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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ardent

ashen

asian

aspen

atman

auction

auden

austin

banyan

bagman

bacon

baldwin

baron

barren

baton

barton

bastion

bargain

basin

bason

beckon

baston

bayman

batten

batton

beacon

billon

billion

billman

belgian

bellon

bellman

birdman

bitten

bison

blowgun

blacken

birthmarks

bludgeon

boarding

boatman

bolden

boardings

bollen

bookman

boston

bobbin

bordman

boredom

boughten

bowman

bourbon

bracken

braiding

brakeman

brazen

breeding

breathing

brethren

breton

briton

britons

brogan

broken

bullion

brighten

brooding

bruting

burgeon

broaden

carman

burden

broadens

burdened

burdens

burdon

begun

burton

button

caisson

cajun

calvin

cabin

canaan

caption

capstan

canton

canyon

captain

cannon

canon

carbon

carton

cartons

cartoon

cauldron

cartoons

caution

caxton

chairman

certain

birthmark

chaplain

cayman

chapman

charon

chicken

chessman

chasten

children

chevron

chieftain

cheapen

chosen

churchman

citron

claxon

coachman

clinton

classman

cardoon

carmine

colon

birthing

beaten

common

copeman

corban

cordon

cousin

cotton

cowan

craftsman

craven

crimson

crewman

cretin

credence

crouton

croutons

cuban

cumin

damson

deaden

dalton

dampen

deafen

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

curtains

darken

deacon

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

dozen

dolman

dolphin

draftsman

doctrine

dragon

dreadnought

driven

dobson

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

drunken

eaten

eden

dromon

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

grandson

burman

faction

falcon

fallen

fashion

faustian

fasten

faulcon

fatten

felon

fibrin

fielden

fireman

flashgun

firman

flexion

footman

foreman

flatten

floren

foreign

grecian

famine

farthing

fountain

fortune

fortunes

fortin

fraction

freedman

freedom

gilden

freshman

freshen

freetown

frighten

frozen

fusion

function

fruiting

gibbon

gallon

georgian

gammon

gascon

gentian

garron

gardens

garden

german

given

glidden

gluten

goodman

gorgon

freeman

gladden

girding

golden

gotten

gowan

grading

graven

grating

fourteen

greeting

freedoms

griffon

fortnight

grouting

guardsman

gudgeon

gumption

haitian

hackman

greetings

hangman

happen

harden

hasten

hausen

heathen

harken

harten

hardened

hardens

heaven

haven

headman

hearten

headsman

heron

hempen

hessian

henchman

hidden

heighten

human

hetman

hogan

homespun

houseman

hoten

hoven

horseman

hoarding

huntsman

hurting

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ibsen

fourteenth

fortnights

fourteens

latin

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jetton

jordan

jorden

jordans

junction

kalan

kitten

kansan

keelson

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

laden

lagan

lampron

landman

landsman

layman

leaven

ledden

legion

leman

lemon

lessen

lesson

lengthen

lesion

leven

linen

linden

lightman

lineman

linemen

lichen

lighten

liken

lion

lotion

lockman

liman

lisbon

lopeman

logan

london

longan

liven

locken

loren

lumen

luncheon

mahone

lynden

leaden

m1

lyden

madden

maiden

mansion

margin

mangan

marchman

marron

marksman

marlin

marten

markman

martian

martians

mason

martin

matron

martens

martins

melon

melton

mention

mignon

milken

million

minion

minden

shogun

mayan

mitten

molten

moisten

morgan

mordant

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

muslin

mormon

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

ninon

rerun

option

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

open

onion

omen

outdone

outrun

ordnance

organ

othman

orphan

oven

oxen

owen

paean

packman

panton

pagan

pardon

ordain

pardons

parson

part-time

parting

pathan

passman

patron

patten

pavon

pectin

pension

peon

penman

penguin

perron

person

persian

pertain

pertains

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

plankton

pollan

pollen

portion

ponton

potion

portend

portent

portends

portents

portions

portman

prison

postman

pressman

pretend

pretends

proven

prussian

pullen

quicken

prudence

prudent

question

prudhomme

protein

proteins

ration

samson

raven

reason

rayon

reckon

redden

sanction

russian

region

runnion

partners

partner

resin

ruin

ribbon

ridden

rincon

riden

risen

riven

roman

rosen

ripen

robin

rosin

rotten

rowan

rowen

rumen

saffron

sadden

salmon

salesman

zircon

passion

saxon

scotsman

scallion

satan

satin

scion

sardine

sardines

scullion

seaman

season

section

selden

seedsman

semen

sequin

sermon

session

sexton

sicken

shipman

seven

sharpen

shearman

seton

shaken

shaman

shirting

shorten

showman

silken

shotgun

shrunken

shortens

shrouding

shorthand

shredding

siphon

siren

slogan

slacken

