Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word avocation.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words

avocation

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

admiration

accusation

activation

adaptation

adulation

advocation

affectation

agitation

affirmation

aggregation

aggravation

allocation

allegation

animation

amputation

annotation

annexation

approbation

appellation

application

appalachian

aspiration

commendation

commutation

compilation

calculation

calibration

cancellation

complication

celebration

circulation

collocation

combination

confiscation

connotation

consecration

consolation

consummation

convocation

dedication

coronation

correlation

desiccation

desolation

culmination

decimation

defamation

designation

delegation

degradation

deprivation

derivation

desecration

depravation

depredation

destination

detonation

devastation

devolution

dilatation

duplication

divination

domination

education

elocution

emanation

elevation

emigration

emulation

equitation

estimation

evocation

evolution

fabrication

fascination

fluoridation

fragmentation

fermentation

gastrulation

germination

granulation

gravitation

graduation

habitation

hesitation

imitation

immolation

indication

inhalation

innovation

invocation

isolation

irrigation

jubilation

levitation

litigation

mortification

machination

maturation

medication

meditation

modulation

motivation

mutilation

navigation

nomination

obfuscation

obligation

occupation

oscillation

ordination

oxidation

ovulation

pagination

palpitation

penetration

persecution

population

presentation

proclamation

profanation

prosecution

propagation

revelation

provocation

publication

recitation

realization

recantation

reclamation

renovation

regulation

revocation

revocations

replication

reputation

resignation

revolution

saturation

sanitation

segregation

speculation

strangulation

subluxation

suffocation

tabulation

termination

surrogation

vaccination

vacillation

valuation

ventilation

validation

vegetation

violation

vindication

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

abstain

abstract

action

acton

abstracts

abstruse

affect

affects

affixed

alan

alban

airman

alman

amman

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

auction

atman

auden

austin

arson

bacon

bagman

bookman

baldwin

basin

bason

bastion

baston

baton

batten

batton

bayman

boston

bargain

beckon

brakeman

barren

brethren

beacon

billion

beaten

belgian

bellman

bellon

bludgeon

billman

begun

bison

blacken

bisson

billon

bitten

bobbin

boatman

breton

beefsteak

bullion

bordman

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bracken

brazen

blowgun

bolden

brighten

briton

broaden

broken

bowman

brogan

bobcats

burdon

caisson

cajun

bushman

button

cabin

burden

burman

burton

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canyon

canton

bobcat

capstan

chicken

caption

captain

capstone

carbon

carman

christian

carmine

caution

caxton

cayman

cauldron

carton

chasten

chairman

chaplain

chapman

charon

churchman

christen

certain

chevron

children

claxon

cheapen

chessman

classman

chieftain

citron

clinton

coachman

chosen

colon

banyan

common

baron

barton

corban

cordon

cousin

cotton

cowan

craftsman

craven

copeman

cretin

crewman

crimson

damson

cushion

dampen

dagan

dagon

darken

cumin

deaden

deacon

deafen

debased

curtain

dalton

daman

defaced

crouton

deepen

defects

defect

delphian

cuban

demon

depict

depicts

desman

diction

devon

dian

diffused

dipstick

dungeon

doctrine

dobson

divests

dolman

dolphin

divest

dozen

draftsman

dudgeon

drunken

dragon

dovecotes

driven

dovecote

dromon

dustman

eaten

eden

effects

elan

eavesdrop

emption

ensign

engine

effect

ermine

evict

dutchman

earthen

burgeon

faction

fashion

falcon

fasten

faulcon

famine

fatten

fallen

faustian

felon

fiction

happen

flexion

flashgun

fission

flatten

fireman

firman

floren

footman

fraction

fortune

fountain

foreign

freshen

foreman

friction

freshman

frighten

freeman

freedman

gallon

gammon

fibrin

gascon

garron

garden

gentian

georgian

goodman

fusion

german

gladden

glisten

gilden

gibbon

given

glidden

gorgon

heron

gotten

fielden

grandson

grecian

graven

golden

griffon

haitian

function

hackman

gudgeon

gumption

frozen

guardsman

harken

gluten

hasten

hangman

haven

harden

harten

hausen

headsman

headman

hempen

heaven

henchman

heighten

heathen

hearten

gowan

hessian

hetman

horseman

hidden

hipsters

hipster

houseman

hogan

homespun

hopscotch

huntsman

hoten

hoven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

human

ion

jackman

jetson

jason

jetton

jargon

jordan

jorden

junction

jasmine

keelson

kansan

kalan

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

klansman

kirkman

kremlin

kitchen

landsman

lampron

landman

laden

lagan

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

legion

latin

lessen

lesson

leman

lengthen

lemon

lesion

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

kitten

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

lisbon

listen

leven

liven

linen

lockman

locken

london

longan

loosen

lopeman

lobsters

luncheon

lyden

lotion

lynden

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

mansion

mangan

lobster

marchman

marksman

martian

markman

marron

marlin

marten

martin

mason

margin

matron

logan

loren

melton

mention

melon

mignon

milken

million

minden

minion

mayan

