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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

ashen

arson

asian

aspen

auction

auden

austin

bagman

bacon

baston

bason

bastion

banyan

barton

baron

barren

basin

baldwin

bargain

barefoot

barbette

baton

batten

batton

bayman

beaten

beckon

beacon

begun

belgian

bellman

bison

billman

bellon

bisson

bitten

bereft

bereaved

billion

billon

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

boatman

bobbin

boughten

brakeman

boston

bookman

bordman

bracken

bollen

bourbon

bowman

bolden

brazen

breton

brighten

brethren

briton

brogan

broken

brevets

broaden

browbeat

bullion

burden

burdon

burgeon

burman

burton

bushman

canton

cabin

caisson

cajun

calvin

canyon

cannon

canon

canaan

capstan

captain

caption

carbon

carbide

carman

caxton

carpet

carpets

carton

carmine

cauldron

chairman

cayman

certain

caution

chaplain

chapman

chessman

chieftain

button

chasten

chevron

charon

children

cheapen

chicken

chosen

christen

christian

churchman

citron

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

common

curtain

copeman

cousin

corban

cordon

cotton

corrupts

corvettes

corrupt

cowan

crafty

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

crimson

corvette

cumin

cuban

cushion

dalton

damson

dampen

daman

dagon

darken

deafen

deaden

deacon

delphian

deepen

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

hackman

footman

drunken

dozen

drafting

dragon

drafty

dromon

driftwood

driven

drip-dry

dudgeon

dustman

dungeon

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

ensign

emption

engine

ermine

erupts

erupt

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fasten

fatten

fashion

fireman

faustian

faulcon

felon

farfetched

flatten

fibrin

fiction

fielden

firman

flashgun

fission

flexion

fervid

floren

forbade

forbid

forbids

forebode

foreman

foreign

forfeits

forefoot

forfeit

fountain

fraction

freshman

freshen

freedman

frighten

fortune

freeman

friction

function

frozen

fusion

gammon

gascon

gallon

garron

garden

gentian

gotten

german

gladden

gorgon

georgian

gilden

glisten

gibbon

given

glidden

gluten

golden

goodman

jackman

gowan

grandson

grafting

graven

graphite

gumption

guardsman

griffon

grecian

gudgeon

haitian

hangman

harten

hetman

happen

hasten

harken

hausen

horseman

headsman

harden

haven

headman

hearten

henchman

heaven

heighten

heron

heathen

hempen

hessian

mormon

hidden

hogan

homespun

hoten

houseman

human

hoven

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

ion

jargon

jasmine

jetson

jason

jetton

jordan

jorden

landman

lampron

junction

klansman

kansan

keelson

kelson

kirkman

kelvin

kenyan

kalan

kitchen

kitten

kremlin

krypton

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

legion

lightman

lemon

lengthen

marten

martin

matron

lessen

lesson

leven

lesion

lighten

lichen

lopeman

marlin

lineman

linemen

lockman

liman

listen

london

longan

liken

liven

locken

lion

linden

linen

logan

lisbon

loosen

loren

lotion

madden

martian

m1

luncheon

lumen

lyden

lynden

mahone

mangan

mansion

marchman

markman

margin

maiden

oarsman

marron

mason

dagan

mention

melton

nekton

mayan

melon

norman

mignon

minden

million

milken

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

morbid

motion

muffin

mullen

muslin

mountain

mutton

nation

newsman

ninon

notion

onion

often

omen

ocean

olden

odin

open

option

organ

orbit

orbits

outdone

othman

orphan

outrun

packman

panton

oven

owen

pagan

paean

passion

oxen

parson

pathan

patten

patron

penguin

pardon

pectin

penman

pavon

pension

peon

person

perron

persian

pitman

pigeon

pervades

pervade

pillion

pinion

piston

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

poison

ponton

portion

portman

potion

postman

pressman

ration

prison

private

privates

probate

question

profit

profits

prophet

prophets

prussian

provide

proven

pullen

quicken

raven

rayon

redden

reason

reckon

region

provides

rerun

resin

ripen

ribbon

ridden

riden

robin

roman

rincon

risen

riven

rosin

rosen

rotten

saffron

salesman

sadden

russian

samson

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

salmon

sanction

santon

satin

saxon

scallion

satan

seedsman

scullion

scion

scripture

scriptures

seaman

section

season

runnion

selden

semen

sermon

sexton

session

seton

seven

sequin

shaken

shaman

shorten

shotgun

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shrunken

showman

sherbet

shogun

summon

sicken

slogan

silken

siphon

slacken

siren

smarten

smitten

sodden

soften

soldan

solon

sorbet

sovereign

stockman

sovran

spartan

spokesman

squadron

