclamation

publication

regulation

relaxation

replication

retardation

interjection

subdivision

tabulation

speculation

penetration

population

predilection

recollection

restitution

ventilation

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

columbian

distribution

maturation

introduction

graduation

pavlovian

penicillin

abyssinian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

jordanian

militaries

copernican

glaciation

amphibian

estonian

oblivion

saturation

implantation

impregnation

incrustation

self-deception

legislation

elongation

englishwoman

assemblyman

businesswoman

gentlewoman

syncopation

ohioan

inhibition

malformation

menstruation

reinspection

subluxation

admiration

algerian

allocation

allegation

substitution

animation

annotation

arthurian

avocation

incantation

collocation

connotation

constellation

disputation

exhortation

decimation

dedication

defamation

embarkation

desiccation

disinfection

calculation

exploration

consultation

formulation

habitation

liquefaction

altercations

hesitation

irrigation

locomotion

medication

meditation

motivation

navigation

preservation

propagation

provocation

recitation

recreation

reformation

renovation

reservation

resurrection

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

arbitration

valuation

attribution

imputation

infestation

inquisition

instigation

institution

dilatory

european

jacobean

maccabean

military

deconstruction

introspection

reconstruction

protozoan

ulterior

alternative

shakespearean

agitation

macedonian

apprehension

alternately

vegetation

exhalation

incubation

education

fluctuation

strangulation

armageddon

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

algonquian

commutation

consummation

convocation

duplication

equitation

prohibition

estimation

dietitian

excitation

molestation

obligation

prosecution

intonation

occupation

ideation

prostitution

superhuman

protestation

radiation

refutation

conflagration

explication

accusation

reputation

benediction

backwardation

apparition

retrocession

segregation

exclamation

application

oxidation

degradation

activation

palpitation

resignation

contemplation

exploitation

devastation

destitution

culmination

extradition

extrication

designation

orchestration

deprivation

rhetorician

sequestration

depredation

persecution

affectation

annexation

depravation

proclamation

barbarian

comprehension

conjugation

guatemalan

heliotrope

helter-skelter

herculean

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

librarian

overburden

paraguayan

samaritan

wagnerian

watermelon

mortification

erudition

satisfaction

derivation

gastrulation

divination

manumission

politician

reproduction

preignition

mongolian

constitution

lancastrian

ostentation

deposition

retribution

fluoridation

opposition

diminution

melanesian

consecration

constipation

procreation

amputation

augmentation

computation

condemnation

condescension

disconnection

complication

dispensation

excavation

readmission

execution

inclination

punctuation

proposition

supervision

supposition

obfuscation

confiscation

reposition

circumvention

repetition

pigmentation

repercussion

contrarian

congregation

militarists

diocesan

circumspection

expectation

misconception

violators

contraception

contravention

contribution

confrontation

contradiction

abrogation

acquisition

advocation

adaptation

aggregation

approbation

aggravation

circumcision

admonition

hypertension

statistician

superstition

ordination

inundation

competition

aviation

deviation

composition

exhibition

exhumation

dereliction

destination

recognition

requisition

gorgonian

malnutrition

alternator

expedition

transplantation

condensation

exposition

jurisdiction

salutary

segmentation

armenian

violator

coronation

corp.

correlation

corporation

definition

detonation

emanation

evocation

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5 syllable words

nickelodeon

deliberation

elaboration

illiteracy

theologian

philadelphian

neapolitan

militarily

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amazonian

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glorification

pomeranian

cooperation

harmonization

organization

corroboration

argentinian

canonization

pronunciation

dionysian

ionization

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word children

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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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