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

claxon

saxon

gumption

gentian

dungeon

drunken

diction

pension

friction

fiction

luncheon

mansion

mention

huntsman

shrunken

tension

auction

sunken

sunshine

fashion

passion

ashen

freshen

ration

prussian

hessian

russian

session

sexton

grandson

caxton

ensign

jetson

kelson

hackman

keelson

acton

jackman

london

nekton

onion

oxen

packman

pectin

runnion

stepson

tuscan

undone

vulcan

plankton

tungsten

dungeons

henchman

pensions

conscience

emption

pungent

luncheons

fasten

beckon

bracken

bason

blacken

lessen

lesson

reckon

slacken

landsman

engine

martian

marksman

dutchman

rincon

option

caption

belgian

flashgun

punkin

question

freshman

portion

torsion

bastion

bludgeon

caution

cushion

dudgeon

dustman

fission

gudgeon

haitian

klansman

landman

lengthen

lunching

marchman

markman

mission

nation

station

strengthen

townsman

unkind

unsound

banyan

sultan

wanton

gascon

pressman

aspen

baston

bellman

cancan

canton

canyon

chairman

harken

chanson

brakeman

bookman

chessman

chevron

classman

clinton

headman

hempen

hetman

ibsen

income

ransom

samson

santon

scullion

selden

silken

stockman

whitson

winsome

workman

kelvin

tendon

kansan

muslin

dobson

engines

mansions

falcon

mountain

kenyan

vengeance

lynden

linemen

m1

tensions

lineman

kirkman

linden

melton

milken

minden

minion

airman

kremlin

desman

fountain

pinion

plantain

ponton

tangent

lockman

teston

penchant

penguin

arson

damson

faulcon

passman

tubman

darken

panton

parson

penman

georgian

mangan

craftsman

bushman

longan

moonshine

draftsman

fortune

christian

faustian

brethren

margin

ensconce

consents

incensed

hangman

inchon

guardsman

unkempt

sportsman

basin

bellon

bisson

caisson

canon

cannon

bison

breton

button

bacon

charon

chasten

chicken

christen

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

felon

glisten

hasten

heaven

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

liken

linen

listen

locken

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

ninon

oven

perron

person

quicken

redden

resin

seven

shaken

sicken

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

toughen

weapon

worsen

wiccan

zircon

urson

vegan

waken

thicken

threaten

horseman

baldwin

children

delphian

doctrine

lampron

mankind

spokesman

sinking

yachtsman

incomes

incense

capstan

headsman

cauldron

consent

scotsman

pinching

portman

ransoms

oarsman

tangents

kinsman

thinking

bordman

motion

mahone

ocean

notion

lotion

grecian

pigeon

kitchen

pathan

potion

vision

ancient

enchant

alban

alman

atman

austin

bagman

bargain

barton

billion

billman

boston

bullion

calvin

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chapman

chaplain

citron

corban

cordon

crimson

dalton

dampen

dolman

dolphin

fireman

footman

fibrin

foreman

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hearten

harden

harten

houseman

jasmine

lightman

lisbon

marlin

marten

martin

jargon

jordan

jorden

lonesome

mignon

million

morgan

mormon

norman

organ

outdone

orphan

outrun

pardon

pillion

piston

pitman

saffron

scallion

sequin

sharpen

shipman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

trillion

union

unknown

unseen

warden

woodman

woolman

mankinds

conjoin

fencing

ginseng

watchman

wincing

enjoin

mincing

ringneck

othman

ancients

auden

barren

baton

beacon

billon

salesman

alan

amman

baron

begun

batton

seedsman

benign

bitten

statesman

batten

bobbin

consumed

brighten

bollen

boughten

encamp

briton

broaden

broken

cabin

canaan

common

cotton

deacon

demesne

dragon

driven

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gotten

griffon

happen

hausen

heighten

hidden

hymen

hyphen

kitten

homespun

lagan

latin

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

mitten

often

consumes

liven

lighten

liman

moisten

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

rotten

sadden

salmon

satin

siphon

siren

smitten

sodden

soften

spoken

stiffen

striven

syphon

talon

tappen

thousand

tighten

titan

token

triton

trodden

villain

wagon

warren

weaken

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

women

wooden

woolen

written

yaupon

persian

gingham

heathen

region

fusion

urchin

trojan

asian

version

conjoined

burgeon

suasion

surgeon

cajun

legion

earthen

sturgeon

lesion

apron

benzene

benzine

boatman

bolden

chieftain

consume

copeman

cowan

dian

ensnares

ensnarl

enzyme

fielden

freedman

golden

gowan

insane

ion

knickknack

lion

lopeman

matron

mayan

molten

monsoon

newsman

olden

patron

rayon

ringing

scion

shearman

singing

soldan

unknowns

urine

zion

coachman

ginghams

churchman

