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

action

actions

acting

acton

alban

alan

airman

alman

amman

apron

asian

aspen

asthma

auction

auctions

austin

atman

astounds

auden

astound

basin

banyan

bacon

bagman

bargain

baron

barren

baldwin

barton

bason

basting

bastion

arson

baston

bastions

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beacon

beaten

beckon

bison

billion

belgian

bellman

billman

begun

bellon

billon

bisson

bitten

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

bordman

boughten

boatman

bolden

boston

bobbin

bollen

boasting

bookman

bookstand

bookstands

bullion

bourbon

bowman

brazen

brighten

broaden

brakeman

bracken

brogan

broken

brethren

breton

briton

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

carmine

caisson

cajun

canyon

cabin

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

caption

captain

carbon

carman

capstan

cauldron

carton

casting

castings

caution

caxton

cayman

chapman

certain

chasten

chastened

chaplain

chairman

charon

chessman

christian

chosen

chevron

children

chieftain

chestnuts

chicken

christen

cheapen

classman

chestnut

churchman

citron

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

coasting

common

corban

cordon

copeman

cousin

bushman

costing

cotton

costume

costumes

cowan

craftsman

craven

darken

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

cushion

custom

cuban

cumin

curtain

dalton

damson

dagan

dagon

daman

dampen

customs

deacon

deaden

deafen

button

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

destin

dian

diction

devon

dictum

disdain

disdained

disdains

distance

distant

distend

distinct

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dudgeon

drunken

dutchman

dromon

eaten

dustman

earthen

driven

eden

dragon

dukedom

eighteen

eighteens

eighteenth

elan

dungeon

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

esteem

extant

faction

eyestone

extent

extends

factions

extinct

falcon

fallen

fasten

fastened

famine

fatten

faulcon

faustian

fiction

fibrin

festoon

fission

fictions

fighting

fielden

felon

fightings

fireman

firman

flashgun

flexion

floren

flatten

foreman

foreign

footman

fortune

fraction

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

frozen

fountain

freeman

freedman

function

gascon

fusion

garden

gallon

gammon

garron

gentian

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

grandson

gorgon

gotten

gowan

goodman

graven

grecian

gumption

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

hackman

hasten

harden

harken

harten

hangman

happen

hastens

hausen

haven

heighten

hearten

heathen

heightens

headsman

headman

hempen

heaven

henchman

heron

hessian

horseman

homespun

hogan

hidden

hosting

hoten

houseman

huntsman

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

hetman

extend

ion

jason

jasmine

jackman

jargon

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

klansman

kitchen

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

kitten

kremlin

laden

keystone

lagan

lactone

lampron

landman

keystones

landsman

lasting

latin

legion

leman

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

lessen

lesson

lesion

lichen

lighten

lightens

leven

lighting

lightman

liken

liman

lineman

linemen

linden

lightning

lightnings

lion

linen

lisbon

listen

listens

listing

listings

liven

lockman

locken

logan

london

loren

longan

loosen

lopeman

lotion

layman

luncheon

lyden

madden

m1

lumen

lynden

maiden

mahone

margin

markman

mansion

marchman

leaden

mangan

marksman

marlin

mason

martian

mayan

martin

matron

mention

marten

melton

melon

mignon

milken

marron

million

minden

minion

mission

moisten

morgan

molten

mitten

mormon

motion

muslin

muffin

mullen

mutton

mountain

nighttime

newsman

nekton

nightmare

mustang

mustangs

nightmares

ninon

nighttimes

orphan

oarsman

norman

notion

often

ocean

odin

octane

onion

open

option

organ

olden

omen

othman

oxen

outrun

oven

owen

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

paean

parson

passman

pathan

patron

patten

pavon

plantain

ousting

penguin

penman

pension

peon

perron

outdone

person

persian

pillion

pinion

pigeon

piston

pistons

pitman

plankton

poison

pectin

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

ponton

portman

pastime

potion

postman

posting

postings

postmark

pastimes

peacetime

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

questions

quicken

raven

ragtime

rayon

reason

reckon

rectum

redden

region

rerun

resting

riden

ripen

resin

russian

ribbon

ridden

right-hand

rincon

rosen

risen

robin

roman

roasting

riven

rosin

runnion

rotten

rowan

rowen

rumen

ruin

sadden

saffron

sanction

samson

santon

salmon

salesman

satan

saxon

satin

scallion

section

sections

scullion

scotsman

scion

seaman

season

semen

seedsman

selden

sequin

sermon

session

shaken

shorten

shaman

sharpen

seton

shogun

sexton

shakedown

seven

shakedowns

shotgun

shearman

shipman

showman

shrunken

sicken

sighting

sightings

siphon

siren

