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

suction

auction

gumption

section

diction

martian

option

function

action

fraction

junction

faction

marksman

fiction

flexion

traction

friction

sanction

caution

prussian

marchman

russian

doctrine

markman

emption

harken

lockman

onion

stockman

boston

tuscan

gascon

scullion

darken

runnion

guardsman

caption

faustian

pension

tension

watchman

locken

bastion

dungeon

gentian

luncheon

mansion

margin

marshes

mention

othman

portion

torsion

argues

baldwin

cauldron

dustman

scotsman

sexton

yachtsman

lotion

gudgeon

haitian

mission

ashen

dudgeon

freshen

fusion

hessian

notion

passion

thrushes

ocean

bludgeon

station

fashion

cushion

ration

marxists

grecian

fission

nation

potion

session

motion

mahone

plankton

penguin

projects

acton

alban

arkose

arson

aspen

barton

austin

banyan

bargain

baston

billion

bookman

bullion

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

dobson

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

classman

dolman

dolphin

garden

hackman

harden

harten

hearten

houseman

jackman

jargon

kenyan

lightman

lineman

linemen

london

m1

marlin

marten

martin

million

minden

minion

muslin

nekton

oxen

packman

pardon

parson

passman

pectin

pillion

pinion

ponton

scallion

sequin

sharpen

shotgun

sovereign

smarten

squadron

stallion

tubman

tarpon

landsman

vulcan

sovran

spartan

stillion

sultan

tartan

trillion

undone

arches

christian

drunken

dutchman

freshman

belgian

bushman

flashgun

fortune

charges

engine

georgian

barges

longan

question

sunken

shrunken

bason

beckon

bison

blacken

bobbin

bollen

bracken

brighten

oven

pavon

pollan

pollen

process

proven

quicken

portman

reckon

robin

riden

ripen

rosin

rotten

rumen

sicken

siphon

siren

slacken

sodden

soften

stricken

whiten

widen

strengthen

wizen

bordman

postman

wiccan

crouton

cuban

gluten

gotten

children

hausen

capstan

common

cotton

klansman

chicken

cumin

frighten

cousin

crewman

heighten

lyden

caxton

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

sullen

thicken

thousand

tighten

headsman

mullen

mutton

summon

horseman

muffin

titan

toughen

marquiss

button

dozen

delphian

fallen

fasten

lighten

liken

liven

sudden

liman

lichen

lampron

lengthen

syphon

landman

oarsman

lumen

triton

druggists

trodden

asian

brushes

cajun

carjacks

crushes

heathen

henchman

horseshit

kitchen

largest

legion

lesion

pathan

pigeon

region

suasion

trojan

tungsten

vision

zion

airman

ruin

huntsman

alman

scion

apron

atman

bagman

bellman

brakeman

sportsman

billman

calvin

chaplain

chapman

chevron

dian

canton

captain

carsick

chairman

chessman

chieftain

citron

claxon

lion

dalton

craftsman

clinton

corban

cordon

crimson

dampen

damson

desman

fielden

gowan

footman

headman

cowan

foreman

fountain

freedman

gilden

goodman

gorgon

hempen

hetman

jasmine

jordan

kansan

ion

jorden

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

draftsman

marxist

mayan

linden

lisbon

mignon

milken

lynden

matron

melton

morgan

mormon

mountain

newsman

outdone

parsec

patron

penman

pressman

norman

organ

orphan

outrun

panton

piston

pitman

plantain

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

selden

shearman

shipman

shorten

silken

spearman

stallman

sylvan

tarses

tendon

teston

tillman

union

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

brethren

carjack

churchman

coachman

georges

gorges

hangman

mangan

marches

porches

rincon

large-scale

project

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

blowgun

boughten

bowman

brazen

breton

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

cabin

caisson

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

charon

chasten

cheapen

chosen

christen

colon

craven

cretin

dagan

dagon

daman

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

driven

dromon

eaten

eden

elan

famine

fatten

felon

flatten

floren

foreign

freeman

frozen

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

grasses

graven

griffon

happen

hasten

haven

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

hoten

hoven

jason

jetton

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

linen

listen

logan

loosen

loren

madden

maiden

marron

statesman

melon

mitten

moisten

ninon

odin

often

omen

open

pagan

spokesman

mason

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

poison

precise

prices

prison

pullen

raven

reason

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

roman

townsman

rosen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

seaman

season

semen

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

shogun

showman

slogan

smitten

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

