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

action

function

suction

junction

faction

mention

pension

fraction

gentian

tension

traction

fission

hessian

session

mission

freshen

sexton

effects

claxon

effect

ibsen

jetson

nekton

ensign

keelson

kelson

milken

pectin

saxon

stepson

silken

whitson

gumption

emption

beckon

christen

chicken

bisson

glisten

griffon

lessen

listen

quicken

reckon

lesson

sicken

stiffen

stricken

thicken

wiccan

engine

rincon

belgian

christian

sanction

question

auction

freshman

affects

affixed

ashen

caxton

children

cushion

defects

fashion

grecian

haitian

kitchen

lengthen

nation

passion

pigeon

prussian

ration

russian

station

strengthen

vision

billion

billman

airman

acton

affect

bellman

bookman

brakeman

gilden

minion

million

hetman

pressman

chairman

defaced

hempen

jackman

crimson

kirkman

kremlin

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

kelvin

kenyan

penman

chessman

chevron

chieftain

clinton

citron

defect

hackman

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

desman

headman

melton

mignon

oxen

packman

selden

sequin

shipman

spearman

stillion

tuscan

henchman

sylvan

trillion

vulcan

tillman

teston

workman

tendon

dungeon

dutchman

drunken

caption

brethren

mansion

huntsman

bastion

bushman

flashgun

luncheon

option

draftsman

martian

portion

marksman

shrunken

sunken

craftsman

torsion

bacon

basin

bason

beacon

begun

bellon

billon

bitten

blacken

bracken

breton

briton

caisson

charon

chasten

deacon

deaden

deafen

devon

driven

given

felon

fasten

gibbon

glidden

hasten

heaven

heron

hidden

jason

jetton

kitten

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

linen

marron

mason

melon

mitten

muffin

ninon

perron

person

prison

redden

resin

ribbon

risen

riven

ridden

seven

shaken

slacken

smitten

striven

taken

threaten

toughen

urson

vegan

villain

waken

weaken

weapon

women

worsen

written

zircon

delphian

depicts

grandson

spectrum

spokesman

spectral

dustman

headsman

markman

marchman

seedsman

lotion

lesion

legion

motion

notion

dudgeon

ocean

gudgeon

bludgeon

heathen

region

caution

potion

plankton

tungsten

penguin

arson

aspen

baston

bullion

classman

damson

darken

depict

dobson

evict

falcon

faulcon

fielden

footman

freedman

gascon

goodman

harken

lockman

london

muslin

onion

runnion

saffron

scullion

shearman

tubman

parson

passman

samson

stockman

sultan

undone

woodman

woolman

landsman

guardsman

spectrums

sportsman

substance

faustian

georgian

fortune

margin

upshot

beaten

bison

broken

button

cheapen

cousin

cretin

deepen

demon

dozen

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

hyphen

leven

cauldron

homespun

hyson

leman

lichen

liken

locken

loosen

moisten

mullen

mutton

often

oven

reason

rerun

season

semen

oarsman

scotsman

pullen

seaman

seton

siphon

soften

spigot

steven

sudden

summon

sweeten

token

treason

wheaten

portman

spoken

sullen

syphon

woman

diffused

salesman

statesman

yachtsman

wooden

woolen

baldwin

doctrine

capstan

bordman

horseman

klansman

lampron

offsets

ripostes

landman

townsman

upsets

surgeon

cajun

burgeon

trojan

mahone

asian

earthen

urchin

suasion

sturgeon

version

pathan

persian

fusion

alban

alman

apron

atman

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

boatman

bolden

boston

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

copeman

corban

cordon

dalton

dampen

dolman

dolphin

eavesdrop

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harten

hearten

houseman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

lightman

lineman

linemen

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

matron

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

norman

olden

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

paean

panton

pardon

patron

peon

plantain

ponton

rayon

riposte

santon

scallion

sharpen

shorten

shotgun

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spigots

squadron

stallion

stallman

sweepstakes

tarpon

tartan

union

urine

wanton

warden

webster

churchman

coachman

othman

watchman

hangman

longan

mangan

offshoot

alan

amman

auden

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

bayman

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brighten

broaden

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

chosen

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dragon

dromon

ermine

fallen

famine

fatten

firman

flatten

floren

foreign

frighten

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

hymen

hoven

human

hoten

kalan

laden

lagan

latin

layman

lighten

liman

liven

logan

omen

open

patten

poison

pollan

pollen

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

