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

action

acton

adapt

adept

adapts

adopt

adopts

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

atman

auction

auden

austin

bacon

banyan

bagman

baldwin

basin

bargain

baron

barren

barton

bason

aspen

bastion

baston

baton

bayman

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

billion

billman

billon

bison

boatman

blowgun

bludgeon

bitten

blacken

bobbin

bolden

bisson

boughten

bowman

bordman

bookman

boston

bourbon

brazen

bracken

brakeman

bollen

brethren

breton

brighten

brogan

broken

briton

broaden

bullion

burgeon

burden

burdon

bushman

burman

burton

caisson

cajun

button

cabin

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

carbon

capstan

carman

carmine

carton

caution

cauldron

caxton

cayman

chairman

certain

chasten

charon

cheapen

chapman

chessman

chevron

christian

chosen

christen

children

chicken

chieftain

churchman

chaplain

batten

classman

citron

claxon

clinton

coachman

colon

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craven

crouton

craftsman

crimson

cretin

crewman

cuban

curtain

cushion

cumin

dagon

cowan

daman

dagan

damson

dampen

dalton

darken

deacon

deaden

deadbeat

deadbeats

deathbed

deafen

cousin

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

dobson

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dozen

draftsman

dragon

dudgeon

drunken

driven

dromon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

eaten

elan

emption

eden

engine

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

famine

fashion

fasten

faustian

faulcon

fatten

felon

fiction

fibrin

fission

fireman

fielden

firman

flashgun

flatten

flexion

footman

foreman

floren

footpath

fortune

fraction

fountain

foreign

friction

freshen

freshman

frozen

frighten

function

gascon

captain

fusion

freeman

garden

gallon

gammon

freedman

gentian

georgian

portman

given

gilden

gibbon

common

garron

golden

glisten

gluten

goodman

gorgon

gotten

gowan

grecian

graven

grandson

guardsman

griffon

gumption

gudgeon

german

gladden

haitian

hasten

hackman

haven

harken

harten

hangman

happen

hausen

harden

heaven

headsman

heathen

headman

hearten

heighten

henchman

hempen

heron

hoten

hessian

homespun

horseman

hetman

hidden

hotbed

hotbeds

hoven

houseman

human

hogan

huntsman

hymen

hyson

ibsen

glidden

hyphen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jordan

jetton

jorden

junction

keelson

kalan

kansan

kelson

kelvin

kenyan

laden

kitchen

kremlin

kitten

klansman

kirkman

lagan

lampron

layman

leaven

latin

leaden

ledden

lessen

legion

lesion

leman

lemon

lengthen

lesson

leven

lichen

lighten

lightman

liken

liman

linden

lineman

linemen

linen

lion

listen

lisbon

liven

landman

london

lopeman

logan

loosen

loren

lumen

longan

lotion

luncheon

lyden

lynden

m1

maiden

mahone

madden

mansion

marchman

mangan

marksman

margin

markman

marron

martian

mason

matron

martin

mayan

marten

melon

mention

million

melton

mignon

milken

minden

minion

marlin

mission

mitten

motion

moisten

molten

muffin

mullen

mountain

nation

muslin

mutton

morgan

mormon

locken

nekton

newsman

ninon

lockman

norman

notion

oarsman

ocean

olden

odin

often

omen

option

organ

orphan

othman

open

outfits

outbid

outfit

oven

outrun

outputs

output

outvotes

outbids

outdone

owen

oxen

packman

pagan

paean

onion

passion

passman

parson

panton

pardon

pathan

patron

patten

pension

pavon

penman

pectin

peon

penguin

person

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

poison

platen

platten

plantain

plankton

pollan

pollen

piston

pitman

ponton

portion

perron

outvote

potion

postman

landsman

pressman

prison

proven

prussian

pullen

question

quicken

ration

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

region

shrunken

rerun

resin

redden

riden

ripen

riven

rincon

risen

robin

roman

rosen

ribbon

rosin

rowan

ridden

rotten

rowen

ruin

rumen

runnion

salesman

saffron

sadden

salmon

scullion

samson

saxon

satan

satin

santon

scallion

sanction

scion

scotsman

seaman

season

russian

section

selden

seedsman

session

seven

shaken

semen

seton

sequin

sexton

sermon

shaman

shogun

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

shotgun

redbud

redoubt

showman

siphon

siren

silken

sicken

slacken

soldan

slogan

solon

smitten

smarten

sodden

soften

sovereign

sovran

station

spokesman

sportsman

spoken

stallion

stallman

squadron