silken

zircon

tillman

sistine

sportsman

smarten

soldan

slacken

slogan

sodden

soften

smitten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

spearman

spokesman

solon

spoken

squadron

stallion

stallman

statesman

stepson

stillion

steven

stiffen

straighten

stockman

stolen

strengthen

suasion

sturgeon

stricken

suction

sultan

sunken

sudden

sullen

summon

surgeon

striven

sweeten

swollen

sustain

sylvan

sustained

sustains

syphon

titan

system

sixteen

taken

tarpon

tartan

tasting

talon

tappen

systems

tastings

union

sixteenth

tension

tendon

testing

teston

sixteens

sixteenths

thousand

tighten

tightens

thicken

threaten

toasting

token

toman

vegan

traction

townsman

treason

trillion

triton

trojan

tungsten

tubman

tuscan

trodden

turban

twisting

touchdown

undone

urchin

urine

urban

urson

version

toughen

vesting

vestment

vestments

vision

villain

victim

vulcan

victims

waken

wagon

wanton

warden

warren

wasting

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

widen

wizen

worsen

whitson

wisdom

woodman

woolman

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woolen

workman

yaupon

yachtsman

woven

yeoman

written

yachting

zion

zaman

touchdowns

3 syllable words

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstraction

abstention

accession

accident

accidents

academe

accretion

acetone

affection

acumen

addition

addiction

adoption

adhesion

admission

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affliction

african

aggression

alaskan

albion

alderman

albumin

aleutian

allusion

alien

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

apportion

appian

arian

anyone

arkansan

ascension

aryan

artesian

artisan

aspersion

assumption

assassin

astonish

attention

asthmatic

audition

asthmatics

auctioneers

auctioneer

attrition

astounding

asuncion

awaken

australian

astounded

austrian

aversion

avian

attraction

backgammon

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

bedouin

biotin

beethoven

besetting

beholden

benjamin

begotten

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

bystander

bystanders

campion

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

cartesian

castration

cation

catalan

chairperson

champion

chairwoman

chamberlain

compassion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cistercian

civilian

cinnamon

citizen

clergyman

clarion

clarendon

commotion

coercion

collection

collegian

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collision

commission

collusion

combustion

communion

completion

deception

companion

complexion

compression

conception

compulsion

compunction

concession

confection

conflation

concussion

condition

confession

conclusion

concoction

conduction

connection

confucian

conjunction

confusion

connexion

contagion

congestion

contention

constriction

construction

consumption

conscription

convection

contraction

contortion

contraption

contrition

congressman

contusion

convention

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corsican

corruption

councilman

countryman

costumer

costumers

creation

corrosion

crestfallen

customer

customize

customers

cyprian

decadent

decadents

decedent

decedents

abandon

deflation

deduction

declension

defection

deletion

deflection

decision

depletion

dentition

depiction

denizen

depression

derision

description

delusion

detection

detention

destruction

determine

devotion

destinies

digression

diffraction

diffusion

dilution

digestion

dimension

direction

destiny

dictation

discretion

discussion

disdainful

dispersion

dissection

dissension

disruption

discipline

dissidence

dissident

dissidents

distances

distinction

distinctions

distemper

distinctive

distinctly

distortion

distraction

disunion

distinguished

diversion

division

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

edition

echidna

egyptian

ejection

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

exertion

emission

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equating

equation

erection

equations

eruption

erosion

estimate

estimates

evasion

etruscan

eviction

everyone

exaction

exception

exceeding

excision

excitement

exclusion

exciting

excretion

excursion

exemption

emulsion

exhaustion

distinguish

gillian

expansion

expression

expulsion

extension

extensions

extenders

extensive

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

extinguished

fabian

extinctions

extinguish

fastener

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

ferryman

fictional

filtration

feminine

fijian

fenian

fisherman

fixation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

frustration

freemason

franciscan

freudian

fruition

garrison

galleon

fustian

explosion

gaussian

gestation

ghanaian

genuine

gentleman

gravamen

gordian

grobian

guardian

guncotton

guesstimate

guesstimates

halcyon

hammerman

halogen

harlequin

handwoven

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hesitant

horatian

horizon

extender

hydrogen

housebroken

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impression

impassion

