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

action

bison

airman

alban

ashen

arson

asian

auction

auden

bargain

bastion

bellman

bacon

baldwin

basin

bayman

beaten

beckon

beacon

bellon

begun

belgian

billion

billman

billon

bitten

bisson

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

briton

brethren

bludgeon

boatman

bolden

bookman

broaden

bordman

brakeman

bourbon

brazen

bowman

burden

bullion

brogan

broken

burdon

burman

burgeon

bushman

caftans

caisson

cajun

chieftain

canaan

carbon

carman

carmine

cayman

cauldron

caution

charon

chairman

chasten

chessman

cheapen

chevron

chicken

chieftains

chosen

christen

christian

children

clinton

churchman

citron

coachman

colon

common

darken

cretin

copeman

corban

cordon

craftsman

crouton

cousin

cowan

craven

crimson

crewman

cuban

cumin

cushion

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deacon

deafen

zircon

deepen

demon

delphian

devon

dian

desman

diction

diphthong

earthen

drunken

eaten

doctrine

dolphin

draftsman

dolman

dustman

dozen

dobson

doubting

dungeon

driven

dudgeon

dromon

dutchman

eden

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

fallen

foreman

faction

fashion

faulcon

felon

faustian

fibrin

fielden

fiction

fifteen

fifteens

fifteenth

fireman

flashgun

firman

floren

foreign

footman

fission

flexion

fortune

fraction

freshen

freedman

function

freeman

friction

frozen

freshman

fusion

garden

gentian

georgian

german

gibbon

gilden

given

gorgon

gluten

golden

goodman

glidden

glisten

gowan

grandson

graven

grecian

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

haitian

hangman

harden

harken

hasten

houseman

hausen

headman

hempen

haven

heaven

headsman

henchman

heathen

hetman

heron

hessian

horseman

hidden

hogan

homespun

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

hymen

ion

jargon

jason

jetson

jordan

jorden

keelson

kalan

junction

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kirkman

kremlin

kitten

kitchen

laden

landman

landsman

layman

leaven

lengthen

ledden

lessen

legion

left-hand

lemon

lesson

leman

leven

lesion

lichen

lightman

liken

lifetime

liman

lifting

lifetimes

linden

lineman

linemen

lion

liven

lisbon

listen

lockman

london

locken

linen

logan

longan

loosen

mahone

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lumen

lotion

lyden

lynden

m1

maiden

mangan

mansion

marksman

marlin

margin

marchman

markman

marron

matron

mason

martian

mayan

melon

minden

leaden

mention

mignon

milken

million

minion

mission

molten

morgan

mitten

moisten

mormon

muffin

motion

mullen

muslin

nation

neptune

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

obtain

onion

often

olden

odin

omen

open

obtains

ocean

option

options

organ

orphan

othman

outdone

outrun

oxen

oven

owen

pagan

pardon

parson

passion

patron

paean

pavon

penman

penguin

pension

peon

perron

person

persian

pigeon

piston

pinion

pitman

pollan

poison

pollen

portion

portman

pressman

pillion

postman

potion

prison

question

proven

prussian

pullen

quicken

rafting

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

redden

region

notion

resin

rerun

ruin

riden

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

robin

rosin

riven

roman

rosen

rowan

rowen

rumen

runnion

russian

sanction

salesman

scion

scullion

scotsman

seaman

season

section

seedsman

selden

shrunken

semen

session

seton

sequin

sermon

seven

sexton

shafting

sharpen

shipman

shaken

shaman

shearman

shifting

shogun

shotgun

showman

statesman

siphon

siren

silken

slogan

sovereign

sicken

smitten

sodden

soften

softens

solon

sovran

soldan

squadron

spearman

sportsman

spoken

sputum

spokesman

stallman

station

stillion

steven

stiffen

stockman

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stolen

stricken

striven

sudden

suction

sullen

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

syphon

sylvan

swollen

taken

tarpon

tendon

tension

thousand

thicken

tillman

token

torsion

toman

traction

tubman

townsman

treason

tungsten

trillion

tuscan

toughen

trodden

turban

trojan

zaman

undone

urban

urson

urchin

urine

union

vulcan

vegan

version

warden

waken

vision

warren

watchman

wheaten

weaken

woodman

villain

whitson

workman

widen

wizen

worsen

written

yachtsman

woolman

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

woven

yeoman

zion

3 syllable words

abandon

affection

abatement

abdomen

african

abatements

abduction

abstraction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abiding

accession

abstention

accretion

addition

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adoption

adrian

aegean

adsorption

affliction

albion

alaskan

albumin

