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

caution

guardsman

bordman

capstan

cauldron

caxton

doctrine

dustman

klansman

landman

oarsman

portman

spokesman

townsman

aspen

bagman

carton

damson

garden

alban

alman

austin

bargain

barton

baston

boatman

carbon

chapman

chessman

claxon

darken

dolphin

fireman

footman

foreman

gascon

hackman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hetman

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jetson

lineman

linemen

marlin

marten

martin

mormon

norman

outdone

outrun

packman

pardon

pastas

pitman

ponton

pressman

samson

saxon

sharpen

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

stallman

tarpon

tubman

tuscan

whitson

tartan

tungsten

bastion

bushman

caption

amman

suction

torsion

bason

baton

batten

batton

traction

bison

bobbin

bollen

boughten

flatten

frighten

faction

button

fraction

brighten

gammon

heighten

hymen

hyson

latin

lighten

liman

locken

mutton

flashgun

patten

pavon

pollen

whiten

action

rosin

faustian

summon

titan

dutchman

tighten

triton

trodden

freshman

hangman

platen

longan

platten

soften

margin

sodden

mansion

pollan

robin

portion

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

salmon

satin

landsman

baldwin

grandson

headsman

homespun

nightclub

nightstick

postman

salesman

ashen

ration

russian

seedsman

sexton

fashion

passion

pathan

prussian

acton

airman

banyan

bellman

billman

bookman

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chairman

chaplain

citron

copeman

corban

cordon

costas

dalton

dampen

desman

ensign

falcon

faulcon

fibrin

fountain

freedman

goodman

gorgon

gumption

headman

henchman

ibsen

jordan

jorden

justice

kansan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

london

lopeman

matron

minden

morgan

mountain

muslin

newsman

onion

organ

orphan

panton

patron

penman

piston

plantain

runnion

saffron

santon

scallion

scullion

shearman

shipman

shorten

spearman

stallion

stepson

sultan

teston

tillman

undone

vulcan

wanton

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

drunken

flexion

diction

dungeon

sanction

function

question

shrunken

mention

friction

section

gentian

nightclubs

nightsticks

fortune

georgian

pension

fiction

coachman

luncheon

junction

christian

churchman

mangan

sunken

tension

alan

auden

baron

barren

basin

bayman

beaten

bisson

bitten

blacken

bowman

bracken

breton

briton

broaden

burman

burton

cabin

caisson

cannon

canon

cayman

certain

chasten

christen

cousin

cretin

crewman

crouton

cumin

curtain

daman

demon

dozen

dragon

dromon

eaten

ermine

firman

floren

foreign

freeman

gallon

garron

german

gladden

glisten

gluten

happen

hasten

hausen

hoten

human

hyphen

jason

jetton

kitten

lagan

layman

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lichen

liken

listen

liven

loosen

loren

lumen

lyden

madden

mason

mitten

moisten

muffin

mullen

often

omen

oven

person

riden

ripen

roman

rumen

sadden

satan

seaman

semen

sermon

seton

shaman

showman

siphon

siren

slacken

smitten

straighten

sudden

sullen

sweeten

syphon

talon

tappen

thousand

threaten

toman

toughen

urson

wagon

warren

wheaten

widen

wizen

woman

women

worsen

written

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

children

delphian

lampron

oxides

haitian

hessian

nation

freshen

lotion

bludgeon

fission

gudgeon

mahone

mission

motion

cushion

grecian

gowan

lion

dudgeon

ocean

notion

earthen

zion

potion

session

station

cowan

dian

ion

mayan

scion

emption

plankton

penguin

acids

fielden

gilden

golden

hempen

kelvin

kenyan

kremlin

linden

lisbon

lynden

m1

melton

mignon

milken

million

minion

molten

nekton

olden

pectin

apron

crimson

selden

sequin

sight-seer

silken

soldan

vistas

stillion

billion

bullion

caustic

bolden

chevron

chieftain

sylvan

trillion

clinton

pillion

union

pinion

tendon

nighthawk

belgian

postage

lighthouse

rincon

brethren

hostage

engine

beacon

beckon

billon

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

canaan

chicken

colon

deafen

deepen

driven

frozen

bacon

begun

bellon

blowgun

bourbon

brazen

charon

cheapen

chosen

craven

cuban

dagan

dagon

deacon

deaden

devon

elan

felon

eden

gibbon

given

glidden

graven

haven

griffon

heaven

heron

hidden

hogan

hoven

kalan

laden

leaden

leaven

ledden

leven

linen

logan

maiden

marron

melon

ninon

odin

open

pagan

perron

poison

prison

proven

pullen

quicken

raven

reason

reckon

redden

rerun

resin

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

rosen

season

seven

shaken

shogun

sicken

slogan

solon

spoken

steven

stiffen

stolen

stricken

striven

swollen

taken

thicken

token

treason

turban

urban

vegan

villain

waken

weaken

weapon

wiccan

wooden

woolen

woven

zircon

backsides

succeeds

misjudge

accedes

