Words That Rhyme With Mention
226 rhymes for "mention" (2 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
- "mention" is easy to rhyme: tension, pension, gentian and attention 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 section, session and freshen.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like lesson, mentioned and seven carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for mention (24)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- tension
- pension
- gentian
3 syllables
- attention
- convention
- extension
- contention
- dimension
- invention
- prevention
- suspension
- ascension
- declension
- detention
- dissension
- pretension
- retention
4+ syllables
- intervention
- comprehension
- apprehension
- hypertension
- misapprehension
- condescension
- nonintervention
Multisyllable rhymes for mention (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- lesson
- mentioned
- seven
- engine
- heaven
- strengthen
- lengthen
- lessen
- resin
- guessing
- pressing
- question
- sections
- sessions
- weapon
- blessing
- brethren
- dressing
- friendship
- lemon
- lenses
- messing
- precious
- reckon
- senses
- stressing
- threaten
- freshened
- freshens
- sectioned
- chairman
- ending
- entrance
- guesses
- method
- pleasant
- presence
- present
- presses
- sending
- special
- spending
3 syllables
- intention
- contentious
- eleven
- pretentious
- abstention
- addressing
- connections
- directions
- essential
- exceptions
- expressing
- objections
- potential
- suggestion
- accessing
- assessing
- collections
- compressing
- congestion
- consensus
- corrections
- depressing
- distressing
- elections
- expenses
- expressions
- impressing
- impressions
- obsessing
- offenses
- oppressing
- possessing
- progressing
- refreshes
- sequential
- suppressing
- affections
- complexions
- conceptions
- concessions
- confections
- confessions
- deceptions
- depressions
- digressions
- dissections
- infections
- injections
- obsessions
- receptions
- recessions
- rejections
- selections
- addresses
- attending
- depending
- expresses
- extending
- intending
- inventing
- presenting
- preventing
- suspending
- unpleasant
4+ syllables
- aforementioned
- contravention
- circumvention
- conscientious
- delicatessen
- consequences
- confidential
- differential
- exponential
- influential
- intersections
- implementing
- recommending
- representing
Near rhymes for mention (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 mention
What rhymes with mention?
Common perfect rhymes for mention include tension, pension, gentian, attention, convention, extension, contention and dimension. This page lists 226 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for mention?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of mention but change a consonant. Good ones include section, session, freshen, cleansing, ensign and fencing.
How many syllables are in mention?
Mention has 2 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.