aleutian

aggression

alderman

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

biotin

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

austrian

apportion

audition

arian

attraction

aryan

artisan

artesian

ascension

aspersion

assassin

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

arkansan

attrition

avian

aversion

awaken

backgammon

avoidance

badminton

bandwagon

australian

backwoodsman

battalion

bedouin

bedizen

beethoven

bedridden

befitting

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

brazilian

bouillon

bulletin

buffeting

cambrian

capsaicin

carrion

cartesian

cardigan

carnation

castration

catalan

cation

charlatan

caucasian

cessation

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

cetacean

charwoman

causation

chilean

completion

cistercian

citation

citizen

civilian

clarion

cinnamon

clergyman

collagen

collection

clarendon

coercion

cognition

cohesion

collegian

collision

collusion

commission

combustion

commotion

companion

compassion

communion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conception

concession

concussion

condition

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confection

congestion

connexion

confession

conflation

confucian

confusion

congressman

connection

conjunction

conscription

contagion

construction

consumption

contraption

contention

contortion

constriction

contraction

contrition

contusion

convection

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

cremation

corrosion

corruption

countryman

correction

corsican

councilman

crestfallen

creation

croatian

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

complexion

debating

deception

declension

deduction

decision

deflection

defection

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

dentition

depiction

derision

depression

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

depletion

dictation

devotion

diffusion

digestion

diffraction

dilation

discipline

dilution

direction

dimension

dispersion

discussion

discretion

disruption

digression

dissection

dorian

dominion

dissension

diversion

distortion

division

dividing

dividends

dividend

disunion

donation

downtrodden

elison

edition

duration

distinction

distraction

election

egyptian

ejection

eleven

elation

emblazon

embolden

emission

enlighten

emulsion

encryption

enliven

equation

erection

fabian

emotion

erosion

eruption

everyone

evasion

evidence

eviction

etruscan

evident

exaction

exception

excision

exemption

expansion

exclusion

excretion

extortion

exhaustion

debutante

exertion

extinction

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extraction

gestation

excursion

ghanaian

extrusion

fenian

feminine

ferryman

forgotten

fijian

filtration

foramen

flirtation

fisherman

flotation

forbidden

fixation

forewoman

formation

foundation

franciscan

freudian

frustration

fruition

freemason

fustian

galleon

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gillian

englishman

gordian

gradation

gravamen

guardian

halcyon

grobian

guncotton

gyration

hammerman

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

horatian

horizon

heroine

housebroken

impassion

hydrogen

hydration

illusion

ignition

imagine

immersion

implosion

inaction

in-person

imprison

impression

inception

incision

inclusion

incursion

laurentian

induction

infection

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

infraction

ingestion

injection

infusion

inhuman

injunction

insertion

inscription

inspection

intention

instruction

intestine

jettison

invention

jacobin

invasion

inversion

irian

italian

intrusion

irishman

jamaican

javelin

jovian

julian

korean

keratin

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

laotian

lecithin

left-winger

left-handed

left-wingers

lesbian

libyan

libration

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

indian

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

median

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

midshipman

mexican

relation

debutantes

religion

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

muskmelon

munition

musician

mutation

myosin

narration

nebraskan

negation

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nevadans

nobleman

nitrogen

restriction

norwegian

nonunion

nonhuman

notation

nubian

nutrition

objection

obsession

obstruction

odeon

opinion

optation

occasion

occlusion

oppression

octillion

omission

optician

optimal

optimize

optimist

optimists

optimum

optional

origin

oration

orion

ottoman

overdone

overman

outspoken

overrun

ovations

oxygen

parthian

parisian

partisan

partition

patrician

ovation

pelican

perception

pentathlon

pavilion

permian

percussion

permission

perversion

persuasion

perfection

petition

perfusion

peterman

