Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word heighten.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 heighten.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

bayman

beacon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bracken

brazen

breton

briton

broaden

burton

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

chasten

cheapen

common

cousin

craven

crouton

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deepen

demon

dozen

dragon

eden

elan

fallen

famine

fasten

floren

foreign

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

gladden

gluten

graven

happen

hasten

hausen

haven

hoten

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

layman

leman

leven

locken

loren

madden

maiden

mason

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

often

oven

pagan

pavon

poison

pollan

pollen

raven

reason

rerun

robin

rosin

sadden

salmon

seaman

season

semen

shaken

shaman

slacken

smitten

sodden

soften

steven

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

toughen

treason

trodden

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

written

yaupon

zaman

fightings

lightning

othman

sightings

cowan

gowan

paean

peon

rayon

ashen

asian

bludgeon

cajun

caution

dudgeon

earthen

fashion

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

heathen

legion

lesion

mahone

nation

passion

prussian

ration

region

russian

station

suasion

yachting

capstan

caxton

doctrine

dustman

statesman

yachtsman

portman

scotsman

alban

alman

apron

arson

aspen

bagman

banyan

bargain

boatman

brakeman

calvin

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

chaplain

chapman

chastened

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

corban

cordon

custom

dampen

damson

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

eyestone

falcon

fastened

faulcon

fielden

footman

foreman

freedman

garden

gascon

gorgon

hackman

harden

harken

hastens

hetman

houseman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jordan

jorden

kansan

lockman

london

marlin

melton

molten

morgan

mormon

muslin

nekton

nightmare

nighttime

norman

onion

organ

orphan

oxen

packman

pardon

parson

passman

pectin

piston

pitman

runnion

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

scullion

sequin

sharpen

shearman

sovereign

sovran

squadron

stallion

stallman

stockman

tarpon

teston

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

warden

whitson

lightnings

right-hand

plankton

tungsten

acting

action

auction

basting

bastion

beckon

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

caption

casting

charon

chicken

chosen

christen

colon

costing

craftsman

crewman

cuban

cumin

deaden

deafen

devon

draftsman

driven

dromon

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

eighteen

ermine

faction

faustian

felon

firman

flashgun

fortune

fraction

frozen

georgian

german

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

griffon

hangman

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

hoven

human

huntsman

lasting

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

lesson

linen

listen

logan

longan

loosen

lumen

luncheon

mangan

mansion

margin

marron

martian

melon

mustang

ninon

odin

omen

open

option

ousting

perron

person

portion

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

reckon

redden

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rumen

sermon

seven

shogun

showman

shrunken

sicken

slogan

solon

spoken

sportsman

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

suction

sunken

swollen

tasting

thicken

token

toman

torsion

traction

turban

urban

urson

vegan

villain

wasting

watchman

weapon

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yeoman

zircon

baldwin

bordman

distant

burgeon

distance

horseman

klansman

lengthen

marchman

nightmares

nighttimes

salesman

seedsman

sexton

strengthen

townsman

cushion

fusion

hessian

kitchen

customs

fission

freshen

lotion

mission

motion

grandson

lampron

persian

pistons

ocean

postman

notion

pigeon

session

markman

potion

oarsman

sturgeon

surgeon

landman

version

vision

astound

cauldron

trojan

urchin

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

urine

copeman

factions

bellman

billion

billman

desman

gumption

airman

bolden

bookman

bullion

mustangs

chairman

chessman

chevron

crimson

destin

ensign

hempen

linden

lisbon

listens

lopeman

lynden

m1

million

headman

milken

actions

auctions

dictum

mignon

ibsen

minion

peacetime

pillion

pinion

octane

pastime

selden

castings

penman

shakedown

shipman

trillion

silken

sylvan

bastions

soldan

sustain

system

victim

union

eighteens

golden

goodman

gilden

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

keystone

kirkman

kremlin

lactone

newsman

olden

pressman

ragtime

rectum

spearman

stepson

stillion

tendon

woodman

woolman

tillman

workman

tastings

astounds

extant

