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

action

acton

affirm

affront

affronts

airman

alan

alban

affirms

alman

amman

apron

aprons

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

auden

auburn

austin

bacon

bagman

baldwin

banyan

baron

bastion

baston

carbon

basin

bason

baton

batten

carman

batton

beckon

breton

belgian

befriends

bellman

befriend

begun

bellon

bisson

billion

billman

billon

bison

bitten

blacken

bludgeon

briton

bayman

bordman

bookman

boston

bobbin

bollen

bolden

boughten

brighten

blowgun

brethren

bracken

brakeman

brazen

bowman

bourbon

burden

broaden

bullion

boatman

burgeon

bushman

burdon

burman

burton

button

cabin

caisson

cajun

brogan

broken

calvin

canon

canton

caption

capstan

canyon

captain

cannon

canaan

carmine

carton

caxton

cauldron

caution

caverns

cavern

cayman

certain

chaplain

chairman

chapman

children

chessman

chevron

charon

chasten

chicken

cheapen

chieftain

beaten

chosen

christen

christian

citron

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

colon

churchman

common

beacon

bargain

barren

barton

corban

cordon

craftsman

cousin

cotton

craven

cowan

deaden

crimson

cretin

crewman

cushion

curtain

cuban

cumin

damson

dampen

dalton

dagan

dagon

daman

darken

crouton

deacon

deafen

deepen

copeman

deformed

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

drunken

dudgeon

dozen

dragon

driven

dromon

dungeon

deform

dutchman

dustman

earthen

ensign

engine

emption

eden

ermine

ephraim

elan

faction

fashion

fasten

faustian

famine

fatten

felon

faulcon

fiction

fission

fibrin

fireman

firman

fallen

fielden

flashgun

flatten

flexion

falcon

floren

eaten

freshman

fraction

fortune

fountain

friction

foreign

foreman

footman

freedman

freshen

function

freeman

frighten

garron

garden

gallon

gammon

fusion

frozen

gascon

gentian

glisten

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

gorgon

goodman

gotten

golden

govern

grandson

griffon

gumption

guardsman

graven

grecian

gudgeon

hausen

gowan

haitian

hackman

harden

happen

harken

harten

hangman

headman

hearten

hasten

headsman

heaven

haven

heathen

henchman

hempen

heron

hessian

hetman

homespun

hogan

horseman

hidden

hoten

houseman

hoven

human

heighten

huntsman

governs

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

mention

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

junction

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

klansman

kitchen

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

kremlin

lampron

landman

landsman

lagan

laden

lengthen

latin

leaven

ledden

lemon

kalan

layman

leaden

leman

lichen

legion

linden

linen

lineman

linemen

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

listen

lisbon

lesion

london

lessen

longan

loren

lotion

lion

lockman

lopeman

liven

locken

loosen

luncheon

lynden

m1

madden

leven

logan

lyden

mahone

mangan

maiden

mansion

marchman

martian

marksman

markman

marlin

marten

martin

marron

mason

matron

mayan

margin

melton

melon

lumen

lowborn

mignon

lesson

minion

milken

million

mission

minden

mitten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

mullen

muffin

muslin

nation

mutton

moisten

nekton

molten

ninon

newsman

newborns

newborn

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

often

olden

odin

omen

option

open

onion

organ

orphan

othman

oven

outdone

outrun

pathan

patron

oxen

packman

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pension

parson

penguin

pectin

patten

pagan

pavon

penman

paean

person

persian

perron

owen

peon

pigeon

plankton

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

potion

pressman

prison

postman

poison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reborn

quicken

reckon

redden

refrains

refrain

reforms

reform

reformed

region

reprint

reprints

resin

rincon

ribbon

ridden

ripen

risen

riven

riden

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

russian

runnion

saffron

sadden

salesman

rotten

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

salmon

samson

sanction

santon

scallion

satin

satan

saxon

scotsman

scion

scullion

section

seedsman

season

selden

seaman

semen

session

sexton

sermon

sequin

seton

seven

shearman

shaken

shaman

shrunken

shorten

shotgun

shopworn

showman

sharpen

sicken

silken

shipman

shogun

siphon

siren

slacken

slogan

smarten

rerun

tension

smitten

tendon

soldan

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sovrans

sparing

spearman

solon

sportsman

spokesman

spoken

springing

springer

springboard

springtime

sprinkle

sprinkles

sprinters

sprinkling

sprinter

sprinkler

squadron

sprinklers

station

stallion

stallman

statesman

strengthen

stepson

stillion

stiffen

stockman

stricken