gluten

gotten

graven

happen

hausen

heighten

hogan

loren

lumen

lyden

haven

madden

robin

divests

maiden

odin

pavon

proven

dipstick

pagan

platen

platten

raven

riden

ripen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaman

shogun

showman

siren

slogan

sodden

solon

spectre

stolen

straighten

talon

tappen

websters

swollen

thousand

tighten

titan

beefsteak

toman

wagon

warren

whiten

woven

yeoman

zaman

postman

triton

trodden

turban

urban

widen

yaupon

wizen

offshoots

obstructs

offset

space-time

upset

divest

dovecote

cowan

dian

gowan

ion

lion

mayan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

scion

obstruct

zion

bobcats

capstone

dovecotes

hipsters

sweepstake

typists

abstracts

hopscotch

quipster

abstract

bobcat

hipster

robust

tipster

scapegoats

scapegoat

spastic

typist

lobsters

abstain

debased

lobster

subside

upside

subsides

upstart

abstruse

upstream

substrate

substrates

upstarts

3 syllable words

complexion

rebellion

destruction

distraction

exemption

extension

infarction

conception

conduction

disruption

silicon

discretion

eleven

attraction

contention

convention

conviction

declension

impression

inflation

intention

presumption

resumption

retraction

suspension

accession

affecting

aggression

diffusion

depletion

asuncion

cistercian

concession

dictation

discussion

exertion

fixation

ignition

impassion

insertion

laurentian

obsession

oppression

preemption

perception

progression

propulsion

regression

repression

distinction

succession

suppression

assertion

cremation

decision

devotion

deletion

division

imagine

immersion

instruction

injunction

duration

emotion

evasion

negation

predation

relation

religion

reversion

recision

rescission

sedation

summation

ingestion

egyptian

intestine

suggestion

contraction

excretion

expansion

extinction

description

expression

creation

expulsion

restriction

subtraction

conflation

distortion

infusion

assumption

confucian

defective

exhaustion

filtration

effectors

italian

abduction

compulsion

in-person

convulsion

mistaken

compression

concoction

misfortune

transaction

depicted

discipline

effective

mexican

predestine

compunction

conjunction

adoption

dispersion

constriction

construction

assassin

freemason

compassion

awaken

invasion

inversion

digression

citizen

abortion

inscription

excision

crustacean

ablation

incision

incursion

ablution

deficit

profusion

proportion

congestion

apportion

obstruction

concussion

jamaican

effector

extraction

epistle

technician

cinnamon

ligation

mutation

aleutian

delusion

etruscan

gradation

illusion

causation

citation

dilation

aversion

contraption

flotation

malaysian

consumption

gyration

fisherman

cessation

commotion

donation

flirtation

erosion

location

narration

phoenician

percussion

notation

oration

ovation

pollution

precaution

digestion

truncation

privation

probation

quotation

rotation

promotion

vacation

abstention

solution

venetian

vocation

abandon

aegean

affected

affective

african

alaskan

battalion

coercion

combustion

completion

confusion

contortion

croatian

englishman

excursion

fruition

frustration

horatian

implosion

inclusion

inhuman

intrusion

medallion

misprision

obstructions

phrygian

rifleman

scythian

singleton

stygian

timberman

tuition

abstraction

abstentions

aspersion

migration

temptation

taxation

misshapen

salvation

medicine

foundation

lactation

libration

skeleton

bitumen

beholden

seclusion

stagnation

starvation

jacobin

bedizen

keratin

specimen

secretion

submersion

formation

equation

subversion

sensation

suburban

eruption

abrasion

contusion

accretion

dalmatian

alsatian

contagion

conversion

nevadan

venison

carnation

damnation

determine

preclusion

cyprian

denizen

optation

hydration

indian

puritan

dentition

vibration

gestation

peterman

plantation

rendition

substantial

explosion

extrusion

extortion

exclusion

transgression

adsorption

absorption

allusion

gillian

carrion

audition

bedouin

libyan

tradition

volition

harlequin

malayan

chilean

clarion

heroin

heroine

imprison

marian

remission

addition

disunion

permission

diversion

commission

petition

dilution

saccharin

edition

occasion

omission

companion

perversion

simian

veteran

nebraskan

collegian

musician

position

syrian

muskmelon

collusion

corruption

lecithin

munition

physician

abstractions

prostration

midshipman

translation

castration

conclusion

genuine

guncotton

capsaicin

lumberman

chairperson

corsican

logician

magician

chairwoman

derision

parisian

perfusion

uncommon

policeman

unburden

laotian

rhodopsin

unbutton

uncertain

divestment

overrun

elison

overman

admission

overdone

ambition

attrition

reunion

pelican

benjamin

cognition

