Words That Rhyme With Taken
219 rhymes for "taken" (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
- "taken" is easy to rhyme: akin, shaken, bacon and waken 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 pagan, breaking and making.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like naked, nation and paying carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for taken (9)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- akin
- shaken
- bacon
- waken
3 syllables
- mistaken
- awaken
- forsaken
- retaken
4+ syllables
- reawaken
Multisyllable rhymes for taken (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
4+ syllables
- undertaken
- overtaken
- undertaking
- overtaking
- administration
- application
- appreciating
- associating
- association
- calculation
- circulation
- combination
- communication
- complicating
- consideration
- continuation
- conversation
- dedicating
- demonstration
- documentation
- education
- explanation
- generating
- generation
- imagination
- implication
- indication
- information
- interpretation
- invitation
- irritating
- isolating
- justification
- manipulation
- observation
- operating
- operation
- organization
- population
- preparation
- publication
- punctuation
- recommendation
- regulation
- representation
- situation
- variation
- abbreviating
- activating
- advocating
- allocating
- automating
- calculating
- celebrating
- circulating
- designating
- devastating
- dominating
- duplicating
- educating
- eliminating
- estimating
- evaluating
- fascinating
- graduating
- indicating
- initiating
- integrating
- motivating
- negotiating
- nominating
- originating
- populating
- separating
- simulating
- stimulating
- terminating
- tolerating
- appreciated
- associated
- complicated
- generated
- irritated
- isolated
- operated
- sophisticated
Near rhymes for taken (90)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- pagan
- breaking
- making
- taking
- baking
- plaguing
- shaking
- waking
- aching
- braking
- faking
- flaking
- quaking
- raking
- snaking
- staking
- dating
- stating
- waiting
- aiding
- hating
- rating
- shaping
- trading
- wading
- aping
- baiting
- braiding
- crating
- draping
- fading
- gaping
- gating
- grading
- grating
- laden
- lading
- maiden
- mating
- plating
- raiding
- scraping
- shading
- skating
- slating
- straighten
- taping
- weighting
3 syllables
- mistaking
- forsaking
- remaking
- retaking
- creating
- persuading
- relating
- translating
- updating
- awaiting
- debating
- degrading
- escaping
- invading
- upgrading
- verbatim
- abating
- blockading
- cascading
- crusading
- deflating
- downgrading
- equating
- evading
- inflating
- misshapen
- negating
- parading
- pervading
- sedating
- berating
- elating
- postdating
- restating
4+ syllables
- reinstating
- annotating
- masquerading
- overrating
- serenading
- ultimatum
- innovating
- procreating
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Questions about rhymes for taken
What rhymes with taken?
Common perfect rhymes for taken include akin, shaken, bacon, waken, mistaken, awaken, forsaken and retaken. This page lists 219 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for taken?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of taken but change a consonant. Good ones include pagan, breaking, making, taking, baking and plaguing.
How many syllables are in taken?
Taken 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.