suasion

stolen

straighten

striven

suction

sudden

steven

sullen

sultan

summon

supreme

supremes

surgeon

sunken

sylvan

talon

syphon

taken

tappen

tarpon

tartan

sweeten

taverns

tavern

swollen

sturgeon

teston

tillman

thicken

threaten

thousand

tighten

titan

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

toman

token

tungsten

trillion

tubman

triton

trodden

trojan

treason

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urchin

urban

urine

urson

vegan

version

vibrant

vision

villain

vulcan

wanton

warden

watchman

wagon

warren

waken

weaken

weapon

whitson

wiccan

women

woodman

soften

worsen

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

workman

woolen

woolman

wheaten

written

whiten

woven

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

sodden

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abhorrent

aberrant

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

abhorrence

abstention

abstraction

accretion

absorption

accession

admission

addiction

addition

adhesion

acumen

adrian

adoption

affection

aegean

afferent

aggression

affliction

african

albion

albumin

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

alien

ambition

adsorption

alsatian

allusion

commotion

ambrosian

anglican

anchorman

andean

anyone

apparent

appearance

apprentice

apportion

appian

arian

arkansan

artesian

ascension

aspersion

aryan

artisan

assassin

attention

asuncion

assertion

assumption

attraction

attrition

audition

australian

procession

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

communion

cardigan

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

battalion

beholden

beforehand

benjamin

bitumen

biotin

beethoven

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

bufferin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

carnation

castration

cartesian

catalan

carrion

cation

causation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

citation

civilian

citizen

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cinnamon

collection

cognition

cohesion

coercion

collagen

collegian

collusion

collision

combustion

commission

compassion

companion

completion

compression

convention

complexion

deception

compulsion

concession

condition

concussion

concoction

conduction

conclusion

confection

connection

confession

congestion

congressman

conflation

confucian

confusion

conjunction

connexion

conception

conviction

compunction

conscription

contention

constriction

construction

consumption

contagion

contrition

convection

contortion

contraption

contusion

contraction

declension

convulsion

correction

corruption

countryman

corsican

corrosion

councilman

covering

coverings

creation

cremation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

debarment

decision

conversion

defection

deduction

deference

deflation

deflection

deferment

deletion

delusion

depression

depiction

depletion

dentition

denizen

derision

description

desertion

deferments

detention

destruction

dimension

detection

digression

devotion

diffraction

dictation

diapering

difference

different

determine

diffusion

digestion

dilation

dilution

differently

direction

discipline

dissension

discretion

disruption

discussion

dispersion

dissection

distinction

disunion

division

diversion

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

distraction

duration

distortion

excretion

ejection

egyptian

efferent

election

edition

elation

eleven

elison

emission

erection

emblazon

embolden

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

equation

erosion

eruption

excursion

eviction

evasion

everyone

exception

excision

etruscan

exaction

evermore

exclusion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

exemption

expression

expulsion

explosion

extension

extinction

fabian

extortion

extrusion

extraction

flirtation

favoring

feminine

fenian

fixation

fisherman

filtration

ferryman

fijian

flotation

foramen

formation

franciscan

foundation

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

frustration

freemason

fruition

freudian

galleon

garrison

fustian

gentleman

gaussian

ghanaian

genuine

gestation

gillian

gordian

governance

governors

government

governor

governments

governing

grobian

gravamen

guardian

gyration

gradation

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

guncotton

harlequin

handwoven

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

hibernate

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

immersion

impassion

illusion

imagine

impression

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

abandon

incision

inclusion

induction

incursion

indian

infarction

infection

inflection

ingestion

infliction

infusion

infraction

injection

injunction

inscription

insertion

inhuman

inspection

intention

instruction

