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

action

acton

airman

alan

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

aspen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

baldwin

banyan

bagman

barton

basin

bason

bastion

bargain

batten

baron

barren

bayman

belgian

beaten

beckon

begun

bellman

bellon

bison

billion

billman

billon

bisson

blacken

caisson

baston

cajun

bludgeon

boatman

boston

bobbin

bordman

boughten

bollen

brazen

brakeman

bracken

brighten

bullion

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

buffeted

bolden

bookman

bowman

burden

button

bushman

breton

cabin

bourbon

calvin

burdon

canaan

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

caption

captain

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

brethren

caution

cauldron

carton

caxton

cayman

chaplain

chapman

certain

chairman

charon

chasten

chieftain

christian

children

chevron

chicken

chosen

christen

churchman

cheapen

chessman

citron

claxon

clinton

coachman

classman

colon

common

baton

batton

beacon

bitten

blowgun

copeman

burgeon

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

cousin

cowan

craven

cushion

cretin

crimson

crewman

dalton

crouton

curtain

cuban

cumin

dagan

dagon

damson

daman

burman

burton

dampen

darken

deaden

deafen

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

devon

dian

diction

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dozen

draftsman

dungeon

drunken

dragon

driven

dromon

dustman

dolphin

dudgeon

dutchman

earthen

eaten

eden

elan

emption

ensign

engine

ermine

faction

fallen

falcon

fashion

fasten

faustian

fatten

faulcon

famine

fiction

fibrin

fielden

fission

fireman

flashgun

firman

flexion

flatten

floren

footman

fraction

fortune

fountain

foreman

foreign

freshen

freshman

friction

frighten

fusion

felon

gallon

freedman

frozen

freeman

function

garden

gascon

gammon

garron

gentian

georgian

gifted

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

glisten

gotten

gorgon

gluten

golden

goodman

gowan

grandson

gumption

guardsman

grecian

graven

happen

gudgeon

griffon

haitian

hackman

hangman

harden

harken

harten

hearten

hasten

haven

heathen

hausen

headsman

headman

heaven

heighten

hessian

hetman

hempen

heron

hidden

hogan

homespun

horseman

henchman

huntsman

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyson

hyphen

ibsen

ion

jackman

jargon

jasmine

jason

jetson

jordan

jorden

jetton

junction

kalan

kansan

keelson

kelson

kenyan

kelvin

kirkman

klansman

kremlin

landsman

laden

lampron

lagan

kitchen

landman

kitten

latin

lessen

lesson

legion

lesion

layman

leaden

leman

leven

leaven

ledden

lemon

lengthen

lichen

lightman

lighten

liken

lifted

liman

lineman

lion

listen

lisbon

linden

liven

linemen

linen

locken

lockman

luncheon

longan

deacon

lyden

lotion

lopeman

loosen

loren

martian

madden

maiden

london

mahone

logan

marten

mansion

margin

marksman

mason

mangan

marchman

markman

marlin

lumen

martin

marron

lynden

matron

m1

mayan

melton

melon

mention

mignon

million

milken

minden

minion

mission

mitten

moisten

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mountain

muffin

mullen

nation

mutton

muslin

nekton

norman

ninon

newsman

notion

oarsman

ocean

odin

often

olden

omen

onion

organ

open

othman

orphan

outdone

outrun

oven

oxen

owen

pagan

packman

paean

parson

panton

pardon

passion

passman

pathan

patron

pavon

pectin

pension

penguin

penman

peon

patten

person

perron

persian

pigeon

pillion

pinion

piston

pitman

platen

platten

plankton

pollan

pollen

ponton

portion

portman

postman

potion

poison

pressman

prussian

reason

ration

prison

question

proven

raven

rayon

pullen

quicken

reckon

region

redden

plantain

rerun

resin

riden

ripen

ribbon

ridden

rincon

robin

risen

riven

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

russian

runnion

saffron

sadden

salmon

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

salesman

samson

sanction

santon

satan

satin

scotsman

saxon

scallion

scullion

scion

seaman

season

section

seedsman

station

semen

selden

sequin

sermon

session

shaken

shaman

sexton

shafted

seven

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shotgun

shorten

shrunken

shogun

showman

sicken

seton

silken

smarten

siren

sodden

soften

slacken

smitten

soldan

slogan

solon

siphon

spartan

sportsman

sovereign

sovran

spokesman

spotted

spearman

squadron

spoken

stallion

stallman

statesman

stepson

stockman

stillion

steven

stiffen

stolen

straighten

suasion

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

subdued

suction

sudden

sullen

sultan

sunken

summon

sweeten

surgeon

swollen

sylvan

tartan

tarpon

syphon

taken

tappen

talon

tension

tighten

teston

thousand

threaten

tendon

tillman

thicken

titan

token

toman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

triton

trodden

trillion

treason

trojan

yachtsman

tubman

tungsten

tuscan

undone

union

turban

urson

updates

update

urine

urban

urchin

vegan

version

villain

vulcan

vision

wagon

waken

wanton

warden

watchman

weaken

weapon

wheaten

whiten

whitson

widen

wizen

warren

wiccan

woman

women

wooden

woodman

woolen

woolman

workman

worsen

woven

written

yaupon

tufted

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablution

abduction

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstraction

