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

airman

alban

ancient

ancients

apron

asian

auction

auden

austin

bargain

bacon

baldwin

banking

banging

barton

bastion

beckon

beacon

beaten

belgian

bellon

billion

billman

begun

benzene

benzine

benign

billon

bellman

bisson

bitten

blowgun

boatman

bludgeon

bobbin

boughten

bourbon

bowman

boston

bollen

bouncing

brakeman

brazen

brethren

breton

brighten

broaden

bullion

briton

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

button

burgeon

cajun

bushman

cancan

canaan

carbon

carman

burton

carmine

carton

bolden

cauldron

caution

bookman

certain

bordman

chairman

chanson

deaden

charon

chevron

chieftain

clinton

cheapen

chessman

chicken

christen

churchman

chosen

christian

coachman

children

citron

colon

pollen

conjoin

conscience

conjoined

corban

consume

copeman

consumed

consumes

cordon

crouton

consent

craftsman

cotton

cousin

cowan

craven

crewman

cretin

crimson

dancing

curtain

dalton

cumin

dagan

dagon

cushion

cuban

darken

deafen

deacon

consents

deepen

demon

delphian

demesne

desman

devon

dian

diction

zircon

dolphin

doctrine

dolman

draftsman

dozen

drunken

driven

dromon

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

dustman

earthen

dungeons

eaten

eden

elan

encamp

enchant

ensconce

engine

engines

enjoin

ensnare

ensnares

ensnarl

enzyme

enzymes

houseman

hoten

felon

fallen

faulcon

fibrin

faustian

fencing

fiction

fielden

human

flashgun

fission

flexion

foreman

floren

footman

foreign

fountain

fortune

freedman

freshen

freeman

garden

freshman

frighten

friction

frozen

function

fusion

gentian

georgian

gibbon

gilden

gingham

fireman

hausen

ginseng

given

glisten

golden

goodman

glidden

gluten

gorgon

graven

gowan

grecian

heathen

gotten

gudgeon

guardsman

griffon

henchman

haitian

hanging

hangings

hangman

harden

harken

harten

haven

headman

hearten

ibsen

heaven

heighten

heron

headsman

homespun

hessian

hetman

hidden

hogan

horseman

huntsman

hoven

hyphen

incensed

incense

income

incomes

inchon

ginghams

insane

jargon

jetton

jordan

jorden

junction

kalan

kansans

ion

kelvin

kenyan

klansman

kirkman

kitten

kitchen

laden

landman

landsman

leaden

leaven

launching

launchings

ledden

legion

lengthen

leven

lesion

lightman

linemen

lichen

lighten

liken

linden

lineman

lockman

london

lion

liven

listen

locken

longan

lonesome

linen

lisbon

logan

knickknacks

loosen

loren

lumen

luncheon

lotion

lopeman

knocking

luncheons

longing

longings

leman

lyden

lynden

mahone

maiden

mangan

marron

martian

mansions

marlin

mankinds

marchman

markman

marksman

marten

margin

martin

matron

melton

melon

mankind

mayan

minion

minden

mention

mignon

milken

million

mincing

kinsman

mullen

lunching

moisten

mission

motion

mitten

mountain

molten

mormon

monsoon

morgan

moonshine

monsoons

muffin

muslin

nation

nekton

mutton

nanking

newsman

ninon

norman

nonsense

notion

oarsman

often

ocean

odin

olden

omen

onion

open

option

organ

orphan

outrun

outdone

othman

pillion

owen

oven

pagan

paean

penguins

pardon

penman

pathan

patron

penguin

pectin

pavon

penchant

pension

pensions

peon

perron

persian

pigeon

longhand

knickknack

pinion

plankton

piston

pitman

poison

pollan

pinching

ponton

portion

portman

pouncing

potion

postman

shrunken

pressman

prison

prussian

proven

pullen

pungent

ransoms

quicken

raven

question

rayon

reckon

reason

spokesman

punkin

redden

region

sharpen

resin

rerun

riden

shorten

ribbon

ripen

robin

roman

rosin

risen

riven

rosen

rotten

shotgun

showman

rumen

rincon

satan

rowan

ruin

runnion

russian

salesman

sanction

sanguine

rowen

scullion

scion

section

seaman

scotsman

season

selden

semen

session

seedsman

sequin

sexton

seton

seven

shaken

shearman

ridden

shipman

shogun

silken

sicken

stolen

smarten

siphon

siren

smacking

sodden

soften

slogan

smitten

smoking

sneaking

sneezing

soldan

solon

sovereign

sovran

ringing

spartan

spearman

spoken

sportsman

squadron

station

stallman

statesman

steven

stockman

stiffen

stillion

toughen

singing

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suasion

suction

sultan

sudden

sullen

sunken

sunshine

surgeon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

tangent

tarpon

tartan

syphon

taken

tension

teston

tangents

tendon

tensions

turban

thicken

ringneck

torsion

threaten

tighten

titan

toman

tillman

townsman

token

tubman

straighten

treason

trodden

tungsten

trillion

triton

trojan

undone

tuscan

urban

unsound

union

unknown

unknowns

unseen

unkind

unkempt

urchin

urine

wanton

thousand

vegan

vengeance

warden

whitson

workman

villain

vulcan

vision