function

guardsman

junction

landsman

marksman

sanction

belgian

boasting

brethren

bushman

christian

churchman

coachman

coasting

diction

eighteenth

engine

fiction

flexion

freshman

friction

gentian

hosting

listing

mention

pension

posting

question

resting

rincon

roasting

section

tension

testing

toasting

twisting

vesting

asthma

children

delphian

distend

headsman

homespun

keystones

pastimes

shakedowns

spokesman

sustained

sustains

systems

victims

emption

fictions

henchman

listings

penguin

postings

questions

sections

bookstand

chestnut

costume

dukedom

esteem

extend

extent

festoon

sistine

vestment

wisdom

distinct

bookstands

extends

vestments

sixteen

costumes

chestnuts

extinct

postmark

sixteens

sixteenth

touchdown

sixteenths

touchdowns

disdain

disdained

disdains

3 syllable words

vitamin

horizon

irian

myosin

niacin

citation

lightening

enlighten

awaken

beethoven

catalan

determine

forgotten

fustian

gravamen

kantian

keratin

puritan

uneven

waterman

nitrogen

jamaican

ottoman

peterman

skeleton

vatican

alien

appian

arian

aryan

avian

cation

caucasian

causation

collegian

dilation

dilution

diversion

dorian

fabian

fastener

fenian

foramen

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

gyration

hawaiian

korean

lecithin

ligation

malayan

malaysian

median

moroccan

negation

nemean

occasion

oration

orion

parthian

petition

phoenician

plebeian

predation

privation

protean

reopen

saccharin

samoan

sedation

summation

tamarin

uterine

venetian

veteran

acumen

artisan

austrian

battalion

bystander

capsaicin

charlatan

enliven

guncotton

partisan

policeman

predestine

rifleman

sumatran

unbutton

uncertain

unwritten

fijian

horatian

lutheran

creation

croatian

scythian

laotian

excitement

ablation

abrasion

accretion

alsatian

artesian

attention

attrition

carnation

cartesian

contagion

contusion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

digression

dissection

exciting

formation

foundation

hydration

hydrogen

irishman

lactation

libration

migration

nightingale

norwegian

optation

optician

partition

patrician

plantation

pretension

profusion

protection

retention

salvation

secretion

stagnation

starvation

tactician

taxation

vibration

fasteners

freemason

gordian

ferryman

garrison

guardian

hammerman

halcyon

jacobin

lanolin

mandarin

jettison

javelin

keynesian

medicine

nevadan

pelican

acetone

albion

andean

bitumen

bosnian

champion

cinnamon

customer

citizen

denizen

ramadan

adrian

campion

begotten

assassin

bulletin

bedizen

collagen

destiny

anyone

reunion

scorpion

solomon

unison

zambian

suburban

silicon

specimen

toboggan

venison

adhesion

albumin

badminton

bystanders

communion

countryman

digestion

downtrodden

masculine

nonunion

octillion

outspoken

sustenance

truncation

addition

aleutian

allusion

assertion

audition

aversion

cessation

cetacean

clergyman

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

corruption

cremation

deletion

donation

evasion

duration

edition

elation

fastening

flirtation

flotation

gradation

halogen

imagine

locating

location

margarine

mutation

narration

notation

origin

ovation

percussion

physician

pollution

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

probation

procession

regimen

relation

remission

revision

rotation

solution

tradition

vacation

profession

vocation

promotion

provision

quotation

reaction

astounding

attraction

bedouin

carrion

castration

chilean

clarion

completion

conflation

confucian

confusion

contention

contortion

contrition

freudian

frustration

gillian

grobian

heroin

heroine

jovian

julian

libyan

listener

marian

nonhuman

nubian

odeon

permian

prostration

retraction

right-handed

simian

singleton

syrian

translation

abandon

abdomen

african

alaskan

alderman

backgammon

brazilian

cambrian

cardigan

chamberlain

charwoman

civilian

cohesion

corsican

customers

customize

decadent

decedent

destinies

discipline

dissidence

dissident

dominion

everyone

forbidden

forewoman

genuine

hesitant

italian

lumberman

magdalen

magician

medallion

mexican

mistaken

nobleman

opinion

pavilion

perfusion

porcelain

rhodopsin

talisman

unburden

uncommon

australian

heartbroken

aegean

coercion

corrosion

derision

fruition

parisian

phrygian

stygian

tuition

ablution

abortion

admission

ascension

ambition

affection

accession

addiction

adoption

aggression

anchorman

apportion

aspersion

abstention

cognition

auctioneer

restriction

transfusion

astonish

asuncion

benjamin

cistercian

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

connection

connexion

conversion

deduction

dentition

depletion

detection

deflation

detention

contraction

contraption

dictation

diffusion

discussion

emulsion

equating

equation

eruption

fastenings

fixation

gestation

impassion

inaction

invasion

lastingly

laurentian

locations

menhaden

