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Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word straighten.
2 syllable words

alan

amman

baron

barren

bason

beacon

beckon

bellon

bison

bitten

blacken

boughten

bourbon

bracken

briton

burden

burdon

burman

button

cabin

cannon

canon

charon

cheapen

cotton

crouton

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

devon

dragon

eden

elan

ermine

famine

fasten

felon

firman

freeman

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gladden

gluten

gotten

happen

heaven

heron

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

kitten

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lichen

liken

liman

liven

lyden

madden

marron

melon

mitten

moisten

mutton

perron

person

poison

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

rotten

sadden

salmon

seaman

season

semen

sermon

seven

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

steven

syphon

talon

tappen

treason

turban

urban

urson

vegan

wagon

weaken

weapon

widen

wizen

worsen

written

zircon

dian

ion

lion

mayan

paean

peon

scion

urine

zion

ashen

burgeon

fashion

freshen

grecian

heathen

hessian

legion

lesion

mahone

passion

persian

ration

region

session

straightedge

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

capstan

caxton

lengthen

salesman

sexton

strengthen

airman

alman

aspen

austin

bagman

banyan

barton

bellman

boatman

boston

calvin

canyon

carton

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chevron

citron

classman

claxon

clinton

dalton

dampen

damson

desman

ensign

falcon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

fountain

freedman

gascon

hackman

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

jackman

jasmine

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lineman

linemen

m1

marten

martin

matrice

minden

molten

mountain

outdone

outrun

packman

passman

penman

piston

pitman

ponton

pressman

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

selden

sequin

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

spartan

stallion

stepson

sultan

tartan

tendon

wanton

whitson

workman

plankton

action

auden

bastion

begun

belgian

billon

bisson

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

bowman

brethren

broaden

brogan

broken

caption

caters

chicken

chosen

christen

churchman

colon

common

cousin

craftsman

crewman

cuban

cumin

dozen

draftsman

driven

dromon

engine

faction

fallen

flashgun

flexion

floren

foreign

fraction

freshman

frozen

gentian

gibbon

given

glidden

glisten

griffon

hangman

haters

hausen

hidden

hogan

hoven

human

linen

listen

locken

logan

loosen

loren

lumen

mangan

mansion

mention

muffin

mullen

ninon

odin

often

omen

open

othman

oven

pavon

pension

pollan

pollen

prison

proven

pullen

question

quicken

raters

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rumen

section

shogun

showman

sicken

skaters

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stiffen

stolen

straggle

stresses

stricken

striven

sturgeons

sudden

sullen

summon

swollen

tension

thicken

thousand

token

toman

toughen

traction

trodden

villain

waiters

warren

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

bludgeon

caution

portman

postman

cushion

dudgeon

delphian

grandson

headsman

matrix

yachtsman

fission

doctrine

dustman

klansman

lampron

seedsman

fusion

kitchen

lotion

mission

motion

notion

potion

prussian

russian

trojan

vision

landman

gudgeon

ocean

pigeon

striking

scotsman

cowan

gowan

owen

rowan

rowen

ruin

arson

bargain

bolden

copeman

corban

dolman

dolphin

foreman

billion

billman

cordon

dobson

bookman

bullion

carmine

crimson

darken

alban

carbon

carman

faulcon

garden

emption

gilden

lockman

london

minion

norman

onion

harken

harden

nitric

lopeman

houseman

lisbon

hydras

ibsen

jargon

jordan

jorden

linden

million

olden

radars

golden

lynden

metric

milken

mignon

gorgon

marlin

goodman

morgan

muslin

mormon

newsman

organ

parson

henchman

orphan

pardon

oxen

pillion

pinion

runnion

scullion

penguin

soldan

sovereign

sharpen

silken

shipman

sovran

stallman

tungsten

stockman

sylvan

tillman

tubman

spearman

squadron

stillion

theatric

trillion

stressful

tarpon

tuscan

undone

union

vulcan

warden

woodman

woolman

huntsman

landsman

sanction

sportsman

auction

bushman

christian

coachman

diction

drunken

dungeon

dutchman

faustian

fiction

fortune

friction

georgian

longan

luncheon

margin

martian

option

portion

rincon

shrunken

suction

sunken

torsion

watchman

batters

beaters

raiders

shatters

waders

setters

eaters

letters

betters

bettors

fetters

getters

cheaters

heaters

