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

airman

action

alan

acton

alban

align

aligns

alkanes

alman

aligned

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

atman

asian

auction

auden

austin

baldwin

bacon

bagman

bastion

balsam

banyan

bargain

barton

baron

barren

basin

baston

bason

brethren

baton

batten

beaten

beckon

batton

belgian

bellman

belgians

begun

bellon

billion

billman

billon

bisson

bitten

bison

blacken

bourbon

blackens

bowman

beacon

bolden

bookman

blessing

blowgun

blowguns

blossom

blossoms

blessings

blocking

bludgeon

blushing

bollen

bordman

boatman

boston

bobbin

boughten

blackmail

bleaching

brazen

bayman

bracken

brakeman

breton

blazing

brighten

blacksmith

briton

bullion

bulging

brogan

broken

burgeon

burden

burdon

burman

burton

bushman

button

calvin

cajun

cabin

caisson

calkins

calkin

canaan

cannon

caption

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

carmine

canon

carton

cauldron

caxton

caution

cayman

caulking

chairman

chaplain

chapman

children

chevron

chicken

chieftain

cheapen

chessman

chasten

chosen

christian

christen

charon

churchman

citron

classman

coachman

clinton

claxon

closings

classmates

cloaking

clocking

clogging

closing

clucking

classmate

certain

cologne

colon

common

cousin

crimson

cotton

copeman

corban

cordon

cowan

craftsman

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

broaden

mention

curtain

cushion

dalton

deacon

deaden

deafen

dampen

damson

darken

dagan

dagon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

diction

dian

gudgeon

driven

dozen

dolman

dolphin

doctrine

draftsman

dragon

elan

dromon

dobson

dungeon

dudgeon

dustman

dutchman

eaten

eden

earthen

drunken

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

falcon

faulcon

faction

fallen

falcons

famine

felon

fashion

fasten

fiction

faustian

fatten

fibrin

fission

fielden

fireman

firman

freeman

flexion

flashgun

flatten

floren

footman

freedman

fortune

foreman

foreign

fraction

fountain

flagging

friction

freshen

freshman

frozen

gilden

function

fulsome

gallon

gammon

flagman

gentian

garden

frighten

gascon

gibbon

georgian

german

given

garron

gladden

flogging

gumption

glidden

glisten

gluten

golden

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gowan

griffon

grecian

minion

grandson

guardsman

flashing

flushing

glazing

haitian

hackman

daman

hangman

graven

headman

headsman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hasten

hausen

heathen

heaven

haven

heighten

hidden

hessian

hetman

heron

human

hogan

hoten

hoven

horseman

houseman

homespun

huntsman

hymen

ibsen

hyphen

hyson

henchman

hempen

kitchen

kitten

keelson

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

kelson

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

jason

kelvin

junction

kansan

kalan

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

landsman

klansman

lampron

laden

lagan

landman

latin

leaden

leaven

ledden

layman

legion

lesion

lengthen

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

leven

lightman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

linden

linen

lisbon

listen

lotion

lineman

linemen

lion

lumen

liven

loosen

london

logan

lockman

lopeman

longan

locken

loren

luncheon

lynden

m1

mahone

madden

maiden

malign

maligned

malkin

mansion

mangan

marchman

margin

marron

markman

marlin

martian

marten

marksman

martin

matron

mason

mayan

lyden

notion

mignon

melton

milken

milkens

million

melon

minden

milkman

mission

happen

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mullen

muffin

mountain

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

norman

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

omen

often

onion

open

option

oven

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

owen

organ

oxen

paean

packman

pagan

panton

pardon

pension

passion

pathan

passman

pectin

pavon

patron

penguin

patten

peon

persian

perron

person

penman

pillion

pigeon

pinion

piston

pitman

placement

placements

plaisance

pleasant

pleasants

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

plasma

poison

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

potion

postman

pleasing

prison

pressman

parson

plugging

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

region

redden

resin

rerun

ribbon

ridden

rincon

risen

riven

roman

riden

ripen

robin

rosen

rosin

rowan

rotten

rowen

rumen

russian

ruin

runnion

sadden

saffron

salesman

sanction

samson

salmon

santon

satan

satin

saxon

scullion

season

seaman

scotsman

stillion

scion

selden

section

seedsman

semen

shipman

shearman

sequin

session

sexton

seton

seven

sharpen