abstention

absorption

accretion

addiction

acumen

addition

adhesion

admission

adoption

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

aggression

affliction

african

aleutian

alaskan

alderman

albion

albumin

alien

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

andean

anglican

anyone

apportion

appian

aptitude

aptitudes

appetite

appetites

attention

arian

arkansan

assertion

artisan

ascension

aryan

aspersion

assassin

assumption

asuncion

attrition

audition

australian

attraction

austrian

awaken

aversion

avian

backgammon

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

battalion

bedizen

beethoven

bedridden

beholden

bedouin

biotin

benjamin

apatite

apatites

bosnian

brazilian

cambrian

bouillon

bulletin

campion

cardigan

cation

caucasian

catalan

carrion

cistercian

cessation

chairperson

champion

charlatan

chairwoman

chamberlain

charwoman

civilian

chilean

cinnamon

citizen

compassion

commission

commotion

collection

cognition

clergyman

coercion

collegian

clarion

cohesion

collagen

collision

collusion

combustion

communion

companion

clarendon

completion

complexion

compression

compulsion

compunction

concession

conception

conclusion

concoction

concussion

conflation

confession

confection

condition

conduction

confucian

congestion

connexion

congressman

conjunction

connection

conscription

confusion

constriction

bitumen

construction

consumption

contention

contraction

contraption

contortion

contrition

convection

convention

contusion

conversion

conviction

convulsion

corrosion

correction

corruption

countryman

corsican

councilman

cremation

creation

croatian

cyprian

crestfallen

deception

decision

declension

defection

deduction

deflation

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

dentition

depiction

depression

derision

description

desertion

destruction

detection

detention

determine

devoted

devotion

digression

digestion

diffusion

diffraction

dilution

dimension

direction

discipline

discretion

discussion

dissection

dispersion

disruption

distraction

dissension

distortion

distinction

diversion

disunion

divided

division

donation

dorian

downtrodden

dominion

duration

edition

egyptian

ejection

elation

election

eleven

elison

emblazon

embolden

equation

eruption

erection

emotion

encryption

englishman

enlighten

enliven

epithet

erosion

epithets

etruscan

evasion

everyone

eviction

emission

exaction

excision

exclusion

excretion

exertion

exemption

exhaustion

expansion

excursion

extension

expression

extraction

expulsion

extortion

extinction

explosion

extrusion

fabian

exception

gaussian

ferryman

fenian

filtration

fixation

fiftieth

fijian

fisherman

feminine

foramen

forewoman

forgotten

forbidden

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fustian

fruition

garrison

galleon

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

gillian

gordian

gradation

emulsion

gravamen

horatian

guardian

grobian

guncotton

hammerman

halcyon

handwoven

halogen

habitat

habitats

harlequin

heartbroken

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

horizon

hydrogen

housebroken

ignition

illusion

impassion

impression

implosion

imprison

in-person

inaction

inception

incision

inclusion

abandon

incursion

indian

imagine

inflation

infection

infarction

infliction

induction

infraction

infusion

ingestion

inflection

injection

inhuman

injunction

insertion

inspection

inscription

intention

instruction

immersion

intestine

intrusion

invasion

invention

inversion

irishman

irian

jamaican

italian

jacobin

jettison

jovian

julian

javelin

kantian

keratin

keynesian

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lesbian

lecithin

levitate

libyan

location

logician

malaysian

malayan

lumberman

margarine

mandarin

marian

masculine

lutheran

medallion

median

magdalen

medicine

magician

menhaden

melanin

mexican

midshipman

misshapen

misprision

mistaken

moroccan

norwegian

musician

muskmelon

narration

myosin

niacin

nebraskan

nemean

nevadan

nitrogen

nonunion

nobleman

nonhuman

origin

nubian

obsession

objection

nutrition

occasion

octillion

obstruction

occlusion

odeon

omission

opinion

off-duty

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

overrun

outspoken

parthian

parisian

partisan

oxygen

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

perception

perfection

percussion

petition

permission

perfusion

phoenician

persuasion

peterman

perversion

permian

phrygian

physician

orion

plebeian

pollution

policeman

porcelain

possession

position

precession

preclusion

precision

prediction

preemption

probation

pretension

presumption

procession

prevention

precaution

production

profession

profusion

progression

predestine

proportion

projection

promotion

propulsion

protection

protean

proscription

provision

prescription

puritan

ramadan

reaction

reduction

recession

reception

rebellion

recision

redemption

regression

relation

misfortune

reflection

rejection

religion

remission

rendition

reopen

repression

reptilian

regimen

rescission

resection

retention

restriction

resumption

retraction

rhodopsin

reversion

revision

reunion

revulsion

rifleman

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

secession

scythian

seclusion

secretion

sedition

seduction

sensation

selection

silicon

simian

snapdragon

solution

skeleton

solomon

specimen

singleton

stygian

submersion

submission