matters

meters

stearic

strikeout

metres

peters

struggle

sweaters

teeters

tatters

baldwin

bordman

cauldron

children

homespun

horseman

marchman

markman

metrics

oarsman

retract

spokesman

theatrics

townsman

gumption

natures

bathers

ethers

whitehorse

storage

stroking

citric

detours

function

guardsman

guitars

junction

marksman

network

pedros

retires

retrace

retracts

struggles

vitric

detract

outdoors

networks

attract

badders

bitters

butters

cedars

cutters

deters

feeders

gutters

hitters

hooters

ladders

leaders

litters

looters

motors

mutters

nutters

otters

potters

putters

quitters

readers

riders

rooters

rotors

routers

shooters

shutters

siders

sitters

squatters

straggler

strikers

suitors

tutors

utters

voters

waters

outraged

features

authors

gathers

starcher

starchy

mathers

lathers

attracts

detracts

beadwork

stragglers

strictly

strikeouts

outrage

starches

outreach

storehouse

striker

cheddars

headers

shudders

bothers

fathers

feathers

futures

heathers

leathers

mothers

nethers

others

weathers

southers

structure

sutures

tethers

staircase

stairways

strychnine

adores

betrays

cadres

outright

padres

matures

structured

structures

addressed

adheres

starcraft

bidders

loaders

odors

powders

stories

strickler

stricture

withers

zithers

woodwork

strictures

starkly

3 syllable words

beethoven

alien

avian

biotin

cation

fabian

foramen

horizon

veteran

enlighten

creation

croatian

horatian

laotian

adrian

anyone

awaken

catalan

ferryman

forgotten

freemason

gravamen

jamaican

jettison

kantian

keratin

keynesian

peterman

skeleton

vatican

vitamin

appian

arian

bedouin

carrion

caucasian

causation

cessation

cetacean

citation

clarion

clergyman

cremation

dilation

donation

duration

elation

evasion

fenian

flirtation

flotation

galleon

gradation

gyration

heroin

heroine

irian

lecithin

ligation

location

malayan

malaysian

marian

median

moroccan

mutation

myosin

narration

negation

nemean

niacin

notation

occasion

oration

ovation

permian

predation

privation

probation

protean

quotation

relation

reopen

rotation

saccharin

sedation

summation

tamarin

uterine

vacation

vocation

capsaicin

chamberlain

enliven

everyone

genuine

mistaken

perfusion

predestine

uncertain

waitresses

derision

fijian

lutheran

parisian

scythian

coercion

corrosion

ablation

abrasion

alsatian

carnation

contagion

crustacean

dalmatian

damnation

deflation

dentition

dictation

equation

fixation

formation

foundation

gestation

hydration

invasion

lactation

libration

menhaden

migration

misshapen

nitrogen

optation

persuasion

plantation

pretension

retention

salvation

sensation

stagnation

starvation

tactician

taxation

temptation

vibration

albion

eleven

elison

nevadan

suburban

reunion

andean

assassin

bedizen

citizen

bulletin

champion

feminine

fustian

campion

bitumen

garrison

halcyon

hammerman

medicine

melanin

lesbian

satirist

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

specimen

mandarin

waterman

wesleyan

venison

zambian

denizen

ottoman

overdone

overman

overrun

superman

uneven

ramadan

determine

thespian

puritan

pelican

adhesion

albumin

badminton

crestfallen

emblazon

gentleman

intestine

masculine

reptilian

saleswoman

truncation

assertion

aversion

collegian

correction

corruption

dilution

fisherman

deletion

desertion

direction

diversion

halogen

imagine

immersion

parthian

percussion

permission

perversion

petition

phoenician

possession

precaution

precession

precision

procession

profession

reaction

recession

regimen

remission

reversion

revision

secession

venetian

aryan

castration

chilean

conflation

dorian

filtration

freudian

frustration

gaussian

ghanaian

gillian

grobian

hawaiian

inflation

jovian

julian

korean

libyan

nubian

odeon

orion

pentathlon

plebeian

prostration

retraction

rhetoric

samoan

satires

satirize

simian

syrian

translation

abandon

abdomen

acumen

african

alaskan

alderman

artisan

austrian

backgammon

battalion

bedridden

cambrian

chairperson

chairwoman

charlatan

clarendon

cohesion

guncotton

hydrazine

in-person

italian

lumberman

magdalen

matrices

mattresses

medallion

metrical

mexican

partisan

policeman

rebellion

rifleman

satirists

sumatran

talisman

timberman

unburden

unbutton

unwritten

vermilion

australian

aegean

fruition

phrygian

stygian

tuition

accession

accretion

affection

admission

extortion

transfusion

aggression

ambition

artesian

attrition

cartesian

cistercian

compassion

confession

connection

connexion

depletion

depression

digression

dimension

dispersion

dissection

election

eruption

incursion

insertion

anchorman

ascension