spoken

stallion

stallman

stepson

station

stiffen

steven

stillion

straighten

suction

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stricken

striven

sultan

zaman

spearman

sudden

stolen

sullen

written

wagon

sunken

surfeit

syphon

taken

sweeten

talon

sylvan

swollen

tappen

tartan

teston

wanton

tension

tarpon

tendon

threaten

thousand

surgeon

thicken

traction

tighten

townsman

titan

torsion

tillman

toman

thrifty

token

toughen

torpid

treason

tubman

trodden

tungsten

undone

turban

whitson

triton

watchman

trojan

triptych

triptychs

turbid

tripods

whiten

tuscan

turbot

union

urban

urchin

urine

urson

vegan

version

villain

vision

tribute

vulcan

warden

waken

warren

warpath

tributes

trillion

weaken

weapon

tripod

wheaten

workman

widen

woodman

woolman

wizen

woman

women

wiccan

wooden

woolen

worsen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

abdomen

abduction

ablution

abortion

abandon

ablation

abrasion

abstraction

accession

accretion

abstention

absorption

acumen

admission

addition

adhesion

addiction

adoption

adrian

adsorption

african

affection

affliction

aggression

aegean

alaskan

albumin

albion

alien

alderman

alsatian

allusion

ambition

aleutian

ambrosian

andean

anglican

anchorman

appian

anyone

apportion

arbitrage

arbiters

arbitrate

arbiter

arbitrates

arian

artisan

artesian

aryan

ascension

arkansan

assassin

assertion

assumption

aspersion

asuncion

attention

attrition

attraction

audition

austrian

backgammon

backwoodsman

australian

avian

aversion

awaken

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

beethoven

bedridden

bedouin

bedizen

beholden

biotin

benjamin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

bravado

brazilian

brevity

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

cation

carpeting

carpeted

catalan

castration

chairwoman

causation

carnation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charwoman

charlatan

chilean

citation

civilian

cistercian

citizen

cinnamon

clarion

clarendon

clergyman

cognition

collagen

collision

collection

coercion

cohesion

collegian

commission

combustion

collusion

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

compulsion

complexion

compression

concoction

compunction

confucian

concession

conception

confusion

contusion

conclusion

concussion

confession

contagion

confection

condition

conduction

congestion

congressman

conflation

contention

connection

connexion

constriction

construction

consumption

conscription

contortion

conjunction

contrition

contraction

contraption

convection

convention

countryman

conversion

conviction

convulsion

correction

corruption

corruptions

corruptive

corruptly

councilman

corsican

corrosion

crabeater

craftsmanship

creation

crestfallen

croatian

crustacean

cremation

curvature

zambian

dalmatian

damnation

deflation

cyprian

deception

deletion

decision

declension

deflection

defection

deduction

delusion

gordian

dentition

depiction

depletion

denizen

derision

description

desertion

depression

destruction

detection

detention

determine

dictation

devotion

diffraction

dilution

direction

diffusion

digestion

dilation

digression

dimension

discipline

discussion

discretion

dissection

dispersion

dissension

disruption

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

draftsmanship

edition

egyptian

ejection

duration

elation

election

foramen

elison

emission

emblazon

embolden

emotion

englishman

encryption

enlighten

enliven

emulsion

equation

eruption

erosion

eruptions

eruptive

etruscan

everyone

exaction

erection

eviction

evasion

excision

exception

exemption

erupting

excursion

exclusion

excretion

exertion

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

extortion

fabian

extension

extrusion

extraction

extinction

expression

expulsion

feminine

fenian

ferryboats

ferryboat

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

forbidden

eleven

irian

forbidding

foreboding

forewoman

forgotten

forfeiture

forfeitures

formation

franciscan

foundation

freemason

freudian

frustration

fustian

fruition

garrison

gaussian

gentleman

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

genuine

galleon

gradation

gravamen

gravitate

graffiti

gravitates

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

gravity

halcyon

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

hereafter

horatian

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

inaction

ignition

incision

imagine

impassion

impression

imprison

implosion

in-person

illusion

inception

immersion

irishman

inclusion

incursion

forefathers

inflation

indian

infarction

infection

inflection

induction

infliction

infraction