stillion

spartan

statesman

stepson

steven

stiffen

stolen

spearman

stockman

suasion

strengthen

striven

stricken

sturgeon

stupid

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

surgeon

swollen

syphon

sylvan

straighten

taken

sweeten

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

thousand

teston

threaten

tidbits

tidbit

titan

tighten

token

torsion

tillman

toman

toughen

townsman

traction

treason

trojan

trillion

tubman

triton

trodden

tungsten

turban

tuscan

undone

union

urson

urine

woven

vegan

vulcan

whitson

version

vision

villain

wagon

waken

widen

wizen

wanton

warden

woodman

watchman

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

wiccan

woman

worsen

women

urban

wooden

urchin

woolen

woolman

workman

yeoman

written

yachtsman

yaupon

zaman

thicken

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abduction

abdomen

ablution

abrasion

abortion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accretion

acumen

addition

addiction

adhesion

adaptive

adapter

adapters

adoption

adopted

adopter

adopters

adoptions

adoptive

adsorption

aegean

adrian

affection

affliction

aggression

alaskan

african

alderman

aleutian

albion

alien

albumin

allusion

alsatian

admission

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

artisan

artesian

arkansan

arian

aryan

ascension

assertion

assassin

aspersion

assumption

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

audition

aversion

australian

austrian

avian

awaken

backwoodsman

backgammon

bandwagon

badminton

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

carnation

bedridden

benjamin

beethoven

biotin

bitumen

bouillon

bosnian

brazilian

bulletin

cambrian

campion

capsaicin

cardigan

cartesian

carrion

castration

caucasian

causation

catalan

cation

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

cinnamon

champion

charwoman

charlatan

chilean

citation

cistercian

civilian

clergyman

clarion

coercion

citizen

cohesion

collegian

cognition

collision

collagen

collusion

collection

commission

commotion

combustion

communion

companion

compassion

clarendon

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

conflation

concession

conception

concussion

concoction

conclusion

connection

confession

conduction

confection

confucian

condition

congestion

confusion

congressman

beholden

conjunction

connexion

conscription

contagion

consumption

construction

constriction

contention

contortion

contraction

convection

convention

contrition

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

contraption

correction

corrosion

corruption

councilman

corsican

countryman

croatian

crustacean

cremation

creation

crestfallen

dalmatian

damnation

deception

cyprian

declension

decision

deduction

deflation

defection

deflection

deletion

denizen

delusion

dentition

depletion

depression

depiction

derision

desertion

description

destruction

detention

devotion

determine

dictation

dilation

digression

dimension

digestion

direction

diffraction

dilution

diffusion

discipline

detection

discussion

discretion

disruption

dissection

dispersion

dissension

distortion

distraction

disunion

diversion

downtrodden

dominion

duration

dorian

elation

edition

election

ejection

egyptian

eleven

elison

emulsion

emission

emotion

emblazon

embolden

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

equation

eruption

erection

erosion

etruscan

evasion

eviction

everyone

exaction

exception

excision

distinction

exertion

excretion

exemption

excursion

exhaustion

expansion

expulsion

expression

explosion

extension

extinction

extortion

extraction

extrusion

fabian

exclusion

abandon

fixation

ferryman

fenian

feminine

filtration

fijian

fisherman

foundation

formation

flirtation

possession

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

franciscan

position

fruition

freemason

freudian

frustration

forgotten

garrison

fustian

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

division

genuine

gestation

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

gravamen

grobian

guardian

gyration

halogen

halcyon

hammerman

handwoven

hawaiian

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

horatian

horizon

hydration

housebroken

hydrogen

ignition

illusion

imagine

impassion

impression

immersion

imprison

implosion

in-person

inflation

inaction

godfathers

inception

infarction

incision

godfather

incursion

guncotton

induction

indian

infection

inflection

infliction

infraction

inclusion