intestine

inflation

invention

intrusion

invasion

inversion

irishman

irian

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

italian

kantian

keratin

laurentian

korean

keynesian

julian

lactation

labyrinth

lanolin

location

laboring

laotian

jovian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

logician

lutheran

lumberman

magician

magdalen

malaysian

mandarin

malayan

margarine

masculine

marian

medallion

median

medicine

menhaden

melanin

migration

midshipman

niacin

mexican

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

misfortune

musician

moroccan

munition

muskmelon

mutation

narration

myosin

negation

nemean

nonhuman

nebraskan

nitrogen

nevadan

nobleman

nevermore

norwegian

ottoman

notation

nubian

nonunion

objection

obsession

nutrition

obstruction

occasion

omission

oberon

occlusion

octillion

odeon

offering

offerings

oppression

optician

opinion

optation

operant

oration

origin

orion

persuasion

overhung

outspoken

ovation

overhang

oxygen

overhangs

pavilion

overman

papering

parisian

overrun

partition

parthian

partisan

patrician

overruns

overmatch

pelican

perversion

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

peppermint

perfusion

permission

peppering

permian

overnight

plantation

physician

phoenician

phrygian

plebeian

overdone

peterman

pollution

policeman

petition

position

possession

precession

porcelain

precaution

precision

preclusion

predation

prediction

preemption

predestine

prescription

pretension

prevention

presumption

privation

probation

projection

progression

profession

production

profusion

propulsion

proscription

prostration

proportion

protection

promotion

protean

provision

reception

recession

puritan

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

quotation

reaffirm

reaffirms

recision

redemption

reduction

reference

reflection

reformists

reformist

reformers

reformer

regimen

regression

rejection

remission

relation

religion

rendition

repression

reprimand

reopen

reprimands

reptilian

restriction

resumption

resection

retention

reverence

retraction

reunion

reverend

reverent

reversion

revision

revulsion

rifleman

rhodopsin

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

selection

scuppernong

scythian

secession

secretion

sedation

seduction

sedition

seclusion

sensation

rescission

severance

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

taxation

snapdragon

solomon

sopranos

specimen

soprano

stygian

stagnation

starvation

submission

solution

suggestion

subscription

submersion

succession

technician

subtraction

subversion

suburban

suffering

sufferings

summation

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

tactician

talisman

tamarin

syrian

tapering

temptation

timberman

thespian

transcription

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transition

transgression

transfusion

translation

transmission

tuition

truncation

unwritten

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

unburden

uncommon

unison

uppermost

unbroken

uterine

vatican

vacation

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibrancy

veteran

vibration

vocation

vitamin

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abrogation

aberration

abnegation

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

activation

acquisition

admiration

adaptation

admonition

allocation

adrenaline

adulation

adoration

affectation

aggregation

advocation

affirmation

affirmations

agitation

aggravation

aforementioned

affirmative

agrarian

aldebaran

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

alabaman

altercation

alternation

alteration

apparition

animation

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

annotation

annexation

appalachian

apparently

appellation

application

appearances

arizonan

apprentices

apprenticeship

arbitration

apprenticeships

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

athenian

assemblyman

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

commutation

american

barbarian

benediction

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

carcinogen

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

cancellation

canadian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

coalition

cogitation

collocation

collodion

combination

coloradan

coloration

columbian

comedian

commendation

committeeman

comparison

compensation

competition

compilation

complication

computation

condescension

condemnation

condensation

congregation

conjugation

confiscation

confrontation

confirmation

conflagration

connotation

consolation

conservation

consecration

consummation

constellation

consultation

constitution

consternation

constipation

contemplation

contraception

contravention

contribution

contradiction

conversation

contrarian

convocation

coronation

corp.