postman

bayman

beaten

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cayman

certain

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

dromon

ermine

frozen

gluten

human

kalan

german

graven

hoven

hoten

demon

eaten

freeman

haven

eden

elan

firman

hogan

laden

layman

leven

monsoons

logan

enzymes

leman

ensnare

lumen

knickknacks

maiden

odin

omen

open

pagan

poison

proven

raven

reason

rerun

roman

rosen

rumen

satan

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seton

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

steven

stolen

straighten

sweeten

swollen

toman

treason

turban

urban

wheaten

woven

yeoman

zaman

owen

rowen

paean

ruin

peon

rowan

nonsense

kansans

longings

hangings

launchings

longhand

penguins

knocking

smacking

banging

hanging

longing

bouncing

dancing

pouncing

banking

launching

nanking

sanguine

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

3 syllable words

consumption

subtraction

magician

contraption

infraction

infliction

abduction

assumption

compression

compulsion

conflation

confucian

contortion

contrition

diffraction

exaction

exception

intention

punishment

redemption

assassin

awaken

jamaican

venison

conjunctions

attrition

adoption

suspicion

accretion

cognition

commissioned

commissions

compassion

foundation

insertion

proportion

ablation

ablution

abortion

apportion

carnation

contagion

contusion

conversion

crustacean

damnation

dentition

depression

digression

ignition

patrician

perception

phoenicians

plantation

prediction

pretension

prevention

rendition

retention

secretion

sensation

transition

stagnation

submission

causation

cetacean

citation

gyration

collision

duration

conscription

aleutian

donation

dilation

elation

aversion

commotion

desertion

emission

ingestion

instruction

ligation

malaysian

munition

obstruction

oration

pollution

promotion

provision

reaction

precession

privation

sedition

tangential

solution

digestion

intestine

punishments

transgression

encryption

infarction

prescription

exemption

destruction

distraction

extension

alaskan

brazilian

battalion

civilian

in-person

mexican

rebellion

uncertain

combustion

conclusion

confusion

unwritten

completion

discretion

medallion

unbutton

impression

finishing

unburden

inflation

pavilion

vanishing

frustration

omniscient

translation

transmission

uncommon

guncotton

compunction

abrasion

formation

determine

nevadan

dalmatian

deflation

alsatian

repression

extraction

vibration

starvation

incursion

impassion

transcription

injunction

aspersion

mannequin

depletion

subscription

asuncion

exertion

hydration

abstraction

emissions

cistercian

incision

inversion

lactation

profusion

menhaden

salvation

tactician

cinnamon

libration

migration

uneven

vatican

invasion

optation

subversion

submersion

taxation

technician

inscription

denizen

preemption

eleven

suburban

harlequin

allusion

description

devotion

dilution

diversion

division

evasion

emotion

imagine

immersion

adsorption

vacation

saccharin

malayan

location

egyptian

expression

rescission

restriction

notation

occasion

rotation

nebraskan

mutation

narration

reversion

muskmelon

cessation

flirtation

pensioner

quotation

gradation

probation

flotation

gentleman

absorption

franciscan

corruption

recision

countryman

cremation

vocation

decision

unbroken

sunshiny

religion

ovation

ghanaian

deletion

collegian

relation

collusion

capsaicin

castration

coercion

congenial

creation

croatian

distinction

distortion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

exhaustion

filtration

genuine

horatian

inasmuch

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

injunctions

intrusion

italian

logician

lumberman

mistaken

nonhuman

pentathlon

policeman

predestine

presumption

prostration

resumption

retraction

andean

cartesian

anyone

gestation

imagined

imagines

revulsion

temptation

bulletin

elison

enigma

mandarin

dispersion

norwegian

jettison

diffusion

hammerman

dictation

indian

kantian

monism

eruption

emulsion

excision

occlusion

freemason

consuming

gravamen

artesian

fustian

toboggan

fixation

oxygen

pensioners

uncanny

waterman

anchorman

transfusion

extortion

extinction

samoan

bedouin

unconcern

plebeian

amazing

audition

carrion

clarion

caucasian

marian

nonunion

bandwagon

delusion

tamarin

erosion

illusion

myosin

handwoven

niacin

hawaiian

percussion

perversion

precaution

downtrodden

heroin

heroine

veteran

disruption

misfortune

misprision

excursion

pungently

implosion

abandon

cambrian

laotian

bedridden

stygian

chairwoman

chairperson

aegean

acumen

fruition

scythian

monisms

phrygian

tuition

opinion

clarendon

dominion

abdomen

