Words That Rhyme With Protection
223 rhymes for "protection" (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
- "protection" is easy to rhyme: collection, connection, correction and direction 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 attention, convention and exception.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like intention, attentions and contentious carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for protection (36)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
- collection
- connection
- correction
- direction
- election
- objection
- reflection
- selection
- affection
- detection
- infection
- inspection
- perfection
- projection
- rejection
- complexion
- confection
- convection
- deflection
- dissection
- ejection
- inflection
- injection
- defection
2 syllables
- section
- flexion
4+ syllables
- intersection
- recollection
- resurrection
- imperfection
- insurrection
- interjection
- redirection
- disconnection
- predilection
- reelection
Multisyllable rhymes for protection (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- intention
- attentions
- contentious
- extensions
- contentions
- detentions
- pretensions
- attempting
- attending
- detected
- detecting
- exceptions
- intending
- potential
- protected
- protecting
- suggestion
- condensing
- congestion
- abstention
- attesting
- conceptions
- concessions
- credential
- deceptions
- intestine
- obsessions
- possessions
- protesting
- quintessence
- receptions
- recessions
- suspensions
- addressing
- affecting
- apparent
- attempted
- attended
- comparing
- connected
- connecting
- conventions
- depended
- depending
- expecting
- extended
- extending
- extensive
- intended
- objecting
- presenting
- reflecting
- rejected
- rejecting
- suggesting
- suspected
- suspecting
- suspending
- unpleasant
- upsetting
- assesses
- assessing
- attendance
- attendant
- condemning
- consensus
- detective
- dimensions
- distressing
- eleven
- expenses
- expressions
- impressions
- inspecting
- intensive
- inventions
- neglecting
- obsesses
- obsessing
- possesses
- possessing
- projecting
- refreshes
- repairing
- subjecting
- collecting
- declaring
- electing
- embarrass
- excessive
- expected
- expensive
- expressing
- objected
- preventing
- reflected
- selecting
- successful
- suggested
- suspended
4+ syllables
- delicatessen
- inattention
- confidential
- existential
- misconceptions
- presidential
- residential
- rhododendron
- independent
- representing
- contravention
- disconnecting
- unattended
- unsuspecting
- academic
- accidental
- consequences
- implementing
- recommending
- represented
Near rhymes for protection (67)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
3 syllables
- attention
- convention
- exception
- expression
- extension
- impression
- reception
- compression
- conception
- contention
- depression
- dimension
- discretion
- invention
- obsession
- oppression
- perception
- possession
- prevention
- profession
- succession
- suppression
- suspension
- aggression
- ascension
- concession
- confession
- deception
- declension
- detention
- digression
- dissension
- inception
- pretension
- procession
- progression
- recession
- regression
- repression
- retention
- secession
- transgression
- exemption
- redemption
- refreshing
- annexing
- perplexing
4+ syllables
- intervention
- comprehension
- contraception
- apprehension
- hypertension
- indiscretion
- interception
- misapprehension
- misconception
- preconception
- condescension
- nonintervention
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Questions about rhymes for protection
What rhymes with protection?
Common perfect rhymes for protection include collection, connection, correction, direction, election, objection, reflection and selection. This page lists 223 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for protection?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of protection but change a consonant. Good ones include attention, convention, exception, expression, extension and impression.
How many syllables are in protection?
Protection 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.