aspersion

attention

benjamin

collection

concession

contusion

conversion

deception

defection

detection

detention

detergent

diffusion

dissension

erection

exertion

impassion

inversion

irishman

hydrogen

inaction

laurentian

restriction

networking

norwegian

nutrition

obsession

oppression

optician

partition

patrician

perception

perfection

prediction

preemption

prevention

profusion

progression

protection

reception

regression

rendition

repression

resection

secretion

selection

submersion

subversion

succession

suppression

technician

transition

bosnian

bouillon

cataract

buttercup

cinnamon

collagen

cyprian

gordian

indian

scattergood

scorpion

guardian

silicon

solomon

unison

toboggan

ejection

arkansan

suggestion

octillion

digestion

downtrodden

disunion

handwoven

outspoken

rejection

retrograde

etruscan

muskmelon

bandwagon

projection

straightforward

ambrosian

communion

companion

countryman

embolden

franciscan

matrixes

nebraskan

nonunion

snapdragon

abduction

abstraction

addition

aleutian

allusion

anglican

attracting

attraction

audition

bothersome

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

completion

compression

conception

confection

confucian

confusion

contention

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

decision

declension

deflection

delusion

detergents

devotion

diffraction

discretion

distortion

division

edition

emission

emotion

erosion

exaction

exception

excursion

extraction

hydrogens

illusion

impression

inception

infection

infusion

inhuman

intention

intrusion

invention

margarine

munition

musician

nonhuman

omission

origin

patricians

physician

pollution

position

promotion

provision

recision

redemption

reflection

religion

rescission

sedition

singleton

solution

suspension

tradition

transaction

transmission

volition

madrigal

dominion

forbidden

nobleman

cataracts

forewoman

opinion

magician

heartbroken

cardigan

bedraggle

brazilian

buttercups

buttresses

pavilion

detractor

charwoman

civilian

guitarist

logician

corsican

discipline

porcelain

backwoodsman

congestion

etruscans

injection

staircases

retrospect

rhodopsin

objection

uncommon

ingestion

batteries

theatres

motorize

meteors

cauterize

dieters

rioters

excretion

exemption

expansion

inflection

infraction

subtraction

ablution

contraction

contraption

encryption

expression

extension

abortion

extrusion

addiction

adoption

asuncion

beholden

inspection

transgression

apportion

deduction

discussion

emulsion

excision

attractions

distraction

depiction

abstention

oxygen

destruction

ignition

production

proportion

propulsion

reduction

revulsion

complexion

seclusion

seduction

suspicion

cognition

concussion

condition

incision

occlusion

preclusion

submission

eviction

distinction

liturgy

attractive

councilman

egyptian

guitarists

harlequin

headdresses

housebroken

imprison

madrigals

petroglyph

unbroken

constriction

construction

lethargy

instruction

redirect

outrigger

obstruction

motorcar

motorized

addressee

transcription

affliction

assumption

combustion

compulsion

conclusion

concoction

conduction

conviction

convulsion

disruption

extinction

exhaustion

implosion

inclusion

misprision

misfortune

midshipman

presumption

resumption

induction

petroglyphs

readership

watershed

leadership

structural

absorption

addresses

adsorption

congressman

consumption

description

exclusion

explosion

expulsion

infarction

infliction

motorcars

outriggers

prescription

proscription

stargazers

compunction

leaderships

englishman

outrages

lotteries

watersheds

hydroxide

conscription

conjunction

injunction

detractors

inscription

subscription

coauthors

stargazer

hydroxides

authorized

authorship

bittersweet

motorcades

storekeepers

futurists

authorize

motorcade

storekeeper

waterways

futurist

otherwise

widowers

4 syllable words

moravian

arabian

canadian

criterion

draconian

mammalian

praetorian

reawaken

aberration

adoration

aviation

coloration

corinthian

decoration

deviation

dietitian

federation

foliation

generation

ideation

iteration

laceration

leviathan

liberation

mediation

miseration

moderation

operation

pelagian

perforation

preparation

radiation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

toleration

variation

veneration

violation

meridian

peruvian

albanian

centurion

eritrean

estonian

eustachian

glaciation

graduation

herculean

jordanian

maturation

nestorian

predetermine

samaritan

saturation

sectarian

situation

tasmanian

ohioan

admiration

affirmation

allegation

allocation

alteration

animation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

aspiration

avocation

bifurcation

collocation

connotation

corp.