waken

version

warren

weapon

watchman

weaken

whiten

widen

wheaten

wizen

winsome

woman

wiccan

wincing

women

woodman

wooden

woolen

woolman

yaupon

yeoman

yachtsman

woven

written

zion

sinking

thinking

3 syllable words

abandon

abdomen

abduction

ablation

ablution

abortion

abrasion

absorption

abstention

abstraction

addition

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

adhesion

admission

adoption

adrian

aegean

adsorption

affection

african

affliction

aggression

alaskan

albion

aleutian

alderman

albumin

alien

alsatian

amazement

amazing

amazon

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

amazons

andean

anchorman

amusement

amusing

amusements

angina

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

arian

arkansan

aryan

artisan

artesian

ascension

assassin

aspersion

assertion

assumption

asuncion

attention

audition

attrition

aversion

avian

austrian

australian

badminton

backgammon

banishment

bandwagon

backwoodsman

awaken

bedouin

battalion

bedridden

bedizen

beethoven

benjamin

beholden

benignly

biotin

bitumen

catalan

cation

attraction

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

brazilian

cambrian

capsaicin

cardigan

carrion

carnation

cartesian

castration

causation

caucasian

cessation

cetacean

chairperson

chairwoman

chamberlain

charlatan

commissioned

cinnamon

citation

chilean

civilian

citizen

cognition

clarion

clergyman

cistercian

collagen

clarendon

collection

collegian

collision

coercion

cohesion

collusion

commission

combustion

coenzyme

charwoman

commissions

commotion

communion

concession

compassion

companion

completion

compression

compulsion

complexion

compunction

concentrate

conception

concentrates

conclusion

concentric

confection

concussion

condition

confession

concoction

conduction

conflation

confucian

congestion

confusion

congenial

congressman

connection

connexion

connexions

conjunction

conscription

consciences

consonant

consonants

constriction

construction

consumption

conjunctions

contention

contortion

consummate

contagion

consummates

consumer

consumers

consuming

contraction

convection

convention

contraption

contrition

conviction

convulsion

contusion

conversion

correction

corruption

corrosion

corsican

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

crestfallen

croatian

dalmatian

damnation

damaging

cyprian

erection

crustacean

eruption

declension

deception

deduction

defection

deflection

deflation

deletion

delusion

denizen

denizens

determine

dentition

derision

depiction

dilation

direction

depletion

depression

desertion

description

dilution

detection

destruction

diffraction

digression

devotion

dictation

diffusion

dimension

digestion

distraction

dissection

discipline

discussion

discretion

dispersion

disruption

detention

dissension

distortion

distinction

diversion

division

dorian

dominion

donation

downtrodden

duration

edition

election

ejection

elation

elison

eleven

egyptian

emblazon

emissions

emission

disunion

embolden

emotion

emulsion

encampment

enchantment

encampments

enchanting

enchanted

enchanters

enchanter

encryption

encumber

engineer

engineers

enjoyment

enlighten

enjoyments

englishman

enigma

enliven

ensembles

encounter

ensuing

engenders

ensemble

equation

engender

encounters

keynesians

erosion

everyone

eviction

evasion

exaction

excision

exception

exclusion

expansion

excretion

exemption

exertion

excursion

exhaustion

explosion

expression

expulsion

extension

extortion

fabian

extraction

extrusion

extinction

feminine

ferryman

fenian

pollution

fijian

filtration

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

formation

foundation

forewoman

forgotten

franciscan

freemason

frustration

fruition

galleon

fustian

etruscan

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

ghanaian

freudian

gestation

gillian

implosion

gordian

hawaiian

gravamen

gradation

guardian

grobian

guncotton

gyration

halogen

handwoven

harlequin

heartbroken

heroin

heroine

keynesian

horizon

horatian

housebroken

hydrogen

hydration

honeycomb

imagined

illusion

imagine

imagines

impassion

ignition

immersion

impression

imprison

inaction

in-person

inasmuch

inception

incentive

incision

incoming

inclusion

incomplete

incumbent

induction

infraction

infection

indian

incursion

infarction

inflation

inflection

infliction

incumbents

infusion

finishing

ingestion

inhuman

injection

innocence

innocent

innocents

insertion

inscription

insincere

ingenue

injunction

inspection

instruction

intention

intestine

invention

invasion

injunctions

intrusion

inversion

javelin

irian

jacobin

jamaican

jansenist

irishman

jainism

italian

jamaicans

jansenists

jettison

jovian

julian

kantian

keratin

