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

option

gumption

function

caption

martian

guardsman

auction

junction

suction

caution

fission

mission

prussian

russian

dobson

muslin

oxen

parson

arson

margin

christen

marksman

christian

glisten

sanction

action

faction

fiction

flexion

fraction

friction

gentian

mention

othman

section

rosin

huntsman

watchman

cousin

listen

bisson

landsman

dozen

diction

dungeon

dutchman

luncheon

mansion

pension

portion

tension

torsion

traction

cauldron

yachtsman

bludgeon

cushion

grecian

kitchen

passion

klansman

markman

gudgeon

ashen

dudgeon

fashion

freshen

hessian

mahone

townsman

pigeon

marchman

scotsman

capstan

ration

session

vision

doctrine

typists

dustman

oarsman

grandson

alban

bargain

darken

damson

barton

desman

dolman

dolphin

ensign

jargon

jasmine

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

lisbon

lockman

london

piston

ponton

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stepson

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

undone

whitson

emption

captain

carbon

carman

carton

claxon

carmine

chaplain

chapman

garden

samson

harden

harken

harten

hearten

ibsen

onion

runnion

saxon

scullion

typist

vulcan

tuscan

henchman

tubman

marten

pardon

shotgun

boston

martin

sharpen

marlin

smarten

tungsten

craftsman

draftsman

sportsman

substance

belgian

bushman

brethren

bastion

drunken

engine

faustian

flashgun

fortune

freshman

georgian

longan

question

shrunken

sunken

upshot

chicken

glidden

common

gotten

given

cotton

hidden

driven

fallen

fasten

gibbon

happen

hausen

mitten

griffon

muffin

ribbon

oven

prison

ripen

risen

robin

riven

ridden

mullen

mutton

ninon

pollen

quicken

pavon

pollan

resin

rotten

begun

bollen

bobbin

bitten

kitten

bison

lesson

bason

billon

lessen

button

briton

linen

hyson

locken

trodden

villain

women

sicken

smitten

sodden

soften

sudden

summon

written

yaupon

stiffen

stricken

striven

sullen

thicken

tappen

thousand

toughen

wizen

wiccan

baldwin

affixed

bordman

caxton

delphian

headsman

seedsman

sexton

strengthen

horseman

lampron

landman

lengthen

portman

salesman

asian

pathan

persian

station

version

suasion

potion

fusion

haitian

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

lesion

nation

hopscotch

plankton

penguin

canton

chairman

citron

hetman

houseman

acton

classman

airman

bagman

banyan

baston

calvin

canyon

clinton

gascon

gilden

jorden

kelvin

kenyan

lightman

lynden

m1

alman

apron

aspen

atman

austin

bellman

billion

billman

bookman

bullion

chessman

chevron

corban

cordon

crimson

copeman

dalton

falcon

faulcon

fireman

dampen

fibrin

footman

hackman

jackman

foreman

goodman

fountain

gorgon

headman

jordan

kremlin

linden

lineman

linemen

lopeman

melton

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

pectin

norman

organ

passman

nekton

morgan

mormon

orphan

outdone

outrun

packman

panton

mountain

newsman

penman

pillion

pitman

plantain

pressman

saffron

santon

pinion

scallion

shipman

shorten

silken

stillion

subside

tendon

selden

spearman

stallion

stallman

sylvan

teston

upside

woodman

tillman

trillion

wanton

warden

woolman

churchman

coachman

hangman

mangan

rincon

spokesman

cannon

abstain

auden

blacken

statesman

beckon

cabin

caisson

batten

batton

deepen

subsides

canon

frighten

frozen

hymen

hyphen

ledden

madden

poison

reason

warren

perron

season

whiten

capstone

jason

often

person

platen

platten

sadden

salmon

satin

treason

wagon

weapon

widen

bracken

bellon

boughten

brazen

breton

brighten

broaden

deaden

deafen

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

lagan

latin

leaden

leaven

lemon

melon

open

reckon

seven

woman

worsen

marron

mason

patten

rosen

siphon

siren

slacken

wooden

woolen

amman

basin

baton

children

alan

baron

barren

charon

chasten

cheapen

chosen

devon

divests

upsets

gammon

garron

hasten

dipstick

gladden

dragon

gallon

heaven

lighten

heron

jetton

lichen

ripostes

heighten

liken

liman

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

moisten

pullen

redden

riden

syphon

talon

threaten

tighten

titan

triton

urson

vegan

region

trojan

heathen

legion

obstructs

cajun

surgeon

burgeon

earthen

sturgeon

urchin

affect

boatman

bolden

debased

divest

chieftain

evict

upstream

brakeman

depict

fielden

golden

hempen

kirkman

lobster

matron

molten

olden

freedman

patron

sequin

shearman

soldan

spastic

spigots

union

workman

dian

gowan

ion

cowan

lion

mayan

paean

peon

scion

zion

offshoot

affects

depicts

postman

bobcats

scapegoats

defects

homespun

offsets

bayman

beacon

beaten

canaan

cayman

bacon

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

cumin

colon

craven

cretin

crewman

certain

crouton