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

indian

incursion

infection

inflation

ingestion

infarction

inflection

induction

infliction

infraction

infusion

injection

injunction

inhuman

insertion

inscription

inspection

intention

instruction

intestine

invasion

irishman

invention

irian

inversion

jamaican

javelin

italian

istanbul

jacobin

jettison

jovian

kantian

julian

korean

laotian

keynesian

keratin

lanolin

lastingly

intrusion

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

liechtenstein

lightening

listening

listener

locating

logician

listeners

magician

lumberman

macadam

lutheran

magdalen

malayan

mandarin

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

median

menhaden

mexican

medicine

midshipman

melanin

misfortune

misshapen

musician

mistaken

moroccan

misprision

munition

muskmelon

myosin

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nemean

nightmarish

nicotine

nightingale

ottoman

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

norwegian

nonunion

nutrition

nubian

objection

odeon

obsession

obstruction

occlusion

occident

octillion

optician

omission

opinion

oppression

origin

orion

overdone

overrun

outspoken

overman

oxygen

partition

parthian

parisian

partisan

patrician

pavilion

pelican

perception

perfection

percussion

permission

pentathlon

perfusion

permian

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

positions

precaution

post-mortem

postmaster

precession

postnatal

precision

preclusion

predestine

prediction

preemption

postmasters

pretension

prevention

presumption

progression

projection

production

profusion

proportion

promotion

prostration

protection

propulsion

protean

proscription

provision

puritan

pseudonym

pseudonyms

questioner

questioners

questionnaire

questionnaires

ramadan

reaction

reactions

recession

reception

recision

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

regression

rectangle

rectangles

regimen

rejection

remission

religion

rendition

repression

reopen

reptilian

resection

rescission

residence

resumption

resident

residents

restriction

retention

revulsion

retraction

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

right-handed

reunion

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

secretion

secession

scorpion

scythian

seclusion

sectional

sedition

selection

sensation

seduction

silicon

prescription

simian

singleton

timberman

solution

snapdragon

skeleton

solomon

specimen

suspension

suspicion

submission

suburban

subtraction

stygian

submersion

subscription

subversion

succession

suppression

suggestion

superman

sumatran

sustenance

syrian

tactician

tamarin

talisman

technician

tectonic

testament

testaments

succeeding

thespian

ticketing

systemic

tectonics

transaction

temptation

tradition

transgression

toboggan

transcription

transfusion

transition

transmission

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

unbutton

uncertain

uneven

unwritten

unison

vacations

uterine

vatican

uncommon

vermilion

veteran

vitamin

visiting

victimize

volition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

venison

toastmaster

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

academy

academies

accidental

academic

academics

acclimation

accusation

activation

acquisition

actionable

adaptation

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

admonition

advocation

affectation

affirmation

accordion

agitation

aggravation

aggregation

albanian

agrarian

alabaman

aldebaran

allegation

allocation

altercation

algerian

algonquian

alternation

american

amputation

ammunition

amphibian

animation

annexation

annotation

appalachian

appellation

apparition

application

approbation

arabian

arbitration

apprehension

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

avocation

augmentation

attribution

athenian

astonishing

astonishment

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bohemian

bolivian

calibration

calculation

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

compilation

circulation

circumvention

commutation

circumcision

coalition

circumspection

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

combination

commendation

comedian

columbian

committeeman

compensation

complication

comparison

competition

composition

computation

concentration

comprehension

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

connotation

conflagration

conjugation

confrontation

conservation

consolation

consummation

constellation

consternation

constipation

consecration

consultation

constitution

congregation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contribution

contrarian

contravention

conversation

convocation

copernican

convolution

corinthian

copenhagen

cotyledon

criterion

dandelion

culmination

cultivation

crucifixion

crocodilian

custodian

customary

cyclopean

customizes

darwinian

businesswoman

decimation

detonation

deformation

decoration

dedication

decompression

defamation

definition

delegation

degradation

dehydration

deportation

demonstration

demolition

depravation

deposition

depredation

derivation