sermon

shaken

shaman

shrunken

shogun

showman

shorten

shotgun

sicken

silken

siphon

siren

smitten

slogan

slogans

smarten

slacken

slackens

soldan

sodden

soften

spearman

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

scallion

stallion

stallman

spoken

sportsman

squadron

spokesman

statesman

station

stepson

steven

stiffen

stricken

strengthen

stolen

stockman

straighten

striven

suasion

suction

sultan

sylvan

sullen

sudden

summon

sunken

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

syphon

talcum

taken

talking

talon

tarpon

trojan

tubman

tartan

tappen

tension

tendon

teston

tillman

thicken

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

trillion

toman

torsion

traction

toughen

townsman

treason

triton

trodden

tungsten

tuscan

turban

undone

union

urchin

urban

urine

urson

version

villain

vegan

vulcan

vulcans

wanton

weaken

warden

watchman

wagon

waken

warren

walking

weapon

sturgeon

wiccan

women

woolen

whitson

woolman

welcome

wheaten

welcomes

well-known

whiten

wooden

wholesome

widen

woodman

wizen

written

woman

woven

workman

worsen

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

slouching

3 syllable words

ablation

abandon

abdomen

abduction

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

abstraction

aggression

alaskan

acumen

aegean

addiction

addition

adhesion

admission

adoption

affection

adsorption

adrian

affliction

african

alaskans

albumin

alderman

alchemy

alchemist

alien

albion

allegiance

aligning

alignment

alignments

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anyone

anchorman

apportion

appian

andean

anglican

artesian

arkansan

artisan

arian

aryan

ascension

asuncion

aspersion

assertion

assassin

assumption

attention

attraction

aversion

audition

attrition

awaken

backgammon

australian

avian

austrian

badminton

backwoodsman

balconies

balcony

bandwagon

balkanize

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

bouillon

beholden

benjamin

beethoven

biotin

brazilian

blossoming

bologna

bosnian

blackmailing

bulletin

collisions

calcium

campion

cambrian

collagen

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

catalan

castration

cation

caucasian

causation

collegian

cetacean

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

cessation

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cohesion

citation

coercion

cognition

coelacanth

collection

collegians

commotion

communion

combustion

commission

completion

compassion

companion

concession

complexion

compression

compulsion

conception

compunction

confusion

concussion

condition

conduction

conflation

confession

concoction

confection

confucian

congestion

cremation

conscription

constriction

connexion

construction

contagion

consumption

contraction

contraption

contention

contortion

conversion

convection

convention

conviction

convulsion

contrition

corrosion

correction

corruption

corsican

councilman

congressman

countryman

creation

crestfallen

conjunction

connection

croatian

crustacean

imprison

cyprian

deception

declension

dalmatian

damnation

mexican

deduction

defection

deflation

deflection

derision

denizen

depiction

dentition

depression

depletion

desertion

description

detection

detention

determine

destruction

diligent

diligence

dictation

dilation

dimension

diffraction

digestion

digression

discussion

direction

discretion

discipline

dispersion

dissension

disruption

dissection

duration

disunion

distraction

distinction

distortion

diversion

egyptian

dominion

donation

dorian

downtrodden

edition

dulcimer

dulciana

election

ejection

eleven

elegant

elison

eloquence

eloquent

emblazon

embolden

emission

emulsion

englishman

enlighten

enliven

encryption

erection

etruscan

eviction

exaction

everyone

excision

exception

excursion

exertion

exhaustion

excretion

exemption

forgotten

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

expansion

extrusion

falconers

falconer

falconet

falconets

falconry

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fisherman

fijian

fixation

flirtation

flotation

formation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

fabian

foundation

franciscan

freudian

fluxional

gillian

fruition

fustian

frustration

galleon

gaussian

garrison

freemason

gestation

genuine

gentleman

glaucoma

halogen

ghanaian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

eruption

halcyon

gyration

guncotton

hammerman

handwoven

rejection

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

helicon

impassion

heroin

heroine

horizon

horatian

housebroken

ignition

hydration

hydrogen

imagine

in-person

inflation

impression

inaction

indian

incision

inception

incursion

inflection

infliction

induction

