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

accents

account

accounts

accent

action

acton

acquaint

agent

agents

alban

alman

airman

amman

apron

arson

ascend

ascends

ashen

asian

aspen

ashamed

ascent

assent

alan

assumed

atman

auction

auden

austin

bagman

baldwin

bargain

basin

bacon

baron

barren

barton

bason

bastion

baston

baton

begun

beaten

bisson

batten

batton

bayman

billion

beacon

belgian

billman

bellman

bellon

besant

billon

bismuth

beckon

bison

bitten

blowgun

blacken

bludgeon

bordman

bobbin

bolden

boston

brakeman

bollen

boughten

bourbon

bookends

bookend

bookman

bowman

bracken

brazen

brethren

breton

briton

brighten

broaden

bullion

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

bushman

burgeon

burton

burman

button

caisson

cajun

cabin

calvin

boatman

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

capstan

captain

caption

cauldron

carman

carmine

caution

carbon

caxton

carton

cayman

chairman

certain

charon

chasten

chaplain

chapman

chessman

cheapen

children

chicken

chieftain

clinton

christen

christian

citron

churchman

chevron

classman

claxon

coachman

cogent

checkmates

chosen

colon

checkmate

backhand

banyan

corban

cordon

cousin

cotton

cowan

craftsman

craven

copeman

cretin

crewman

crimson

crouton

cuban

dagan

cumin

cushion

cushioned

curtain

dagon

dalton

damson

dampen

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

decent

daman

decant

deepen

delphian

demon

descend

descent

descends

descents

desman

diction

devon

discounts

discount

dissent

dissents

disowned

disjoint

dobson

doctrine

docent

docents

dian

dolman

drunken

driven

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dromon

doughnuts

dudgeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

dungeon

doughnut

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

dolphin

landman

faction

falcon

common

fallen

fashion

fashioned

fasten

faulcon

faustian

famine

flexion

fielden

felon

fibrin

fiction

fireman

fission

flashgun

firman

flatten

footman

friction

floren

freshen

foreign

fraction

freedman

fortune

fountain

freeman

freshman

foreman

glidden

glisten

frighten

function

frozen

fusion

garden

gascon

gallon

gammon

garron

gentian

gilden

gibbon

given

georgian

german

gladden

grandson

goodman

golden

gorgon

gluten

gotten

gowan

gumption

graven

griffon

guardsman

haitian

hackman

headsman

hangman

hasten

harden

harken

harten

happen

hausen

haven

headman

heathen

hearten

heaven

henchman

hessian

hidden

hempen

hetman

heighten

heron

hogan

homespun

huntsman

hoven

human

ibsen

houseman

horseman

hoten

hymen

hyphen

hyson

ignites

ignite

grecian

gudgeon

ion

jacinth

junction

jetson

jackman

lessen

jason

jetton

jargon

jasmine

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kismets

kansan

kelvin

kismet

kirkman

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kremlin

landsman

lagan

lampron

laden

latin

kalan

legion

legend

fatten

leaden

leaven

ledden

legends

layman

leman

lemon

lengthen

lesson

lesion

melton

leven

portman

lignite

lightman

lighten

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linen

listen

lisbon

linemen

liven

lion

nekton

locken

lockman

locksmith

foxhound

london

loosen

loosened

lopeman

longan

loren

lotion

lynden

luncheon

lyden

lucent

lumen

m1

madden

magnate

magnet

magnates

magnets

mansion

mahone

mangan

maiden

margin

marchman

markman

marksman

martian

marron

mason

marten

martin

marlin

matron

mayan

melon

mignon

mention

milken

million

minden

minion

miscount

mission

mismatch

mismatched

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

muffin

lichen

mullen

muslin

mutton

nation

nascent

ninon

mountain

logan

norman

notion

oarsman

newsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

onion

option

open

omen

organ

orphan

outdone

outrun

othman

oven

oxen

pagan

packman

paean

pageant

owen

pageants

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

patron

patten

peasant

pavon

pectin

penguin

pension

penman

peon

peasants

parson

portion

perron

person

persian

pheasant

plantain

pinion

pigeon

pillion

piston

pitman

plankton

piquant

pheasants

platen

platten

ponton

poison

pollan

pollen

potion

pressman

prison

proven

question

prussian

pullen

quicken

quicksand

ration

raven

quicksands

rayon

recent

recant

reckon

recount

recounts

reason

redden

region

regent

regents

rincon

postman

rescinds

rescind

rerun

resend

resent

resin

resound

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

resents

ripen

rosen

rosin

rotten

scallion

robin

roman

russian

runnion

saffron

sadden

salesman

scotsman

rowan

sanction

samson

santon

satan

satin

saxon

rowen

ruin

scullion

seaman

season

rumen

salmon

second

scion

section

seconds

seedsman

selden

semen

sequin

sequent

sexton

seton

seven

