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Words That Rhyme With Ocean

10 words rhyme with ocean, from 2 to 4 syllables: lotion, motion, notion, potion, commotion and more, the everyday words first. Then 35 near rhymes, like bulldozing, chosen, closing, composing.

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2 syllables4 words

  • lotion
  • motion
  • notion
  • potion

3 syllables5 words

  • commotion
  • demotion
  • devotion
  • emotion
  • promotion

4 syllables1 word

  • locomotion

Near rhymes35 words

The same vowel, consonants that sound alike: close enough for songs and poems.

  • bulldozing
  • chosen
  • closing
  • composing
  • corrosion
  • decomposing
  • diagnosing
  • disclosing
  • disposing
  • dosing
  • dozing
  • enclosing
  • engrossing
  • erosion
  • explosion
  • exposing
  • frozen
  • grossing
  • hosing
  • imposing
  • juxtaposing
  • nosing
  • opposing
  • overdosing
  • posing
  • proposing
  • supposing
  • foreclosing
  • implosion
  • overexposing
  • predisposing
  • reimposing

Rare: oxytocin, rosing, unfrozen

Slant rhymes40 words

Looser: the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first. Common in songs and poems.

  • colon
  • roman
  • token
  • woken
  • woven
  • broken
  • omen
  • open
  • reopen
  • slogan
  • spoken
  • stolen
  • abdomen
  • showman
  • swollen
  • unbroken
  • outspoken
  • hemoglobin
  • interwoven
  • heartbroken
  • businesswomen
  • bowman
  • bowmen
  • brogan
  • shogun
  • yeoman
  • unspoken
  • ibuprofen
  • housebroken
  • totem
  • ovum
  • postman
  • hokum
  • modem
  • sojourn
  • serotonin
  • olden
  • boning
  • coding
  • coking

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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, © 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, matched to our dictionary of English words.

Questions

What rhymes with ocean?

lotion, motion, notion, potion, commotion, demotion, and every other word that end in the same sounds as ocean. 10 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in ocean?

Ocean has 2 syllables.

How are the rhymes chosen?

Two words rhyme when they sound the same from their last stressed vowel to the end: these are perfect rhymes, matched by sound, not by spelling. Near rhymes keep the vowel and swap a consonant for one that sounds alike, like time and mine.

What are near rhymes for ocean?

bulldozing, chosen, closing, composing and the other 35 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as ocean, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for ocean?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: colon, roman, token, woken, woven, broken. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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