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

action

acton

airman

alban

alan

alman

amman

apron

arson

aspen

ashen

asian

atman

auction

austin

auden

bacon

baldwin

bagman

banyan

bargain

baron

barren

barton

basin

bastion

bayman

baston

baton

batten

batton

beacon

beaten

beckon

bellman

belgian

bellon

begun

billion

billman

billon

bison

bludgeon

brethren

bason

bisson

bitten

blacken

boatman

blowgun

bobbin

bolden

bollen

boston

bordman

bourbon

brazen

brakeman

bracken

boughten

bowman

breton

bookman

brighten

briton

broaden

brogan

broken

bullion

burgeon

bushman

burden

burdon

burman

burton

caisson

cajun

button

cabin

canaan

canton

cannon

canon

canyon

caption

capstan

captain

carbon

carman

certain

carmine

carton

cauldron

caution

caxton

cayman

chairman

charon

chasten

chaplain

chapman

cheapen

chessman

christian

christen

churchman

children

chosen

chevron

citron

chicken

chieftain

clinton

coachman

colon

common

claxon

copeman

corban

cordon

cotton

craftsman

crimson

craven

cretin

crewman

crouton

cushion

curtain

dagan

dagon

cowan

cumin

dalton

daman

cuban

dampen

damson

cousin

darken

deacon

deaden

deafen

classman

calvin

deepen

delphian

demon

desman

diction

devon

dian

dolman

dobson

doctrine

dolphin

draftsman

dozen

dragon

dustman

dudgeon

dungeon

dutchman

earthen

driven

eaten

eden

dromon

drunken

emption

engine

elan

ensign

ermine

faction

falcon

fallen

faulcon

faustian

fashion

fasten

famine

fatten

fiction

felon

firman

fielden

fireman

fibrin

fission

flatten

flexion

floren

foreign

flashgun

fortune

footman

foreman

freshen

fraction

freeman

fountain

freedman

gumption

freshman

friction

function

fusion

gammon

gallon

garron

garden

gascon

gentian

georgian

guardsman

grecian

german

glisten

golden

gladden

glidden

gluten

goodman

gorgon

gowan

gotten

grandson

given

graven

gibbon

gilden

griffon

gudgeon

frighten

frozen

hausen

haven

headsman

headman

harden

harken

harten

hangman

happen

hasten

heaven

heighten

heathen

hearten

hempen

henchman

hessian

heron

hetman

hidden

horseman

hogan

homespun

houseman

hoten

hoven

human

huntsman

hyson

hymen

hyphen

ibsen

hackman

haitian

lichen

ion

jason

jackman

jasmine

jargon

keelson

kelson

jetson

junction

kalan

jorden

jetton

kelvin

jordan

kenyan

kansan

klansman

kremlin

landsman

laden

kitchen

lampron

kitten

lagan

landman

layman

leaden

leaven

latin

ledden

legion

lengthen

lessen

lesson

kirkman

lemon

lesion

leman

leven

lighten

liken

liman

lightman

linden

lineman

linemen

lisbon

listen

mason

lion

london

loosen

loren

lockman

lopeman

longan

locken

logan

lotion

luncheon

m1

lynden

madden

lumen

lyden

maiden

mangan

marksman

mahone

linen

mansion

martian

marron

marlin

margin

marchman

markman

marten

martin

liven

mayan

melton

melon

mention

matron

milken

mignon

million

minion

minden

molten

morgan

mormon

motion

mullen

mountain

muffin

mutton

nation

muslin

nekton

neutral

newsman

neutrals

nitriles

ninon

notion

norman

oarsman

option

olden

odin

often

omen

onion

open

organ

orphan

oven

outdone

outrun

othman

pagan

oxen

packman

paean

owen

parson

panton

pardon

passion

pathan

patrols

patrol

patron

pectin

patten

pavon

penguin

passman

penman

pension

peon

ocean

persian

perron

person

petrels

petrol

pillion

pinion

plankton

pigeon

piston

pitman

plantain

platen

platten

poison

portion

pollen

portman

mission

pollan

potion

postman

pressman

ponton

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

ration

quicken

raven

rayon

reason

reckon

region

redden

mitral

moisten

resin

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

salesman

rincon

ripen

scotsman

riven

rosen

russian

runnion

rumen

rowan

rowen

ruin

robin

rosin

saffron

sadden

samson

roman

sanction

santon

satan

salmon

rotten

scallion

saxon

scion

satin

scullion

station

section

selden

seedsman

season

sermon

session

semen

sexton

shaken

shaman

sharpen

shearman

shipman

shorten

seton

silken

seven

shrunken

siphon

sicken

siren

slacken

sequin

shogun

shotgun

smitten

showman

spartan

slogan

smarten

solon

sodden

soften

soldan

sovereign

spearman

sovran

spoken

sportsman

spokesman

stallion

stallman

starlight

starlike

starling

squadron

starlit

statesman

seaman

stepson

sterile

stillion

sterling

steven

stiffen

stolen

stockman

straighten

strengthen

sturgeon