suffocate

condition

superman

irishman

menhaden

occlusion

patrician

toboggan

offsetting

persuasion

thespian

nutrition

optician

partition

submission

oxygen

suspicion

upsetting

anyone

transition

apostle

ferryman

fustian

jettison

garrison

gravamen

hammerman

lesbian

uneven

vatican

waterman

wesleyan

tactician

communion

countryman

crestfallen

franciscan

gentleman

masculine

unbroken

transfusion

prescription

encryption

proscription

caucasian

collision

divestments

provision

precision

regimen

revision

ghanaian

plebeian

fenian

foramen

hawaiian

conscription

subscription

transcription

anglican

median

transmission

pentathlon

moroccan

niacin

nemean

reopen

samoan

tamarin

contrition

myosin

uterine

backwoodsman

abdomen

acumen

backgammon

enlighten

enliven

forewoman

australian

everyone

pavilion

spectacle

subacute

vermilion

brazilian

civilian

sumatran

cohesion

dominion

apostles

alderman

chamberlain

opinion

talisman

corrosion

fijian

lutheran

anchorman

typesetting

downtrodden

housebroken

forgotten

adhesion

albumin

arkansan

embolden

handwoven

emblazon

feminine

outspoken

bouillon

snapdragon

bulletin

mandarin

melanin

unison

octillion

reptilian

nonunion

obstacle

beethoven

bandwagon

spectacles

ambrosian

badminton

halcyon

clergyman

halogen

margarine

nonhuman

origin

nobleman

spectrograph

bedridden

forbidden

subsidies

substances

biotin

cation

substantive

cardigan

unwritten

heartbroken

clarendon

revisits

obstacles

deficits

gaussian

horizon

orion

spaghetti

artesian

cartesian

hydrogen

nitrogen

norwegian

obstructive

obstinate

rhapsody

substitute

catalan

councilman

javelin

lanolin

solomon

collagen

episode

ramadan

vitamin

ottoman

spectator

abstinence

abstinent

substitutes

parthian

artisan

devastate

porcelain

partisan

magdalen

congressman

austrian

episodes

rhapsodize

spectators

charlatan

charwoman

arian

alien

appian

aryan

avian

grobian

freudian

galleon

protean

fabian

irian

jovian

julian

korean

odeon

permian

nubian

dorian

saleswoman

guardian

revisit

andean

bosnian

champion

gordian

heavyset

heavyweight

kantian

keynesian

oboist

adrian

zambian

albion

campion

scorpion

cambrian

lobbyists

sophistry

subsidize

obfuscate

navigate

lobbyist

opposite

deposits

heavyweights

navigates

opposites

robustly

tapestry

tapestries

subsidy

rhapsodic

upside-down

eavesdropping

baby-sit

deposit

lopsided

apostate

abstracted

4 syllable words

interdiction

intersection

reinspection

disconnection

indexation

infestation

liquefaction

electrician

affectation

interaction

interruption

recollection

syndication

interjection

invocation

predilection

vindication

information

indication

figuration

dissertation

repercussion

reformation

diminution

dissolution

repossession

defamation

definition

coloration

perforation

reassertion

implication

inflammation

misperception

reproduction

indentation

interception

intervention

preconception

satisfaction

samaritan

situation

apprehension

dereliction

disposition

annexation

inattention

inspiration

benediction

intercession

lilliputian

introspection

imposition

intermission

fumigation

avocation

realization

inhibition

collocation

intuition

irrigation

irritation

dilatation

effectuate

imitation

immolation

profanation

planarian

allocation

affirmation

visitation

gravitation

titillation

inhalation

ulceration

innovation

bavarian

provocation

trepidation

reawaken

disillusion

divination

dissipation

levitation

limitation

mitigation

rumination

sicilian

litigation

expectation

introduction

misconception

self-deception

infiltration

impregnation

circumspection

mediation

moderation

pelagian

confiscation

effectively

aberration

decompression

decoration

violation

inquisition

laceration

disinflation

jurisdiction

adoration

cogitation

obfuscation

subluxation

deviation

adrenaline

toleration

condescension

comparison

operation

institution

surrogation

abdication

abnegation

advocation

agrarian

altercation

american

application

confirmation

convocation

copernican

cultivation

deconstruction

deformation

dislocation

distillation

dominican

duplication

evacuate

fabrication

fibrillation

glaciation

graduation

hypertension

immigration

indecision

indigestion

insulation

interurban

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

liquidation

lubrication

maturation

minnesotan

molestation

persecution

prosecution

protestation

publication

reconstruction

refutation

retrocession

saturation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

equestrian

businesswoman

syncopation

contraception

contradiction

distribution

dehydration

indiscretion

termination

canadian

aspiration

revocation

sanitation

medication

missourian

admiration

domination

simonian

evocation