subtraction

succession

subversion

suggestion

suburban

subscription

sumatran

suspension

suspicion

superman

tactician

tamarin

talisman

syrian

technician

thespian

timberman

toboggan

munition

tradition

transfusion

transaction

transcription

translation

transgression

transition

transmission

unburden

uneven

unbroken

unbutton

uncertain

uncommon

vacation

unison

uterine

unwritten

venetian

vatican

venison

veteran

vermilion

vocation

vitamin

volition

tuition

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

abdication

abnegation

abolition

abrogation

acclamation

acclimation

absolution

accordion

abyssinian

activation

adulation

accusation

acquisition

admiration

adrenaline

admonition

advocation

affectation

agitation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

allegation

albanian

aldebaran

algonquian

algerian

allocation

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

animation

amphibian

annexation

apparition

arbitration

application

approbation

apprehension

arabian

arizonan

armenian

arthurian

armageddon

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

augmentation

aviation

avocation

attribution

backwardation

bifurcation

barbarian

benediction

appalachian

calculation

bohemian

bolivian

calibration

businesswoman

celebration

californian

compensation

cancellation

canadian

constellation

carcinogen

complication

chameleon

centurion

circulation

circumspection

circumcision

circumvention

coalition

committeeman

combination

commendation

coloradan

collodion

comedian

columbian

comparison

competition

composition

bavarian

comprehension

consternation

confirmation

concentration

condemnation

condensation

constipation

condescension

confrontation

confiscation

conflagration

conservation

congregation

consolation

conjugation

consecration

constitution

consultation

consummation

convocation

contemplation

contraception

contradiction

contrarian

contravention

contribution

conversation

convolution

coronation

corinthian

correlation

cotyledon

copernican

criterion

crocodilian

crucifixion

cultivation

culmination

cupidity

custodian

cyclopean

copenhagen

decimation

declaration

decoration

dedication

decompression

deconstruction

defamation

deformation

degradation

definition

dehydration

demarcation

delegation

demonstration

demolition

deportation

deposition

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

dereliction

desecration

designation

desperation

destination

desiccation

desolation

destitution

devastation

deviation

detonation

devolution

devonian

dilatation

dietitian

embarkation

emigration

diocesan

disaffection

dislocation

disinflation

disconnection

disillusion

dispensation

disinfection

disposition

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

diminution

distillation

distribution

divination

dissolution

draconian

duplication

education

dominican

elevation

elongation

emanation

elocution

electrician

equitation

graduation

estimation

englishwoman

eustachian

erudition

eritrean

european

estonian

equestrian

evocation

excitation

expiration

fabrication

exclamation

exhortation

exhalation

evolution

exhumation

execution

exhibition

expectation

expedition

exploitation

exploration

explication

excavation

explanation

extrication

exposition

generation

extradition

fallopian

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

fascination

foliation

fluctuation

fluoridation

formulation

floridian

fragmentation

fumigation

gastrulation

gargantuan

galilean

glaciation

germination

gentlewoman

emulation

gorgonian

granulation

guatemalan

gregorian

greco-roman

hesitation

hegelian

hibernation

herculean

himalayan

historian

hemoglobin

hungarian

illustration

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

ibuprofen

iberian

imitation

importation

imputation

immigration

immolation

imperfection

implantation

implication

impregnation

imposition

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incrustation

indentation

indication

indexation

incubation

indigestion

interruption

indignation

indiscretion

inhalation

infestation

information

inflammation

indonesian

infiltration

innovation

inhibition

inspiration

installation

integration

instigation

insulation

institution

interaction

insurrection

intercession

intermission

interception

interdiction

interjection

inquisition

intersection

intervention

interurban

interwoven

intimation

intonation

introspection

introduction

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

iranian

irritation

isolation

iteration

irrigation

jacobean

jubilation

jordanian

jurisdiction

kindergarten

lancastrian

liberation

legislation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

liquidation

liquefaction

machination

litigation

lividity

locomotion

maturation

malformation

lubrication

maccabean

masturbation

meditation

mediation

malnutrition

manumission

mammalian

macedonian

medication

menstruation

melanesian

meridian

darwinian

ministration

miseration

misperception

dandelion

indecision

misconception

missourian

mitigation

modulation

mortification

molestation

mongolian

moravian

motivation

repercussion

minnesotan

reputation

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nigerian

nicaraguan

nonpartisan

nonprescription

noblewoman

obligation

observation

obfuscation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

paraguayan

perspiration

pelagian

pedestrian

pavlovian

perforation

penetration

penicillin