mitten

mission

moisten

molten

lumen

mormon

mullen

oven

motion

nation

muslin

mutton

nekton

mountain

ninon

muffin

norman

notion

oarsman

passman

newsman

obstruct

obstructs

ocean

odin

offsets

offshoots

often

offshoot

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

omen

olden

othman

outdone

outrun

patron

oxen

owen

packman

pagan

paean

panton

parson

pardon

passion

pectin

pathan

patten

pavon

pension

penguin

penman

peon

perron

person

persian

pillion

pinion

pigeon

piston

pitman

offset

plankton

plantain

pollan

pollen

portion

portman

ponton

poison

potion

postman

pressman

platen

platten

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

question

quicken

quipster

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

rerun

resin

morgan

riden

ripen

rincon

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

ripostes

riposte

robin

robust

russian

runnion

rosin

rotten

roman

rosen

rumen

rowan

rowen

saffron

ruin

sadden

sanction

samson

santon

salmon

satan

satin

salesman

section

saxon

scallion

scullion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

scapegoat

scapegoats

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

session

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shaman

sharpen

sermon

shipman

shorten

shotgun

shearman

shogun

showman

shrunken

sicken

silken

slacken

siphon

siren

smarten

smitten

slogan

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

space-time

spartan

spectre

spectral

spectrum

spectrums

spigots

station

stallion

stepson

sportsman

spokesman

statesman

squadron

stallman

spoken

steven

stiffen

stillion

spigot

stockman

straighten

stolen

strengthen

suasion

stricken

sturgeon

striven

substance

subsides

subside

substrates

substrate

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

summon

tendon

surgeon

sweepstakes

sweepstake

sweeten

sunken

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

teston

swollen

sylvan

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

tillman

token

toman

tipster

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

treason

trillion

triton

upshot

trodden

tubman

tungsten

turban

tuscan

trojan

typists

undone

union

upset

upsets

typist

urchin

urson

urban

upstart

upstarts

upside

upstream

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

watchman

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

warren

weaken

weapon

whitson

whiten

wiccan

widen

wizen

wheaten

woman

women

wooden

workman

woodman

woolman

woolen

webster

worsen

websters

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

spastic

zircon

spearman

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstentions

abstinence

abstinent

abstracted

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adhesion

abstractions

admission

aggression

adoption

affections

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affecting

affected

african

affection

affliction

affective

albion

albumin

alaskan

alderman

aleutian

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

anglican

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

apostate

apostles

apostle

arian

arkansan

assertion

artesian

ascension

aspersion

artisan

aryan

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

audition

australian

attrition

austrian

aversion

avian

awaken

backgammon

baby-sit

backwoodsman

badminton

bosnian

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

beholden

beethoven

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

chilean

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

carnation

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

cinnamon

cetacean

chairperson

champion

charlatan

chairwoman

charwoman

citizen

citation

chamberlain

cistercian

civilian

clarion

cognition

coercion

cohesion

collagen

collection

collegian

clergyman

collision

collusion

clarendon

combustion

commission

commotion

communion

compassion

companion

completion

complexion

compulsion

compunction

compression

conception

concession

concussion

concoction

conclusion

conduction

condition

confession

confection

conflation

connection

confucian

congestion

confusion

connexion

congressman

conjunction

conscription

construction

constriction

consumption

contagion

contention

contortion

contraction

contraption

convention

convection

conviction

contrition

contusion

conversion

convulsion

correction

corruption

corsican

councilman

countryman

corrosion

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

deflation

crustacean

cyprian

deception

abandon

declension

defection

deficit

defections

deficits

deduction

defective

decision

deflection

deletion

denizen

dentition

depiction

depictions

depletion

depicted

delusion

deposit

desertion

depression

derision

description

deposits

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devastate

dictation

devotion

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dilation

direction

dimension

dilution

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distraction

diversion

distinction

divestment

division

distortion

disunion

divestments

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

exertion

exemption

edition

eavesdropping

ejection

elation

egyptian

election

effectors

eleven

elison

effective

emblazon

emission

emotion

embolden

effector

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

episode

episodes

equation

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

evictions

everyone

