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

claxon

saxon

gumption

diction

fiction

pension

friction

tension

gentian

auction

sanction

mention

russian

passion

session

ashen

fashion

freshen

hessian

prussian

ration

protects

sexton

caxton

stepson

acton

whitson

jackman

jetson

ensign

hackman

keelson

kelson

nekton

packman

pectin

protect

oxen

tuscan

vulcan

emption

bason

beckon

blacken

bracken

button

fasten

lessen

lesson

mutton

reckon

slacken

option

torsion

portion

caption

drunken

engine

dungeon

dutchman

huntsman

marksman

bastion

shrunken

freshman

question

mansion

martian

belgian

sunken

flashgun

luncheon

bludgeon

caution

cortex

cushion

dudgeon

dustman

fission

grandson

gudgeon

haitian

lengthen

marchman

markman

mission

nation

pathan

pretext

scotsman

station

strengthen

vortex

yachtsman

airman

bellman

bookman

brakeman

chairman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

critics

faulcon

footman

gascon

harken

hempen

hetman

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

headman

kremlin

melton

lightman

lockman

london

muslin

m1

milken

penman

runnion

samson

scullion

silken

shotgun

henchman

selden

stockman

sultan

vertex

tungsten

ibsen

teston

onion

parson

arson

aspen

tubman

outdone

outrun

workman

plankton

atman

desman

pitman

passman

damson

dobson

falcon

tendon

darken

pressman

undone

draftsman

bushman

rincon

landsman

christian

brethren

craftsman

fortune

faustian

georgian

sportsman

margin

bacon

basin

baton

batton

bellon

bison

bisson

bitten

batten

boughten

breton

brighten

briton

caisson

charon

chasten

chicken

christen

cotton

cousin

deaden

deafen

devon

dozen

fatten

felon

flatten

frighten

glisten

gotten

heaven

hasten

heighten

heron

hyson

jason

jetton

kitten

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lighten

liken

listen

locken

marron

mason

melon

lichen

mitten

muffin

mullen

oven

patten

perron

person

platen

platten

quicken

redden

resin

rotten

satin

seven

shaken

sicken

smitten

stricken

sudden

sullen

summon

taken

thicken

threaten

tighten

titan

toughen

triton

urson

vegan

waken

weapon

whiten

wiccan

worsen

written

zircon

cauldron

children

bordman

baldwin

delphian

doctrine

klansman

spokesman

townsman

lampron

landman

oarsman

statesman

horseman

headsman

portman

notion

grecian

potion

lotion

pigeon

motion

mahone

british

dredges

earthen

vision

ocean

kitchen

courthouse

lordship

hardship

penguin

alban

alman

austin

bagman

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

billion

billman

boatman

bullion

boston

calvin

canton

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chaplain

chapman

clinton

canyon

corban

crimson

cordon

critiques

dalton

dampen

dolman

dolphin

fibrin

fireman

foreman

fountain

garden

gilden

goodman

gorgon

harden

harten

hartshorn

hearten

houseman

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

lynden

marlin

marten

martin

matron

mignon

million

minden

minion

morgan

mormon

mountain

norman

organ

orphan

panton

pardon

patron

pillion

pinion

piston

plantain

ponton

pretzel

scallion

sharpen

saffron

santon

sequin

shipman

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

squadron

stallion

stallman

stillion

surtax

sylvan

tarpon

tartan

tillman

trillion

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

foretastes

guardsman

longan

mangan

cortege

othman

hangman

watchman

hardships

barren

beacon

burton

cabin

capstan

beaten

begun

bobbin

broken

broaden

billon

foretaste

auden

amman

bollen

predicts

alan

products

seedsman

postman

pretzels

protests

baron

salesman

cannon

canon

certain

common

cretin

critic

critique

crouton

curtain

deacon

dragon

driven

eaten

fallen

famine

floren

foreign

gallon

gammon

garron

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

griffon

happen

hausen

hidden

hoten

hymen

hyphen

lagan

liman

linen

liven

loosen

loren

lyden

madden

moisten

ninon

often

pavon

pollan

pollen

prison

pullen

ribbon

ridden

riden

ripen

risen

riven

robin

rosin

sadden

salmon

satan

seton

siren

siphon

sodden

soften

spoken

stiffen

straighten

striven

sweeten

syphon

thousand

token

trodden

villain

wagon

warren

weaken

wheaten

widen

wooden

talon

tappen

wizen

woman

women

woolen

homespun

yaupon

yardsticks

earthquake

asian

farthest

fusion

legion

lesion

trojan

urchin

trudges

version

sturgeon

scratches

brutish

burgeon

cajun

fridges

heathen

grudges

bridges

region

suasion

surgeon

wretched

persian

crutches

apron

artists

bolden

broadside

chartists

chieftain

copeman

cowan

dian

fielden

freedman

golden

gowan

grotesque

heartache

ion

lion

lopeman

mayan

molten

newsman

olden

partake

predict