corporation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

correlation

convolution

cotyledon

covariance

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cultivation

crucifixion

culmination

darwinian

dandelion

cyclopean

concentration

decimation

declaration

decompression

composition

deconstruction

decoration

dedication

defamation

deferential

definition

degradation

dehydration

demolition

deformity

deformities

demarcation

delegation

depravation

depredation

deportation

deposition

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

demonstration

deviation

deformation

desecration

desperation

destination

differentials

desiccation

devonian

detonation

designation

desolation

destitution

dietitian

differential

differences

devastation

devolution

diminution

dilatation

diocesan

fluoridation

disinfection

disaffection

disconnection

duplication

disillusion

disputation

disposition

dispensation

disinflation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

dislocation

distillation

divination

distribution

domination

dominican

draconian

education

electrician

elevation

emigration

embarkation

elongation

emanation

elocution

englishwoman

emulation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

equitation

estimation

effrontery

european

estonian

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expiration

explication

expedition

expectation

explanation

exploitation

exposition

extrication

extradition

fascination

federation

fallopian

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

execution

fluctuation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

gastrulation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

germination

glaciation

hungarian

gentlewoman

gorgonian

governmental

governorship

governorships

granulation

graduation

gregorian

greco-roman

gravitation

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hesitation

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

hemoglobin

historian

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

imperfection

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

implication

implantation

importation

imposition

impregnation

inattention

exploration

incantation

inclination

incarnation

incrustation

indentation

indiscretion

indignation

indexation

indigestion

indecision

indication

incubation

indonesian

imputation

infiltration

infestation

information

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

inspiration

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

interjection

interception

integration

intercession

interdiction

interaction

intermission

intersection

installation

interruption

interurban

intervention

irritation

intonation

inundation

hydrocarbon

intimation

introspection

invitation

isolation

introduction

invocation

intuition

irrigation

iranian

iteration

inflammation

jubilation

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

interwoven

kindergarten

laceration

labyrinthine

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberation

liberian

leviathan

liberians

librarian

liquidation

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

maccabean

locomotion

mammalian

lubrication

machination

macedonian

litigation

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

melanesian

masturbation

maturation

mediation

medication

meditation

menstruation

meridian

ministration

nigerian

misconception

misbegotten

miseration

misperception

mitigation

missourian

modulation

moderation

molestation

minnesotan

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

never-ending

nestorian

nomination

nicaraguan

noblewoman

newtonian

nonprescription

nonpartisan

moravian

mongolian

obligation

obfuscation

oblivion

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

perspiration

overburden

oxidation

ovulation

palpitation

pagination

paraguayan

papier-mache

pagurian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

pavlovian

penicillin

pepperoni

perforation

persecution

perturbation

permutation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

polyhedron

politician

polynesian

population

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preelection

predilection

preignition

predetermine

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

publication

prostitution

provocation

prosecution

protestation

protozoan

procreation

punctuation

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reappearance

realization

reawaken

recantation

recollection

recognition

recitation

reclamation

recreation

reelection

references

reexamine

referendum

referendums

reformation

refutation

registration

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

regulation

renovation

reparation

repossession

reconstruction

repetition

repercussion

reposition

replication

reproduction

republican

reputation

requisition

respiration

restitution

resurrection

resignation

reservation

resolution

restoration

retrocession

retribution

reverential

retardation

revelation

reverently

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

rumination

samaritan

rhododendron

sanitation

saturation

segregation

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

self-deception

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simonian

sequestration

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sicilian

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situation

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speculation

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supervision

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syncopation

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termination

tetrahedron

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toleration

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utopian

vacillation

validation

variation

vaccination

valuation

valerian

vegetation

veneration

ventilation

visitation

violation

vindication

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

accreditation

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accumulation

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administration

adjudication

alliteration

alleviation

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

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amazonian

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classification

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determination

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hybridization

domestication

dramatization

dionysian

ejaculation

elaboration

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edification

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equivocation

eradication

equalization

evacuation

evaporation

evaluation

exacerbation

exasperation

exaggeration

examination

ethiopian

excoriation

exhilaration

exfoliation

expatriation

exoneration

exoskeleton

expropriation

extermination

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

gasification

fortification

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gratification

hallucination

harmonization

humiliation

hanoverian

hydrogenation

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hyperborean

imagination

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incarceration

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jeffersonian

justification

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legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

nickelodeon

miscalculation

misinformation

mississippian

nitroglycerine

misapplication

modernization

modification

multiplication

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negotiation

mobilization

neapolitan

nonintervention

nonsectarian

notification

nullification

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normalization

origination

orientation

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oregonian

organization

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overproduction

pacification

panamanian

participation

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pennsylvanian

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pomeranian

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representation

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resuscitation

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scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

solicitation

specification

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specialization

stratification

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

superintendent

superintendents

supernatural

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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  • Cat and Hat
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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
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  • 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
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