exaction

exception

excretion

excursion

excision

exclusion

epistle

procession

exhaustion

extraction

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

extinction

extrusion

fabian

feminine

expansion

ferryman

explosion

flirtation

flotation

filtration

fixation

fijian

fisherman

formation

foramen

forewoman

fruition

forbidden

forgotten

foundation

franciscan

freemason

freudian

frustration

harlequin

fenian

galleon

fustian

gentleman

garrison

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gordian

gaussian

gillian

gravamen

gyration

guncotton

guardian

grobian

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

hawaiian

handwoven

heavyweights

heavyset

heavyweight

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

gradation

hydration

horizon

housebroken

horatian

hydrogen

immersion

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

imprison

implosion

in-person

inaction

impression

incursion

inclusion

incision

indian

induction

inception

infarction

infection

inflation

moroccan

inflection

infliction

injunction

injection

inscription

ligation

infraction

insertion

inspection

infusion

intention

inhuman

intestine

intrusion

invention

invasion

inversion

irishman

italian

jacobin

javelin

jamaican

jettison

jovian

ingestion

kantian

keratin

libyan

instruction

korean

lanolin

laotian

lesbian

irian

laurentian

lecithin

julian

libration

magdalen

keynesian

location

lobbyists

medallion

lumberman

lutheran

lobbyist

magician

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

masculine

margarine

marian

logician

medicine

median

mexican

migration

midshipman

melanin

menhaden

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

probation

lopsided

ovation

mutation

myosin

muskmelon

musician

navigate

navigates

nebraskan

nevadan

overman

niacin

nitrogen

nobleman

notation

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

nubian

objection

munition

obfuscate

obsession

obstruction

obstacle

obstacles

obstinate

obstructions

obstructive

occlusion

octillion

odeon

offsetting

oppression

opposite

opinion

opposites

nemean

omission

optation

optician

oration

origin

orion

ottoman

outspoken

nutrition

oxygen

overdone

overrun

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

petition

oboist

pavilion

pelican

permission

patrician

perfection

perception

percussion

permian

perfusion

pentathlon

persuasion

perversion

peterman

phoenician

physician

phrygian

plebeian

presumption

pollution

policeman

possession

porcelain

position

precaution

preclusion

precision

preemption

precession

prediction

prescription

predestine

pretension

prevention

profession

progression

profusion

prostration

projection

propulsion

promotion

proportion

proscription

provision

quotation

puritan

reaction

ramadan

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

redemption

reflection

protection

regression

relation

rendition

rejection

religion

remission

regimen

repression

reptilian

resection

rescission

resumption

restriction

retraction

retention

reunion

reversion

revision

revisit

revisits

reopen

revulsion

rhapsodic

rhapsodize

rifleman

rhodopsin

robustly

rotation

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

secretion

secession

seclusion

scorpion

scythian

seduction

selection

sedition

sensation

rhapsody

silicon

simian

solution

skeleton

snapdragon

singleton

solomon

sophistry

spaghetti

zambian

protean

specimen

spectacle

spectacles

spectator

spectators

spectrograph

starvation

submersion

submission

subacute

stygian

subscription

subsidies

substantial

succession

subsidy

subsidize

suburban

subtraction

substantive

substitutes

substitute

subversion

suffocate

substances

sumatran

suppression

suspension

suspicion

superman

suggestion

talisman

tamarin

tactician

syrian

temptation

tapestries

tapestry

technician

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transaction

transgression

transition

transcription

tradition

transfusion

transmission

upsetting

tuition

unburden

truncation

unbutton

uncertain

unbroken

uncommon

typesetting

unison

unwritten

uneven

upside-down

uterine

venetian

vatican

venison

vibration

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

wesleyan

4 syllable words

aberration

absolution

abyssinian

accordion

acquisition

admonition

adoration

adrenaline

affectionate

affectively

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

agrarian

alteration

ammunition

alternation

american

amphibian

apprehension

apparition

apostolic

apostrophes

apostrophe

arbitration

arabian

arizonan

armageddon

altercation

arthurian

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

aviation

armenian

backwardation

avocados

avocado

babysitting

baby-sitter

baby-sitters

comedian

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

canadian

businesswoman

californian

capacitance

capacities

capacitor

capacitors

carcinogen

chameleon

centurion

circumspection

circumcision

capacity

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collodion

coloration

columbian

coloradan

committeeman

compensation

comparison

competition

composition

concentration

computation

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

conjugation

conflagration

congregation

confrontation

conservation

constellation

constipation

consternation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

contribution

contravention

contrarian

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

cotyledon

corp.

