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

suction

flexion

section

emption

gumption

diction

function

junction

faction

gentian

tension

traction

sanction

mention

fiction

fraction

auction

friction

pension

action

freshen

sexton

haitian

hessian

nation

prussian

russian

session

station

penguin

kenyan

gascon

scullion

pectin

workman

onion

nekton

runnion

m1

kirkman

reckon

urson

mansion

worsen

luncheon

person

question

beckon

zircon

bastion

belgian

caption

churchman

dungeon

engine

freshman

delphian

persists

doctrine

headsman

lengthen

strengthen

ashen

cajun

lotion

ocean

fashion

fission

notion

passion

sturgeon

suasion

thrushes

asian

burgeon

cushion

mahone

ration

surgeon

caution

bludgeon

dudgeon

fusion

grecian

gudgeon

earthen

mission

motion

persian

potion

version

urchin

plankton

henchman

acton

apron

aspen

banyan

baston

bellman

billion

bookman

brakeman

desman

chessman

chevron

bullion

canyon

classman

falcon

fibrin

hackman

headman

hempen

hetman

landsman

jackman

kelvin

kremlin

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

london

matron

melton

million

minden

minion

muslin

packman

passman

patron

penman

pillion

pinion

pressman

scallion

selden

sequin

stallion

stillion

stockman

sultan

tendon

teston

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

brethren

bushman

christian

drunken

dutchman

faustian

flashgun

option

portion

martian

shrunken

sunken

torsion

bacon

bracken

brazen

burton

button

caisson

cuban

cumin

curtain

canaan

burman

crouton

dagan

dagon

daman

bellon

breton

brighten

burden

burdon

deaden

deafen

capstan

bason

bourbon

charon

horseman

certain

cayman

chasten

children

caxton

klansman

postman

landman

basin

craven

bayman

blacken

chicken

cousin

crewman

devon

dozen

heighten

human

ermine

heron

hymen

hyphen

baldwin

fasten

graven

dustman

markman

salesman

hasten

marchman

frighten

german

hausen

felon

firman

gluten

haven

heaven

statesman

jason

jetton

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lessen

kalan

lesson

lichen

lighten

liken

liven

locken

lumen

lyden

liman

maiden

marron

mason

melon

muffin

mullen

mutton

nurses

oven

pagan

perron

proven

pursues

quicken

raven

redden

resin

riden

ripen

rumen

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

straighten

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

surcease

syphon

taken

threaten

triton

thicken

thousand

tighten

titan

toughen

turban

urban

vegan

verses

waken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

zaman

brushes

crushes

heathen

horseshit

kitchen

legion

lesion

pathan

pigeon

purchase

region

surges

trojan

urges

vision

turkish

alman

atman

austin

billman

chairman

chaplain

chapman

citron

claxon

clinton

crimson

dampen

damson

darken

frescoes

scion

gilden

zion

fountain

airman

boston

fielden

goodman

rayon

arson

bagman

captain

footman

faulcon

canton

ruin

sportsman

chieftain

ensign

calvin

urine

freedman

harken

guardsman

houseman

milken

newsman

parson

draftsman

mignon

lion

jetson

kansan

keelson

kelson

persist

silken

saxon

craftsman

piston

pitman

plantain

cowan

union

shipman

outdone

outrun

sylvan

ion

marksman

linden

lisbon

mayan

jasmine

panton

samson

woodman

santon

gowan

lynden

mountain

tillman

woolman

dian

stepson

georgian

othman

margin

marshes

hangman

fortune

coachman

horseshoe

mangan

rincon

watchman

marxists

alan

amman

baron

barren

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

begun

billon

bison

bisson

bitten

seedsman

druggists

scotsman

blowgun

bowman

braces

briton

brogan

broken

cabin

cannon

canon

cheapen

chosen

christen

colon

cresses

cretin

curses

deacon

deepen

demon

dragon

dresses

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

famine

fatten

flatten

freeman

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

grasses

griffon

happen

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

hyson

kitten

lagan

spokesman

latin

leman

leven

linen

listen

logan

loosen

madden

mercies

mitten

moisten

ninon

odin

omen

open

patten

platen

platten

poison

precise

presses

prison

pullen

purses

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

sadden

salmon

satin

seaman

season

semen

shogun

showman

slogan

smitten

seton

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

striven

sweeten

swollen

talon

tappen

token

toman

traces

stolen

treason

villain

turkic

oarsman

turkeys

homespun

wagon

bordman

grandson

townsman

weaken

wheaten

woolen

written

argues

woman

women

portman

yachtsman

woven

yeoman

wooden

carjacks

tungsten

huntsman

perches

verges

purges

presage

brackish

breakage

churches

crashes

lurches

merges

scourges

searches

trackage

trashes

wreckage

marxist

alban

arkose

bargain

barton

large-scale

boatman

bolden

carbon

carman

carmine

carsick