desiccation

deprivation

desecration

designation

dereliction

desolation

destination

declaration

desperation

destinations

dietitian

demarcation

devastation

deviation

deconstruction

devolution

destitution

devonian

dilatation

dictionary

dictionaries

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disillusion

dichotomy

dislocation

disposition

disconnection

disinfection

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

distinctively

distribution

distinguishing

distinguishes

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

education

elevation

duplication

emanation

elongation

elocution

electrician

embarkation

emigration

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

erudition

equestrian

eritrean

estimable

estimated

estimation

estimations

evocation

european

eustachian

estonian

estimators

estonians

evolution

estimator

excitation

excavation

exclamation

exceedingly

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

inclination

expectation

expedition

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

exposition

glaciation

fabrication

extendible

extensively

extenuate

extrication

extradition

extinguishment

extinguishers

extinguisher

fallopian

fascination

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

expiration

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gargantuan

generation

gastrulation

germination

gentlewoman

graduation

granulation

gorgonian

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hegelian

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitancy

hesitantly

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

ideation

illustration

iberian

ibuprofen

imitation

immigration

immolation

importation

implication

imputation

imposition

implantation

impregnation

imperfection

incantation

inattention

incarnation

indication

indexation

indignation

incubation

indentation

indigestion

indiscretion

indecision

indonesian

inflammation

information

inhalation

infestation

infiltration

innovation

incrustation

inhibition

inquisition

insulation

integration

installation

inspiration

instigation

insurrection

interaction

institution

interception

intercession

interdiction

intimation

intermission

intervention

interjection

interruption

interurban

interwoven

intonation

intersection

introspection

introduction

inundation

invocation

invitation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iteration

jordanian

jacobean

isotonic

jubilation

jurisdiction

intuition

laceration

lancastrian

kindergarten

legislation

legitimate

legitimize

liberation

levitation

leviathan

librarian

liberian

limitation

lilliputian

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

locomotion

machination

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

menstruation

meridian

melanesian

oscillation

preparation

ministration

misconception

minnesotan

miseration

nomination

modulation

moderation

molestation

mitigation

mongolian

moravian

mortification

missourian

misperception

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

nicaraguan

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

obligation

obfuscation

nonprescription

nonpartisan

observation

misdemeanor

occupation

obsidian

obstetrician

oblivion

occidental

octahedron

operation

opposition

ordination

orchestration

ohioan

olympian

ostentation

ostensible

ostensibly

ovulation

overburden

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

pagurian

misbegotten

paraguayan

perspiration

misdemeanors

pavlovian

pelagian

penetration

pedestrian

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

posthumously

preconception

precondition

predilection

preelection

preignition

premonition

predetermine

preservation

presentation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

protestation

prosecution

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

prostitution

questionable

radiation

readmission

reassertion

recantation

recitation

reclamation

reawaken

recollection

recognition

recreation

reconstruction

reformation

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variation

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wagnerian

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abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

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accumulation

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administration

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veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word causation

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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.


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

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

Imperfect Rhymes

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

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

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

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
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  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

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