product

protest

rayon

scion

shearman

shortstop

soldan

tortoise

union

urine

zion

bridgetown

cordage

coachman

forethought

mortgage

portage

furthest

northwest

churchman

shortage

broadcast

bayman

blowgun

bourbon

bowman

brazen

chartist

dromon

eden

elan

artist

graven

haven

hogan

kalan

laden

layman

leman

leven

logan

odin

omen

open

pagan

shortcake

poison

roman

showman

slogan

solon

steven

stolen

swollen

toman

treason

treatise

turban

turrets

urban

broadsword

yeoman

zaman

verdicts

brogan

burden

burdon

burman

canaan

cayman

cheapen

chosen

colon

craven

crewman

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

daman

deepen

demon

ermine

firman

freeman

frozen

german

hoven

human

lumen

maiden

produce

raven

reason

proven

rerun

rosen

rumen

seaman

season

semen

sermon

shaman

shogun

woven

foreheads

porridge

yardstick

parrots

tirades

earthquakes

berets

carats

carrots

verdict

ferrets

fortes

garrets

greatest

merits

nordic

pirates

scratching

owen

paean

rowan

rowen

ruin

peon

awards

bridegroom

bridgehead

towards

northeast

pretties

tryouts

cowards

croats

diehards

bridesmaids

artsy

barites

birdseed

derides

erodes

parties

rewrites

forties

keywords

narrates

gyrates

courtship

birdcage

bridesmaid

rewards

mortgaged

cohorts

earthstar

broadcasts

bordeaux

charades

creates

curtsy

fridays

parades

tarots

thirties

treaties

triads

kurdish

prudish

yardage

scratchy

corrodes

druids

virtues

worthies

3 syllable words

destruction

battalion

magician

abstention

contraption

distraction

extension

inspection

inflection

abduction

assumption

contortion

contrition

assassin

convulsion

diffraction

frustration

inception

induction

invention

retraction

transaction

awaken

compression

compulsion

concoction

exaction

exception

intention

redemption

determine

jamaican

jettison

vatican

accretion

condition

optation

gestation

ablution

depression

compunction

ablation

abortion

adoption

apportion

cistercian

compassion

concussion

contagion

dentition

dictation

lactation

digression

optician

plantation

prevention

perception

temptation

distinction

submission

partition

secretion

prediction

proportion

suspicion

tactician

congestion

abstraction

aleutian

collision

commotion

conjunction

dilation

duration

elation

extraction

flotation

instruction

malaysian

privation

solution

mutation

oration

phoenician

precession

sedition

aversion

causation

desertion

emission

flirtation

gyration

ligation

notation

pollution

promotion

provision

quotation

reaction

rotation

venetian

digestion

intestine

truncation

exemption

consumption

infliction

infraction

prescription

extinction

restriction

castration

combustion

completion

conflation

confucian

discretion

distortion

filtration

impression

predictions

prostration

abandon

alaskan

brazilian

civilian

dominion

italian

medallion

mexican

mistaken

opinion

pavilion

protective

protectors

rebellion

abrasion

contusion

conversion

hydration

alsatian

critical

impassion

protector

submersion

subscription

suburban

subversion

depletion

deflation

aspersion

eleven

damnation

dalmatian

exertion

ingestion

profusion

insertion

taxation

technician

nevadan

formation

preemption

ignition

nutrition

stagnation

starvation

vibration

libration

migration

carnation

repression

salvation

citizen

conscription

foundation

waterman

etruscan

expression

collegian

absorption

description

cessation

decision

deletion

octillion

devotion

imagine

infarction

diversion

division

reversion

vocation

donation

gradation

location

occasion

saccharin

transgression

reptilian

dilution

adsorption

emotion

evasion

rescission

egyptian

harlequin

ovation

relation

religion

vacation

collusion

narration

companion

cremation

muskmelon

allusion

countryman

malayan

veteran

corruption

recision

immersion

nebraskan

probation

article

capsaicin

coercion

conclusion

confusion

cortical

creation

croatian

exhaustion

guncotton

horatian

in-person

inflation

intrusion

logician

lumberman

particle

pentathlon

policeman

predestine

presumption

resumption

scythian

translation

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

injunction

inscription

criticize

fixation

bitumen

artesian

hammerman

dispersion

cartesian

emulsion

freemason

gravamen

diffusion

eruption

fustian

excision

vertical

incursion

elison

australian

incision

toboggan

invasion

inversion

peterman

norwegian

occlusion

rendition

sensation

revulsion

produces

uneven

oxygen

extortion

encryption

samoan

cation

hawaiian

caucasian

carrion

uterine

unbroken

perversion

particles

heroin

heroine

articles

downtrodden

lecithin

illusion

plebeian

audition

niacin

delusion

clarion

erosion

percussion

bedouin

biotin

precaution

