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Rhymes with on

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  • tron — 1.   (project)   The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus. 2.   (language, programming, testing, tool)   (TRace ON) A command used when debugging programs written in early line-numbered BASIC that contained GOTO and GOSUB statements. When the TRON command had been executed, the program ran with a window open indicating the line number being executed at that instant. The TROFF (an abbreviation for "TRace OFF") command turned the tracing off.
  • vaughn — a male or female given name.
  • von — from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility): Paul von Hindenburg.
  • wan — of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
  • won — simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
  • yawn — to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.
  • yon — Yonder; that.
  • aune — an old French measure of length, usually for measuring cloth
  • bon — an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists
  • bonn — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Rhine: the former capital (1949–90) of West Germany; university (1786). Pop: 311 052 (2003 est)
  • bonne — a housemaid or female servant
  • braun — Eva (ˈeːfa). 1910–45, Adolf Hitler's mistress, whom he married shortly before their suicides in 1945
  • brawn — Brawn is physical strength.
  • caen — an industrial city in NW France. Pop: 112 790 (2008)
  • chon — a North and South Korean monetary unit worth one hundredth of a won
  • c'mon — come on
  • con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
  • conn — 2nd century ad, king of Leinster and high king of Ireland
  • conn. — Connecticut.
  • dahn — Eye dialect of down.
  • dawn — Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
  • don — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
  • drawn — past participle of draw.
  • fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
  • flawn — Obsolete form of flan.
  • gone — past participle of go1 .
  • hahn — Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
  • han — a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
  • hon — honey (def 6).
  • hwan — a former monetary unit of South Korea.
  • john — (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881–1963, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1958–63.
  • jon — a male given name, form of John.
  • kahn — Louis Isadore, 1901–74, U.S. architect, born in Estonia.
  • khan — an inn or caravansary.
  • lawn — wireless local area network
  • mon — an Austroasiatic language used chiefly in Burma in the vicinity of Moulmein.
  • non — notwithstanding.
  • pawn — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
  • prawn — any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
  • ronne — a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
  • sean — a male given name, form of John.
  • shaun — a male given name, form of John.
  • shawn — Ted (Edwin M) 1891–1972, U.S. dancer and choreographer (husband of Ruth St. Denis).
  • spahn — Warren, 1921–2003, U.S. baseball pitcher.
  • spawn — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
  • swan — Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor.

