Rhymes with coon
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- galloon — a braid or trimming of worsted, silk or rayon tinsel, gold or silver, etc., usually having scalloping along both edges.
- harpoon — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- high noon — the exact moment of noon.
- immune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- karun — a river in SW Iran, flowing SW to the Shatt-al-Arab. About 515 miles (830 km) long.
- lagoon — an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes. Compare laguna.
- lampoon — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- maroon — dark brownish-red.
- mattoon — a city in E Illinois.
- monsoon — the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
- muldoon — Robert David, 1921–92, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1975–84.
- new moon — the moon either when in conjunction with the sun or soon after, being either invisible or visible only as a slender crescent.
- noone — Nonstandard spelling of no one.
- platoon — a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- pontoon — the card game twenty-one.
- raccoon — a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- rangoon — former name of Yangon.
- saloon — a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- sassoon — Siegfried (Loraine) [seeg-freed law-reyn,, loh-] /ˈsig frid lɔˈreɪn,, loʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1886–1967, English poet and novelist.
- terhune — Albert Payson [pey-suh n] /ˈpeɪ sən/ (Show IPA), 1872–1942, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- tycoon — a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate: a business tycoon; a political tycoon.
- typhoon — a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
- attune — to adjust or accustom (a person or thing); acclimatize
- baboon — A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa.
- balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- bassoon — A bassoon is a large musical instrument of the woodwind family that is shaped like a tube and played by blowing into a curved metal pipe.
- bethune — Norman. 1890–1939, Canadian physician and campaigner for socialized medicine; pioneered the use of mobile medical units during the Spanish Civil War and in China during the second Sino-Japanese War
- blue moon — If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.
- buffoon — If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- calhoun — John Caldwell1782-1850; U.S. statesman: vice president (1825-32)
- cancun — a coastal resort in SE Mexico on the Yucatán Peninsula. Pop: 457 000 (2004 est)
- cardoon — a thistle-like S European plant, Cynara cardunculus, closely related to the artichoke, with spiny leaves, purple flowers, and a leafstalk that may be blanched and eaten: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cartoon — A cartoon is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine.
- cocoon — A cocoon is a covering of silky threads that the larvae of moths and other insects make for themselves before they grow into adults.
- commune — A commune is a group of people who live together and share everything.
- festoon — a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- full moon — the moon when the whole of its disk is illuminated, occurring when in opposition to the sun.
Three-syllable rhymes
- afternoon — The afternoon is the part of each day which begins at lunchtime and ends at about six o'clock.
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- double bassoon — a bassoon an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon: the largest and deepest-toned instrument of the oboe class; contrabassoon.
- ducommun — Élie [ey-lee] /eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), 1833–1906, Swiss author: Nobel Peace Prize 1902.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- opportune — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- sugar spoon — a small spoon for serving granulated sugar, resembling but having a wider bowl than a teaspoon.
- trial balloon — a statement, program, or the like issued publicly as a means of determining reactions in advance: The speech was a trial balloon for a new law.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- barrage balloon — Barrage balloons are large balloons which are fixed to the ground by strong steel cables. They are used in wartime, when the cables are intended to destroy low-flying enemy aircraft.
- contrabassoon — the largest instrument in the oboe family, pitched an octave below the bassoon; double bassoon
- good afternoon — greeting
- inopportune — not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
- pilot balloon — a balloon for the visual observation of upper-atmosphere wind currents.
- signature tune — theme song (def 2).
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- animated cartoon — a film produced by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings, etc, which give the illusion of movement when the series is projected rapidly
One-syllable rhymes
- boon — You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
- boone — Daniel. 1734–1820, American pioneer, explorer, and guide, esp in Kentucky
- broun — (Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- choon — a piece of recorded music that one likes
- croon — If you croon, you sing or hum quietly and gently.
- dune — a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- goon — Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- hewn — felled and roughly shaped by hewing: hewn logs.
- hoon — (Australia, slang, dated) A pimp.
- june — the sixth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Jun.
- kroon — an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of Estonia from 1928 to 1940 and from 1992 to 2010, when it was replaced by the euro, equal to 100 marks or senti.
- kuhn — Margaret ("Maggie") 1905–95, U.S. activist: a founder of the Gray Panthers.
- loon — a crazy or simple-minded person.
- moon — Sun Myung [suhn myuhng] /sʌn myʌŋ/ (Show IPA), 1920–2012, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church.
- noon — midday.
- poon — any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- prune — a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- rune — a poem, song, or verse.
- soon — within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.
- spoon — a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- strewn — to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.
- swoon — to faint; lose consciousness.
- toon — (sometimes initial capital letter) a character in an animated cartoon.
- tune — Thomas James ("Tommy") born 1939, U.S. dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, and director.