suasion

stricken

striven

strollers

suction

sudden

sultan

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

sylvan

syphon

taken

talon

swollen

tappen

tarpon

tartan

sweeten

tension

tendon

threaten

tighten

thicken

titan

torsion

toughen

townsman

traction

token

toman

treason

teston

trillion

tungsten

tubman

triton

turban

trodden

tuscan

undone

urson

urchin

urban

union

urine

trojan

vegan

thousand

tillman

version

villain

vision

vulcan

waken

weapon

warden

wagon

warren

weaken

wanton

wheaten

watchman

whiten

whitson

wiccan

worsen

woolman

workman

widen

wizen

woolen

woodman

yachtsman

woman

women

wooden

written

woven

yaupon

yeoman

stroller

zaman

zion

zircon

mitten

3 syllable words

ablation

abortion

abrasion

abduction

ablution

abdomen

abstraction

absorption

abstention

accession

accretion

acumen

addiction

addition

adoption

admission

adsorption

adrian

aegean

affection

african

alaskan

aleutian

albion

albumin

alderman

alien

adhesion

affliction

alsatian

allusion

ambrosian

ambition

andean

anchorman

anglican

anyone

appian

apportion

aggression

assassin

artesian

arkansan

artisan

aspersion

assumption

ascension

aryan

assertion

asuncion

attention

attraction

attrition

australian

audition

austrian

aversion

awaken

arian

backwoodsman

badminton

bandwagon

avian

battalion

bedizen

bedridden

beholden

benjamin

bedouin

beethoven

betrayal

betrayals

biotin

brazilian

bitumen

bitterly

bosnian

bouillon

bulletin

clarendon

backgammon

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

carrion

cartesian

campion

castration

catalan

caucasian

cation

caterwaul

causation

cessation

chairperson

cetacean

charlatan

chairwoman

cinnamon

champion

chamberlain

charwoman

chilean

chitterlings

cistercian

citizen

civilian

citation

cambrian

coercion

clergyman

cognition

cohesion

collagen

collection

collision

collegian

collusion

combustion

clarion

commotion

communion

companion

compassion

completion

complexion

compulsion

concession

compunction

concoction

concussion

compression

conclusion

conception

condition

conduction

commission

conflation

confession

confucian

contagion

confusion

congressman

congestion

conjunction

construction

conscription

constriction

connection

connexion

consumption

confection

contention

contortion

conviction

contraction

contraption

contrition

contusion

conversion

convection

convention

convulsion

corruption

corrosion

correction

corsican

councilman

countryman

cremation

creation

croatian

crestfallen

crustacean

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

deception

decision

declension

deflation

deduction

defection

deflection

deletion

delusion

denizen

depletion

depiction

depression

derision

desertion

description

destruction

detection

detention

dentition

determine

dilation

dictation

diffraction

devotion

diffusion

dilution

dimension

discipline

digestion

direction

digression

discretion

disruption

discussion

dispersion

distinction

dissension

distortion

distraction

dissection

disunion

diversion

division

dominion

downtrodden

duration

enlighten

edition

egyptian

englishman

elation

election

eleven

emblazon

elison

embolden

emulsion

enliven

emission

emotion

encryption

ejection

erection

erosion

eruption

eviction

etruscan

evasion

everyone

exaction

excision

exception

exertion

exemption

excretion

excursion

exhaustion

exclusion

expansion

equation

explosion

expression

expulsion

extortion

extension

extinction

extraction

donation

dorian

extrusion

fabian

abandon

federal

fatherland

featherly

fatherly

federals

filtration

ferryman

fijian

feminine

fenian

fisherman

fixation

flirtation

formation

flotation

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

forgotten

foundation

freemason

freudian

franciscan

frustration

garrison

fustian

galleon

gaussian

gentleman

genuine

gestation

fruition

ghanaian

gillian

gradation

gordian

gravamen

guardian

grobian

guncotton

guttural

gyration

halogen

hawaiian

halcyon

handwoven

harlequin

heartbroken

horatian

horizon

heroin

heroine

housebroken

hydrogen

impassion

illusion

ignition

imagine

immersion

implosion

hydration

impression

imprison

inaction

incision

hydraulics

inception

in-person

inclusion

incursion

indian

inflation

induction

infarction

infection

infliction

hydraulic

inflection

infraction

infusion

ingestion

hammerman

inhuman

insertion

inscription

instruction

ligation

injection