decision

munition

lactation

korean

lanolin

laotian

laurentian

lawmaking

lecithin

mutation

lesbian

ligation

libration

libyan

limousine

limousines

location

logician

long-winded

negation

lumberman

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

management

managements

manganese

lutheran

marian

mannequin

mannequins

margarine

masculine

medallion

medicine

median

melanin

menhaden

mexican

midshipman

migration

longingly

misfortune

misprision

muskmelon

mistaken

moroccan

musician

monism

monisms

myosin

nebraskan

narration

nemean

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

misshapen

nincompoop

nincompoops

nonhuman

nonunion

objection

obsession

notation

norwegian

nutrition

occasion

nubian

occlusion

obstruction

octillion

odeon

omission

omniscient

omissions

opinion

oppression

oncoming

ongoing

optation

optician

orion

oration

ottoman

origin

overman

outspoken

ovation

overdone

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partition

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

partisan

pensioner

pensioners

perfection

percussion

perfusion

perception

permian

permission

petition

peterman

perversion

persuasion

phoenician

physician

phoenicians

phrygian

plantation

plebeian

policeman

porcelain

position

possession

precaution

precession

precision

preclusion

predation

preemption

predestine

prediction

privation

presumption

pretension

prevention

probation

prescription

procession

production

promotion

profession

projection

progression

profusion

proportion

propulsion

protection

provision

prostration

protean

proscription

pungently

punishment

punishments

puritan

quotation

reaction

rebellion

recession

recision

reception

redemption

reflection

reduction

regimen

regression

rejection

relation

religion

remission

remissions

rendition

renaissance

reopen

repression

reptilian

rescission

resection

revulsion

resumption

retraction

retention

restriction

reunion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

rotation

rifleman

saccharin

salvation

samoan

saleswoman

sedation

scorpion

secretion

scythian

secession

seclusion

seduction

sedition

selection

senescence

sensation

ringmaster

simian

silicon

skeleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

stagnation

starvation

stygian

submission

suburban

subversion

subtraction

submersion

succession

suggestion

sumatran

summation

subscription

suppression

suspicion

suspension

talisman

tactician

syrian

tangential

sunshiny

taxation

technician

temptation

superman

thespian

transmission

timberman

singleton

toboggan

tradition

transaction

transition

translation

tuition

transfusion

transgression

transcription

truncation

tumescent

unburden

unbutton

unbroken

uncanny

uncertain

uncommon

unconcern

unconcerned

uncomplete

uneven

unison

unisons

ungainly

unwritten

unseemly

vacation

uterine

vanishing

vatican

venetian

waterman

vermilion

venison

vibration

vitamin

veteran

wesleyan

vocation

volition

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abrogation

absolution

abnegation

abyssinian

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accusation

acquisition

activation

adaptation

allegation

adoration

adulation

advocation

affectation

adrenaline

admonition

admiration

affirmation

agitation

aggregation

agrarian

alabaman

aggravation

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

animation

ammunition

amphibian

amputation

anaconda

annotation

annexation

appalachian

apparition

appellation

arabian

application

approbation

arbitration

arizonan

apprehension

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

allocation

attribution

augmentation

aviation

avocation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

benediction

calibration

calculation

californian

bolivian

businesswoman

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

bohemian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circumcision

circulation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

collocation

cogitation

collodion

coloration

coloradan

comedian

columbian

combination

commendation

commissioner

commissioners

committeeman

comparison

commutation

competition

compilation

composition

complication

comprehension

computation

compensation

concentrated

concentration

concentrations

concomitant

confirmation

condemnation

condescension

confiscation

congregation

conflagration

confrontation

congenital

connotation

conjugation

consecration

consensual

conservation

consolation

consonantal

constellation

consternation

constipation

constitution

consultation

consummation

conjunctiva

contemplation

contraception

contrarian

conversation

convocation

convolution

contradiction

contravention

contribution

corinthian

consumable

corp.