permutation

persecution

perturbation

peruvian

pigmentation

planarian

publication

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

punctuation

plutonian

precondition

preconception

preelection

preignition

predetermine

predilection

premonition

praetorian

presentation

proclamation

preservation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

protozoan

reputations

misbegotten

rapidity

radiation

readmission

realization

recantation

reawaken

recitation

registration

recreation

reassertion

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

reelection

reinspection

refutation

reformation

reclamation

regulation

relaxation

relocation

renovation

reexamine

replication

repetition

repossession

repetitions

reposition

reproduction

republican

repetitive

repeatedly

repudiate

repudiates

requisition

reputedly

resignation

retardation

respiration

restoration

reservation

restitution

resolution

resurrection

retribution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

rhododendron

rumination

saturation

samaritan

satisfaction

sectarian

segmentation

sequestration

segregation

shakespearean

siberian

simulation

sicilian

simonian

self-deception

situation

smithsonian

speculation

subluxation

stipulation

stimulation

strangulation

statistician

subdivision

suffocation

substitution

supposition

surrogation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syncopation

tabulation

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

syndication

tetrahedron

titillation

transformation

transportation

trepidation

transplantation

tribulation

ulceration

vacillation

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

validation

valuation

valerian

variation

veneration

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

vindication

visitation

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

abomination

abbreviation

accommodation

acceleration

academician

accreditation

adulteration

accumulation

administration

adjudication

affiliation

agglomeration

alienation

alleviation

alliteration

amalgamation

annihilation

amelioration

amortization

amplification

amazonian

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

assassination

articulation

association

assimilation

assemblywoman

attenuation

augustinian

authentication

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

caledonian

canonization

capitulation

cauterization

carthaginian

carolinian

certification

christianization

centralization

civilization

classification

clarification

coagulation

codification

cohabitation

collaboration

colonization

commemoration

communication

centenarian

concatenation

conciliation

confederation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

continuation

coordination

corroboration

contamination

gratification

decapitation

deceleration

decomposition

defenestration

degeneration

deification

deliberation

delineation

delicatessen

depopulation

denunciation

depreciation

desalination

desegregation

denomination

determination

emancipation

domestication

discoloration

disembarkation

disintegration

discrimination

disinclination

dissociation

dissatisfaction

dissemination

dionysian

dramatization

elaboration

ejaculation

edification

elimination

electrocution

elizabethan

enumeration

eradication

equalization

equivocation

epicurean

ethiopian

evaluation

evaporation

evacuation

exasperation

exaggeration

exacerbation

examination

excoriation

exoneration

exhilaration

exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

facilitation

extermination

expropriation

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glorification

hallucination

hanoverian

harmonization

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hydrogenation

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hyperborean

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hypotheticals

illumination

imagination

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inauguration

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incrimination

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intoxication

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investigation

irradiation

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

lithuanian

localization

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manipulation

mechanization

mathematician

maximization

maximilian

metropolitan

repatriation

mobilization

misapprehension

misinformation

miscalculation

modernization

modification

multiplication

mummification

misapplication

negotiation

neapolitan

neutralization

nickelodeon

normalization

nonintervention

nonsectarian

nitroglycerine

notification

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obliteration

organization

oregonian

orientation

origination

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ornamentation

panamanian

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patagonian

peloponnesian

pennsylvanian

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polarization

pomeranian

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mississippian

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theologian

triangulation

unification

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utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

veterinarian

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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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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