backgammon

alderman

timberman

forewoman

australian

backwoodsman

concentric

unconcerned

amusing

persuasion

seclusion

preclusion

albion

admission

bosnian

ambition

bedizen

misshapen

incoming

bitumen

campion

feminine

honeycomb

partition

halcyon

gordian

keynesian

lesbian

equation

guardian

medicine

benjamin

overman

peterman

unison

overrun

overdone

silicon

superman

wesleyan

discussion

engineer

irishman

ferryman

zambian

optician

melanin

beholden

champion

cyprian

pelican

thespian

scorpion

oncoming

garrison

jainism

adhesion

albumin

ambrosian

badminton

communion

companion

ensemble

etruscan

housebroken

imprison

incentive

outspoken

octillion

reptilian

snapdragon

exclusion

extrusion

abstention

expulsion

explosion

excretion

expansion

lecithin

permission

angina

fisherman

ensuing

halogen

origin

regimen

volition

margarine

musician

omission

remission

arian

foramen

galleon

appian

aryan

fenian

gaussian

gillian

engineers

uterine

midshipman

dorian

biotin

cation

irian

libyan

simian

moroccan

chilean

syrian

korean

chamberlain

cohesion

discipline

encumber

enchanting

african

heartbroken

encounter

everyone

consummate

corsican

ensembles

nobleman

perfusion

rhodopsin

rifleman

talisman

uncomplete

unseemly

lutheran

parisian

derision

corrosion

enchanter

engender

hydrogen

ingenue

proscription

nitrogen

nutrition

omissions

remissions

benignly

consonant

beethoven

councilman

collagen

emblazon

arkansan

catalan

encampment

embolden

adrian

encounters

citizen

crestfallen

consummates

disunion

jacobin

lanolin

javelin

ottoman

puritan

keratin

ramadan

reunion

skeleton

solomon

specimen

vitamin

anglican

clergyman

enchanted

enchanters

nincompoop

parthian

precision

revision

singleton

artisan

austrian

forbidden

magdalen

partisan

alien

jansenists

sumatran

avian

freudian

horizon

encampments

nemean

incomplete

cardigan

fabian

odeon

charlatan

ungainly

protean

reopen

porcelain

renaissance

consonants

charwoman

vermilion

jovian

permian

grobian

julian

median

nubian

congressman

nincompoops

concentrates

fijian

insincere

masculine

amazon

bouillon

coenzyme

jansenist

forgotten

limousine

amazons

consumers

limousines

orion

innocents

saleswoman

consciences

engenders

consumer

long-winded

concentrate

innocence

longingly

enjoyments

managements

manganese

amusements

incumbents

denizens

innocent

jamaicans

keynesians

mannequins

unisons

ringmaster

amazement

enjoyment

banishment

amusement

incumbent

management

enchantment

lawmaking

ongoing

damaging

tumescent

4 syllable words

disinfection

interdiction

intersection

preconception

reinspection

indexation

samaritan

interruption

interaction

invocation

publication

syndication

interjection

bavarian

vindication

affectation

dereliction

canadian

abnegation

benediction

indication

coronation

definition

divination

detonation

domination

nomination

repossession

germination

hungarian

innovation

preignition

premonition

machination

emanation

fascination

inhalation

profanation

renovation

termination

ulceration

supposition

bifurcation

adoration

dietitian

circumspection

aberration

apparition

coalition

commissioner

laceration

moderation

operation

reassertion

toleration

violation

miseration

misconception

iteration

liberation

prohibition

surrogation

condescension

comparison

electrician

consensual

pagination

imperfection

indentation

intervention

jurisdiction

reproduction

satisfaction

subluxation

infestation

interception

liquefaction

american

copernican

agrarian

dominican

graduation

maturation

penicillin

saturation

wagnerian

ammunition

admonition

altercation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

crucifixion

culmination

designation

fermentation

destination

fabrication

information

introspection

deconstruction

inspiration

insulation

intercession

intimation

intonation

intermission

inundation

invitation

penetration

apprehension

precondition

nonessential

ordination

ventilation

presentation

vaccination

combination

reconstruction

abdication

commendation

hypertension

inattention

recantation

resignation

admiration

allegation

abolition

allocation

animation

annotation

aspiration

connotation

affirmation

commissioners

dedication

alteration

appellation

avocation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

reawaken

collocation

valerian

defamation

demolition

derivation

deposition

delegation

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

diminution

dissertation

elevation

erudition

figuration

fluoridation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

intuition

mutilation

navigation

jubilation

manumission

opposition

irrigation

medication

isolation

litigation

meditation