cuban

curtain

dagan

deacon

eden

elan

ermine

offshoots

dagon

daman

demon

dromon

eaten

firman

freeman

german

gluten

hoten

graven

hogan

haven

hoven

human

laden

leven

logan

odin

omen

pagan

kalan

layman

leman

lumen

maiden

proven

raven

rerun

roman

rumen

satan

seaman

semen

sermon

seton

shaken

stolen

sweeten

swollen

taken

woven

yeoman

zaman

abstracts

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

straighten

token

toman

turban

urban

waken

weaken

wheaten

zircon

abstruse

substrate

sweepstakes

dovecote

effect

riposte

robust

upset

webster

bobcat

rayon

owen

obstruct

urine

substrates

rowan

rowen

ruin

dovecotes

effects

lobsters

sweepstake

websters

spectrums

spigot

defaced

abstract

defect

quipster

upstarts

hipster

offset

scapegoat

tipster

hipsters

beefsteak

diffused

spectral

spectrum

spectre

space-time

eavesdrop

upstart

3 syllable words

magician

assumption

transmission

compulsion

compunction

opposite

addiction

admission

condition

asuncion

attrition

production

apportion

optation

ambition

oppression

patrician

proportion

submission

reduction

suspicion

tactician

suppression

collision

musician

procession

profession

provision

sedition

venetian

emission

phoenician

consumption

logician

brazilian

cardigan

opposites

partisan

artisan

affliction

conduction

presumption

resumption

contrition

conviction

convulsion

prostration

suspension

compression

abduction

completion

accession

ascension

attention

accretion

affection

aggression

carnation

collection

compassion

concession

concussion

confession

depiction

garrison

connection

connexion

deduction

dissection

collagen

dentition

digression

depletion

depression

emulsion

ottoman

eruption

eviction

ignition

elison

jettison

solomon

irishman

laurentian

nutrition

obsession

oxygen

rendition

protection

regression

progression

repression

revulsion

secretion

seduction

selection

starvation

succession

technician

conjunction

transcription

digestion

commotion

omission

complexion

proscription

transgression

aleutian

decision

percussion

permission

recession

recision

religion

expulsion

corruption

parthian

remission

desertion

division

prescription

pollution

predation

deletion

origin

egyptian

franciscan

promotion

myosin

solution

secession

sedation

niacin

halogen

negation

harlequin

volition

causation

munition

restriction

suggestion

rescission

projection

summation

octillion

assertion

collegian

affections

capsaicin

castration

charlatan

civilian

combustion

conception

confection

contention

convection

convention

declension

depictions

deposits

disruption

dominion

evictions

forbidden

fruition

impression

induction

misprision

nonhuman

opinion

pavilion

policeman

rifleman

talisman

transaction

translation

tuition

unwritten

constriction

construction

injunction

objection

conscription

obstruction

subscription

congestion

exertion

catalan

denizen

adoption

jacobin

hydration

hydrogen

javelin

dissension

excision

lactation

libration

vibration

apostle

assassin

bosnian

bulletin

citizen

deposit

ablution

abortion

discussion

election

incision

norwegian

prediction

inaction

migration

epistle

ablation

perfection

guardian

erection

formation

impassion

nitrogen

plantation

pretension

prevention

foundation

lanolin

alsatian

medicine

uneven

unison

artesian

vatican

aspersion

cartesian

damnation

defection

detection

detention

salvation

ramadan

dalmatian

resection

taxation

dimension

stagnation

crustacean

retention

venison

vitamin

ejection

adhesion

absorption

encryption

expansion

expression

councilman

destruction

congressman

exemption

imprison

rejection

description

arkansan

inspection

badminton

companion

infliction

nonunion

reptilian

truncation

citation

privation

cetacean

gyration

margarine

narration

revision

cessation

caucasian

obstructions

oration

appian

aryan

correction

devotion

diversion

duration

ligation

precaution

reaction

dilation

dilution

biotin

plebeian

lecithin

precession

direction

elation

emotion

precision

attraction

conflation

confucian

diffraction

discretion

distortion

frustration

apostles

unbutton

invention

african

lobbyists

austrian

charwoman

nobleman

retraction

discipline

alaskan

rhodopsin

distinction

englishman

exhaustion

bedridden

defections

contortion

cambrian

lopsided

deflection

corsican

exaction

magdalen

porcelain

infection

reflection

heartbroken

injection

inscription

backwoodsman

instruction

parisian

derision

abstraction

contagion

fixation

insertion

extinction

deflation

sensation

typesetting

cistercian

dictation

gestation

temptation

upsetting

specimen

jamaican

kantian

puritan

zambian

keratin

albion

cyprian

lesbian

keynesian

awaken

abstention

suburban

deficit

determine

halcyon

adsorption

andean

anyone

excretion