skirting

smarten

smitten

spoken

soldan

spearman

solon

sovereign

sovran

spartan

soften

spokesman

station

statesman

squadron

stallion

stallman

sodden

sportsman

stepson

stolen

stiffen

stillion

steven

stockman

stricken

strengthen

striven

suction

straighten

sturgeon

suasion

sudden

sullen

summon

sultan

sunken

sylvan

swollen

surgeon

sweeten

syphon

tension

thicken

tillman

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tendon

tartan

torsion

teston

thousand

threaten

threatens

tighten

titan

thirteenths

thirteen

thirteenth

token

toman

toughen

townsman

traction

trading

tradings

treason

treadmills

treadmill

treatment

treatments

trillion

triton

trident

trodden

trojan

tuscan

tungsten

tubman

turban

union

undone

urson

urchin

urban

urine

villain

vegan

verdant

version

verdin

vision

vulcan

wanton

wagon

waken

warden

wardens

watchman

whitson

wiccan

santon

weapon

woman

women

warren

weaken

whiten

widen

wizen

wooden

woodman

woolen

written

woolman

wheaten

worsen

woven

workman

wording

writing

writings

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

ablation

abdomen

abortion

accession

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

admission

adoption

adhesion

adrian

aegean

adsorption

aerodyne

affliction

affection

african

aggression

aleutian

alaskan

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

commotion

abandon

anyone

attraction

apportion

appian

ascension

arian

arkansan

artesian

aryan

ardently

artisan

asuncion

assumption

assertion

aspersion

assassin

attention

attrition

audition

aversion

avian

australian

austrian

badminton

awaken

backwoodsman

backgammon

bandwagon

baritone

baritones

bartender

bedridden

battalion

bedizen

combustion

bartenders

biotin

beholden

benjamin

bitumen

boardinghouse

bosnian

brazilian

breadwinners

breadwinner

bulletin

burdensome

campion

cambrian

cardigan

capsaicin

commission

cardinal

coercion

catalan

cartesian

caucasian

carrion

castration

cation

cartoonists

cartoonist

causation

cetacean

cessation

certainly

certainty

certainties

chairwoman

chairperson

chamberlain

champion

cardinals

chardonnay

chilean

charwoman

cognition

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

charlatan

citation

civilian

clergyman

clarion

clarendon

cohesion

chardonnays

collision

collection

collagen

collegian

collusion

carnation

bedouin

beethoven

communion

incursion

predation

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

concession

condition

concussion

compassion

conception

conclusion

concoction

conduction

confession

confucian

congestion

confusion

connection

conflation

congressman

conjunction

connexion

contention

conscription

contortion

constriction

consumption

construction

contagion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

convulsion

contusion

conversion

conviction

corruption

correction

corrosion

councilman

corsican

cortina

cortinas

countryman

court-martial

creation

creations

croatian

cremation

credential

credentialed

credentials

credenza

crestfallen

croatians

crustacean

cyprian

companion

dalmatian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

dentition

deletion

depiction

delusion

denizen

depletion

derision

desertion

confection

dilution

depression

detection

description

detention

digestion

destruction

diffraction

devotion

dictation

determine

diffusion

digression

dilation

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dispersion

dissection

disruption

dissension

distinction

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

division

edition

donation

dominion

dorian

downtrodden

duration

durations

earthenware

egyptian

election

ejection

elation

eleven

elison

emission

emotion

embolden

emulsion

encryption

emblazon

englishman

erection

enlighten

equation

enliven

erosion

eruption

etruscan

evasion

eviction

excision

everyone

exaction

exception

exclusion

excretion

exertion

excursion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extinction

fabian

extortion

ferryman

extraction

filtration

feminine

fenian

fijian

formation

extrusion

fixation

flotation

fisherman

flirtation

forbidden

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

halogen

foundation

fortunate

hammerman

franciscan

fortuna

freudian

freemason

freethinker

freethinkers

fustian

frustration

genuine

galleon

gardener

garrison

gaussian

gardeners

gentleman

gardening

gardenias

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gradient

gradients

farthingale

gravamen

firedamp

fortnightly

grobian

guardian

guardians

gyration

gyrations

halcyon

guncotton

handwoven

hawaiian

hardener

harlequin

hardeners

hardening

heartbroken

heroine

horatian

heroin

horizon

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

immersion

impassion

inaction

impression