misshapen

subtraction

nightmarish

nutrition

obsession

occlusion

oppression

oxygen

persuasion

positions

prediction

preemption

prevention

production

progression

proportion

propulsion

reactions

reduction

regression

repression

resection

revulsion

seduction

selection

sensation

subversion

suppression

temptation

transition

submersion

submission

succession

suspicion

vacations

vocations

academe

eleven

elison

bouillon

cyprian

feminine

indian

lesbian

listeners

macadam

melanin

nicotine

overdone

overman

overrun

pseudonym

superman

thespian

wesleyan

accident

ambrosian

astounded

bandwagon

councilman

arkansan

companion

crestfallen

decadents

dissidents

distances

gentleman

franciscan

handwoven

harlequin

housebroken

muskmelon

nebraskan

occident

projection

reptilian

snapdragon

testament

unbroken

decedents

disunion

emblazon

etruscan

intestine

suggestion

saleswoman

postnatal

abduction

abstraction

affliction

anglican

assumption

auctioneers

besetting

combustion

compression

compulsion

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

constriction

construction

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

correction

decision

declension

delusion

desertion

devotion

diffraction

direction

disruption

distortion

division

emission

emotion

equations

erosion

exaction

exhaustion

filtration

fisherman

illusion

immersion

induction

inflation

infusion

inhuman

intention

intrusion

listening

misfortune

munition

musician

obstruction

omission

pentathlon

permission

perversion

presumption

questioner

recession

recision

religion

rescission

resumption

reversion

secession

sedition

suspension

ticketing

transaction

transmission

visiting

volition

congestion

objection

testaments

bedridden

logician

tectonic

pseudonyms

accidents

clarendon

backwoodsman

chairperson

chairwoman

liechtenstein

estimate

asthmatic

in-person

rebellion

resident

vermilion

residence

victimize

timberman

seclusion

absorption

preclusion

questionnaire

rendition

sectional

defection

complexion

deception

depression

congressman

depiction

dimension

consumption

dispersion

adsorption

dissension

questioners

reception

excretion

infarction

infraction

election

beholden

erection

expulsion

eviction

destruction

expansion

exceeding

excision

exertion

fictional

ignition

distraction

extrusion

incision

incursion

extortion

inversion

technician

extension

insertion

perception

perfection

prescription

transgression

compunction

distinction

disdainful

egyptian

ejection

embolden

estimates

extender

imprison

istanbul

rejection

residents

tectonics

conjunction

costumer

conscription

extraction

subscription

transcription

extensions

instruction

exception

implosion

impression

inception

inclusion

midshipman

distinctions

infection

questionnaires

discretion

rectangle

reflection

extinction

excursion

misprision

redemption

deflection

invention

extensive

extenders

post-mortem

ingestion

injection

costumers

description

distemper

distinctive

distinctly

encryption

exclusion

exemption

explosion

expression

extinctions

guesstimate

inflection

infliction

inspection

proscription

rectangles

systemic

englishman

distinguish

injunction

inscription

guesstimates

postmaster

toastmaster

distinguished

extinguish

extinguished

postmasters

echidna

asthmatics

succeeding

4 syllable words

criterion

dietitian

leviathan

ohioan

arabian

canadian

chameleon

comedian

dichotomy

diocesan

hyperion

iberian

liberian

mammalian

praetorian

siberian

aberration

adoration

athenian

coloration

ideation

laceration

moderation

nigerian

operation

surrogation

toleration

violation

commutation

moravian

excitation

hypertension

albanian

armenian

committeeman

cotyledon

custodian

cyclopean

graduation

guatemalan

isotonic

jordanian

librarian

maturation

minnesotan

pagurian

predetermine

samaritan

saturation

tasmanian

watermelon

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

arthurian

aspiration

avocation

collocation

connotation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dilatation

elevation

fluoridation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

isolation

jubilation

medication

meditation

navigation

oscillation

politician

polynesian

propagation

provocation

recitation

renovation

repetition

revelation

revocation

sanitation

suffocation

ulceration

vacillation

validation

valuation

amputation

computation

vegetation

agitation

adulation

education

estimated

pedestrian

bavarian

assyrian

collodion

coloradan

fluctuation

contrarian

misbegotten

draconian

european

fallopian

floridian

galilean

gregorian

himalayan

iranian

maccabean

missourian

jacobean

napoleon

cogitation

newtonian

planarian

plutonian

protozoan

reawaken

utopian

modulation

valerian

masturbation

oxidation

palpitation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

retardation

obligation

apparition

lilliputian

aviation