carton

copeman

corban

cordon

courses

dalton

dobson

dolman

dolphin

fireman

foreman

foresight

garden

golden

gorgon

harden

harten

hearten

horses

ibsen

jargon

jordan

jorden

lopeman

marlin

marten

martin

molten

morgan

mormon

norman

olden

orcas

organ

orphan

ponton

oxen

pardon

parsec

saffron

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sources

spartan

spearman

tarpon

soldan

stallman

tarses

warden

tartan

whitson

turquoise

wanton

arches

barges

peon

rowen

charges

georges

gorges

longan

porches

rowan

owen

paean

lampron

marquiss

auden

projects

bollen

boughten

foreign

bobbin

brasses

broaden

common

cotton

fallen

floren

gotten

jerseys

pavon

pollen

prices

process

robin

rosin

rotten

pollan

graces

herzog

loren

often

phrases

praises

sodden

soften

tresses

trodden

warren

largest

yaupon

dressage

tragic

forces

foresees

arses

bourses

crosswise

forsake

largesse

sovereign

sovran

squadron

torsos

warsaws

marches

orgies

corsage

forges

carjack

torches

boroughs

cauldron

bruises

grosses

forecasts

prizes

trusses

crazies

creases

crises

crosses

cruises

breaches

breeches

broaches

screeches

preaches

proxies

cargoes

cargos

forgoes

project

breezes

freezes

friezes

forecast

druggist

3 syllable words

persecute

confucian

acumen

ablution

perception

perfection

profusion

occlusion

aleutian

correction

corruption

direction

percussion

pollution

solution

transfusion

perfusion

abduction

assumption

castration

conclusion

confusion

accretion

contusion

gestation

resection

persuasion

reduction

succession

diffusion

production

dissection

preclusion

technician

seduction

accession

asuncion

deduction

seclusion

secretion

harlequin

allusion

communion

masculine

cessation

vacation

lecithin

negation

predation

promotion

sedation

venetian

truncation

phoenician

commotion

collusion

flirtation

occasion

albumin

permission

summation

destruction

consumption

nonhuman

declension

inclusion

vermilion

frustration

corsican

horatian

conduction

concoction

induction

infusion

persuasions

transaction

translation

disruption

prostration

prosecute

resumption

laotian

presumption

mexican

discretion

ablation

abortion

abstraction

adoption

aggression

alsatian

anyone

apportion

ascension

attention

attrition

compassion

condition

confession

construction

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deception

dentition

depiction

dictation

discussion

dissension

emulsion

erection

eruption

eviction

fixation

inaction

instruction

lactation

obstruction

oppression

patrician

pelican

plantation

prediction

progression

proportion

propulsion

reception

regression

rendition

revulsion

salvation

sensation

specimen

stagnation

submission

suppression

tactician

taxation

temptation

encryption

extortion

extrusion

exclusion

inspection

distraction

disunion

expulsion

adsorption

adhesion

prosecutes

restriction

persistent

caucasian

clergyman

cetacean

collegian

commission

devotion

dilution

edition

elation

emotion

location

malaysian

narration

physician

position

possession

precession

procession

profession

reaction

recession

secession

tradition

moroccan

addition

horizon

deletion

halogen

delusion

illusion

petition

vocation

compression

compulsion

contrition

distinction

conflation

convention

contention

distortion

contortion

exception

retraction

farcical

completion

magician

inception

exaction

intrusion

suspension

syracuse

convulsion

inhuman

diffraction

conception

transmission

genuine

african

discipline

porcelain

compunction

extraction

parisian

derision

corrosion

nourishes

transcription

constriction

conjunction

injunction

abrasion

addiction

admission

affection

lanolin

ambition

uneven

collection

carnation

awaken

keratin

cistercian

skeleton

silicon

javelin

concession

concussion

connection

vatican

thespian

connexion

forgotten

contagion

jacobin

jamaican

defection

deflation

depletion

detection

detention

dimension

election

equation

excision

formation

ignition

laurentian

misshapen

obsession

oxygen

partition

suspicion

ramadan

protection

transition

catalan

processions

preemption

denizen

persisting

bitumen

selection

starvation

infliction

gentleman

excretion

unbroken

explosion

projection

expression

councilman

absorption

contraption

nonunion

expansion

description

extension

infraction

embolden

egyptian

prescription

ejection

franciscan

rejection

proscription

audition

assertion

evasion

decision

gradation

gyration

perversion

sedition

oration

volition

origin

omission

rescission

citation

collision

dilation

duration

emission

ligation

precaution

precision

privation

provision

recision

permian

infection

inflation

hawaiian

malayan

plebeian

implosion

misfortune

reflection

samoan

invention

redemption

combustion

convection

conviction

excursion

bedouin

affliction

attraction

confection