infection

infarction

injection

inhuman

ingestion

infraction

insertion

inspection

inscription

intention

instruction

intestine

invasion

invention

inversion

italian

jamaican

irian

irishman

jacobin

jettison

jovian

keratin

julian

kantian

javelin

keynesian

injunction

lecithin

laotian

lactation

korean

lanolin

laurentian

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

logician

location

lumberman

lutheran

malayan

magician

malaysians

magdalen

medicine

malignant

malcontent

malcontents

mandarin

margarine

marian

norwegian

masculine

medallion

median

midshipman

menhaden

migration

guardian

melanin

misfortune

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

moleskin

munition

musician

muskmelon

narration

mutation

myosin

negation

nebraskan

nevadan

nemean

niacin

nonhuman

nobleman

nitrogen

nonunion

moroccan

notation

obsession

nubian

objection

nutrition

occasion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

oration

opinion

optation

optician

origin

ovation

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

policeman

oxygen

helicons

parisian

predation

obstruction

pelican

partition

partisan

parthian

patrician

pelicans

perversion

pavilion

perception

perfusion

persuasion

perfection

percussion

permian

permission

pentathlon

peterman

petition

prediction

phrygian

physician

plebeian

production

plantation

pleasantly

pleasantry

pleasantries

glassmaker

relation

phoenician

porcelain

possession

precaution

position

precision

precession

progression

projection

predestine

promotion

preemption

procession

pretension

presumption

prevention

privation

prescription

probation

profession

polishing

proportion

propulsion

proscription

provision

protection

polygon

puritan

quotation

reaction

realign

ramadan

realism

rebellion

recession

reception

protean

reflection

redemption

reduction

regimen

regression

prostration

phlegmatic

pliocene

remission

religions

rendition

reopen

reptilian

repression

resection

reunion

resumption

retention

retraction

restriction

revulsion

revision

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

salvation

sedition

sedation

scythian

secretion

scorpion

secession

seduction

selection

sensation

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

glockenspiel

subversion

stygian

submersion

suburban

submission

subtraction

subscription

succession

summation

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

syrian

suspension

suspicion

talisman

superman

tactician

tamarin

temptation

technician

timberman

thespian

toboggan

transfusion

tradition

taxation

transition

translation

transaction

transcription

transmission

transgression

truncation

tuition

unbutton

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unison

unwritten

uterine

vermilion

vacation

vatican

venetian

venison

veteran

vibration

volition

vocation

vitamin

volcano

volcanoes

volcanos

volcanic

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

absolution

abolition

abnegation

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

abyssinian

accordion

accusation

acquisition

admonition

adaptation

admiration

adulation

adoration

advocation

affectation

affirmation

adrenaline

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

alabaman

activation

aldebaran

algerian

alchemically

algonquian

alexanders

alexander

alexandrine

alexandrines

allegation

allocation

alleghany

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

animation

amphibian

appalachian

appellation

annexation

annotation

amputation

apparition

application

apprehension

approbation

albanian

arabian

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

assyrian

assemblyman

aspiration

attribution

athenian

avocation

aviation

backwardation

augmentation

arbitration

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

bolognese

businesswoman

calculation

californian

calibration

canadian

cancellation

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

coalition

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

coalescence

cogitation

coliseum

collodion

coloration

compilation

colloquium

coloradan

comedian

combination

commendation

colosseum

columbian

committeeman

comparison

commutation

compensation

competition

complication

comprehension

computation

composition

concentration

condemnation

condensation

condescension

collocation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

confrontation

cotyledon

constipation

congregation

connotation

consecration

constitution

consolation

constellation

consternation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

conservation

contradiction

convolution

contribution

convocation

conversation

correlation

copernican

corinthian

coronation

corp.