iranian

mammalian

suffocating

fascination

machination

jubilation

fluoridation

european

isolation

animation

alteration

annotation

appellation

connotation

declaration

dedication

desiccation

habitation

hibernation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

oscillation

perspiration

perturbation

recreation

usurpation

arabian

vacillation

validation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

devonian

divestiture

allegation

propagation

hungarian

germination

motivation

relocation

pagination

pedestrian

complication

disputation

illustration

consecration

importation

pigmentation

imputation

affectively

incantation

incarnation

inclination

ostentation

arbitration

adulation

misbegotten

interwoven

attribution

augmentation

circumvention

installation

ministration

comprehension

tamoxifen

dispensation

republican

integration

mortification

indignation

modulation

instigation

transformation

agitation

education

ideation

federation

generation

foliation

aviation

veneration

variation

corinthian

rhetorician

preparation

reparation

separation

radiation

leviathan

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

activation

adaptation

aggravation

aggregation

alternation

approbation

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

circulation

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

culmination

demarcation

divestitures

deportation

desecration

elocution

excitation

wagnerian

exhibition

equitation

fermentation

pagurian

expiration

incubation

granulation

sectarian

librarian

indonesian

masturbation

obligation

observation

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

palpitation

requisition

population

proclamation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

relaxation

replication

restitution

registration

reexamine

retardation

revocations

speculation

subdivision

tabulation

vaccination

predetermine

eustachian

aldebaran

barbarian

historian

conflagration

confrontation

californian

conjugation

contravention

assemblyman

elongation

kindergarten

rhododendron

incrustation

implantation

appalachian

englishwoman

decimation

obstructionist

delegation

derivation

evolution

meditation

desolation

desperation

detonation

devolution

smithsonian

elevation

recitation

emanation

valuation

erudition

hesitation

renovation

locomotion

procreation

repetition

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

revelation

revolution

deposition

demolition

polynesian

preservation

premonition

embarkation

consternation

malformation

arizonan

chameleon

transportation

capacitor

capacity

calculation

collodion

constellation

constipation

consultation

punctuation

comedian

condensation

substitution

coloradan

condemnation

substantially

himalayan

computation

compensation

jacobean

fallopian

gregorian

maccabean

napoleon

praetorian

execution

exposition

formulation

fragmentation

amputation

expedition

exploration

gastrulation

excavation

hemoglobin

shakespearean

fluctuation

apparition

athenian

substitutions

coalition

congregation

dietitian

exhalation

hegelian

obstructionists

strangulation

officiate

prohibition

vegetation

armageddon

capacitance

contrarian

absolution

designation

penetration

degradation

reputation

meridian

celebration

convolution

destination

estimation

destitution

permutation

presentation

regulation

moravian

depositions

devastation

prostitution

depravation

emigration

segregation

depredation

emulation

deprivation

resignation

ventilation

concentration

sophisticates

contemplation

orchestration

contribution

alabaman

capacitors

eritrean

greco-roman

sequestration

albanian

centurion

evocative

capacities

nicaraguan

explanation

overburden

explication

exploitation

olympian

paraguayan

extrication

watermelon

extradition

committeeman

tasmanian

exclamation

custodian

jordanian

victorian

legislation

manumission

exhumation

abolition

arthurian

melanesian

proposition

supposition

preignition

reposition

officiates

opposition

readmission

politician

exhortation

menstruation

retribution

segmentation

constitution

assyrian

bolivian

criterion

draconian

floridian

hyperion

iberian

liberian

opacity

valerian

macedonian

noblewoman

obstetrical

siberian

acquisition

bohemian

algonquian

competition

composition

oppositions

nigerian

ammunition

admonition

demonstration

polyhedron

precondition

statistician

superstition

suppositions

abyssinian

accordion

amphibian

columbian

cotyledon

cyclopean

darwinian

estonian

gentlewoman

guatemalan

herculean

hydrocarbon

nestorian

oblivion

obsidian

spectroscopy

malnutrition

transplantation

tetrahedron

algerian

ohioan

supervision

lancastrian

sophisticate

avocado

spectacular

spectrometer

crocodilian

diocesan

galilean

protozoan

circumcision