phoenician

physician

phrygian

promotion

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

position

predestine

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

prediction

preemption

prescription

projection

predation

privation

procession

presumption

prevention

probation

pretension

profession

production

profusion

progression

proportion

propulsion

prostration

protean

protection

proscription

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

reception

rebellion

recession

recision

reunion

redemption

reduction

reflection

regression

regimen

rejection

stagnation

reopen

repeating

rendition

remission

repression

reptilian

rescission

resumption

resection

retraction

retention

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

revulsion

rotation

riveting

revision

saccharin

samoan

saleswoman

salvation

scorpion

scythian

secession

seclusion

secretion

sedation

seduction

sedition

selection

september

sensation

skeleton

simian

singleton

silicon

snapdragon

solomon

solution

softener

softening

specimen

starvation

stygian

submersion

suburban

submission

subversion

succession

subtraction

subscription

suggestion

superman

summation

sumatran

suppression

tactician

suspicion

suspension

syrian

talisman

tamarin

taxation

temptation

technician

thespian

toboggan

timberman

transcription

transition

tradition

transaction

translation

transmission

transfusion

transgression

tuition

unbutton

truncation

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

uterine

vacation

vatican

veteran

vermilion

vibration

vitamin

vocation

volition

waterman

venetian

venison

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

abyssinian

abdominal

absolution

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

adaptation

activation

accusation

adoration

adrenaline

adulation

acquisition

admiration

admonition

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agitation

albanian

agrarian

aggravation

aggregation

alabaman

aldebaran

algerian

allegation

allocation

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amputation

amphibian

animation

ammunition

annexation

annotation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

arabian

arbitration

arthurian

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

avocation

attribution

approbation

aviation

barbarian

backwardation

augmentation

bavarian

apprehension

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

arizonan

armageddon

businesswoman

armenian

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

centurion

celebration

chameleon

calibration

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

californian

collocation

coloradan

collodion

coloration

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

committeeman

dandelion

comparison

commutation

compensation

competition

compilation

contrarian

calculation

composition

condescension

condemnation

condensation

confirmation

confiscation

conflagration

confrontation

conjugation

congregation

connotation

conservation

constellation

consolation

consecration

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

computation

conversation

contravention

comprehension

concentration

contribution

convocation

corinthian

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

convolution

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

cultivation

culmination

copenhagen

crucifixion

darwinian

complication

decoration

decimation

declaration

dedication

decompression

defamation

demolition

deconstruction

definition

delegation

deformation

degradation

demarcation

dehydration

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

desecration

desperation

destination

destitution

desiccation

desolation

designation

devastation

detonation

deviation

deviations

devolution

dietitian

devonian

devotional

diocesan

disaffection

dilatation

disputation

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

dispensation

disposition

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

divination

domination

dominican

dissipation

draconian

duplication

education

distribution

diminution

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

emanation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

eritrean

epidemic

epidemics

epitome

epitomize

equestrian

equitation

evocation

european

estonian

estimation

eustachian

erudition

evidences

evidently

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

execution

exhibition

exhalation

exhortation

expedition

expectation

fabrication

explication

expiration

exploitation

exploration

exposition

explanation

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

fascination

figuration

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fermentation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