corporation

correlation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

dilatation

dissertation

dissipation

elevation

evocation

figuration

fluoridation

fumigation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

imitation

immolation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

medication

meditation

mitigation

navigation

oscillation

perspiration

perturbation

preservation

procreation

propagation

provocation

realization

recitation

recreation

reformation

renovation

relocation

repetition

reservation

revocation

restoration

revelation

respiration

rhetoricians

rumination

validation

trepidation

visitation

titillation

suffocation

sanitation

ulceration

usurpation

vacillation

valuation

adulation

cogitation

education

fluctuation

modulation

pedestrian

shakespearean

vegetation

arizonan

agitation

bavarian

coloradan

comedian

galilean

hyperion

jacobean

chameleon

diocesan

himalayan

iberian

liberian

maccabean

meteoric

newtonian

planarian

plutonian

protozoan

satirizes

siberian

utopian

abrogation

acclimation

altercation

abnegation

acclamation

accusation

aggregation

alternation

approbation

circulation

compilation

conversation

convocation

cultivation

deformation

degradation

destitution

abdication

activation

adaptation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

annexation

application

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

celebration

commutation

confirmation

conservation

consolation

consummation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

designation

destination

devastation

immigration

dislocation

elocution

excitation

expiration

granulation

hypertension

insulation

invitation

invocation

lubrication

masturbation

molestation

oxidation

penetration

apparition

bohemian

hegelian

duplication

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

fabrication

fibrillation

indication

information

inspiration

liquidation

obligation

observation

occupation

ovulation

palpitation

permutation

regulation

publication

refutation

replication

persecution

population

reclamation

reassertion

proclamation

protestation

relaxation

reputation

statistician

stimulation

resignation

restitution

retardation

retrocession

simulation

stipulation

superhuman

segregation

speculation

superstition

syndication

tabulation

tribulation

ventilation

vindication

athenian

nigerian

abyssinian

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

american

amphibian

armenian

assemblyman

barbarian

committeeman

conjugation

copernican

cotyledon

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

dehydration

elongation

equestrian

gentlewoman

greco-roman

guatemalan

historian

interurban

kindergarten

legislation

librarian

literacy

metrically

minnesotan

motorcycle

nicaraguan

overburden

pagurian

paraguayan

pavlovian

penicillin

reexamine

syncopation

theatrical

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

gastrulation

definition

malformation

malnutrition

demolition

indentation

lancastrian

germination

deposition

amputation

devolution

litigation

supervision

illustration

smithsonian

arbitration

implication

termination

importation

tetrahedron

imputation

incantation

ostentation

satisfaction

machination

reelection

reposition

calculation

disputation

repercussion

repossession

disinflation

incarnation

computation

indexation

instigation

excavation

inflammation

abolition

algerian

condemnation

evolution

menstruation

motivation

retribution

infestation

premonition

attribution

augmentation

confiscation

consternation

consultation

electrician

embarkation

complication

consecration

execution

readmission

exhortation

exploration

formulation

indignation

ministration

obfuscation

punctuation

revolution

mutilation

subluxation

emanation

polynesian

transportation

hungarian

melanesian

resolution

resurrection

transformation

preignition

arthurian

erudition

fascination

intuition

politician

preelection

congregation

exhalation

incubation

registration

strangulation

interwoven

retroactive

bolivian

contrarian

assyrian

motorcycles

cauterizes

comparison

hemoglobin

macedonian

adrenaline

devonian

floridian

armageddon

gregorian

iranian

missourian

misbegotten

fallopian

valerian

pagination

collodion

european

sicilian

tamoxifen

simonian

napoleon

absolution

acquisition

admonition

algonquian

ammunition

benediction

circumcision

competition

dereliction

disaffection

distillation

exhibition

fermentation

gargantuan

hydrogenate

inattention

indonesian

insurrection

interaction

intercession

sequestration

intermission

requisition

vaccination

polyhedron

interruption

exclamation

implantation

impregnation

incrustation

intimation

intonation

lilliputian

conflagration

explication

exploitation

extradition

extrication

expectation

infiltration

precondition

predilection

presentation

prosecution

recantation

recognition

recollection

orchestration

prostitution

authorizes

coalition

exhumation

futurism

prohibition

californian

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

nonpartisan

retractable

rhododendron

transplantation

imperfection

accordion

atrocity

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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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