infusion

intestine

insertion

inhuman

intention

ingestion

injection

injunction

instruction

inspection

intrusion

inscription

invention

invasion

inversion

forefather

jacobin

italian

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lecithin

lesbian

libration

libyan

ligation

location

logician

magdalen

magician

lutheran

mandarin

lumberman

malaysian

malayan

margarine

marian

masculine

medallion

medicine

melanin

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

nebraskan

misshapen

mistaken

moroccan

morbidly

myosin

narration

munition

musician

muskmelon

mutation

negation

optation

nutrition

median

niacin

nevadan

nemean

nitrogen

nobleman

nonhuman

nonunion

norwegian

notation

nubian

opinion

obsession

omission

objection

optician

octillion

occlusion

obstruction

occasion

odeon

oppression

oration

orbital

orbitals

religion

reopen

ottoman

origin

orion

outspoken

oxygen

overman

ovation

overdone

overrun

partisan

parthian

parisian

partition

parapet

perfusion

pavilion

patrician

pelican

perfection

perception

percussion

pentathlon

perfidy

permission

permian

perpetrates

persuasion

petition

phoenician

physician

perversion

pervading

phrygian

peterman

policeman

plantation

pollution

plebeian

perpetrate

position

porcelain

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

predestine

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

privation

prevention

privations

privately

projection

probation

profiteer

procession

profession

profusion

production

promotion

profiting

progression

probative

prohibit

profiteers

probity

prostration

prohibits

proportion

propulsion

proscription

protean

reaction

protection

providence

ramadan

provision

provident

provider

provided

quotation

puritan

reduction

redemption

recession

recision

rebellion

reception

reflection

rendition

providers

remission

regression

rejection

regimen

relation

reptilian

repression

resumption

rescission

resection

restriction

rifleman

retraction

rhodopsin

reversion

retention

revulsion

revision

reunion

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

scorpion

scriptural

scythian

secession

seclusion

secretion

selection

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

servitude

simian

silicon

snapdragon

skeleton

singleton

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

submersion

stygian

submission

subscription

succession

suggestion

summation

sumatran

subtraction

vitamin

superman

tactician

suppression

suspicion

suspension

syrian

tamarin

taxation

temptation

technician

thespian

timberman

transmission

toboggan

torpedo

transition

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

torpedoes

transgression

translation

torpedos

thereafter

tuition

uneven

uncommon

uncertain

unbroken

unbutton

unburden

turpitude

unwritten

unison

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

veteran

waterman

vibration

venison

verbatim

vermilion

volition

vocation

wesleyan

troubadour

truncation

suburban

subversion

4 syllable words

aberration

abolition

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accusation

accordion

acquisition

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

admonition

agitation

adulation

affectation

affirmation

advocation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

activation

adaptation

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

annexation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

amphibian

amputation

ammunition

annotation

allegation

animation

approbation

apparition

appalachian

appellation

application

apprehension

arabian

arbitrations

arbitrager

arbitration

arbitrageur

arbitragers

arbitrary

arbitrageurs

arbitrator

arbitrators

arthurian

armenian

armageddon

aspiration

assyrian

assemblyman

athenian

attribution

avocation

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

arizonan

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

californian

calibration

calculation

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

carbohydrates

carbohydrate

carpetbagger

carpetbaggers

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

committeeman

collocation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

comparison

commutation

compensation

competition

composition

comprehension

complication

computation

concentration

confiscation

confirmation

condescension

conflagration

confrontation

condensation

condemnation

congregation

constellation

connotation

constipation

constitution

conservation

consolation

consecration

consultation

consummation

contemplation

conjugation

consternation

compilation

contrarian

contraception

contradiction

contravention

conversation

contribution

convocation

corinthian

corp.