striven

sweeten

swollen

taken

talon

tappen

threaten

token

toman

treason

urson

vegan

villain

wagon

waken

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zircon

homespun

grandson

persists

seedsman

salesman

brackish

crashes

burgeon

earthen

sturgeon

persian

surgeon

trackage

trashes

urchin

version

arses

courses

crosswise

horses

lopeman

orcas

ensign

foresight

golden

jetson

keelson

largesse

molten

frescoes

kelson

olden

boatman

cargoes

copeman

proxies

cargos

ibsen

bolden

soldan

stepson

sources

whitson

forges

horseshoe

torches

paean

rowan

rowen

rayon

orgies

owen

peon

bourbon

braces

burden

burdon

burman

burton

prizes

presses

brasses

certain

cresses

crises

crosses

curtain

dresses

ermine

firman

german

nurses

pursues

sermon

surcease

turban

trusses

traces

urban

verses

breakage

presage

purchase

surges

tragic

turkish

forecasts

urges

wreckage

bourses

forsake

warsaws

forces

torsos

persist

foresees

forgoes

corsage

urine

bruises

creases

cruises

curses

graces

grosses

mercies

phrases

praises

purses

tresses

turkeys

turkic

breaches

breeches

broaches

churches

dressage

lurches

merges

perches

purges

preaches

scourges

screeches

searches

verges

turquoise

forecast

breezes

crazies

freezes

friezes

jerseys

druggist

boroughs

herzog

3 syllable words

confucian

assumption

nonhuman

acumen

prosecute

prostration

reduction

asuncion

production

profusion

dissection

occlusion

ablution

prosecutes

pollution

aleutian

solution

harlequin

consumption

transfusion

conduction

conclusion

frustration

castration

confusion

abduction

diffusion

optation

propulsion

succession

oxygen

contusion

resection

accession

accretion

carnation

deduction

seclusion

secretion

seduction

construction

obstruction

ascension

crustacean

preclusion

starvation

collusion

communion

occasion

sedation

audition

negation

predation

summation

albumin

procession

masculine

allusion

phoenician

dilution

nonunion

truncation

promotion

commotion

venetian

persecutes

destruction

adsorption

convulsion

declension

induction

infusion

transaction

compulsion

discretion

inclusion

conception

disruption

farcical

translation

corsican

compunction

persecute

presumption

resumption

suspension

ablation

abortion

abstraction

aggression

alsatian

apportion

artesian

attention

attrition

cartesian

cognition

collagen

compassion

concession

concussion

condition

confession

conjunction

constriction

dalmatian

damnation

deception

defection

depiction

detection

dictation

discussion

dissension

election

emulsion

erection

eruption

eviction

fixation

formation

foundation

gestation

inaction

instruction

lactation

laurentian

obsession

oppression

optician

ottoman

partition

patrician

perception

perfection

plantation

prediction

progression

proportion

reception

regression

revulsion

salvation

solomon

stagnation

submission

suppression

suspicion

tactician

taxation

technician

exclusion

ejection

rejection

extrusion

expulsion

adhesion

distraction

disunion

inspection

arkansan

councilman

restriction

octillion

prescription

addition

assertion

caucasian

causation

cetacean

collegian

cessation

commission

correction

corruption

deletion

delusion

devotion

direction

duration

edition

elation

emotion

halogen

illusion

origin

physician

precession

percussion

position

possession

narration

malaysian

location

oration

parthian

profession

lecithin

petition

reaction

recession

secession

tradition

vacation

vocation

partisan

magician

combustion

contortion

syracuse

forewoman

contention

contrition

perfusion

mexican

completion

compression

rifleman

conflation

farsighted

porcelain

convention

deflection

diffraction

distinction

artisan

charlatan

austrian

discipline

distortion

exaction

exception

inception

african

infection

inhuman

intrusion

reflection

retraction

transmission

laotian

conscription

transcription

injunction

subscription

bosnian

abrasion

anyone

admission

connection

connexion

contagion

conversion

addiction

deflation

uneven

ignition

misshapen

ramadan

gravamen

sensation

catalan

guardian

fustian

pelican

vatican

ambition

rendition

retention

subversion

affection

norwegian

pretension

submersion

nitrogen

hydrogen

prevention

transition

vitamin

aspersion

cistercian

collection

awaken

lanolin

specimen

jamaican

javelin

jacobin

bitumen

dentition

depression

depletion

silicon

equation

exertion

persuasion

preemption

processions

protection

selection

temptation

detention

dimension

excision

injection

congressman

description

ambrosian

absorption

excretion

projection

abstention

contraption

encryption

expression

explosion

extension

extortion

expansion

infarction

inflection

franciscan

egyptian