sermon

session

shipman

shearman

shogun

shorten

shotgun

showman

shrunken

sicken

signet

silken

siphon

siren

slacken

station

slogan

smitten

smarten

soldan

sovereign

sodden

soften

solon

sovran

spearman

sportsman

spokesman

spartan

squadron

stallion

stallman

spoken

statesman

stillion

stiffen

steven

strengthen

stricken

striven

sturgeon

stolen

straighten

suasion

stepson

sharpen

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

sylvan

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

syphon

tension

stockman

tendon

tarpon

tartan

taken

talon

tappen

teston

shaman

thicken

written

tillman

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toman

thousandths

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

treason

trillion

tungsten

tubman

trojan

tuscan

triton

trodden

turban

thousandth

undone

union

urchin

urban

urine

urson

wooden

woodman

thousands

viscount

vegan

version

vision

villain

vignettes

vignette

viscounts

vulcan

wanton

wagon

warden

warren

watchman

waken

whitson

wiccan

women

weaken

weapon

wheaten

woman

whiten

widen

wizen

wizened

woolman

woolen

vacant

workman

worsen

woven

yachtsman

shaken

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

thousand

3 syllable words

ablation

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

acantha

accession

accretion

accenting

accented

accountant

accountants

adoption

aegean

addiction

acumen

acquainted

admission

adsorption

affection

adrian

acquaintance

adhesion

affliction

agendas

agenda

african

aleutian

audition

allusion

asuncion

alaskan

alien

albumin

assertion

attention

alsatian

ambition

ascension

ambrosian

anchorman

anglican

andean

anyone

apportion

appian

artesian

arian

arkansan

ascendance

aryan

artisan

ascendant

ascending

aspersion

assassin

assumption

albion

asunder

attraction

alderman

aversion

awaken

avian

austrian

australian

badminton

bandwagon

backwoodsman

combustion

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

bedouin

beethoven

beholden

benjamin

biotin

bitumen

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

backhanded

bulletin

byzantine

cambrian

campion

cartesian

carnation

carrion

castration

caucasian

cardigan

cation

catalan

causation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

collusion

chamberlain

champion

charlatan

charwoman

chilean

capsaicin

cinnamon

cistercian

citizen

civilian

citation

clarendon

clarion

coercion

cocoanuts

collision

collegian

clergyman

cognitive

collection

cohesion

collagen

backgammon

completion

exemption

compassion

abandon

excretion

commotion

exhaustion

complexion

communion

concession

confession

compression

compulsion

conception

concoction

compunction

concussion

conclusion

conduction

confection

conflation

congestion

confucian

congressman

confusion

conjunction

connection

connexion

conscription

constriction

construction

contention

consumption

contortion

contagion

contraction

contraption

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

cremation

correction

corrosion

corruption

countryman

councilman

corsican

cosmetics

cosmetic

creation

crestfallen

crustacean

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

decimate

deduction

croatian

deflection

deflation

declension

delusion

denizen

description

defection

derision

desertion

descending

descendant

descendent

descendants

descendents

detection

detention

destruction

dominion

devotion

determine

dictation

digression

diffusion

diffraction

dignity

dimension

digestion

dilation

dilution

direction

discipline

discontent

discontents

discretion

donation

discounter

discounters

disruption

dissenting

dissension

disjointed

dispersion

dissection

dissenter

dissenters

distinction

distortion

distraction

diversion

disunion

dogmatic

emblazon

downtrodden

embolden

duration

dorian

emulsion

elation

ejection

eccentrics

election

eleven

elison

emotion

encryption

erection

equation

enliven

erosion

exaction

eruption

essential

essentials

etruscan

evasion

everyone

enlighten

eccentric

exception

exclusion

excursion

companion

expulsion

explosion

expression

extinction

extension

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

expansion

filtration

fenian

ferryman

fijian

fascinate

feminine

flirtation

fixation

fisherman

forbidden

foramen

foundation

flotation

freemason

forewoman

formation

forgotten

franciscan

freudian

fruition

frustration

garrison

galleon

gaussian

fustian

gestation

gillian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gigantic

gradation

gordian

guardian

gyration

impassion

gravamen

impression

grobian

guncotton

halcyon

halogen

hawaiian

hammerman

handwoven

heartbroken

harlequin

fascinates

horatian

heroin

heroine

horizon

huguenot

hydration

housebroken

hyacinth

huguenots

hyacinths

hydrogen

imagine

illusion

ignited

immersion

implosion

inception

inaction