gastrulation

generation

fibrillation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

englishwoman

gorgonian

exhumation

gravitation

graduation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

hibernation

historian

hesitation

himalayan

granulation

hungarian

hydrocarbon

implication

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

ideation

implantation

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

importation

imputation

imposition

impregnation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

indecision

incubation

indentation

indigestion

indication

indexation

infestation

inflammation

infiltration

indonesian

information

inhalation

innovation

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

installation

instigation

institution

integration

interaction

interception

intercession

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intermission

interdiction

intersection

intervention

interjection

intimation

introduction

intonation

intuition

introspection

invitation

invocation

iranian

jacobean

isolation

iteration

irrigation

irritation

jubilation

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

jordanian

inundation

lancastrian

legislation

indiscretion

leviathan

librarian

levitation

liberian

liberation

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

litigation

liquidation

lobotomy

locomotion

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

machination

malnutrition

malformation

mammalian

masturbation

maturation

manumission

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

meridian

menstruation

indignation

ministration

miseration

misperception

missourian

moderation

molestation

mongolian

modulation

mitigation

moravian

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

minnesotan

navigation

relocation

misbegotten

neptunium

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

resignation

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

obedience

obedient

oblivion

observation

obligation

obsidian

obfuscation

obstetrician

occupation

obviating

octahedron

ohioan

olympian

obtainable

operation

opposition

optimism

optimistic

optometry

oscillation

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

optometrist

palpitation

pagurian

paraguayan

pagination

optometrists

pedestrian

pavlovian

pelagian

penicillin

penetration

nigerian

perforation

permutation

persecution

peruvian

perspiration

perturbation

planarian

plutonian

politician

polynesian

polyhedron

population

preparation

praetorian

predetermine

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

preservation

presentation

misconception

proclamation

prohibition

procreation

profanation

pigmentation

propagation

proposition

prostitution

protozoan

prosecution

protestation

provocation

publication

punctuation

radiation

readmission

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recitation

reclamation

recognition

recantation

recollection

precondition

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

registration

regulation

reinspection

repetition

reparation

replication

renovation

repercussion

reposition

repossession

respiration

restitution

reservation

resolution

republican

requisition

restoration

resurrection

preconception

reproduction

reputation

retrocession

retribution

retardation

revelation

rhetorician

rhododendron

revolution

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

revocation

saturation

segmentation

segregation

sectarian

self-deception

sequestration

separation

shakespearean

siberian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

recreation

speculation

sicilian

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

substitution

suffocation

supposition

superstition

supervision

superhuman

surrogation

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

toleration

relaxation

transportation

transplantation

transformation

tribulation

ulceration

trepidation

usurpation

vacillation

validation

valuation

utopian

valerian

variation

vaccination

ventilation

victorian

vegetation

violation

visitation

vindication

wagnerian

veneration

watermelon

reconstruction

5 syllable words

abomination

accreditation

academician

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

adulteration

administration

adjudication

affiliation

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

agglomeration

amazonian

amalgamation

amelioration

abbreviation

amortization

amplification

annihilation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

association

assemblywoman

assassination

assimilation

attenuation

authorization

babylonian

appropriation

augustinian

beethovenian

appreciation

authentication

anticipation

approximation

brobdingnagian

brutalization

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

carolinian

carthaginian

centenarian

cauterization

centralization

certification

civilization

clarification

classification

cohabitation

coagulation

codification

collaboration

christianization

commemoration

colonization

communication

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

concatenation

corroboration

coordination

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

deification

deliberation

degeneration

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

desalination

depreciation

depopulation

denunciation

determination

desegregation

discoloration

disembarkation

disintegration

discrimination

disinclination

dissemination

dissatisfaction

domestication

dissociation

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

electrocution

elimination

emancipation

dionysian

elizabethan

decapitation

epicurean

eradication

enumeration

epitomizes

equalization

equivocation

evaporation

ethiopian

evaluation

evacuation

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Words that rhyme with the word captain

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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