marian

outspoken

tamarin

crestfallen

ghanaian

communion

myosin

inhuman

infusion

englishman

misprision

misfortune

disruption

excursion

implosion

inclusion

heretics

surtaxes

aegean

cambrian

austrian

timberman

backgammon

bedridden

chairperson

forewoman

cortisol

productive

abdomen

phrygian

laotian

stygian

tuition

acumen

fruition

alderman

chairwoman

forthcoming

backwoodsman

heartbroken

keratin

admission

beholden

albion

medicine

benjamin

champion

ferryman

superman

venison

ambition

anchorman

andean

menhaden

discussion

equation

bedizen

irishman

beethoven

cyprian

guardian

halcyon

indian

overdone

overman

overrun

puritan

cognition

lesbian

wesleyan

zambian

misshapen

garrison

anyone

bosnian

campion

seclusion

gordian

persuasion

mandarin

pelican

transition

kantian

scorpion

silicon

unison

preclusion

skeleton

thespian

extrusion

adhesion

albumin

ambrosian

arkansan

bandwagon

exclusion

excretion

expansion

explosion

expulsion

disunion

franciscan

handwoven

housebroken

imprison

nonunion

snapdragon

fisherman

halogen

margarine

munition

permission

omission

musician

remission

volition

regimen

origin

gillian

irian

libyan

dorian

gaussian

appian

foramen

moroccan

simian

nonhuman

syrian

shortcoming

aryan

midshipman

transcription

chilean

transmission

arian

cowardice

galleon

korean

protean

african

charlatan

chamberlain

cohesion

corsican

nobleman

discipline

predictive

rhodopsin

rifleman

protesters

protocols

enlighten

enliven

everyone

grotesquely

hardcover

perfusion

sumatran

talisman

unbutton

corrosion

derision

lutheran

parisian

shortcomings

transfusion

hydrogen

proscription

nitrogen

collagen

artistry

feminine

forgotten

badminton

lanolin

bulletin

denizen

cinnamon

adrian

catalan

gentleman

heretic

jacobin

javelin

hardcovers

keynesian

melanin

vertically

embolden

reunion

emblazon

solomon

portico

vitamin

councilman

protestant

predicate

ramadan

protester

protocol

ottoman

specimen

anglican

artichokes

clergyman

heritage

parthian

precision

revision

singleton

cardigan

avian

fenian

artisan

horizon

jovian

julian

nemean

nubian

permian

charwoman

clarendon

alien

grobian

neritic

forbidden

magdalen

vermilion

reopen

partisan

grudgingly

paradox

berettas

fabian

protestants

genuine

porcelain

freudian

predicates

median

odeon

cortisone

mortgages

portuguese

congressman

shortages

fijian

bouillon

erotic

artisans

aortic

erratic

neurotic

paradigm

masculine

paradise

parodies

vertices

cardigans

partisans

periods

prodigal

northeastern

orthoclase

wretchedly

paradigms

drudgery

tortoises

northwestern

artichoke

orion

courtesy

vertigo

prodigy

saleswoman

broadcasting

treatises

verities

cardiac

chariots

charities

courtesies

laureates

parities

producers

prodigies

parodist

predictors

broadcasters

shortsighted

burritos

producer

crotchety

rarities

predictor

pirouettes

predispose

broadcaster

4 syllable words

protectionists

disconnection

interdiction

intersection

protectorate

samaritan

bavarian

benediction

cultivation

inattention

insurrection

hypertension

interaction

interruption

publication

interjection

affectation

dereliction

planarian

annexation

altercation

alteration

annotation

bifurcation

connotation

dilatation

detonation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

politician

recitation

supposition

repetition

repossession

restoration

sanitation

ulceration

litigation

meditation

mitigation

gravitation

titillation

aberration

adoration

apparition

coalition

circumspection

laceration

liberation

miseration

moderation

operation

prohibition

reassertion

toleration

surrogation

violation

adrenaline

agitation

subluxation

liquefaction

reinspection

cogitation

disinfection

electrician

satisfaction

comparison

jurisdiction

reproduction

preconception

condescension

interception

imperfection

ostentation

indexation

intervention

vegetation

copernican

graduation

maturation

sectarian

agrarian

saturation

american

competition

adaptation

alternation

abdication

reconstruction

commutation

introspection

abnegation

crucifixion

equitation

fabrication

devastation

fermentation

intermission

penetration

palpitation

deconstruction

masturbation

intercession

presentation

retrocession

apprehension

protestation

syndication

recantation

reputation

statistician

criterion

abolition

collocation

appellation

affirmation

allegation

animation

missourian

admiration

allocation

aspiration

avocation

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

dissertation

divination

domination

assyrian

elevation

emanation

erudition

fascination

fluoridation

hibernation

immolation

inhalation

intuition

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

opposition

oscillation