corporation

correlation

cotyledon

copernican

coronation

criterion

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

culmination

crocodilian

dandelion

darwinian

crucifixion

copenhagen

declaration

decompression

defamation

decoration

deformation

dedication

degradation

definition

dehydration

delegation

demolition

demarcation

demonstration

deposition

deprivation

derivation

devolution

deportation

desiccation

desecration

designation

desolation

detonation

destitution

devastation

deviation

depravation

dietitian

depredation

dilatation

dereliction

diocesan

desperation

diminution

destination

disillusion

disaffection

disconnection

disinfection

dislocation

disposition

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

dissertation

dissipation

dissolution

distillation

divination

domination

dominican

draconian

duplication

education

electrician

elevation

emigration

elocution

embarkation

elongation

emanation

emulation

encomium

encomiums

encompasses

encompassing

deconstruction

distribution

engineering

englishwoman

equitation

equestrian

eritrean

estimation

erudition

european

estonian

decimation

evocation

evolution

excitation

excavation

exclamation

expiration

expedition

exhumation

execution

exhortation

exhalation

exhibition

expectation

explication

condensation

exposition

devonian

extrication

fabrication

exploration

fallopian

extradition

fascination

federation

explanation

exploitation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

floridian

fluctuation

fluoridation

foliation

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gargantuan

galilean

generation

gastrulation

gentlewoman

germination

eustachian

glaciation

graduation

gravitation

granulation

gorgonian

guatemalan

greco-roman

habitation

hegelian

gregorian

herculean

hemoglobin

hesitation

hibernation

himalayan

homogenize

homogenized

homogeny

gymnasium

historian

gymnasiums

hungarian

hydrocarbon

hypertension

hyperion

iberian

incandescent

ibuprofen

illustration

imitation

ideation

immolation

implantation

imposition

imperfection

implication

importation

impregnation

incantation

immigration

inattention

imputation

incarnation

incinerate

inclination

incompetent

incompetents

inconclusive

inconstancy

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenience

inconvenient

incubation

incrustation

incumbency

indexation

indentation

indigestion

indecision

indication

indonesian

indignation

inflammation

indiscretion

infestation

infiltration

information

ingeniously

inhalation

inhibition

innovation

innocently

inquisition

inseminate

insensible

insensitive

insanity

insinuate

integration

inspiration

insulation

insurrection

installation

instigation

institution

interaction

intermission

interruption

interurban

interdiction

intervention

intimation

interjection

interwoven

intercession

interception

intersection

invocation

intuition

introduction

intonation

insinuates

introspection

jacobean

iteration

irrigation

irritation

isolation

jansenism

iranian

jordanian

jubilation

jurisdiction

invitation

inundation

laceration

lancastrian

kindergarten

liberation

levitation

leviathan

liberian

librarian

lilliputian

limitation

locomotion

litigation

liquefaction

liquidation

lubrication

legislation

maccabean

macedonian

machination

mammalian

malformation

malnutrition

manumission

manzanilla

masturbation

maturation

medication

meditation

mediation

meridian

menstruation

melanesian

noncompliance

menacingly

miseration

misbegotten

misconception

ministration

moderation

missourian

modulation

mitigation

molestation

moravian

mortification

mongolian

monogamy

motivation

minnesotan

misperception

navigation

mutilation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

nigerian

noblewoman

nomination

noncombatant

noncombatants

noncommercial

noncommittal

nonessential

nonpartisan

nonsensical

nonprescription

obsidian

observation

obligation

oblivion

obstetrician

obfuscation

occupation

numismatist

octahedron

numismatists

ohioan

operation

opposition

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

oscillation

overburden

ovulation

olympian

nonconformists

oxidation

palpitation

paraguayan

pagination

pagurian

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

peruvian

perturbation

perspiration

permutation

persecution

pigmentation

planarian

plutonian

nonconformist

politician

population

polynesian

praetorian

predilection

preelection

preignition

predetermine

premonition

preparation

preservation

presentation

proclamation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

profanation

proposition

provocation

protozoan

publication

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

punctuation

polyhedron

preconception

radiation

precondition

readmission

reclamation

realization

reawaken

reassertion

recitation

recognition

recantation

recollection

recreation

reexamine

reelection

reformation

refutation

relaxation

regulation

reinspection

relocation

registration

renovation

reparation

resignation

reposition

repossession

reputation

requisition

reproduction

republican

reservation

resolution

resurrection

revelation

replication

retardation

retrocession

respiration

restoration

retribution

restitution

revocation

revolution

rhetorician

repercussion

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variation

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zionism

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abomination

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accreditation

accumulation

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amazonians

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triangulation

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unification

utilization

vaporization

vegetarian

verification

vilification

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vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

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Words that rhyme with the word samson

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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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