imprison

in-person

libyan

inclusion

incursion

indian

infection

infliction

induction

ingestion

infarction

inflection

inflation

infraction

infusion

inhuman

injection

insertion

instruction

injunction

inscription

inspection

intestine

intention

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

jettison

irian

italian

jamaican

laurentian

jacobin

jovian

julian

javelin

keratin

kantian

keynesian

lanolin

lactation

lesbian

korean

laotian

lecithin

libration

hackmatack

ligation

location

logician

magician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

macintosh

mackintosh

magnetics

magnetic

magnetite

magnetron

medicine

malaysian

malayan

magnitudes

marian

mandarin

margarine

masonite

masculine

median

medallion

magnitude

melanin

nobleman

midshipman

migration

mexican

misfortune

misanthrope

mishandle

mishandles

misconduct

objection

misprision

misshapen

mistaken

mismatches

moroccan

myosin

musician

mutation

muskmelon

narration

negation

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

obsession

niacin

nutrition

notation

norwegian

nonhuman

nonunion

nubian

nitrogen

omission

oppression

obstruction

occlusion

occasion

octillion

odeon

optician

opinion

menhaden

optation

oration

ovation

origin

osmotic

ottoman

outspoken

overdone

overman

overrun

oxygen

pageantry

orion

parisian

partition

parthian

passionate

partisan

pavilion

peasantry

permission

pelican

pegmatite

percussion

pentathlon

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

peterman

perversion

persuasion

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

precession

precision

preclusion

precaution

possession

preemption

predation

predestine

prediction

presumption

prescription

pretension

prevention

procession

production

profusion

privation

probation

profession

promotion

proportion

propulsion

protection

projection

prostration

proscription

protean

provision

reflection

reaction

quotation

quiescent

ramadan

raconteur

reagent

reagents

reception

rebellion

recently

redemption

recommits

recommit

recondite

reduction

puritan

regimen

reignite

rejection

reopen

repression

relation

reptilian

resection

resentful

resentment

rekindle

resentments

resumption

retention

retraction

restriction

reunion

revision

revulsion

reversion

rhodopsin

rifleman

sequential

rotation

rejoinder

scorpion

saccharin

salvation

samoan

seclusion

scythian

saleswoman

seduction

secretion

sedation

secondly

selection

sensation

secondhand

sigmoidal

singleton

signature

signatures

silicon

simian

skeleton

starvation

solution

solomon

snapdragon

stagnation

specimen

submersion

stygian

succession

suppression

subtraction

suggestion

summation

subscription

sumatran

superman

suburban

subversion

tactician

suspension

syrian

talisman

temptation

taxation

tamarin

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transition

transmission

transgression

transaction

translation

transcription

transfusion

tuition

truncation

unbroken

unbutton

unburden

uncertain

uncommon

unwritten

uneven

unison

vacation

uterine

vaccinate

venison

vatican

vermilion

veteran

vibration

volition

vocation

vitamin

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

abyssinian

absolution

acclamation

accentuate

accentuates

acclimation

accordion

accommodate

accountable

accountancy

accommodates

accusation

acquisition

adaptation

activation

acquaintances

acquaintanceship

affectation

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

admiration

advocation

aggravation

adoration

affirmation

aggregation

agitation

agrarian

algonquian

albanian

algerian

alabaman

allegation

allocation

alternation

altercation

american

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

animation

annexation

alteration

annotation

apparition

apprehension

appellation

application

approbation

appalachian

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

armenian

arizonan

arthurian

ascendency

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

asymmetry

asymmetries

aldebaran

attribution

coloration

augmentation

aviation

avocation

combination

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

bolivian

bohemian

cancellation

byzantium

calculation

calibration

californian

canadian

collodion

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circumspection

circulation

circumvention

cogitation

coalition

collocation

coloradan

columbian

commendation

backwardation

comedian

comparison

committeeman

compensation

execution

composition

comprehension

concentration

computation

condemnation

condensation

condescension

confirmation

confiscation

congregation

confrontation

conjugation

connotation

consolation

conflagration

consecration

constellation

conservation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

conversation

contribution

convocation

convolution

contrarian

contravention

copernican

coronation

corp.