corporation

contravention

copenhagen

contrarian

conjugation

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

criterion

crocodilian

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

decimation

darwinian

declaration

deconstruction

equestrian

dedication

defamation

definition

delegation

dehydration

deformation

degradation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deposition

devonian

dereliction

devolution

desolation

desperation

desecration

designation

destination

destitution

deviation

detonation

devastation

derivation

dilatation

diligently

dietitian

diminution

desiccation

disaffection

disconnection

diocesan

disinflation

dislocation

disinfection

decoration

disputation

disposition

dissertation

dispensation

distillation

dissipation

distribution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

dualisms

dulcinea

duplication

dualism

electrician

education

elevation

elegantly

elocution

elysium

elongation

emanation

eloquently

embarkation

englishwoman

emulation

emigration

equitation

eritrean

evocation

decompression

evolution

estonian

estimation

hallucinate

erudition

hallucinates

european

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhumation

exhortation

fluctuation

expectation

eustachian

excavation

expiration

exploration

explanation

explication

exploitation

formulation

federation

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

expedition

exposition

floridian

fluoridation

gargantuan

extradition

extrication

foliation

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

glaciation

gorgonian

gravitation

granulation

greco-roman

gregorian

graduation

habitation

hegelian

misperception

hemoglobin

herculean

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

ibuprofen

hypertension

hyperion

illusionists

indonesian

immolation

illustration

imitation

immigration

implantation

implication

imposition

importation

imputation

impregnation

inattention

incantation

inclination

incarnation

indentation

incubation

indecision

incrustation

indexation

indication

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

imperfection

inhalation

information

inhibition

inquisition

inspiration

installation

instigation

institution

insulation

insurrection

interaction

integration

interception

intuition

intercession

intermission

interruption

interdiction

interjection

intersection

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

intervention

introduction

introspection

inundation

irrigation

irritation

isolation

iranian

invitation

invocation

iteration

jacobean

innovation

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

leviathan

legislation

levitation

lilliputian

liberation

limitation

liberian

librarian

liquidation

litigation

liquefaction

locomotion

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

malignancy

malignancies

malformation

malnutrition

mammalian

manumission

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

melanesian

misbegotten

meditation

guatemalan

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

ministration

miseration

misconception

missourian

modulation

mitigation

moderation

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nicaraguan

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nihilism

noblewoman

nomination

mortification

nonprescription

nonpartisan

obligation

oblivion

obfuscation

obsidian

observation

ohioan

olympian

occupation

octahedron

operation

opposition

ordination

ovulation

orchestration

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

oxidation

paraguayan

palpitation

obstetrician

pelagian

pelagians

pavlovian

pedestrian

peruvian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

pagination

phylogeny

pagurian

pigmentation

planarian

plasmodium

plasmodia

plutonian

proposition

polygyny

polynesian

polygamy

polyhedron

politician

population

polygonal

praetorian

preconception

precondition

predilection

predetermine

preelection

preparation

preservation

premonition

presentation

proclamation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

preignition

prosecution

propagation

prostitution

publication

provocation

protozoan

protestation

reawaken

radiation

realization

realizing

readmission

reassertion

punctuation

recollection

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recreation

reconstruction

reelection

refutation

reexamine

reformation

registration

regulation

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

renovation

religionist

reparation

repercussion

repetition

replication

repossession

reproduction

reposition

resolution

republican

reservation

respiration

reputation

resignation

requisition

restitution

retribution

retrocession

restoration

resurrection

retardation

revelation

revolution

revocation

rhetorician

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

saturation

sanitation

satisfaction

sectarian

segregation

segmentation

sicilian

separation

self-deception

sequestration

shakespearean

siberian

simonian

simulation

situation

smithsonian

speculation

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

substitution

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

superhuman

supervision

supposition

superstition

surrogation

syndication

syncopation

tabulation

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

theologians

titillation

toleration

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transportation

tasmanian

ulceration

usurpation

valuation

vacillation

valerian

variation

validation

vaccination

veneration

ventilation

vegetation

victorian

utopian

vindication

violation

visitation

volcanically

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accumulation

accreditation

academician

affiliation

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administration

adulteration

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

allegiances

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amazonian

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assassination

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babylonian

augustinian

authentication

argentinian

beethovenian

brutalization

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

carthaginian

centralization

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civilization

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classification

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colonization

brobdingnagian

commemoration

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concatenation

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configuration

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conglomeration

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contamination

cooperation

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decapitation

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defenestration

deliberation

deification

degeneration

delicatessen

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

depreciation

desalination

determination

desegregation

discoloration

discrimination

dionysian

disembarkation

disinclination

disintegration

dissociation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

domestication

dramatization

edification

ejaculation

elaboration

elimination

elizabethan

electrocution

emancipation

equalization

enumeration

epicurean

eradication

ethiopian

equivocation

evaluation

evacuation

evaporation

exacerbation

exaggeration

examination

excoriation

exfoliation

exhilaration

exoneration

exasperation

extermination

expropriation

exoskeleton

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

expatriation

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

hallucination

hallucinating

hallucinations

reintegration

harmonization

hanoverian

humiliation

illusionary

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperborean

hyperinflation

illumination

immunization

imagination

improvisation

inactivation

incineration

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

inauguration

indoctrination

infatuation

inhabitation

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inoculation

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instrumentation

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initiation

interrogation

interpretation

intimidation

interconnection

invalidation

ionization

investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

mathematician

maximilian

maximization

mechanization

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

mississippian

modernization

modification

rejuvenation

misinformation

mummification

multiplication

neapolitan

negotiation

nickelodeon

neutralization

nonintervention

nitroglycerine

nonsectarian

normalization

notification

intoxication

mobilization

nullification

obliteration

orientation

oregonian

organization

ossification

origination

ornamentation

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

perpetuation

philadelphian

polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

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predisposition

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preoccupation

presbyterian

prevarication

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proliferation

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prognostication

proletarian

pronunciation

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pythagorean

ramification

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ratification

recombination

recommendation

recrimination

rectification

recuperation

regeneration

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reforestation

remuneration

renunciation

repatriation

representation

repudiation

retaliation

resuscitation

revaluation

reverberation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

simplification

decomposition

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

triangulation

unitarian

unification

utilization

vaporization

verification

vegetarian

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word delusion

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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:

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