injunction

inspection

intestine

invasion

intrusion

inversion

invention

irian

irishman

italian

javelin

jacobin

jamaican

jettison

julian

jovian

kantian

keratin

keynesian

lactation

lanolin

lecithin

korean

laotian

laurentian

lateral

lesbian

intention

libration

libyan

literal

location

logician

lumberman

lutheran

magdalen

magician

malaysian

malayan

mandarin

marian

masculine

margarine

littoral

medallion

median

medicine

melanin

menhaden

migration

midshipman

mexican

misfortune

misshapen

misprision

percussion

mistaken

moroccan

motherland

motherly

musician

munition

narration

myosin

muskmelon

natural

negation

nebraskan

mutation

neutralize

nitrogen

nevadan

neutrally

niacin

nobleman

obsession

nonhuman

notation

nubian

nonunion

norwegian

nutrition

objection

nemean

occasion

neutralist

obstruction

occlusion

octillion

odeon

omission

oppression

optation

optician

oration

opinion

origin

orion

ovation

ottoman

overdone

overman

outspoken

overrun

oxygen

parisian

parthian

partition

partisan

pelican

patrician

patrolman

patrolling

pavilion

pentathlon

perfection

perception

persuasion

petition

perversion

peterman

phoenician

plantation

physician

phrygian

plebeian

policeman

pollution

porcelain

position

possession

predation

preclusion

precaution

precision

precession

predestine

prediction

preemption

presumption

prescription

pretension

procession

privation

probation

prevention

production

profession

progression

profusion

projection

promotion

propulsion

proportion

prostration

proscription

protection

protean

provision

puritan

quotation

ramadan

reaction

rebellion

recision

reception

recession

permission

reduction

reflection

regimen

regression

rejection

relation

redemption

religion

remission

rendition

permian

perfusion

reopen

reptilian

repression

rescission

resection

resumption

restriction

retraction

retention

retrial

reunion

revulsion

reversion

revision

rhodopsin

starvation

rifleman

rotation

salvation

saccharin

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

scythian

selection

seclusion

sedation

seduction

secretion

sedition

simian

secession

skeleton

sensation

silicon

singleton

snapdragon

solution

solomon

specimen

southerly

stagnation

sterilize

stygian

submission

submersion

succession

subtraction

subscription

subversion

suburban

summation

suggestion

superman

sumatran

suppression

suspension

suspicion

talisman

tactician

tamarin

taxation

syrian

technician

temptation

thespian

toboggan

translation

tradition

transaction

transcription

transfusion

transition

transgression

transmission

tuition

unburden

uncommon

unbroken

uneven

unbutton

unison

unwritten

uterine

uncertain

utterly

vacation

truncation

vatican

venetian

venison

vermilion

vibration

veteran

timberman

vitamin

vocation

vitriol

volition

wesleyan

weatherly

waterman

zambian

4 syllable words

abrogation

abolition

aberration

abdication

abnegation

absolution

accordion

adaptation

acquisition

abyssinian

activation

adulation

advocation

admonition

admiration

adoration

adrenaline

affectation

affirmation

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

albanian

agrarian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

alteration

altercation

alternation

american

ammunition

amputation

amphibian

animation

annotation

appalachian

annexation

apparition

approbation

apprehension

arbitration

arabian

calibration

arizonan

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

assemblyman

athenian

assyrian

attribution

augmentation

avocation

aviation

backwardation

barbarian

bavarian

benediction

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calculation

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumspection

circumvention

consolation

coalition

cogitation

coloration

combination

collodion

columbian

coloradan

commendation

comedian

commutation

committeeman

comparison

complication

compilation

compensation

condemnation

condensation

competition

conflagration

composition

concentration

computation

condescension

comprehension

consultation

confrontation

confiscation

congregation

consummation

conjugation

confirmation

connotation

consecration

constellation

contemplation

constipation

conservation

consternation

constitution

convocation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contribution

conversation

contrarian

convolution

coronation

corporation

copernican

corinthian

copenhagen

corp.