corporation

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

dandelion

cyclopean

darwinian

custodian

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

declaration

definition

deformation

dehydration

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deportation

depositions

dereliction

deposition

depositor

depositors

desperation

destitution

devastated

devastating

deviation

dietitian

devonian

dispensation

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

dislocation

disposition

dissolution

dissertation

dissipation

distillation

disputation

distribution

divestiture

dominican

divestitures

draconian

exhalation

exhibition

electrician

effectuate

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

effectively

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

european

eustachian

estonian

evacuate

execution

evocative

excavation

exclamation

excitation

exhortation

exhumation

explanation

explication

expedition

expiration

expectation

exploitation

exploration

gregorian

extrication

extradition

fallopian

federation

guatemalan

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

formulation

foliation

fumigation

exposition

galilean

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

figuration

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hyperion

hydrocarbon

hypertension

iberian

illustration

immigration

implication

ideation

imposition

imputation

implantation

imperfection

importation

inattention

incantation

impregnation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

indexation

incubation

indentation

indecision

indiscretion

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

ibuprofen

inflammation

infestation

information

inhibition

inquisition

installation

inspiration

instigation

insulation

integration

interdiction

interjection

insurrection

intercession

intermission

interaction

interception

inundation

intimation

intonation

introduction

intersection

intervention

introspection

interruption

intuition

interurban

invitation

jacobean

iteration

irritation

iranian

jordanian

jurisdiction

institution

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

kindergarten

liberation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

liquidation

limitation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

masturbation

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

moderation

mitigation

missourian

interwoven

molestation

mongolian

moravian

napoleon

navigators

navigator

nestorian

noblewoman

nigerian

nicaraguan

nonprescription

nonpartisan

pagurian

oblivion

obstetrician

obstetricians

obstructionist

newtonian

obstructionists

obsidian

obstinacy

octahedron

olympian

officiates

officiate

ostentation

ohioan

oppositions

opposition

operation

opacity

orchestration

obesity

overburden

paraguayan

observation

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

perforation

penicillin

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predilection

premonition

preparation

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plutonian

obstetrical

procreation

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recognition

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resurrection

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retrocession

registration

rhapsodizes

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

satisfaction

samaritan

sectarian

segmentation

separation

self-deception

sequestration

siberian

shakespearean

simulation

sicilian

simonian

situation

smithsonian

sophisticate

sophisticates

spectacular

spectrometer

spectrometry

spectroscopy

statistician

stipulation

stimulation

subdivision

substantiate

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substitution

substituted

substantively

suffocating

substantially

suppositions

supervision

supposition

superhuman

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syndication

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

topsy-turvy

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

ubiquity

usurpation

utopian

valerian

variation

veneration

victorian

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

academician

acceleration

accreditation

adjudication

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adulteration

affectionately

affiliation

agglomeration

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alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

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annihilation

amplification

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authentication

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authorization

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assemblywoman

association

attenuation

augustinian

babylonian

commemoration

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

cauterization

centralization

christianization

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

civilization

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

communication

concatenation

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conciliation

confederation

configuration

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conglomeration

consideration

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continuation

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decapitation

deceleration

defenestration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

degeneration

denunciation

denomination

depopulation

depository

depositary

desegregation

desalination

depreciation

determination

dionysian

discoloration

disembarkation

discrimination

disinclination

disintegration

dissemination

dissatisfaction

dissociation

exoneration

elimination

ejaculation

electrocution

elaboration

elizabethan

emancipation

epicurean

enumeration

equivocation

equalization

evacuated

ethiopian

evacuation

evaluation

evacuations

evaporation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

epistolary

exfoliation

exhilaration

infatuation

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

exoskeleton

fertilization

fortification

hallucination

harmonization

hanoverian

hybridization

humiliation

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

hyperborean

imagination

illumination

inauguration

immunization

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

incrimination

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incineration

indoctrination

decomposition

inhabitation

inoculation

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initiation

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interpretation

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interrogation

intoxication

intimidation

invalidation

investigation

ionization

irradiation

insinuation

justification

jeffersonian

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

maximilian

maximization

localization

magnetization

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

mechanization

metropolitan

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

mississippian

lithuanian

misapprehension

multiplication

mummification

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nitroglycerine

nickelodeon

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

obliteration

obstructionism

ornamentation

origination

organization

orientation

oregonian

overproduction

panamanian

participation

pasteurization

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

premeditation

preoccupation

predestination

predisposition

presbyterian

presupposition

procrastination

prognostication

pronunciation

proliferation

proletarian

quantification

pythagorean

reaffirmation

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recommendation

recombination

recuperation

recrimination

reforestation

regeneration

rejuvenation

reintegration

reiteration

remuneration

refrigeration

renunciation

repatriation

repositories

repository

representation

repudiation

resuscitation

retaliation

revaluation

reverberation

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

sophistication

solicitation

sophisticated

specification

specialization

sterilization

subordination

substantiation

subsidiary

subsidiaries

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

veterinarian

vegetarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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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
  • 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
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