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

banding

belgian

brethren

drunken

dungeon

flexion

freshman

funding

hangman

landing

luncheon

mangan

mansion

question

rincon

section

shrunken

sunken

landsman

freshen

hessian

session

cantons

condense

children

delphian

entwine

headsman

indent

klansman

sandman

sexton

emption

bagman

bantam

landings

tungsten

bookman

acton

aspen

baston

alman

apron

atman

billion

billman

bolden

brakeman

bullion

calvin

captain

centime

chaplain

chapman

citron

classman

claxon

comedown

condemn

plankton

condone

cordon

crimson

dampen

damson

dentine

falcon

garden

gascon

golden

goodman

fielden

footman

fountain

hackman

harden

ibsen

jackman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kirkman

lindane

lineman

linemen

lisbon

matron

mignon

milken

million

mountain

mundane

muslin

olden

outdone

packman

pardon

passman

patron

pentane

phantom

pillion

piston

pitman

ponton

quintin

saffron

samson

saxon

scallion

scullion

shipman

silken

soldan

spearman

stallion

stillion

sultan

sylvan

tillman

trillion

tubman

tuscan

undine

union

vulcan

wanton

warden

whitson

woodman

woolman

workman

alan

amman

auden

bacon

baron

barren

basin

bason

baton

batten

batton

bayman

begun

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

bourbon

bracken

brazen

briton

broaden

burman

button

cabin

caisson

cayman

burton

certain

chasten

chicken

christen

cousin

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

dozen

dragon

driven

eden

ermine

famine

fasten

fatten

firman

flatten

gallon

gammon

garron

german

gibbon

given

glisten

graven

griffon

happen

hasten

haven

jason

kalan

kitten

lagan

latin

layman

listen

lyden

mason

mitten

muffin

mullen

mutton

odin

oven

pagan

patten

person

platen

platten

prison

pullen

quicken

raven

ribbon

riden

risen

riven

salmon

satan

satin

sermon

shaken

shaman

sicken

slacken

smitten

sodden

stiffen

straighten

stricken

striven

sullen

summon

taken

talon

tappen

thicken

toughen

trodden

turban

urban

urson

villain

wagon

waken

wiccan

widen

woman

women

woolen

worsen

written

zaman

zircon

anthem

function

bonding

bounding

bunting

bushman

christian

junction

binding

churchman

dutchman

diction

finding

flashgun

fiction

condensed

huntsman

sanction

founding

friction

hounding

hunting

longan

minding

pounding

rounding

shunting

sounding

suction

squinting

winding

ashen

asian

baldwin

bantams

bludgeon

bordman

burgeon

cajun

capstan

cauldron

caxton

centimes

condemned

condemns

condones

cushion

dudgeon

dustman

earthen

fashion

fission

fountains

gudgeon

haitian

heathen

kitchen

lampron

mahone

mission

mountains

nation

passion

pathan

persian

phantoms

pigeon

prussian

ration

rayon

russian

salesman

statesman

station

sturgeon

suasion

surgeon

townsman

urchin

urine

version

vision

windmill

bindings

soundings

anthems

gumption

findings

alban

arson

austin

bargain

barton

boatman

boston

canteen

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

centner

chieftain

contain

contemn

copeman

corban

dalton

darken

dobson

dolman

dolphin

entomb

faulcon

fibrin

fireman

foreman

freedman

gorgon

harken

harten

hearten

houseman

intone

jargon

lightman

lockman

lopeman

maintain

marlin

marten

martin

molten

morgan

mormon

newsman

norman

organ

orphan

outrun

oxen

parson

quantum

sequin

sharpen

shearman

shorten

shotgun

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

stockman

tarpon

tartan

craftsman

draftsman

guardsman

landmark

ointment

windmills

blowgun

broken

freeman

dromon

frighten

frozen

fraction

heighten

sweeten

swollen

colon

cotton

cretin

crewman

eaten

floren

foreign

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

lumen

showman

slogan

bastion

coachman

faction

liven

open

boughten

caption

bowman

brogan

brighten

action

gluten

gotten

hausen

leman

locken

logan

loosen

loren

omen

pavon

ripen

roman

rosin

syphon

thousand

treason

poison

robin

rosen

rotten

rumen

siphon

siren

tighten

titan

token

toman

beaten

bison

bobbin

cheapen

chosen

common

deepen

demon

leven

moisten

pollan

proven

reason

rerun

semen

seton

soften

solon

spoken

wizen

yaupon

yeoman

traction

woven

beacon

othman

bollen

crouton

cuban

cumin

deacon

elan

fallen

hymen

hyphen

hyson

often

pollen

seaman

triton

lichen

lighten

wheaten

whiten

stolen

weaken

watchman

liman

shogun

warren

liken

season

steven

contains

portman

maintains

postman

markman

yachtsman

marchman

seedsman

spokesman

intones

oarsman

scotsman

handmade

doctrine

canteens

homespun

horseman

caution

fusion

grecian

landmarks

legion

lesion

lotion

motion

notion

ocean

potion

region

trojan

lion

mayan

scion

owen

paean

rowan

rowen

ruin

peon

zion

gowan

ion

dian

cowan

nineteen

pontoon

vintner

intends

marksman

contends

contempt

sportsman

fortune

option

portion

faustian