corporation

corinthian

correlation

cotyledon

copenhagen

designation

crucifixion

culmination

crocodilian

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

dandelion

decentralize

decimation

decompression

decoration

deconstruction

dedication

deformation

degradation

demolition

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demonstration

declaration

defamation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

deportation

dereliction

derivation

desecration

desiccation

criterion

desolation

desperation

destitution

darwinian

devonian

deviation

destination

devolution

devastation

disinflation

dietitian

detonation

dilatation

disconnection

diminution

disaffection

diocesan

dignitaries

dignitary

disinterest

disinfection

disillusion

discontented

discontinue

discountable

disentangle

diaconate

dislocation

disinterested

disposition

dissipation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissolution

distribution

excavation

dissymmetry

divination

distillation

dogmatically

disunity

disintegrates

dominican

domination

disintegrate

dogmatism

draconian

duplication

dosimeters

education

dysentery

electrician

emanation

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emigration

emulation

elevation

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

erudition

estimation

estonian

essentially

evocation

european

eustachian

evolution

excitation

exclamation

complication

commutation

exhibition

competition

exhalation

exhortation

exhumation

compilation

expedition

exposition

expiration

expectation

explanation

explication

exploitation

exploration

extradition

fabrication

extrication

leviathan

fallopian

liberian

fibrillation

figuration

fermentation

floridian

fluoridation

fluctuation

foliation

fragmentation

fascinated

formulation

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

galilean

generation

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

immigration

guatemalan

habitation

hacienda

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

hemoglobin

herculean

historian

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

imitation

illustration

ideation

ibuprofen

immolation

imposition

imperfection

implication

implantation

importation

impregnation

imputation

incantation

incarnation

inattention

fascinating

indecision

indentation

incubation

incrustation

indexation

indication

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

infiltration

infestation

indigestion

inflammation

inhalation

inhibition

information

innovation

intermission

inquisition

institution

insulation

insurrection

installation

inspiration

instigation

integration

intercession

interdiction

interruption

interception

interaction

interjection

intimation

intonation

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

inundation

introduction

introspection

iteration

invitation

invocation

iranian

irrigation

irritation

fascination

isolation

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

laceration

lancastrian

legislation

legendary

fecundity

federation

liberation

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

litigation

liquidation

liquefaction

locomotion

locomotive

inclination

lubrication

manumission

machination

machinations

magnetism

maccabean

macedonian

malnutrition

mammalian

malformation

meditation

masturbation

mediation

maturation

medication

melanesian

isentropic

levitation

menstruation

meridian

mesenteric

ministration

miseration

minnesotan

misconception

misbegotten

misinterpret

moravian

misinterprets

misperception

missourian

misunderstand

mitigation

modulation

moderation

molestation

mongolian

misunderstands

mortification

motivation

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nomination

nonpartisan

nonprescription

nestorian

obfuscation

oblivion

obligation

observation

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

ohioan

opposition

olympian

operation

ordination

orchestration

obsidian

oscillation

ostentation

pagurian

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

palpitation

paraguayan

locomotor

passionately

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

persecution

permutation

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

perturbation

plutonian

politician

polynesian

population

polyhedron

macintoshes

praetorian

preconception

precondition

preelection

predetermine

predilection

preparation

presentation

preservation

procreation

profanation

proclamation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

punctuation

publication

quasimodo

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siberian

situation

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signatory

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speculation

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supervision

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termination

tasmanian

tamoxifen

tetrahedron

shakespearean

titillation

toleration

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trepidation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vacillation

vaccinations

variation

veneration

ventilation

vegetation

vaccination

validation

valuation

valerian

vindication

violation

victorian

vicinity

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

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abbreviation

academician

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accommodating

accommodations

accreditation

accumulation

adjudication

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

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alleviation

amalgamation

amazonian

amelioration

annihilation

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appropriation

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argentinian

argumentation

assassination

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assemblywoman

assimilation

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authentication

authorization

augustinian

babylonian

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bicentennial

brobdingnagian

brutalization

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colonization

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carthaginian

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centenarian

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denomination

denunciation

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dionysian

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discrimination

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dissatisfaction

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emancipation

elimination

elizabethan

electrocution

equivocation

eradication

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epicurean

ethiopian

evaporation

evacuation

evaluation

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examination

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exhilaration

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exoneration

exasperation

expatriation

extermination

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legalization

facilitation

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fertilization

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glorification

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hanoverian

humiliation

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hydrogenation

hyperborean

gratification

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imagination

immunization

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improvisation

incarceration

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inoculation

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investigation

ionization

invalidation

jeffersonian

justification

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libertarian

neapolitan

lithuanian

localization

magnetically

magnetization

magnetometer

magnetometers

magnification

manifestation

manipulation

mathematician

maximization

mechanization

maximilian

metropolitan

misapplication

miscalculation

misapprehension

misinformation

mississippian

modernization

mobilization

modification

misunderstanding

misunderstandings

negotiation

mummification

multiplication

nickelodeon

nitroglycerine

neutralization

notification

nonintervention

normalization

nonsectarian

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organization

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orientation

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panamanian

participation

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pennsylvanian

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polarization

pomeranian

precipitation

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predestination

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presbyterian

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pronunciation

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ratification

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recrimination

rectification

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reforestation

pythagorean

reintegration

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renunciation

remuneration

rejuvenation

repatriation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

secondarily

theologian

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specification

specialization

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

triangulation

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

vulgarization

washingtonian

veterinarian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word ignition

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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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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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