ferryman

subtraction

bouillon

campion

fustian

contraction

contraption

champion

nevadan

gravamen

cinnamon

gordian

distraction

pelican

skeleton

silicon

wesleyan

infraction

extension

extortion

inflection

scorpion

infarction

masculine

allusion

muskmelon

obstacle

snapdragon

aversion

cremation

nebraskan

collusion

saleswoman

donation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

gradation

location

malaysian

mutation

notation

occasion

ovation

perversion

probation

countryman

quotation

albumin

relation

vacation

gentleman

etruscan

vocation

handwoven

abstractions

rotation

inflation

carrion

cation

implosion

arian

clarion

dorian

concoction

midshipman

singleton

galleon

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

horizon

korean

irian

malayan

marian

samoan

filtration

anglican

abstentions

chairwoman

revisits

chairperson

forewoman

rhapsodize

everyone

genuine

obstacles

predestine

deficits

cohesion

divestment

alderman

vermilion

uncertain

acumen

subsidize

backgammon

lumberman

battalion

unburden

abdomen

abandon

in-person

mexican

medallion

extraction

preemption

anchorman

aegean

coercion

corrosion

creation

croatian

abrasion

offsetting

persuasion

occlusion

perception

fijian

deception

phrygian

scythian

stygian

contusion

conversion

dispersion

menhaden

horatian

laotian

profusion

reception

submersion

subversion

explosion

transfusion

substantial

divestments

obstinate

freemason

eleven

rhapsody

unbroken

obfuscate

adrian

mandarin

revisit

hammerman

superman

communion

ambrosian

outspoken

waterman

bandwagon

tapestries

thespian

clergyman

conclusion

confusion

delusion

redemption

exception

excursion

pentathlon

evasion

illusion

imagine

inception

immersion

reversion

misfortune

erosion

alien

apostate

avian

bedouin

chamberlain

chilean

enlighten

enliven

fabian

fenian

freudian

gillian

grobian

heroin

heroine

ingestion

jovian

julian

libyan

median

mistaken

moroccan

navigates

nemean

nubian

odeon

orion

perfusion

permian

protean

rebellion

saccharin

simian

sophistry

spectacle

subacute

subsidies

substantive

sumatran

syrian

tamarin

tapestry

veteran

beholden

extrusion

diffusion

benjamin

exclusion

equation

incursion

inversion

seclusion

invasion

preclusion

lutheran

bedizen

beethoven

bitumen

episode

forgotten

indian

lobbyist

navigate

overdone

upside-down

overman

disunion

overrun

peterman

reunion

subsidy

embolden

toboggan

intestine

spectacles

obstructive

suffocate

inclusion

infusion

inhuman

intrusion

intention

abstinence

abstinent

spectrograph

substitutes

regimen

devastate

guncotton

italian

timberman

uncommon

foramen

uterine

reopen

affecting

eavesdropping

downtrodden

substitute

crestfallen

emblazon

abstracted

housebroken

feminine

baby-sit

heavyweight

melanin

australian

substances

affected

affective

episodes

robustly

clarendon

rhapsodic

misshapen

oboist

effector

heavyset

spectator

defective

depicted

effective

effectors

heavyweights

spaghetti

spectators

4 syllable words

contradiction

crocodilian

apparition

modulation

prohibition

obstetrician

coalition

compensation

complication

computation

condescension

expedition

inquisition

benediction

accusation

application

approbation

combination

commendation

convocation

occupation

precondition

commutation

consolation

consummation

convolution

dereliction

exhibition

obligation

oxidation

palpitation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

recognition

nonprescription

fascination

isolation

obstetricians

appalachian

suffocation

machination

sanitation

annotation

navigation

habitation

allegation

animation

coronation

allocation

avocation

correlation

preignition

profanation

vacillation

validation

realization

conjugation

inhibition

agitation

cogitation

contraception

armageddon

violation

adulation

pagination

republican

operation

jurisdiction

obfuscation

reproduction

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

consecration

constellation

constipation

constitution

consultation

amputation

advocation

depravation

deprivation

duplication

predilection

cotyledon

guatemalan

replication

stipulation

absolution

abrogation

adaptation

ordination

activation

congregation

aggravation

granulation

acclamation

acclimation

calibration

culmination

disaffection

recollection

reputation

superstition

tabulation

vaccination

depredation

penicillin

circumcision

aggregation

cancellation

melanesian

evolution

hesitation

imitation

motivation

renovation

visitation

diocesan

germination

resolution

mutilation

trepidation

fluoridation

revelation

revocation

revolution

supervision

delegation

inhalation

jacobean

emanation

maccabean

galilean

locomotion

elevation

medication

readmission

defamation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

detonation

devolution

