Words That Rhyme With Attention
225 rhymes for "attention" (3 syllables): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.
How to use this rhyme
- "attention" is easy to rhyme: convention, extension, contention and dimension all share its ending sound, so you can hold one rhyme across a whole verse.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as collection, connection and correction.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like intention, contentious and abstention carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for attention (23)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
- convention
- extension
- contention
- dimension
- invention
- prevention
- suspension
- ascension
- declension
- detention
- dissension
- pretension
- retention
2 syllables
- mention
- tension
- pension
4+ syllables
- intervention
- comprehension
- apprehension
- hypertension
- misapprehension
- condescension
- nonintervention
Multisyllable rhymes for attention (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- intention
- contentious
- abstention
- protections
- attempting
- attended
- attending
- connections
- detecting
- exceptions
- extending
- intending
- objections
- potential
- protecting
- suggestion
- attendance
- attendant
- congestion
- intensive
- attesting
- conceptions
- concessions
- contending
- credential
- deceptions
- injections
- inspections
- intestine
- obsessions
- possessions
- projections
- protesting
- quintessence
- receptions
- recessions
- reflections
- rejections
- addressing
- apparent
- attempted
- comparing
- connecting
- depended
- depending
- detected
- expecting
- expensive
- extended
- extensive
- intended
- objecting
- presenting
- preventing
- protected
- reflecting
- rejecting
- suggesting
- suspecting
- suspended
- suspending
- unpleasant
- upsetting
- appended
- ascending
- assesses
- assessing
- collections
- condemning
- consensus
- consenting
- dependence
- dependent
- descending
- detective
- distressing
- elections
- eleven
- expenses
- expressions
- impending
- impressions
- obsesses
- obsessing
- offenses
- possesses
- possessing
- refreshes
- repairing
- affecting
- connected
- declaring
- embarrass
- excessive
- expressing
- inventing
- rejected
- successful
- suggested
- suspected
4+ syllables
- delicatessen
- inattention
- confidential
- contravention
- unattended
- existential
- misconceptions
- presidential
- residential
- rhododendron
- accidental
- consequences
- implementing
- independent
- recommending
- represented
- representing
- independence
- misrepresenting
- academic
Near rhymes for attention (82)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
3 syllables
- collection
- connection
- correction
- direction
- election
- exception
- expression
- impression
- objection
- protection
- reception
- reflection
- selection
- affection
- compression
- conception
- depression
- detection
- discretion
- infection
- inspection
- obsession
- oppression
- perception
- perfection
- possession
- profession
- projection
- rejection
- succession
- suppression
- aggression
- complexion
- concession
- confection
- confession
- convection
- deception
- deflection
- digression
- dissection
- ejection
- inception
- inflection
- injection
- procession
- progression
- recession
- regression
- repression
- secession
- transgression
- defection
- exemption
- redemption
- condensing
- refreshing
- commencing
- dispensing
4+ syllables
- contraception
- intersection
- recollection
- resurrection
- imperfection
- indiscretion
- insurrection
- interception
- interjection
- misconception
- preconception
- redirection
- disconnection
- predilection
- reelection
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Questions about rhymes for attention
What rhymes with attention?
Common perfect rhymes for attention include convention, extension, contention, dimension, invention, prevention, suspension and ascension. This page lists 225 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for attention?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of attention but change a consonant. Good ones include collection, connection, correction, direction, election and exception.
How many syllables are in attention?
Attention has 3 syllables in standard US pronunciation.
Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.