Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “ocean”

“ocean” has 8 perfect rhymes in this list, from 2 to 3 syllables. The most common are motion, notion, and potion. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as open, moment, and broken. The two example lines rhyme “ocean” with “lotion” and “slow-motion”.

Perfect rhymes

Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

2 syllables

  • motion
  • notion
  • potion
  • lotion

3 syllables

  • promotion
  • emotion
  • devotion
  • commotion

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.

  • open
  • moment
  • broken
  • notice
  • local
  • noticed
  • stolen
  • total
  • social
  • opened
  • focus
  • opens
  • golden
  • spoken
  • explosion
  • moments
  • chosen
  • roman
  • mobile
  • noble
  • frozen
  • emotions
  • global
  • soda
  • homeless
  • poem
  • proposal
  • focused
  • closest
  • coma
  • poet
  • oldest
  • hopeless
  • rosa
  • bonus
  • opponent
  • mona
  • sofa
  • poland
  • yoga

“ocean” in a lyric: two examples

Mom keeps an old bottle of sunscreen lotion
that smells like every summer by the ocean.

The kids built castles in a slow-motion
race against the tide, and lost to the ocean.

Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.

How to choose the rhyme

  • Say the line out loud before you choose: the rhyme has to land on the beat where the melody stresses it.
  • Rhymes of 2 syllables (motion, notion, and potion) close a line hard; those of 3 syllables (promotion and emotion) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “ocean” sounds forced, move “ocean” inside the line and end it on another word.