georgian

torsion

martian

margin

auction

contend

intend

pontoons

vintners

nineteenth

contents

intents

intense

intent

content

paintings

chanting

fainting

painting

panting

smoothens

somethings

knitting

smoothen

smoothing

sometime

daunting

mounting

pointing

taunting

wanting

something

sometimes

3 syllable words

bedouin

carrion

clarion

ghanaian

heroin

heroine

menhaden

marian

rendition

veteran

undying

endowment

tendencies

abandon

bedridden

bentonite

enlighten

enliven

genuine

indians

londoners

sentinel

unburden

cinnamon

elison

ferryman

indium

jettison

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

lesbian

thespian

uneven

wesleyan

ramadan

pelican

nevadan

bandana

medicine

skeleton

specimen

ascension

attention

benjamin

condition

dentition

detention

dimension

dissension

laurentian

pretension

prevention

retention

sensation

technician

endowments

correction

alien

appian

arian

avian

phoenician

cation

chilean

undoing

fabian

venetian

fenian

corruption

foramen

cessation

clergyman

direction

lecithin

regimen

galleon

gillian

hawaiian

horizon

libyan

malayan

moroccan

permian

plebeian

saccharin

samoan

simian

narration

syrian

tamarin

badminton

bandwagon

embolden

gentleman

handwoven

sentences

sentiment

sentinels

abdomen

aegean

anything

bandanas

cantonal

chairperson

chairwoman

condenser

conduction

contention

convention

declension

derision

dominion

endemic

everyone

guncotton

in-person

induction

intention

invention

magdalen

mexican

opinion

parisian

penitent

pentathlon

phrygian

predestine

randomize

randomly

rebellion

scythian

stygian

suspension

talisman

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

vermilion

determine

collection

jacobin

jamaican

anchorman

beholden

affection

sentiments

concession

concussion

confession

connection

connexion

contagion

contusion

conversion

damnation

deception

defection

detection

dissection

zambian

election

endanger

erection

fandango

indenture

insertion

reunion

foundation

gestation

ignition

inaction

incision

incursion

citizen

silicon

invasion

javelin

albion

bedizen

bulletin

melanin

lanthanum

beethoven

eleven

inversion

adrian

assassin

bosnian

campion

catalan

forgotten

fustian

garrison

gordian

guardian

halcyon

hammerman

landowner

overdone

suburban

toboggan

unison

vatican

perception

plantation

temptation

champion

cyprian

perfection

protection

bitumen

preemption

resection

selection

feminine

reception

stagnation

transition

awaken

puritan

adhesion

arkansan

contented

countryman

crestfallen

downtrodden

ejection

emblazon

intestine

suggestion

abstention

franciscan

projection

rejection

reptilian

snapdragon

tantamount

truncation

intended

intentioned

maintenance

extension

communion

companion

disunion

encryption

condensate

condiment

digestion

landmasses

unbroken

undaunted

contentions

intentions

addition

aleutian

allusion

assertion

aversion

cetacean

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

commotion

decision

deletion

delusion

desertion

devotion

division

donation

duration

edition

elation

emission

emotion

erosion

evasion

fisherman

gradation

halogen

illusion

imagine

immersion

malaysian

munition

negation

occasion

pantheon

percussion

permission

petition

physician

pollution

position

possession

precession

predation

procession

profession

promotion

provision

recession

recision

religion

rescission

reversion

secession

sedation

sedition

solution

summation

tradition

contrition

conviction

confection

convection

convulsion

contentment

freudian

concoction

biotin

conflation

confucian

aryan

confusion

contortion

gaussian

grobian

singleton

transaction

translation

transmission

dorian

irian

abduction

protean

deflection

endangered

korean

reopen

endangers

entangle

exception

inclusion

indentured

indentures

inflation

infusion

median

inception

infection

inhuman

redemption

reflection

nubian

orion

conception

conclusion

julian

jovian

odeon

intrusion

myosin

nemean

niacin

acumen

african

alaskan

alderman

andante

antennas

backgammon

battalion

brazilian

cambrian

capsaicin

chamberlain

civilian

cohesion

continue

discipline

forbidden

intimate

italian

landowners

logician

lumberman

magician

medallion

minuteman

mistaken

nobleman

pandemic

pantomime

pavilion

perfusion

policeman

rifleman

timberman

wantonly

creation

lutheran

croatian

fijian

condiments

coercion

backwoodsman

congestion

condensates

containment

laotian

entombment

ingestion

injection

objection

tuition

fruition

horatian

corrosion

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

accession

accretion

addiction

admission

adoption

aggression

ambition

apportion

aspersion

attrition

carnation

cistercian

cognition

compassion

crustacean

deduction

deflation

depiction

depletion

depression

dictation

diffusion

digression

discussion

dispersion

donations

emotions

emulsion