strengthen

lengthen

suasion

sturgeon

pigeon

persian

fusion

heathen

region

asian

burgeon

cajun

kitchen

legion

lesion

trojan

urchin

vision

version

surgeon

nighthawks

agates

asides

aztec

boycotts

buckets

dicots

dockets

dugouts

facets

faucets

lactic

lightweight

lockets

lockouts

maggots

nuggets

owen

paean

peon

pockets

posits

rackets

rayon

rockets

rowan

rowen

ruin

rustic

sockets

tactic

urine

moustache

mustache

washouts

aztecs

baskets

misguides

chastised

exceeds

gaskets

cascades

caskets

dogwoods

liquids

tactics

tsetse

backstage

postscript

assets

azides

besides

bigots

bustos

cassettes

chastise

checkouts

chicots

cycads

cystic

deceits

decides

hectic

lactose

lawsuits

legates

jackets

maoists

mistook

mystic

packets

pectic

pickets

racquets

reacts

recedes

russets

rustys

thickets

recites

tickets

wickets

digits

nightshirts

vestige

acquits

excites

distaste

mystics

biscuits

eighties

nightshade

begets

bestows

facades

haystack

locates

mistake

mystique

resets

resides

rosettes

testes

tuesdays

visits

diskettes

equates

exits

haystacks

mistakes

sixties

misquotes

bouquets

postscripts

nightshirt

beachheads

decades

decodes

exudes

3 syllable words

policeman

partisan

charwoman

artisan

talisman

bitumen

bosnian

catalan

collagen

guardian

halcyon

hammerman

peterman

vatican

artesian

cartesian

irishman

optation

optician

oxygen

partition

aryan

cation

biotin

myosin

niacin

gaussian

audition

citation

margarine

parthian

petition

councilman

countryman

congressman

octillion

outspoken

abdomen

alderman

austrian

forewoman

prostration

acumen

alaskan

capsaicin

cardigan

corsican

nonhuman

battalion

lumberman

porcelain

rhodopsin

rifleman

sumatran

uncertain

transmission

abortion

accession

adoption

albion

alsatian

anchorman

andean

apportion

assassin

attention

attrition

awaken

beethoven

carnation

citizen

cognition

concession

contagion

contusion

crustacean

ferryman

forgotten

fustian

garrison

gordian

heartbroken

jettison

kantian

lactation

mandarin

nitrogen

obsession

overman

patrician

plantation

production

proportion

propulsion

protection

reduction

scorpion

specimen

starvation

suburban

succession

superman

tactician

taxation

uneven

dilation

privation

albumin

provision

arkansan

arian

dorian

consumption

fisherman

pollution

flotation

procession

promotion

venetian

digestion

aleutian

profession

appian

etruscan

foramen

plebeian

veteran

irian

allusion

dilution

saccharin

addition

corruption

assertion

causation

diversion

edition

samoan

flirtation

gyration

mutation

negation

notation

occasion

oration

position

possession

predation

quotation

reaction

rotation

sedation

solution

galleon

moroccan

protean

uterine

franciscan

korean

suggestion

malayan

harlequin

caucasian

intestine

cetacean

aversion

clergyman

collusion

gentleman

nonunion

collegian

collision

nebraskan

summation

tradition

muskmelon

phoenician

physician

tamarin

commission

commotion

ligation

malaysian

backgammon

midshipman

castration

abandon

charlatan

opinion

pavilion

italian

predestine

forbidden

medallion

mexican

attraction

timberman

unburden

unbutton

compulsion

conception

frustration

combustion

concoction

conduction

transaction

magician

abduction

brazilian

assumption

civilian

guncotton

mistaken

oxidize

octagon

chairwoman

tactical

contortion

nobleman

contention

contrition

convulsion

uncommon

tacticians

coercion

creation

croatian

fruition

horatian

laotian

lutheran

scythian

tuition

affection

ablation

ablution

aggression

compassion

dissection

eruption

formation

foundation

gestation

pretension

profusion

progression

regression

transition

vibration

abrasion

accretion

addiction

australian

admission

congestion

ambition

aspersion

ascension

backwoodsman

cistercian

collection

connection

connexion

concussion

condition

confession

conversion

dalmatian

damnation

deduction

detention

dictation

dentition

detection

digression

excision

fixation

hostages

hydration

inaction

incision

insertion

laurentian

libration

migration

norwegian

nutrition

occlusion

oppression

retention

revulsion

salvation

secretion

seduction

selection

sensation

stagnation

submersion

submission

subversion

suppression

suspicion

temptation

adrian

anyone

bedizen

bouillon

campion

champion

cinnamon

cyprian

freemason

indian

medicine

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

unison

keratin

keynesian

lanolin

lesbian

pesetas

thespian

nevadan

toboggan

zambian

eleven

elison

overdone

overrun

pagodas

puritan

ramadan

regattas

reunion

skeleton

venison

wesleyan

absorption

abstention

adsorption

infarction

adhesion

housebroken

contraction

contraption

crestfallen

masculine

oxidized

projection

handwoven

reptilian

saleswoman

unbroken

truncation

transfusion

subtraction

cessation