bohemian

penetration

corinthian

polyhedron

replication

tabulation

refutation

coalition

segregation

observation

occupation

permutation

persecution

population

reclamation

reputation

resignation

statistician

vindication

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

competition

compilation

confirmation

conversation

convocation

degradation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

deviation

devastation

federation

generation

abrogation

foliation

abdication

abnegation

altercation

annexation

alternation

application

cultivation

approbation

consolation

hegelian

mediation

miseration

pelagian

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

reparation

rhetorician

celebration

variation

veneration

activation

conservation

consummation

duplication

decoration

perforation

preparation

separation

elocution

liberation

emigration

iteration

equitation

fabrication

granulation

immigration

inattention

indication

insulation

invocation

abyssinian

accordion

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

american

amphibian

assemblyman

astonishing

barbarian

centurion

columbian

conjugation

copernican

customary

dandelion

darwinian

dehydration

dominican

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

glaciation

gorgonian

herculean

hesitancy

historian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

interurban

kindergarten

legislation

meridian

nestorian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

oblivion

obsidian

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

peruvian

reexamine

sectarian

situation

syncopation

testimony

victorian

wagnerian

demolition

deposition

fascination

machination

recreation

reposition

calculation

bifurcation

dissertation

dissolution

evocation

evolution

litigation

locomotion

manumission

dissipation

opposition

realization

complication

readmission

proposition

revolution

rumination

constellation

embarkation

abolition

algerian

coronation

desperation

detonation

domination

figuration

hungarian

execution

declaration

devolution

erudition

fumigation

intuition

irritation

legitimate

mongolian

levitation

disputation

exhortation

lancastrian

punctuation

legitimize

limitation

tetrahedron

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

preelection

procreation

repercussion

respiration

supposition

subluxation

repossession

restoration

smithsonian

substitution

reelection

perspiration

perturbation

reformation

relocation

resolution

excavation

preservation

satisfaction

reservation

preignition

profanation

titillation

arbitration

augmentation

trepidation

attribution

condemnation

confiscation

consecration

formulation

gastrulation

incarnation

malnutrition

obfuscation

octahedron

incantation

consternation

usurpation

constipation

constitution

illustration

implication

importation

imputation

inflammation

ministration

mortification

consultation

malformation

ostentation

visitation

retribution

transformation

transportation

congregation

exhalation

indigestion

strangulation

simonian

adrenaline

armageddon

comparison

devonian

sicilian

crocodilian

bolivian

hesitantly

shakespearean

tamoxifen

academy

arizonan

estonians

republican

macedonian

testimonies

pagination

hemoglobin

customizes

interwoven

noblewoman

sustainable

conflagration

exploitation

orchestration

admonition

ammunition

actionable

acquisition

astonishment

absolution

explication

implantation

algonquian

circulation

convolution

culmination

deformation

fibrillation

gargantuan

inspiration

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

invitation

liquidation

regulation

relaxation

superhuman

simulation

tribulation

ventilation

distribution

incrustation

demarcation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

exclamation

obstetrician

dereliction

indonesian

molestation

requisition

vaccination

contravention

destination

destitution

imposition

information

lubrication

restitution

contribution

retrocession

extrication

benediction

carcinogen

circumcision

combination

commendation

composition

disaffection

dislocation

disposition

distillation

emulation

estimation

exhibition

expiration

ordination

ovulation

precondition

predilection

protestation

recognition

recollection

subdivision

syndication

stimulation

stipulation

sequestration

speculation

superstition

comprehension

californian

accidental

transplantation

elongation

occidental

ostensible

ostensibly

equestrian

gentlewoman

inhibition

rhododendron

compensation

condescension

condensation

circumvention

academic

academies

decompression

destinations

disinflation

misdemeanor

indentation

electrician

estimations

fragmentation

olympian

greco-roman

estimator

expedition

exploration

exposition

overburden

indexation

indignation

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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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