equation

eruption

eviction

excision

exertion

fixation

impassion

irishman

misshapen

munitions

obsession

occlusion

oppression

patrician

preclusion

prediction

production

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

reduction

regression

repression

revulsion

seclusion

secretion

seduction

submersion

submission

subversion

succession

summations

suppression

suspicion

tactician

unwitting

infraction

container

freemason

gravamen

ottoman

antenna

bouillon

monotone

transfusion

collagen

overman

peterman

contingent

contraction

contraption

overrun

scorpion

vitamin

complexion

entangled

exemption

expansion

extortion

infarction

solomon

inflection

superman

waterman

consumption

infliction

inspection

albumin

ambrosian

contenders

continent

councilman

commitment

continued

continues

countenance

egyptian

etruscan

harlequin

imprison

intensive

intimates

masculine

muskmelon

nebraskan

nonunion

octillion

saleswoman

distinction

englishman

affliction

assumption

diffraction

discretion

disruption

implosion

impression

caucasian

nonhuman

audition

causation

flirtation

mutation

omission

flotation

completion

cremation

dilation

ligation

location

margarine

musician

oration

perversion

precision

origin

reaction

revision

combustion

relation

compression

exaction

exhaustion

gyration

excursion

diversion

notation

compulsion

parthian

rotation

misprision

probation

remission

citation

ovation

privation

quotation

presumption

vacation

anglican

attraction

distortion

filtration

frustration

midshipman

misfortune

resumption

vocation

untangle

volition

conjunction

conscription

construction

contingents

constriction

extraction

uterine

injunction

inscription

instruction

transcription

charwoman

forewoman

untimely

commitments

remittance

porcelain

charlatan

extinction

australian

cardigan

contender

continents

corsican

artisan

containers

rhodopsin

partisan

austrian

sumatran

absorption

adsorption

alsatian

asuncion

congressman

dalmatian

description

destruction

distraction

exclusion

excretion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extrusion

formation

hydration

hydrogen

lactation

libration

migration

nitrogen

nutrition

optation

optician

oxygen

partition

persuasion

prescription

proscription

restriction

salvation

starvation

subtraction

taxation

transgression

unthinking

vibration

intensely

intently

outspoken

housebroken

compunction

obstruction

subscription

dilution

prostration

janthina

precaution

castration

retraction

vomiting

contemplate

heartbroken

mountaineer

contemplates

artesian

cartesian

norwegian

abstraction

mountaineers

emitting

commuting

4 syllable words

canadian

meridian

corinthian

generation

veneration

abyssinian

benediction

canadians

centenary

centurion

dandelion

estonian

penicillin

arizonan

collodion

coloradan

bavarian

erudition

comedian

devonian

draconian

galilean

rhododendron

iranian

jacobean

renovation

maccabean

trepidation

monotony

planarian

simonian

vanadium

decoration

federation

surrogation

preparation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

adrenaline

macedonian

athenian

variation

moravian

peruvian

designation

barbarian

centimetre

depredation

interurban

overburden

penetration

amphibian

copernican

cotyledon

wagnerian

samaritan

syndication

accordion

centennial

vindication

dominican

glaciation

graduation

ventilation

paraguayan

tasmanian

albanian

comedians

eritrean

greco-roman

maturation

minnesotan

reexamine

sectarian

american

aldebaran

recognition

agrarian

alabaman

darwinian

custodian

commendation

degradation

hypertension

inattention

librarian

indecision

jordanian

nestorian

indication

obsidian

indonesian

saturation

inundation

precondition

resignation

ohioan

endangerment

californian

abolition

algerian

allegation

animation

sentimental

allocation

annotation

avocation

appalachian

appellation

decimation

declaration

dedication

defamation

delegation

demolition

deposition

derivation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

devolution

elevation

evolution

fluoridation

gravitation

habitation

hesitation

hibernation

hungarian

inhalation

innovation

intuition

levitation

medication

meditation

navigation

gentlewoman

preservation

polynesian

preelection

preignition

recitation

recreation

reelection

repetition

resolution

respiration

restoration

resurrection

kindergarten

reformation

reservation

revelation

revocation

fundamental

revolution

vacillation

rumination

sanitation

smithsonian

validation

anatomy

arabian

assyrian

augmentation

bolivian

chameleon

circumvention

criterion

european

expedition

fallopian

floridian

gregorian

himalayan

hyperion

iberian

indentation

indexation

indignation

intentional

interdiction

intervention

liberian

mammalian

menstruation

missourian

napoleon

newtonian

ostentation

plutonian

protozoan

reawaken

siberian

sicilian

tetrahedron

valerian

centimetres