deflection

cation

foramen

ghanaian

anglican

backwoodsman

artisan

austrian

backgammon

charlatan

conscription

creation

inscription

abandon

abdomen

churchgoing

cohesion

croatian

corsicas

fruition

injection

tuition

chairwoman

projections

crocuses

everyone

subscription

italian

guncotton

uncommon

enliven

magdalen

objection

forewoman

coercion

orchestras

partisan

rifleman

unwritten

enlighten

farsighted

nobleman

logician

cognition

artesian

cartesian

extinction

depression

invasion

nutrition

hydration

hydrogen

incision

irishman

libration

menhaden

nitrogen

optician

pretension

retention

insertion

norwegian

repression

migration

vibration

digression

impassion

prevention

arkansan

bedizen

exemption

citizen

lesbian

zambian

abstention

cinnamon

subtraction

collagen

badminton

halcyon

kantian

nevadan

ottoman

wesleyan

vitamin

andean

beethoven

champion

fustian

corsica

ferryman

puritan

inflection

reunion

solomon

toboggan

transgression

countryman

contraction

crestfallen

albion

etruscan

campion

emblazon

complexion

handwoven

orchestra

perquisites

donation

erosion

munition

mutation

revision

desertion

division

musician

notation

rotation

remission

parishes

parthian

quotation

cremation

flotation

forages

causation

cherishes

ovation

imagine

probation

presages

englishman

religion

relation

filtration

impression

misprision

intention

pentathlon

singleton

avian

biotin

brazilian

cardigan

dominion

alien

appian

arian

mistaken

pavilion

carrion

chilean

opinion

charwoman

perquisite

clarion

civilian

forbidden

unbutton

tricuspid

fabian

gaussian

heroine

marian

orion

galleon

heroin

libyan

australian

gillian

persico

reopen

alaskan

saccharin

bedridden

medallion

simian

battalion

benjamin

optation

aegean

fijian

congressman

infarction

foundation

phrygian

beholden

lutheran

scythian

exertion

stygian

mirages

adrian

ambrosian

bandwagon

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

carjacking

companion

digestion

eleven

garrison

gordian

guardian

heiresses

housebroken

indian

keynesian

muskmelon

narcissist

nebraskan

octillion

orchestrates

outspoken

reptilian

saleswoman

scorpion

suggestion

aversion

reversion

churchgoers

regimen

carriages

graciously

midshipman

diversion

immersion

marriages

carjackings

aryan

irian

chairperson

median

uterine

carcasses

ingestion

cambrian

in-person

dorian

rebellion

talisman

congestion

heartbroken

fenian

freudian

julian

korean

syrian

predestine

nemean

nubian

aspersion

conversion

dispersion

incursion

inversion

submersion

subversion

barrages

snapdragon

churchgoer

garages

imprison

intestine

purchaser

argosy

assassin

choruses

circuses

cyprian

determine

elison

feminine

freemason

gravamen

hammerman

iraqis

jettison

medicine

melanin

overdone

overman

overrun

percussive

peterman

suburban

superman

terraces

venison

waterman

purchasers

purchases

fisherman

exhaustion

sumatran

timberman

unburden

uncertain

alderman

capsaicin

chamberlain

lumberman

policeman

clarendon

arises

caresses

grobian

harasses

niacin

anchorman

jovian

morasses

myosin

odeon

protean

tamarin

triassic

veteran

downtrodden

forecasting

unison

viruses

orchestrate

mandarin

tauruses

processes

jurassic

thoracic

rehearses

surgical

margarine

rhodopsin

hyraxes

persuasive

nearsighted

orgasms

marxism

projectors

bourgeoisie

projectiles

archaic

erases

orchestral

pharisees

tricycle

projector

orgasm

sarcasm

xeroxes

projectile

sargasso

forecaster

preexists

preexist

forecasters

4 syllable words

distribution

education

persecuted

persecutors

persecutor

attribution

advocation

application

cancellation

destination

estimation

fermentation

prostitution

replication

restitution

vaccination

allegation

animation

appellation

elevation

defamation

annotation

collocation

delegation

derivation

detonation

diminution

emanation

habitation

hesitation

isolation

machination

navigation

renovation

meditation

oscillation

perspiration

provocation

revelation

sanitation

suffocation

validation

explication

extrication

contribution

adulation

agitation

fluctuation

pagination

vegetation

exhumation

mortification

consecration

excavation

constitution

gastrulation

glaciation

herculean

aggregation

calibration

consummation

convolution

deprivation

acclimation

activation

adaptation

depravation

acclamation

depredation

exhalation

abrogation

affectation

abdication

aggravation

annexation

approbation

celebration

degradation

convocation

consolation

designation

distillation

devastation

duplication

emigration

exhibition

indication

insulation

ordination

oxidation

palpitation

emulation

equitation

fabrication

granulation

invocation

penetration

permutation

presentation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

refutation

regulation

reputation

resignation

segregation

statistician

tabulation

ventilation