dissolution

divination

innovation

irrigation

jubilation

litigation

dedication

immolation

meditation

recitation

diminution

decimation

termination

dilatation

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

contravention

contribution

contemplation

extradition

dispensation

disconnection

comprehension

arbitration

octahedron

fragmentation

decompression

vegetation

augmentation

education

formulation

preconception

reassertion

calculation

gastrulation

moderation

rhetorician

implication

malnutrition

satisfaction

surrogation

mortification

imputation

toleration

subluxation

abdication

abnegation

affectation

alabaman

altercation

annexation

apprehension

barbarian

celebration

circulation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

copenhagen

cultivation

cyclopean

darwinian

degradation

deportation

depositors

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

devastation

distillation

elocution

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

fabrication

fermentation

graduation

hypertension

immigration

inattention

indication

insulation

intimation

intonation

inundation

invocation

lilliputian

maturation

observation

ovulation

penetration

persecution

presentation

publication

recantation

reclamation

regulation

resignation

revocations

saturation

segregation

simulation

speculation

stimulation

strangulation

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

arthurian

legislation

nonpartisan

titillation

introduction

businesswoman

affirmation

irritation

algerian

limitation

intuition

levitation

corp.

alteration

aspiration

corporation

mitigation

valuation

explanation

explication

misconception

syncopation

admiration

circumspection

orchestration

self-deception

gravitation

repercussion

resurrection

hibernation

polynesian

hyperion

missourian

napoleon

valerian

european

assyrian

depositor

protozoan

illustration

variation

contrarian

importation

execution

ideation

excavation

aberration

comparison

consternation

inclination

reparation

installation

adoration

substitution

ministration

ostentation

pigmentation

malformation

separation

integration

nigerian

segmentation

fluctuation

inflammation

macedonian

liquefaction

circumvention

coloration

leviathan

preparation

noblewoman

transportation

attribution

retribution

laceration

miseration

exhalation

transplantation

deconstruction

reconstruction

introspection

armenian

columbian

excitation

abyssinian

committeeman

glaciation

invitation

librarian

oblivion

demarcation

syndication

obsidian

retardation

restitution

backwardation

liquidation

molestation

protestation

wagnerian

carcinogen

copernican

alternation

indecision

intermission

masturbation

subdivision

polyhedron

paraguayan

samaritan

minnesotan

affectionate

deformation

lubrication

relaxation

interruption

amphibian

fibrillation

dandelion

rhododendron

perturbation

disillusion

evocation

perspiration

recreation

reservation

respiration

implantation

desperation

fumigation

mongolian

preservation

relocation

rumination

impregnation

sequestration

procreation

ulceration

incrustation

exclamation

expectation

dehydration

distribution

elongation

demonstration

gentlewoman

extrication

floridian

electrician

criterion

iberian

praetorian

embarkation

exploration

incantation

indignation

interdiction

reinspection

reawaken

incarnation

institution

siberian

sicilian

imperfection

instigation

punctuation

arizonan

tetrahedron

disinfection

disinflation

chameleon

disputation

capacitor

capacity

transformation

coloradan

comedian

misperception

himalayan

liberian

substitutions

capacitance

misbegotten

tamoxifen

rhapsodizes

hemoglobin

sophisticate

pedestrian

veneration

liberation

perforation

crucifixion

registration

mediation

radiation

expiration

gargantuan

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

intercession

officiate

permutation

athenian

aviation

decoration

superhuman

deviation

foliation

federation

generation

iteration

retrocession

reexamine

capacities

infiltration

situation

indiscretion

dominican

gorgonian

exploitation

albanian

eritrean

pavlovian

aldebaran

american

evocative

jordanian

obstructionist

capacitors

restoration

reelection

dissertation

dissipation

figuration

reformation

preelection

englishwoman

declaration

officiates

usurpation

bifurcation

babysitting

suffocating

sophisticates

exhortation

fallopian

arabian

draconian

planarian

plutonian

opacity

bolivian

gregorian

iranian

indentation

infestation

canadian

indexation

mammalian

bavarian

collodion

newtonian

intersection

intervention

lancastrian

shakespearean

adrenaline

apostolic

apostrophe

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Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

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.

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