dandelion

cotyledon

crocodilian

criterion

crucifixion

cultivation

cyclopean

custodian

darwinian

declaration

californian

decompression

definition

decoration

deformation

dehydration

demonstration

demarcation

deposition

deportation

destination

destitution

desperation

divination

devolution

deviation

devonian

dietitian

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

disconnection

disillusion

disinflation

dispensation

dislocation

disposition

disputation

distribution

distillation

dissipation

dissolution

dissertation

disinfection

domination

duplication

draconian

education

electrician

elocution

embarkation

elongation

englishwoman

eritrean

equitation

equestrian

estimation

european

evolution

estonian

eustachian

ethereal

evocation

exploitation

excitation

exhalation

exposition

excavation

execution

exhumation

exhibition

expectation

expedition

exhortation

expiration

exploration

extrication

extradition

dominican

fabrication

fallopian

fascination

federalists

federalize

federalist

federation

fermentation

fibrillation

figuration

foliation

fluctuation

floridian

formulation

fragmentation

generation

galilean

fumigation

gargantuan

gastrulation

gentlewoman

glaciation

gorgonian

granulation

graduation

gravitation

greco-roman

gregorian

guatemalan

germination

hemoglobin

hegelian

herculean

himalayan

hibernation

historian

hungarian

habitation

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

ibuprofen

immigration

imitation

illustration

implantation

ideation

imperfection

imposition

importation

imputation

incrustation

incantation

inattention

incarnation

infiltration

indication

incubation

indecision

indentation

indexation

impregnation

indignation

indigestion

indonesian

indiscretion

infestation

information

inhibition

innovation

installation

insulation

inquisition

instigation

inspiration

institution

interaction

insurrection

integration

intimation

interruption

interdiction

intermission

interwoven

interurban

interjection

intersection

intervention

intonation

introduction

inundation

invocation

invitation

introspection

intuition

iranian

irritation

isolation

iteration

jacobean

jubilation

jurisdiction

jordanian

laceration

lancastrian

laterally

legislation

levitation

limitation

leviathan

liberation

liberian

lilliputian

interception

librarian

liquefaction

kindergarten

liquidation

literally

intercession

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

malformation

mammalian

malnutrition

masturbation

manumission

material

materials

maturation

mediation

melanesian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

materiels

minnesotan

miseration

misbegotten

misconception

misperception

materiel

deconstruction

mitigation

repercussion

missourian

modulation

moderation

mortification

moravian

mongolian

mutilation

motivation

obligation

napoleon

navigation

naturalists

naturalist

naturalized

naturalize

naturally

neutralism

neutrality

nomination

neutralizes

newtonian

nigerian

obfuscation

nicaraguan

noblewoman

nonprescription

nonpartisan

oblivion

nestorian

observation

obsidian

obstetrician

occupation

molestation

olympian

ohioan

opposition

oscillation

operation

orchestration

ordination

ostentation

overburden

ovulation

oxidation

pagination

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pelagian

pavlovian

pedestrian

penicillin

octahedron

perforation

permutation

persecution

perspiration

perturbation

peruvian

petrology

petroleum

pigmentation

planarian

politician

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

precondition

preconception

praetorian

predetermine

premonition

preelection

preignition

preparation

preservation

proclamation

procreation

profanation

prohibition

propagation

punctuation

proposition

prosecution

prostitution

protestation

publication

provocation

protozoan

radiation

readmission

reassertion

reawaken

recognition

recreation

refutation

registration

reelection

reformation

reexamine

reconstruction

reinspection

relaxation

relocation

reparation

repetition

reproduction

repossession

republican

reputation

requisition

reservation

resolution

respiration

restoration

restitution

resurrection

retribution

retardation

retrocession

revolution

rhetorician

rhododendron

statistician

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

satisfaction

saturation

segmentation

self-deception

sectarian

sequestration

separation

shakespearean

smithsonian

simulation

sicilian

simonian

siberian

situation

sterility

stipulation

sterilizers

stimulation

sterilizer

sterilizes

subluxation

strangulation

reposition

subdivision

substitution

suffocation

supposition

surrogation

supervision

superstition

superhuman

tabulation

syncopation

syndication

tasmanian

tamoxifen

termination

tetrahedron

titillation

vegetation

trepidation

toleration

transformation

transplantation

transportation

tribulation

ulceration

tutorial

tutorials

vaccination

usurpation

utopian

variation

valuation

violation

valerian

veneration

victorian

vindication

visitation

vitriolic

wagnerian

watermelon

5 syllable words

academician

abbreviation

acceleration

abomination

accreditation

accommodation

accumulation

administration

adjudication

affiliation

alienation

alliteration

alleviation

amelioration

amalgamation

amazonian

amortization

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

approximation

agglomeration

appreciation

appropriation

argentinian

argumentation

assassination

assimilation

association

assemblywoman

attenuation

authentication

augustinian

authorization

babylonian

beethovenian

brobdingnagian

articulation

capitulation

carolinian

cauterization

centenarian

carthaginian

caledonian

coagulation

cohabitation

collaboration

commemoration

communication

conciliation

concatenation

conglomeration

confabulation

congratulation

configuration

deceleration

consideration

contamination

confederation

continuation

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

decapitation

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Words that rhyme with the word sterilization

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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