vindication

abolition

appalachian

connotation

definition

divination

erudition

inhalation

innovation

litigation

locomotion

coronation

deposition

dilatation

disillusion

gravitation

immolation

irrigation

mutilation

nomination

jubilation

imitation

melanesian

motivation

correlation

demolition

dissipation

domination

fluoridation

perturbation

premonition

profanation

propagation

repetition

valuation

recreation

legislation

realization

violation

perforation

exclamation

decoration

explanation

complication

confiscation

constellation

constipation

consultation

dispensation

menstruation

modulation

disputation

circumvention

obfuscation

punctuation

amputation

expedition

exposition

fragmentation

implication

installation

subluxation

formulation

institution

intersection

segmentation

embarkation

substitution

benediction

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

dereliction

disaffection

dislocation

disposition

intonation

inundation

precondition

predilection

population

proclamation

incubation

graduation

abnegation

acquisition

admonition

immigration

ovulation

culmination

excitation

ammunition

strangulation

intimation

publication

lubrication

circulation

obligation

circumcision

paraguayan

demarcation

recollection

requisition

speculation

stipulation

superhuman

simulation

stimulation

syndication

tribulation

arizonan

bifurcation

circumspection

concentration

conjugation

declaration

demonstration

evocation

extradition

fumigation

galilean

gentlewoman

intuition

irritation

jacobean

maccabean

misconception

obstetrician

opposition

orchestration

politician

preignition

proposition

relocation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

resurrection

rumination

self-deception

sequestration

supposition

syncopation

imperfection

disconnection

hemoglobin

illustration

ostentation

macedonian

noblewoman

decompression

instigation

ministration

misperception

integration

interception

interdiction

inflammation

dietitian

inclination

imputation

disinflation

compensation

condemnation

pigmentation

condensation

condescension

computation

preconception

prosecutors

arbitration

reassertion

calculation

prohibition

variation

coalition

reproduction

tetrahedron

satisfaction

meridian

orchestrations

nestorian

apprehension

expiration

abyssinian

dandelion

hypertension

alabaman

interaction

prosecutor

intercession

molestation

protestation

occupation

minnesotan

insurrection

interjection

conversation

penicillin

interruption

cotyledon

crucifixion

fibrillation

percussionist

registration

superstition

copernican

pagurian

situation

retrocession

imposition

inattention

accusation

competition

composition

congregation

altercation

conflagration

confrontation

contraception

contemplation

exploitation

elongation

incrustation

introduction

inhibition

arabian

hibernation

assyrian

chameleon

canadian

comedian

affirmation

trepidation

usurpation

diocesan

european

himalayan

mammalian

nonprescription

dissertation

levitation

polynesian

reawaken

preservation

protozoan

procreation

reservation

reformation

sicilian

armageddon

generation

preparation

disinfection

exploration

miseration

laceration

moderation

separation

transplantation

indexation

octahedron

aberration

coloration

corinthian

inquisition

adoration

deconstruction

cogitation

operation

liberation

infestation

veneration

apparition

foliation

electrician

malnutrition

athenian

intervention

federation

liquefaction

jurisdiction

reinspection

misbegotten

iteration

reconstruction

reparation

toleration

shakespearean

rhetorician

carcinogen

confirmation

conservation

peruvian

moravian

alternation

backwardation

algonquian

cultivation

information

gargantuan

intermission

masturbation

relaxation

liquidation

observation

historian

implantation

indiscretion

obsidian

tasmanian

impregnation

saturation

maturation

samaritan

contradiction

expectation

albanian

barbarian

columbian

darwinian

eritrean

greco-roman

guatemalan

contravention

cyclopean

amphibian

american

estonian

alteration

corp.

corporation

persistently

desperation

figuration

manumission

titillation

ulceration

respiration

assemblyman

admiration

ohioan

reelection

aspiration

mitigation

preelection

processional

comprehension

limitation

restoration

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pacification

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irresistibly

nitroglycerine

washingtonian

pharisaism

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pythagorean

delicatessen

carthaginian

dionysian

argentinian

8 syllable words

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How to use the rhyming dictionary

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


Perfect Rhymes

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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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