contaminate

agitation

adulation

armageddon

interwoven

pedestrian

contrarian

shakespearean

indemnify

comparison

education

indemnity

intensify

intensity

vegetation

apprehension

adoration

coalition

anathema

apparition

bohemian

coloration

fundamentals

dietitian

hegelian

iteration

leviathan

liberation

miseration

nigerian

indigestion

pelagian

prohibition

radiation

reassertion

violation

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

alternation

annexation

application

approbation

backwardation

calibration

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

circulation

circumcision

depravation

deprivation

dereliction

desecration

destination

destitution

contravention

indiscretion

self-deception

devastation

disaffection

elocution

excitation

extradition

emigration

equitation

estimation

introduction

emulation

exhibition

expiration

fabrication

gargantuan

granulation

information

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

interaction

intercession

intermission

interruption

intimation

intonation

invitation

invocation

liquidation

molestation

persecution

polyhedron

impregnation

palpitation

predilection

protestation

reclamation

recollection

refutation

regulation

replication

reputation

requisition

restitution

retrocession

segregation

speculation

statistician

subdivision

superhuman

tabulation

cyclopean

herculean

historian

nicaraguan

olympian

pagurian

columbian

committeeman

intimacy

eustachian

predetermine

watermelon

victorian

armenian

gorgonian

guatemalan

oblivion

situation

pavlovian

assemblyman

businesswoman

contaminates

continental

continuance

equestrian

inhibition

comprehension

indemnities

intensified

intensifies

intensities

syncopation

dehydration

legislation

attribution

calculation

electrician

embarkation

execution

exhortation

exploration

gastrulation

bifurcation

infestation

inflammation

inquisition

installation

instigation

institution

figuration

integration

jurisdiction

irrigation

lancastrian

emotional

fumigation

malnutrition

connotation

emanation

irritation

litigation

manumission

realization

ulceration

condemnation

locomotion

premonition

proposition

visitation

condensation

readmission

amputation

jubilation

condescension

inclination

isolation

excavation

exposition

intersection

intimations

contingency

disinflation

limitation

interception

provocation

reposition

disinfection

incantation

politician

repercussion

imperfection

incarnation

entanglement

intonations

repossession

correlation

detonation

dilatation

misperception

admiration

arthurian

collocation

definition

disillusion

dissertation

dissipation

punctuation

reinspection

satisfaction

segmentation

dissolution

melanesian

motivation

mutilation

mongolian

retribution

imitation

opposition

oscillation

suffocation

supervision

supposition

octahedron

immolation

mitigation

propagation

titillation

ministration

transformation

transportation

anatomist

andantino

antinomy

cogitation

continentals

continual

crocodilian

diocesan

exhalation

fluctuation

hemoglobin

inattentive

incubation

intemperate

interjection

intimately

misbegotten

modulation

noblewoman

praetorian

registration

republican

strangulation

tamoxifen

utopian

incrustation

competition

compilation

contradiction

composition

contingencies

circumspection

condemnations

mediation

entanglements

contraception

infiltration

deviation

foliation

perforation

ammunition

admonition

adaptation

sequestration

operation

commutation

moderation

explanation

aberration

ideation

conservation

consolation

crucifixion

toleration

expectation

consummation

exclamation

explication

confirmation

implantation

convolution

conversation

convocation

laceration

culmination

cultivation

exploitation

extrication

aviation

dislocation

disposition

distillation

duplication

fibrillation

immigration

imposition

lilliputian

lubrication

mountaineering

obligation

occupation

ordination

ovulation

oxidation

population

presentation

proclamation

prosecution

prostitution

publication

recantation

retardation

simulation

stimulation

stipulation

superstition

tribulation

vaccination

conjugation

countenances

nonpartisan

elongation

exhumation

englishwoman

intensively

introspection

transplantation

arbitration

consecration

constellation

consultation

decompression

dispensation

confiscation

consternation

constitution

affirmation

constipation

disputation

alteration

corp.

evocation

formulation

aspiration

fragmentation

implication

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Words that rhyme with the word tendon

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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

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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
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  • 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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