perturbation

germination

machination

navigation

nomination

propagation

profanation

mutilation

proposition

figuration

delegation

hungarian

dedication

defamation

definition

valerian

innovation

limitation

preignition

medication

motivation

premonition

provocation

arabian

revelation

revocation

termination

mammalian

renovation

reposition

vacillation

validation

visitation

canadian

reawaken

realization

introduction

contraception

contradiction

misconception

self-deception

expectation

augmentation

amputation

attribution

circumvention

athenian

ideation

contrarian

predicament

decoration

consternation

perforation

pedestrian

iridescent

arbitration

education

computation

adulation

pagination

consultation

decompression

modulation

fluctuation

tamoxifen

fragmentation

illustration

imputation

instigation

ministration

misperception

pigmentation

protestations

retribution

segmentation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

admonition

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

aldebaran

ammunition

application

approbation

backwardation

barbarian

calibration

cancellation

celebration

centurion

circulation

combination

commendation

compilation

composition

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

conversation

convocation

criticism

culmination

custodian

degradation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

disposition

distillation

dominican

duplication

elocution

emigration

emulation

estimation

eustachian

excitation

glaciation

granulation

immigration

imposition

indication

information

inspiration

insulation

interurban

intimation

intonation

inundation

invitation

invocation

librarian

lilliputian

lubrication

molestation

obligation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

persecution

population

precondition

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

refutation

regulation

replication

resignation

segregation

simulation

situation

stimulation

stipulation

subdivision

tabulation

tribulation

vaccination

ventilation

vindication

wagnerian

watermelon

incrustation

contravention

demonstration

obstetrician

concentration

confrontation

conjugation

orchestration

assemblyman

inhibition

legislation

predicaments

syncopation

impregnation

rhododendron

critically

coloradan

resolution

chameleon

revolution

rumination

gregorian

locomotion

recreation

collodion

comedian

fallopian

fumigation

heretical

dissipation

evolution

usurpation

declaration

valuation

appalachian

devolution

disillusion

napoleon

diminution

sicilian

perspiration

dissolution

criticisms

republican

compensation

comprehension

complication

implication

gastrulation

incantation

indentation

crocodilian

inclination

integration

malnutrition

transportation

interwoven

articular

transformation

inquisition

calculation

condemnation

condensation

consecration

constellation

confiscation

constipation

constitution

dispensation

disputation

formulation

importation

infestation

obfuscation

armageddon

exhortation

inflammation

installation

menstruation

mortification

punctuation

substitution

participle

reparation

pelagian

foliation

nigerian

aviation

mediation

variation

federation

generation

deviation

preparation

radiation

separation

veneration

absolution

circumcision

convolution

deformation

demarcation

dislocation

expiration

fibrillation

nestorian

exhibition

particular

penicillin

predetermine

tasmanian

registration

strangulation

indecision

jordanian

permutation

reclamation

recognition

relaxation

requisition

restitution

retardation

speculation

superstition

committeeman

bradykinin

albanian

alabaman

indigestion

estonian

congregation

historian

dehydration

distribution

exploitation

articulate

businesswoman

implantation

conflagration

equestrian

participles

contribution

indiscretion

contemplation

infiltration

elongation

relocation

respiration

polynesian

procreation

reformation

reservation

smithsonian

nonprescription

desperation

melanesian

preservation

arthurian

evocation

algerian

heritages

trepidation

embarkation

execution

devonian

himalayan

tetrahedron

iranian

indignation

institution

incarnation

simonian

exposition

plutonian

expedition

exploration

disinflation

newtonian

malformation

excavation

praetorian

utopian

noblewoman

particulars

predictable

participate

macedonian

shakespearean

transplantation

hemoglobin

corinthian

exhalation

incubation

leviathan

algonquian

moravian

indonesian

horticulture

liquidation

explication

explanation

californian

gentlewoman

diuretics

guatemalan

greco-roman

exclamation

gorgonian

pavlovian

extradition

accordion

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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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