imprison

implosion

incision

in-person

inception

inclusion

laotian

laurentian

invasion

indian

invention

infection

infliction

inflation

infarction

inflection

infraction

infusion

ingestion

induction

injection

injunction

inhuman

inscription

insertion

inspection

instruction

irritant

intention

intestine

intrusion

irishman

inversion

irian

irritants

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

jettison

jovian

julian

italian

keratin

kantian

keynesian

lactation

korean

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libyan

ligation

libration

magician

lutheran

location

lumberman

magdalen

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marathon

margarine

marathons

marian

maritime

maritimes

masculine

medicine

median

melanin

medallion

menhaden

mexican

migration

midshipman

misfortune

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

mutation

muskmelon

myosin

narration

negation

nemean

nebraskan

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

misshapen

nubian

notation

norwegian

objection

occlusion

obsession

obstruction

occasion

odeon

octillion

opinion

oppression

optation

optician

oration

parisian

origin

orations

ovation

orion

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

pardoning

ordinance

partition

partisan

parthian

pavilion

patrician

perception

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

perfection

permian

permission

petition

physician

persuasion

phoenician

perfusion

phrygian

perversion

peterman

pertinent

policeman

plantation

prediction

plebeian

porcelain

position

portmanteau

possession

partnership

pollution

precession

precision

precaution

preclusion

procession

predestine

preemption

prescription

pretension

parthenon

presumption

pretender

pretenders

pretensions

prevention

probation

privation

profession

production

profusion

progression

provision

proscription

propulsion

promotion

proportion

prostration

protean

protection

prudential

prudency

prudently

quotation

projection

puritan

puritans

ramadan

reaction

recision

reception

recession

rebellion

reduction

redemption

reflection

relation

nonunion

regression

rejection

regimen

remission

rendition

reopen

religion

repression

rescission

resection

reptilian

retention

restriction

resumption

retraction

reunion

revision

rotation

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

salvation

saleswoman

saccharin

samoan

partnerships

scrutiny

scorpion

scrutinize

scythian

secession

secretion

seclusion

selection

sedation

sedition

seduction

sensation

short-winded

silicon

simian

shortening

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

succession

starvation

stagnation

specimen

suspicion

submission

stygian

subscription

submersion

subversion

subtraction

suburban

suggestion

superman

summation

sumatran

suppression

syrian

suspension

snapdragon

tactician

technician

talisman

taxation

temptation

tamarin

thespian

timberman

toboggan

threatening

tradition

transition

transmission

transcription

transgression

transaction

translation

transfusion

tritium

truncation

unbutton

unburden

unbroken

uncertain

uncommon

uneven

unwritten

urethane

uterine

vacation

venetian

vatican

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

vocation

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

pretended

sardonic

4 syllable words

abolition

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

acquisition

accusation

activation

adaptation

admonition

adoration

admiration

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

affirmation

agitation

alabaman

aldebaran

agrarian

albanian

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

amputation

altercation

alternation

ammunition

amphibian

american

animation

annexation

appellation

application

apprehension

approbation

arabian

arbitration

annotation

arizonan

arithmetic

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

assyrian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

apparition

attribution

appalachian

aviation

avocation

augmentation

backwardation

coloration

combination

bavarian

barbarian

benediction

bifurcation

carcinogen

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

californian

calculation

cancellation

coalition

canadian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumvention

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

cogitation

collocation

collodion

coloradan

columbian

commendation

comedian

committeeman

commutation

competition

composition

compilation

comprehension

compensation

complication

computation

desecration

comparison

condemnation

condensation

condescension

desperation

concentration

conjugation

confiscation

confirmation

conflagration

congregation

confrontation

connotation

consolation

consecration

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