correction

cremation

decision

deletion

delusion

desertion

devotion

direction

division

donation

duration

elation

emission

emotion

englishman

erosion

evasion

gradation

halogen

illusion

lecithin

location

munition

musician

narration

omission

origin

ovation

percussion

permission

perversion

precaution

precession

precision

probation

recession

recision

regimen

relation

religion

remission

rescission

reversion

revision

secession

sedition

vacation

vocation

volition

simian

confusion

convection

convention

conviction

diffraction

distortion

filtration

induction

intention

fabian

grobian

nemean

intrusion

affliction

compression

nubian

conflation

fenian

reopen

confection

conclusion

completion

confucian

exaction

exception

excursion

exhaustion

inception

inhuman

marian

declension

alien

pentathlon

gillian

jovian

ghanaian

julian

median

clarion

chilean

syrian

presumption

avian

resumption

retraction

carrion

permian

horizon

libyan

odeon

freudian

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

suspension

translation

bedouin

bedridden

cambrian

castigate

castaways

construction

african

chairperson

constriction

subscription

chastises

discipline

cohesion

dioxides

dominion

conscription

ecstasy

fisticuff

enlighten

everyone

in-person

transcription

justices

mystical

logician

rebellion

testicle

unwritten

obstruction

magdalen

perfusion

abstraction

distasteful

ingestion

objection

deception

defection

deflation

asuncion

beholden

derision

benjamin

parisian

depiction

diffusion

dispersion

dissension

erection

phrygian

hydrogen

dimension

exertion

invasion

menhaden

aegean

misshapen

perception

perfection

preclusion

depression

stygian

depletion

discussion

election

equation

eviction

ignition

impassion

incursion

inversion

mistaking

persuasion

prediction

preemption

prevention

reception

technician

fijian

rendition

resection

seclusion

corrosion

repression

destruction

complexion

exclusion

expansion

expression

excretion

explosion

expulsion

extortion

extrusion

infraction

prescription

restriction

distraction

extension

inspection

transgression

ambrosian

communion

companion

disunion

downtrodden

egyptian

fisticuffs

ejection

rejection

snapdragon

cockatoos

feminine

pelican

denizen

bulletin

misjudgment

cicadas

silicon

testicles

distinction

bandwagon

badminton

anglican

deflection

discretion

disruption

extraction

imagine

immersion

impression

inclusion

infection

inflation

infusion

inscription

instruction

invention

misfortune

misprision

redemption

reflection

singleton

genuine

quixotic

injection

hostesses

chamberlain

orion

extinction

exotic

enliven

vermilion

aquatic

misjudgments

encryption

description

exemption

inflection

infliction

proscription

emulsion

compunction

aqueduct

misjudges

emblazon

embolden

exotics

imprison

acetic

acidic

ascetic

conjunction

melanin

implosion

righteously

equities

clarendon

hectograph

injunction

castigates

residues

diastase

mestizo

niceties

aqueducts

digitize

jujitsu

machetes

egotist

mosquitos

mosquitoes

vestiges

suicides

jesuits

4 syllable words

guatemalan

dietitian

consummation

committeeman

alabaman

watermelon

annotation

arthurian

coloradan

connotation

criterion

diocesan

habitation

politician

sanitation

contrarian

athenian

octagonal

agitation

toleration

cogitation

moderation

violation

tamoxifen

operation

armenian

conversation

palpitation

conservation

consolation

altercation

adaptation

commutation

competition

accordion

oxidation

carcinogen

predetermine

prostitution

abyssinian

statistician

barbarian

cotyledon

darwinian

obsidian

custodian

nonpartisan

contemplation

contraception

repetition

propagation

proposition

provocation

gravitation

galilean

gregorian

maccabean

protozoan

reawaken

recitation

allegation

appellation

avocation

correlation

navigation

smithsonian

validation

alteration

appalachian

mongolian

supposition

arabian

collocation

polynesian

meditation

suffocation

animation

assyrian

bavarian

manumission

dilatation

opposition

ulceration

canadian

collodion

allocation

hesitation

oscillation

abolition

fallopian

floridian

hyperion

iberian

iranian

jacobean

liberian

missourian

napoleon

newtonian

planarian

plutonian

praetorian

siberian

utopian

valerian

amputation

arbitration

augmentation

computation

condescension

confiscation

consecration

octahedron

transformation

lancastrian

satisfaction

subluxation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consultation

obfuscation

constitution

aberration

pedestrian

modulation

adulation

noblewoman

vegetation

rhetorician

adoration

coalition

iteration

coloration

laceration

crocodilian

apparition

nigerian

leviathan

prohibition

reassertion

bohemian

ideation

armageddon

surrogation

abrogation

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

acquisition