motivation

oscillation

provocation

realization

sanitation

arabian

tangentially

propagation

repetition

inhibition

proposition

assyrian

revocation

politician

recitation

mammalian

reposition

revelation

rumination

missourian

vacillation

validation

contraception

contradiction

self-deception

expectation

introduction

segmentation

ministration

misperception

agitation

vegetation

education

ideation

dispensation

adulation

leviathan

modulation

inquisition

installation

instigation

incantation

fragmentation

indignation

institution

integration

punctuation

pigmentation

transformation

transportation

perforation

cogitation

inflammation

fluctuation

condemnation

condensation

inclination

augmentation

contrarian

decompression

compensation

substitution

decoration

ostentation

pedestrian

tamoxifen

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

alternation

application

approbation

backwardation

barbarian

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circulation

committeeman

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

consolation

consummation

convocation

copenhagen

cultivation

degradation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

devastation

disposition

distillation

duplication

elocution

emigration

emulation

estimation

glaciation

granulation

immigration

imposition

incandescent

indecision

indigestion

interurban

librarian

lilliputian

lubrication

masturbation

minnesotan

molestation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

persecution

population

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

regulation

replication

reputation

retrocession

segregation

simulation

situation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

tabulation

tribulation

demonstration

incrustation

indiscretion

insensible

insensitive

assemblyman

businesswoman

conjugation

concentration

confrontation

gentlewoman

infiltration

explanation

elongation

legislation

syncopation

coloradan

comedian

locomotion

chameleon

collodion

gregorian

sicilian

zionism

revolution

resolution

recreation

napoleon

dissolution

dissipation

disillusion

declaration

fallopian

evolution

fumigation

appalachian

devolution

irritation

mitigation

perspiration

valuation

polynesian

melanesian

limitation

visitation

titillation

perturbation

usurpation

illustration

malnutrition

comprehension

obfuscation

implication

republican

imputation

interwoven

menstruation

incarnation

mortification

retribution

complication

amputation

attribution

calculation

confiscation

consecration

computation

armageddon

arbitration

constellation

consultation

adrenaline

crocodilian

disinflation

consternation

constipation

gastrulation

formulation

concentrations

deviation

reparation

rhetorician

radiation

transplantation

aviation

foliation

corinthian

federation

mediation

pelagian

separation

nigerian

preparation

variation

absolution

watermelon

circumcision

congenital

convolution

deformation

demarcation

deportation

destitution

dislocation

equitation

excitation

exhibition

expiration

fibrillation

indonesian

noncommercial

prostitution

reclamation

recognition

relaxation

requisition

retardation

speculation

alabaman

anaconda

gymnasium

superstition

eustachian

custodian

encomium

sectarian

congregation

incubation

strangulation

dehydration

equestrian

distribution

impregnation

nonsensical

conflagration

orchestration

obstetrician

kindergarten

contemplation

implantation

contribution

arthurian

algerian

englishwoman

nonprescription

levitation

trepidation

desperation

relocation

mongolian

procreation

reformation

inconsistent

preservation

evocation

reservation

restoration

respiration

disputation

monogamy

importation

constitution

embarkation

himalayan

expedition

execution

excavation

exploration

exposition

lancastrian

malformation

athenian

consumable

exhalation

noblewoman

gymnasiums

jansenism

hemoglobin

encomiums

shakespearean

gargantuan

algonquian

liquidation

refutation

restitution

permutation

moravian

abyssinian

darwinian

hydrocarbon

pavlovian

unconverted

historian

accordion

columbian

cotyledon

eritrean

consonantal

paraguayan

greco-roman

guatemalan

insanity

manzanilla

overburden

predetermine

reexamine

extrication

exclamation

sequestration

exploitation

extradition

rhododendron

explication

exhumation

readmission

repercussion

inconvenience

inconvenient

circumvention

tetrahedron

exhortation

octahedron

ingeniously

devonian

diocesan

misbegotten

criterion

macedonian

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Words that rhyme with the word connexion

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


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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