nonprescription

obstetrician

superhuman

spectrometry

armenian

avocados

dandelion

obstetricians

penicillin

ubiquity

octahedron

substantively

obstinacy

obesity

devastating

substituted

babysitting

peruvian

devastated

rhapsodizes

ibuprofen

gargantuan

newtonian

utopian

plutonian

nonpartisan

baby-sitters

depositors

gorgonian

pavlovian

topsy-turvy

mongolian

subsidizes

copenhagen

baby-sitter

depositor

navigator

navigators

apostolic

apostrophes

apostrophe

substantiate

substantiates

5 syllable words

mummification

specification

vilification

eradication

deceleration

proliferation

infatuation

degeneration

reiteration

affectionately

misapplication

quantification

certification

clarification

classification

codification

confederation

determination

edification

interpolation

modification

notification

nullification

ossification

ramification

ratification

dissemination

gasification

glorification

gratification

pacification

qualification

purification

prevarication

russification

unification

verification

stratification

affiliation

alliteration

commemoration

deliberation

elaboration

recuperation

irradiation

reaffirmation

enumeration

evaporation

dissatisfaction

interconnection

simplification

refrigeration

disembarkation

equivocation

domestication

magnification

misinformation

manifestation

fortification

regeneration

sophistication

justification

rectification

falsification

interrogation

insemination

desegregation

attenuation

consideration

discoloration

electrocution

exhilaration

exoneration

inauguration

incineration

libertarian

mississippian

obliteration

premeditation

remuneration

collaboration

intoxication

nonintervention

amplification

adjudication

defenestration

dissociation

humiliation

investigation

exaggeration

reverberation

delineation

confabulation

extermination

alienation

cauterization

interpretation

delicatessen

cooperation

corroboration

accreditation

philadelphian

communication

sanctification

misapprehension

configuration

exacerbation

initiation

negotiation

origination

hyperinflation

epicurean

reforestation

incorporation

incarceration

predestination

predisposition

authentication

solicitation

preoccupation

illumination

precipitation

orientation

vulgarization

legalization

acceleration

jeffersonian

proletarian

renunciation

unitarian

repatriation

repudiation

resuscitation

agglomeration

assimilation

adulteration

amelioration

civilization

colonization

conciliation

denunciation

desalination

elimination

elizabethan

facilitation

fertilization

amortization

decapitation

denomination

evaluation

depreciation

nonsectarian

perpetuation

annihilation

alleviation

ornamentation

overproduction

instrumentation

ionization

polarization

vaporization

imagination

rejuvenation

capitulation

representation

association

multiplication

retaliation

evacuation

participation

examination

anticipation

depopulation

emancipation

intimidation

invalidation

manipulation

equalization

maximization

normalization

conglomeration

continuation

harmonization

immunization

inactivation

reintegration

recrimination

insinuation

inoculation

recombination

argumentation

scandinavian

authorization

presbyterian

theologian

abbreviation

abomination

ejaculation

canonization

coordination

assassination

brutalization

coagulation

christianization

dramatization

hallucination

localization

mechanization

mobilization

modernization

navigational

revaluation

utilization

assemblywoman

pronunciation

inhabitation

ethiopian

centralization

obstructionism

caledonian

improvisation

evacuations

disintegration

neapolitan

discrimination

disinclination

nickelodeon

panamanian

incrimination

articulation

prognostication

synchronization

cohabitation

pennsylvanian

pasteurization

brobdingnagian

evacuated

appreciation

amalgamation

administration

appropriation

concatenation

consolidation

indoctrination

contamination

exasperation

hybridization

exfoliation

excoriation

magnetization

organization

subordination

pomeranian

miscalculation

recommendation

neutralization

maximilian

exoskeleton

hydrogenation

accommodation

expatriation

sterilization

approximation

substantiation

oregonian

patagonian

babylonian

washingtonian

amazonian

hyperborean

congratulation

specialization

expropriation

sedimentation

triangulation

academician

presupposition

juxtaposition

procrastination

peloponnesian

accumulation

carolinian

depository

mathematician

metropolitan

nitroglycerine

hanoverian

sophisticated

lithuanian

decomposition

pythagorean

vegetarian

augustinian

centenarian

veterinarian

subsidiaries

yugoslavian

subsidiary

depositary

repository

beethovenian

epistolary

repositories

carthaginian

argentinian

dionysian

8 syllable words

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