injunction

injection

inhuman

insertion

inspection

inscription

instruction

intestine

intention

invasion

intrusion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

italian

jamaican

jacobin

jettison

javelin

jovian

ingestion

julian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

infusion

lactation

korean

laurentian

laotian

lanolin

lecithin

lesbian

libration

ligation

libyan

norwegian

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magician

magdalen

malayan

malaysian

mandarin

margarine

marian

medallion

masculine

median

medicine

migration

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

melanin

mistaken

misshapen

misfortune

misprision

motivate

motivates

narration

myosin

munition

musician

muskmelon

moroccan

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

niacin

nobleman

nonunion

nonhuman

nubian

obsession

objection

obstruction

occasion

octillion

odeon

occlusion

omission

nebraskan

oration

oppression

optation

optician

opinion

origin

orion

ottoman

outfitted

outfitter

outfitting

outfitters

overdone

overman

outspoken

overrun

oxygen

nutrition

partition

partisan

parisian

parthian

patrician

pavilion

percussion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

perfusion

permian

permission

perversion

phoenician

persuasion

peterman

petition

physician

pollution

phrygian

plantation

policeman

plebeian

porcelain

precaution

precession

rendition

precision

prediction

preemption

prescription

presumption

pretension

prevention

procession

profession

production

progression

projection

profusion

promotion

prostration

propulsion

protection

proscription

protean

proportion

provision

reopen

preclusion

ramadan

puritan

recession

reception

reaction

recision

rebellion

predestine

reduction

redemption

reflection

regimen

regression

relation

rejection

religion

remission

rifleman

repression

reptilian

resumption

resection

restriction

rescission

retention

retraction

reversion

revision

reunion

revulsion

rhodopsin

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

scythian

secession

secretion

seduction

sedition

selection

sensation

seclusion

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

solution

solomon

snapdragon

starvation

stagnation

specimen

stevedore

stepfather

stepdaughter

stepdaughters

submersion

submission

subversion

subscription

stygian

succession

subtraction

suburban

taxation

suggestion

sumatran

suppression

superman

suspension

suspicion

tactician

syrian

talisman

tamarin

temptation

technician

timberman

unison

toboggan

tradition

translation

transgression

transition

transmission

transcription

transfusion

truncation

tuition

transaction

unburden

unbroken

unbutton

uneven

uncommon

vacation

venetian

uterine

venison

vatican

uncertain

vermilion

volition

veteran

vibration

vitamin

waterman

unwritten

wesleyan

thespian

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

aberration

abnegation

abrogation

abolition

absolution

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

adaptation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

adaptable

adaptations

admiration

adoptable

adulation

advocation

adoration

adrenaline

affirmation

affectation

agitation

aggregation

alternation

alteration

agrarian

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

altercation

admonition

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

annexation

appalachian

apparition

application

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arbitration

armageddon

arthurian

armenian

arizonan

aspiration

assemblyman

attribution

athenian

assyrian

augmentation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

beatified

benediction

confiscation

condemnation

conjugation

condensation

consecration

bifurcation

bohemian

bolivian

calibration

calculation

businesswoman

californian

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

celebration

centurion

circulation

chameleon

circumvention

circumcision

circumspection

coalition

commendation

combination

cogitation

coloration

collodion

coloradan

columbian

commutation

compilation

compensation

comedian

committeeman

comparison

complication

competition

composition

computation

comprehension

congregation

concentration

conflagration

confrontation

condescension

confirmation

conservation

constellation

constipation

consolation

consummation

contemplation

consternation

constitution

consultation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

copernican

copenhagen

corinthian

corp.

