Words That Rhyme With Nation
303 rhymes for "nation" (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
- "nation" is easy to rhyme: station, creation, location and relation 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 basing, placing and raising.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like patient, patience and gracious carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for nation (120)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
3 syllables
4+ syllables
- administration
- application
- association
- calculation
- combination
- communication
- consideration
- continuation
- conversation
- demonstration
- documentation
- education
- explanation
- generation
- imagination
- implication
- indication
- information
- interpretation
- invitation
- justification
- manipulation
- observation
- operation
- organization
- population
- preparation
- publication
- punctuation
- recommendation
- regulation
- representation
- situation
- variation
- abbreviation
- accusation
- adaptation
- admiration
- allegation
- allocation
- alteration
- anticipation
- appreciation
- celebration
- civilization
- compensation
- compilation
- complication
- computation
- condemnation
- confirmation
- connotation
- consolation
- cooperation
- corporation
- correlation
- declaration
- degradation
- destination
- deviation
- duplication
- emulation
- estimation
- evaluation
- examination
- exclamation
- expectation
- exploration
- fluctuation
- formulation
- graduation
- incarnation
- inclination
- innovation
- inspiration
- integration
- irritation
- isolation
- legislation
- limitation
- moderation
- motivation
- negotiation
- obligation
- occupation
- orientation
- radiation
- realization
- relocation
- reputation
- reservation
- resignation
- revelation
- separation
- simulation
- speculation
- stimulation
- termination
- violation
Multisyllable rhymes for nation (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- patient
- patience
- gracious
- rayon
- spacious
- stationed
- geisha
- paying
- playing
- saying
- staying
- taken
- aging
- laying
- paging
- praying
- racial
- shaken
- spatial
- apron
- matron
- patron
- ages
- aiming
- ancient
- bases
- basic
- basis
- breaking
- cases
- changes
- changing
- claiming
- dating
- gaining
- making
- naming
- pages
- phrases
- places
- raises
- safest
- spaces
- stages
- stating
- taking
- training
- waiting
- wasting
- chases
- faces
- phases
- races
- ranging
- traces
3 syllables
- workstation
- truncation
- fallacious
- audacious
- contagion
- flirtatious
- impatience
- impatient
- outpatient
- tenacious
- vacationed
- vivacious
- voracious
- inpatient
- washbasin
- displaying
- mistaken
- occasions
- adjacent
- complacent
- delaying
- engaging
- equations
- obeying
- outraging
- portraying
- arranges
- arranging
- complaining
- containing
- creating
- explaining
- maintaining
- mistaking
- obtaining
- persuading
- relating
- remaining
- replaces
- translating
- updating
- amazes
- erases
- exchanging
- misplaces
4+ syllables
- circulation
- alternation
- deterioration
- interpolation
- mortification
- oversimplification
- incineration
- ostentatious
- undertaken
- appreciating
- associating
- complicating
- dedicating
- generating
- irritating
- isolating
- operating
- databases
- interfaces
- rearranging
Near rhymes for nation (63)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- basing
- placing
- raising
- saving
- casing
- chasing
- facing
- hasten
- phasing
- phrasing
- racing
- raving
- spacing
- tracing
- waving
- basin
- bathing
- blazing
- bracing
- braving
- brazen
- caving
- chafing
- chasten
- craving
- gazing
- glazing
- gracing
- graven
- grazing
- haven
- hazing
- mason
- pacing
- paving
- praising
- raisin
- raven
- razing
- scathing
- shaven
- shaving
- staving
- waiving
3 syllables
- occasion
- equation
- invasion
- persuasion
- evasion
- replacing
- amazing
- behaving
- erasing
- misplacing
- appraising
- debasing
- defacing
- displacing
- embracing
- engraving
- retracing
- emblazon
4+ syllables
- misbehaving
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Questions about rhymes for nation
What rhymes with nation?
Common perfect rhymes for nation include station, creation, location, relation, translation, vacation, damnation and donation. This page lists 303 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for nation?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of nation but change a consonant. Good ones include basing, placing, raising, saving, casing and chasing.
How many syllables are in nation?
Nation 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.