activation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

algonquian

alternation

annexation

application

approbation

calibration

cancellation

circumcision

compilation

composition

confirmation

convocation

convolution

cultivation

demarcation

deportation

devastation

equitation

estimation

excitation

gargantuan

granulation

hypertension

inattention

intercession

intermission

intimation

masturbation

meridian

moravian

obligation

observation

occupation

penetration

peruvian

polyhedron

population

proclamation

prosecution

protestation

relaxation

reputation

retardation

retrocession

tabulation

aldebaran

centurion

cyclopean

dandelion

eustachian

gorgonian

graduation

greco-roman

interurban

albanian

agrarian

eritrean

historian

estonian

jordanian

maturation

oblivion

librarian

oxidizer

contradiction

minnesotan

contravention

pavlovian

contribution

nicaraguan

nestorian

olympian

pagurian

penicillin

orchestration

saturation

obstetrician

sectarian

tasmanian

victorian

wagnerian

californian

businesswoman

conjugation

gentlewoman

assemblyman

affirmation

algerian

decimation

dedication

defamation

delegation

erudition

malformation

admiration

aspiration

corp.

corporation

deposition

derivation

devolution

domination

elevation

fluoridation

malnutrition

transportation

dissertation

evolution

substitution

reproduction

hibernation

hungarian

inhalation

innovation

intuition

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jubilation

levitation

limitation

litigation

locomotion

medication

mitigation

motivation

mutilation

nomination

perturbation

preignition

readmission

realization

renovation

reposition

repossession

resolution

restoration

revelation

revocation

revolution

titillation

vacillation

valuation

vestigial

ministration

mortification

visitation

ostentation

attribution

calculation

complication

condemnation

embarkation

exhortation

formulation

gastrulation

illustration

importation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

interception

intersection

liquefaction

arizonan

chameleon

transplantation

bolivian

comedian

devonian

mammalian

draconian

european

societies

sicilian

congregation

comparison

mysticism

shakespearean

republican

education

fluctuation

interwoven

misbegotten

mistakenly

macedonian

indigestion

strangulation

federation

foliation

generation

hegelian

benediction

liberation

conflagration

perforation

mediation

abnegation

preparation

confrontation

abdication

pelagian

radiation

variation

concentration

veneration

admonition

reparation

exclamation

backwardation

celebration

aviation

depravation

deprivation

circulation

depredation

elocution

emulation

insulation

publication

segregation

subdivision

superstition

ventilation

vindication

corinthian

superhuman

miseration

separation

nonprescription

deformation

degradation

dereliction

expiration

indecision

indication

combination

culmination

exhibition

fabrication

inspiration

decoration

lilliputian

permutation

insurrection

predilection

simulation

circumspection

incrustation

designation

duplication

implantation

commendation

destitution

sequestration

deviation

distillation

interaction

interruption

invocation

imposition

invitation

molestation

ovulation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

refutation

regulation

replication

requisition

resignation

restitution

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

vaccination

american

amphibian

columbian

comprehension

copernican

dehydration

dominican

elongation

englishwoman

equestrian

exhumation

glaciation

herculean

hydrocarbon

ibuprofen

inhibition

kindergarten

legislation

overburden

reexamine

rhododendron

samaritan

situation

syncopation

desiccation

desolation

recreation

compensation

exploration

bifurcation

trepidation

expedition

exposition

declaration

decompression

electrician

desperation

disillusion

reelection

reservation

resurrection

ohioan

respiration

supervision

condensation

dissipation

execution

dissolution

repercussion

rumination

excavation

reformation

relocation

disputation

evocation

fascination

fragmentation

implication

infestation

introspection

figuration

preelection

procreation

preservation

indentation

indexation

inflammation

inquisition

instigation

installation

institution

intervention

menstruation

reinspection

retribution

tetrahedron

integration

interdiction

jurisdiction

punctuation

fumigation

perspiration

usurpation

apprehension

adrenaline

exhalation

interjection

testicular

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mechanization

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egotistical

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Words that rhyme with the word yachtsman

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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
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