Two-syllable rhymes

  • alcon — a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
  • amman — the capital of Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: ancient capital of the Ammonites, rebuilt by Ptolemy in the 3rd century bc. Pop: 1 292 000 (2005 est)
  • amon — a local god of fertility and life in Egyptian Thebes: later associated with Re as the chief deity of Egypt ( Amon-Re): identified by the Greeks (and Romans) with Zeus (and Jupiter)
  • antoine — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
  • aton — a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
  • balon — the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
  • bataan — a peninsula in the Philippines, in W Luzon: scene of the surrender of US and Philippine forces to the Japanese during World War II, later retaken by American forces
  • baton — A baton is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
  • bhutan — a kingdom in central Asia: disputed by Tibet, China, India, and Britain since the 18th century but most closely connected with India; contains inaccessible stretches of the E Himalayas in the north. Official language: Dzongka; Nepali is also spoken. Official religion: Mahayana Buddhist. Currencies: ngultrum and Indian rupee. Capital: Thimbu. Pop: 725 296 (2013 est). Area: about 46 600 sq km (18 000 sq miles)
  • black swan — a phenomenon that occurs even though it had been thought to be impossible
  • buisson — Ferdinand Édouard [fer-dee-nahn ey-dwar] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃ eɪˈdwær/ (Show IPA), 1841–1932, French statesman and educator: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
  • cardon — a tall cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, native to Mexico
  • caron — an inverted circumflex
  • ceylon — an island in the Indian Ocean, off the SE coast of India: consists politically of the republic of Sri Lanka. Area: 64 644 sq km (24 959 sq miles)
  • chiffon — Chiffon is a kind of very thin silk or nylon cloth that you can see through.
  • come-on — inducement; lure.
  • dhahran — a town in E Saudi Arabia: site of the original discovery of oil in the country (1938)
  • don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
  • exon — A segment of a DNA or RNA molecule containing information coding for a protein or peptide sequence.
  • foregone — that has gone before; previous; past.
  • forgone — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
  • gabon — Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
  • gibran — Kahlil [kah-leel] /kɑˈlil/ (Show IPA), 1883–1931, Lebanese mystic, poet, dramatist, and artist; in the U.S. after 1910.
  • goings-on — conduct or behavior, especially when open to criticism: We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.
  • hassan — 1929–1999, king of Morocco 1961–99.
  • iran — a republic in SW Asia. About 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Capital: Teheran.
  • javan — of or relating to Java or its inhabitants
  • juan — a male given name, Spanish form of John.
  • koran — the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
  • little john — a large, powerful yeoman who was a member of Robin Hood's band.
  • manon — an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
  • mayon — an active volcano in the Philippines, on SE Luzon Island. 7926 feet (2415 meters).
  • menon — Vengalil Krishnan Krishna (ˈvɛŋɡəlɪl ˈkriːʃnən ˈkriːʃnə). 1897–1974, Indian diplomat and politician, who was a close associate of Nehru and played a key role in the Indian nationalist movement
  • milan — an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
  • mute swan — a commonly domesticated soundless white swan, Cygnus olor, of Europe and Asia.
  • nippon — a Japanese name of Japan.
  • odds-on — being the one more or most likely to win, succeed, attain, or achieve something: the odds-on favorite.
  • oman — Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
  • oran — a seaport in NW Algeria.
  • pecan — a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
  • peron — Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
  • pilon — something extra; lagniappe.
  • pinzon — Martín Alonzo [mahr-teen ah-lawn-thaw] /mɑrˈtin ɑˈlɔn θɔ/ (Show IPA), c1440–93? and his brother, Vicente Yáñez [bee-then-te yah-nyeth] /biˈθɛn tɛ ˈyɑ nyɛθ/ (Show IPA) c1460–1524?, Spanish navigators with Christopher Columbus.
  • predawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
  • put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
  • redrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • run-on — of or designating something that is added or run on: a run-on entry in a dictionary.
  • saigon — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
  • saint john — Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.
  • salon — a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
  • san juan — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • sorbonne — the seat of the faculties of arts and letters of the University of Paris.
  • taiwan — a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895–1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Capital: Taipei.
  • tehran — a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
  • thereon — on or upon that or it.
  • toran — (in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
  • upon — to, toward, or at an elevated place on or in: They went up the stairs. The cat is up the tree.
  • vardon — Harry, 1870–1937, British golfer.
  • vaughan — Henry, 1622–95, English poet and mystic.
  • vivyan — a male or female given name.
  • withdrawn — past participle of withdraw.
  • xian — a province in N central China. 75,598 sq. mi. (195,799 sq. km). Capital: Xian.
  • yuan — the Mongol dynasty in China, 1260–1368, founded by Kublai Khan.
  • yvonne — a female given name.

Three-syllable rhymes

  • abidjan — a port in Côte d'Ivoire, on the Gulf of Guinea: the legislative capital (Yamoussoukro became the administrative capital in 1983). Pop: 3 516 000 (2005 est)
  • act upon — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
  • call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • come upon — If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
  • denouement — In a book, play, or series of events, the denouement is the sequence of events at the end, when things come to a conclusion.
  • genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
  • kazakhstan — a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Capital: Akmola.
  • moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
  • rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
  • set upon — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • sichuan — a province in S central China. 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). Capital: Chengdu.
  • sine qua non — an indispensable condition; requisite.
  • teheran — a republic in SW Asia. About 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Capital: Teheran.
  • thereupon — immediately following that.
  • tundra swan — a swan, Cygnus columbianus, nesting in tundra regions of both the New and Old Worlds, having a black bill with a yellow spot at the base.
  • undergone — to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
  • whereupon — Immediately after which.
  • whistling swan — the small North American subspecies, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, of the tundra swan.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

  • azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
  • beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.

Four-or-more syllable rhymes

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