corporation

coronation

correlation

convolution

cotyledon

copenhagen

copernican

corruptible

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

custodian

businesswoman

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

decimation

declaration

defamation

decoration

dedication

definition

deformation

degradation

dehydration

delegation

decompression

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

deposition

depravation

derivation

dereliction

depredation

deprivation

desecration

derivative

desiccation

designation

destitution

desolation

desperation

destination

devastation

devolution

devonian

deviation

detonation

dietitian

diocesan

disaffection

dilatation

diminution

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

dissertation

disputation

dissolution

dislocation

disposition

dispensation

dissipation

distillation

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emanation

emigration

englishwoman

equestrian

emulation

equitation

eritrean

estimation

estonian

erudition

eustachian

evolution

european

evocation

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhortation

expiration

expectation

exploitation

exhumation

expedition

explanation

explication

exploration

exposition

fabrication

extradition

extrication

fallopian

federation

fascination

fermentation

exhibition

figuration

fibrillation

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

forfeitable

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

gastrulation

generation

gargantuan

gentlewoman

glaciation

germination

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

habitation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

hydrocarbon

iberian

ibuprofen

ideation

incantation

illustration

immigration

immolation

implantation

imperfection

importation

imposition

impregnation

implication

imputation

inattention

indecision

imitation

incarnation

incrustation

deconstruction

inclination

incubation

indentation

infestation

intermission

indexation

indigestion

indication

indonesian

infiltration

inflammation

information

intimation

inhibition

inhalation

installation

innovation

inspiration

intercession

instigation

institution

integration

insulation

insurrection

interurban

interception

inquisition

intersection

interaction

interruption

interdiction

interjection

intervention

intuition

interwoven

intonation

introduction

introspection

indignation

invitation

indiscretion

inundation

invocation

iranian

jacobean

irritation

iteration

irrigation

isolation

jordanian

jubilation

kindergarten

laceration

jurisdiction

lancastrian

legislation

levitation

liberian

leviathan

lilliputian

limitation

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

liquidation

liberation

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

lubrication

librarian

masturbation

maturation

machination

meditation

mediation

medication

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

miseration

ministration

minnesotan

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

mitigation

demolition

missourian

moderation

molestation

moravian

mongolian

morbidity

modulation

navigation

mortification

motivation

napoleon

mutilation

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nomination

observation

obfuscation

oblivion

obligation

operation

obsidian

octahedron

obstetrician

olympian

occupation

ohioan

opposition

neuropathy

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

oxidation

overburden

ovulation

palpitation

pagurian

pagination

paraguayan

pedestrian

pavlovian

perforation

penetration

pelagian

penicillin

predetermine

permutation

perpetual

perpetuals

persecution

perpetuate

perpetrator

perpetrators

perpetuates

perspiration

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

planarian

politician

polynesian

plutonian

polyhedron

praetorian

population

preconception

precondition

predilection

preelection

preignition

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

probationer

probationers

prohibition

proclamation

profanation

profitable

prohibitions

prohibitive

procreation

prostitution

proposition

propagation

prosecution

radiation

protozoan

refutation

protestation

provocation

providential

publication

readmission

punctuation

reformation

reassertion

recitation

recognition

recollection

realization

reawaken

recantation

reclamation

recreation

reconstruction

reexamine

reelection

relaxation

registration

reinspection

regulation

relocation

renovation

reparation

repetition

reposition

repossession

reproduction

replication

repercussion

republican

restitution

restoration

requisition

reservation

resignation

resolution

respiration

resurrection

retardation

retrocession

rhetorician

retribution

revelation

revolution

rhododendron

revocation

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wagnerian

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tributary

watermelon

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abbreviation

accreditation

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brobdingnagians

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eradication

ethiopian

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exoskeleton

exhilaration

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fertilization

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nitroglycerine

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nonintervention

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oregonian

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theologian

triangulation

unification

unitarian

vaporization

utilization

vegetarian

verification

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

repudiation

preoccupation

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word craftsman

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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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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
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  • 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.

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