corporation

cotyledon

culmination

crucifixion

criterion

crocodilian

dandelion

cyclopean

darwinian

custodian

decompression

decoration

declaration

deconstruction

degradation

deformation

definition

dehydration

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

dereliction

depredation

deposition

deportation

destitution

desecration

designation

desperation

devolution

deviation

devonian

devastation

dietitian

disaffection

dispensation

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

disinflation

disinfection

disillusion

dislocation

dissolution

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

distribution

dominican

foliation

draconian

formulation

education

electrician

emigration

elocution

elongation

embarkation

emulation

englishwoman

equitation

erudition

equestrian

eritrean

estonian

european

excavation

eustachian

evocation

evolution

exclamation

excitation

execution

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

exhumation

expedition

expiration

explanation

explication

exposition

exploitation

exploration

extrication

fabrication

extradition

fallopian

gastrulation

fermentation

federation

fibrillation

figuration

fluctuation

floridian

fragmentation

generation

gentlewoman

galilean

indexation

gargantuan

glaciation

incarnation

gorgonian

graduation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

greco-roman

guatemalan

hegelian

hemoglobin

hibernation

himalayan

historian

hungarian

herculean

hydrocarbon

ideation

illustration

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

ibuprofen

immigration

implication

imposition

importation

implantation

imputation

impregnation

imperfection

inattention

inflammation

incantation

inclination

incrustation

incubation

indecision

indentation

indication

indigestion

indignation

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

information

installation

inhibition

instigation

inquisition

inspiration

institution

insulation

insurrection

integration

intercession

interjection

interaction

interception

interdiction

intuition

intermission

intervention

interruption

intersection

interurban

interwoven

inundation

introspection

introduction

invocation

iteration

irritation

invitation

iranian

jacobean

itty-bitty

jordanian

jurisdiction

laceration

kindergarten

legislation

liquidation

leviathan

levitation

liberation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquefaction

lubrication

maccabean

macedonian

malformation

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

masturbation

maturation

mediation

ministration

melanesian

lancastrian

menstruation

meridian

minnesotan

miseration

misconception

misperception

missourian

modulation

moderation

moravian

mongolian

napoleon

nativity

nestorian

noblewoman

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

overburden

nonprescription

nonpartisan

misbegotten

pagination

obligation

obfuscation

observation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

ohioan

octahedron

olympian

orchestration

opposition

operation

ostentation

oxidation

palpitation

paraguayan

population

perforation

pavlovian

pelagian

pedestrian

penetration

penicillin

permutation

persecution

pagurian

perturbation

perspiration

peruvian

pigmentation

polynesian

politician

plutonian

planarian

polyhedron

praetorian

expectation

precondition

predilection

premonition

preelection

preignition

preparation

presentation

preservation

proclamation

prohibition

prosecution

prostitution

proposition

protozoan

publication

preconception

radiation

recantation

reawaken

reassertion

reclamation

readmission

recollection

recognition

recreation

reconstruction

refutation

reelection

reformation

predetermine

redoubtable

reexamine

registration

regulation

relaxation

reinspection

relocation

reparation

reputation

punctuation

replication

repossession

repetition

reposition

reproduction

republican

requisition

repercussion

resignation

reservation

resolution

restoration

restitution

respiration

resurrection

retardation

retribution

revolution

retrocession

rhetorician

rhododendron

samaritan

satisfaction

saturation

segmentation

segregation

sectarian

self-deception

sequestration

separation

shakespearean

simulation

simonian

sicilian

situation

smithsonian

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

statistician

strangulation

subluxation

subdivision

stupidity

substitution

supposition

supervision

superstition

superhuman

surrogation

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tamoxifen

tasmanian

ulceration

toleration

siberian

tetrahedron

transformation

transplantation

transportation

trepidation

tribulation

valuation

vegetation

usurpation

vaccination

utopian

valerian

variation

veneration

vindication

violation

visitation

victorian

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accreditation

accumulation

academician

adjudication

accommodation

administration

adulteration

affiliation

agglomeration

alleviation

alienation

alliteration

amalgamation

amortization

amelioration

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appropriation

approximation

appreciation

articulation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

amazonian

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

babylonian

concatenation

carolinian

brobdingnagian

caledonian

capitulation

canonization

carthaginian

cauterization

centenarian

certification

centralization

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

communication

commemoration

conciliation

confabulation

confederation

configuration

beethovenian

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

contamination

continuation

cooperation

corroboration

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

deification

degeneration

defenestration

delicatessen

deliberation

delineation

denomination

denunciation

depopulation

desalination

depreciation

desegregation

determination

discoloration

dionysian

dissemination

discrimination

disinclination

disembarkation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

dissociation

dramatization

domestication

edification

elaboration

electrocution

ejaculation

elimination

enumeration

emancipation

equalization

epicurean

elizabethan

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

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nickelodeon

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vulgarization

yugoslavian

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veterinarian

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Words that rhyme with the word motivation

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


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
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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