infliction

unbroken

infraction

proscription

dilation

decision

citation

donation

desertion

aversion

collision

emission

erosion

evasion

ligation

permission

notation

margarine

probation

sedition

quotation

rescission

rotation

volition

recision

flirtation

forages

gyration

ovation

flotation

omission

precaution

precision

privation

provision

persuasions

aryan

excursion

anglican

attraction

concoction

confection

affliction

convection

samoan

conviction

filtration

implosion

impression

inflation

invention

misfortune

redemption

biotin

cation

gaussian

ghanaian

hawaiian

malayan

plebeian

backgammon

abdomen

charwoman

horatian

orchestras

projections

chairwoman

cohesion

unburden

everyone

logician

australian

backwoodsman

genuine

unwritten

lumberman

creation

extraction

italian

magdalen

croatian

vermilion

fruition

objection

tuition

abandon

cambrian

cardigan

crocuses

tricuspid

unbutton

inscription

alaskan

nobleman

extinction

incision

digression

dispersion

impassion

adoption

anchorman

hydration

incursion

invasion

inversion

libration

insertion

irishman

migration

vibration

subtraction

etruscan

transgression

badminton

countryman

embolden

albion

suburban

bedizen

campion

champion

halcyon

skeleton

andean

gordian

reunion

carjacking

cinnamon

zambian

complexion

gentleman

handwoven

narcissist

orchestra

imprison

citizen

denizen

determine

contraction

nebraskan

kantian

outspoken

corsica

ferryman

keratin

persistent

exemption

housebroken

muskmelon

nevadan

puritan

scorpion

thespian

mutation

musician

munition

division

englishman

parishes

diversion

immersion

relation

cremation

clergyman

gradation

imagine

religion

remission

reversion

revision

misprision

intention

singleton

brazilian

carcasses

alderman

dominion

forbidden

medallion

pavilion

appian

uncertain

timberman

heartbroken

opinion

arian

bedouin

clarion

dorian

carrion

heroin

heroine

horizon

battalion

chilean

bedridden

galleon

irian

enlighten

enliven

gillian

korean

moroccan

myosin

carjackings

libyan

reopen

civilian

marian

niacin

orion

saccharin

simian

syrian

mistaken

phrygian

scythian

beholden

parisian

aegean

stygian

coercion

nourishes

corrosion

nutrition

repression

menhaden

persisting

derision

fijian

lutheran

argosy

assassin

bandwagon

beethoven

bouillon

bulletin

choruses

companion

crestfallen

cyprian

digestion

eleven

emblazon

hammerman

indian

lesbian

mandarin

orchestrates

snapdragon

suggestion

waterman

wesleyan

fisherman

exhaustion

presages

cherishes

perversion

midshipman

carriages

pentathlon

churchgoing

rebellion

alien

rhodopsin

avian

fabian

fenian

foramen

freudian

julian

median

nemean

nubian

permian

tamarin

triassic

policeman

sumatran

congestion

uterine

veteran

talisman

benjamin

projectors

reptilian

perquisites

saleswoman

mirages

adrian

forgotten

garrison

heiresses

iraqis

keynesian

medicine

peterman

processes

superman

tauruses

thoracic

toboggan

unison

venison

viruses

graciously

forecasting

regimen

projector

uncommon

capsaicin

predestine

chamberlain

guncotton

ingestion

hyraxes

perquisite

grobian

protean

jovian

odeon

persico

barrages

downtrodden

garages

intestine

marxism

orgasms

archaic

elison

feminine

circuses

freemason

overman

terraces

jettison

overdone

percussive

orchestrate

overrun

melanin

pharisees

jurassic

marriages

churchgoers

purchases

clarendon

chairperson

corsicas

sarcasm

in-person

orgasm

xeroxes

arises

harasses

forecasters

morasses

purchaser

projectiles

churchgoer

orchestral

sargasso

tricycle

purchasers

nearsighted

forecaster

projectile

caresses

rehearses

erases

surgical

persuasive

preexists

bourgeoisie

preexist

4 syllable words

distribution

modulation

constellation

constipation

obfuscation

consultation

retribution

confiscation

attribution

complication

advocation

application

cancellation

combination

commendation

commutation

compilation

desecration

destitution

obligation

population

proclamation

vaccination

allegation

animation

annotation

appellation

coronation

decimation

dedication

correlation

desolation

devolution

diminution

evolution

habitation

machination

navigation

medication

opposition

politician

profanation

proposition

recitation

resolution

revocation

revolution

sanitation

validation

violation

concentration

obstetrician

conjugation

adulation

education

prosecutors

fluctuation

agitation

pagination

compensation

computation

prosecutor

gastrulation

substitution

subluxation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

mortification

congregation

acclamation

adaptation

acclimation

composition

calibration

competition

abdication

abrogation

activation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

conservation