consummation

constitution

consultation

contemplation

contradiction

contraception

convocation

convolution

contribution

conversation

coordinate

coordinates

copenhagen

corinthian

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

criterion

crucifixion

crocodilian

cultivation

culmination

custodian

cyclopean

dandelion

darwinian

definition

decimation

dedication

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

decoration

defamation

deformation

demolition

degradation

delegation

dehydration

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

dereliction

derivation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desiccation

desolation

designation

destination

destitution

dietitian

deviation

detonation

devolution

devastation

devonian

deportation

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disposition

disputation

dislocation

dispensation

dissipation

dissertation

dissolution

distillation

distribution

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

divination

education

electrician

elevation

emanation

elocution

emigration

elongation

contravention

emulation

embarkation

exposition

englishwoman

erudition

eritrean

equestrian

equitation

estimation

estonian

european

eustachian

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

expedition

exhumation

expectation

exhortation

expiration

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

contrarian

extradition

fabrication

fallopian

granulation

gravitation

extrication

fascination

federation

fibrillation

fermentation

figuration

foliation

fluoridation

fluctuation

floridian

formulation

fortunately

fragmentation

fumigation

galilean

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

gargantuan

germination

glaciation

graduation

gorgonian

greco-roman

guatemalan

gregorian

guardianship

habitation

herculean

hegelian

hemoglobin

hesitation

himalayan

historian

hibernation

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

hydrocarbon

iberian

ideation

imitation

illustration

ibuprofen

immolation

immigration

imposition

imperfection

implication

importation

implantation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indication

indexation

indignation

indiscretion

information

infiltration

infestation

inflammation

indonesian

inhibition

innovation

inquisition

instigation

inspiration

installation

institution

iridium

inhalation

intermission

insulation

interdiction

insurrection

interaction

intercession

interception

interjection

integration

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

irritation

intonation

intuition

miseration

inundation

iranian

introduction

invitation

irrational

invocation

introspection

irrigation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

jordanians

lancastrian

levitation

legislation

leviathan

liberation

limitation

liberian

lilliputian

librarian

lubrication

locomotion

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

machination

macedonian

maccabean

indigestion

manumission

malnutrition

mammalian

misbegotten

maturation

masturbation

mediation

medication

meditation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

misconception

malformation

relocation

mitigation

molestation

moderation

modulation

missourian

mongolian

moravian

motivation

mortification

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nestorian

newtonian

misperception

nomination

nigerian

noblewoman

nicaraguan

nonprescription

obligation

oblivion

obfuscation

obsidian

obstetrician

observation

octahedron

opposition

ohioan

olympian

operation

occupation

ordination

ordinary

ordinaries

oscillation

ordinances

ovulation

ostentation

overburden

pagination

oxidation

palpitation

orchestration

pagurian

paraguayan

retardation

nonpartisan

sanitation

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

peruvian

perturbation

pigmentation

politician

plutonian

polynesian

population

planarian

prohibition

preconception

praetorian

precondition

predilection

predetermine

predominate

predominance

predominant

predominates

preelection

preignition

premonition

preparation

presentation

preservation

polyhedron

procreation

profanation

proclamation

proposition

propagation

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

provocation

publication

punctuation

readmission

radiation

reassertion

recitation

recantation

reawaken

realization

reclamation

recognition

reelection

recollection

recreation

reconstruction

reformation

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watermelon

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8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word fruition

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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
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  • Bulb
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