culmination

destination

distillation

duplication

granulation

palpitation

indication

insulation

invocation

ordination

replication

estimation

restitution

tabulation

statistician

vindication

annexation

approbation

fabrication

publication

abolition

aspiration

diocesan

emanation

dilatation

disillusion

dissipation

divination

elevation

fluoridation

defamation

inhalation

litigation

motivation

realization

termination

innovation

jubilation

locomotion

meditation

mutilation

revelation

supposition

appalachian

hesitation

immolation

renovation

valuation

delegation

derivation

detonation

gravitation

imitation

polynesian

germination

irrigation

dietitian

laceration

conflagration

confrontation

extrication

moderation

surrogation

toleration

contemplation

contraception

explication

operation

exhumation

excavation

nonprescription

institution

amputation

persecuted

arbitration

persecutors

fragmentation

installation

punctuation

octahedron

consternation

implication

augmentation

dispensation

disputation

ostentation

cogitation

vegetation

formulation

cotyledon

glaciation

degradation

intonation

graduation

intimation

inundation

demarcation

guatemalan

fermentation

equitation

exhibition

ventilation

designation

devastation

immigration

deprivation

disaffection

depredation

confirmation

dislocation

emigration

emulation

tribulation

disposition

depravation

celebration

incubation

admonition

observation

acquisition

ammunition

masturbation

ovulation

stipulation

strangulation

penetration

recantation

reclamation

recognition

refutation

regulation

resignation

simulation

stimulation

exhalation

reputation

maturation

saturation

persecutor

abnegation

lubrication

occupation

precondition

presentation

segregation

syndication

admiration

affirmation

alteration

assyrian

bifurcation

contradiction

contravention

corp.

corporation

definition

demolition

deposition

desperation

dissertation

erudition

evocation

exclamation

explanation

fumigation

galilean

intuition

jacobean

legislation

maccabean

manumission

melanesian

misconception

orchestration

perspiration

preignition

premonition

recreation

relocation

repetition

reposition

repossession

respiration

restoration

rumination

syncopation

ulceration

usurpation

reproduction

segmentation

expedition

transportation

aberration

decompression

decoration

prohibition

armageddon

reassertion

hemoglobin

adoration

disinflation

embarkation

exposition

crocodilian

satisfaction

disconnection

electrician

macedonian

imputation

illustration

menstruation

pigmentation

ministration

coloration

noblewoman

calculation

inflammation

inclination

coalition

indexation

instigation

variation

integration

malformation

preconception

transformation

orchestrations

deconstruction

reconstruction

excitation

imposition

inattention

gargantuan

inspiration

abyssinian

insurrection

barbarian

recollection

permutation

speculation

alabaman

armenian

retardation

requisition

polyhedron

predilection

superhuman

apprehension

deportation

dandelion

conversation

accusation

deformation

darwinian

benediction

dereliction

cyclopean

carcinogen

crucifixion

herculean

alternation

minnesotan

obsidian

pagurian

paraguayan

situation

incrustation

assemblyman

inhibition

demonstration

extradition

introduction

gentlewoman

sequestration

elongation

self-deception

arabian

declaration

hyperion

floridian

iberian

european

reawaken

arthurian

canadian

comprehension

criterion

himalayan

siberian

liberian

figuration

chameleon

processional

procreation

reelection

resurrection

preelection

comedian

perturbation

mammalian

protozoan

sicilian

apparition

intersection

liquefaction

reinspection

inquisition

athenian

contrarian

liberation

incarnation

iteration

tetrahedron

veneration

importation

malnutrition

reparation

jurisdiction

leviathan

miseration

perforation

circumvention

preparation

foliation

rhetorician

misbegotten

separation

tamoxifen

exhortation

disinfection

federation

generation

transplantation

hypertension

molestation

relaxation

backwardation

expiration

liquidation

protestation

registration

circumcision

circulation

cultivation

interaction

interruption

albanian

columbian

dominican

nestorian

exploitation

american

amphibian

indiscretion

copernican

custodian

historian

jordanian

librarian

penicillin

implantation

wagnerian

tasmanian

samaritan

circumspection

algerian

levitation

limitation

mitigation

reformation

reservation

mongolian

preservation

repercussion

irritation

dehydration

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Words that rhyme with the word prosecution

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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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