Words that rhyme with lion

  • ant
    n 1: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire]
  • anion
    n 1: a negatively charged ion
  • awn
    n 1: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
  • cyan
    adj 1: of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue- green, cyan, teal] n 1: a primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color
  • dandelion
    n 1: any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls [syn: dandelion, blowball]
  • depression
    n 1: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity [ant: elation] 2: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: depression, slump, economic crisis] 3: a sunken or depressed geological formation [syn: natural depression, depression] [ant: elevation, natural elevation] 4: sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 5: a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment [syn: Depression, Great Depression] 6: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn: low, depression] 7: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention [syn: depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression] 8: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn: depression, impression, imprint] 9: angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) 10: pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
  • andiron
    n 1: metal supports for logs in a fireplace; "the andirons were too hot to touch" [syn: andiron, firedog, dog, dog- iron]
  • flatiron
    n 1: an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove
  • gridiron
    n 1: a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat [syn: grid, gridiron] 2: the playing field on which football is played [syn: football field, gridiron]
  • ion
    n 1: a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
  • iron
    adj 1: extremely robust; "an iron constitution" [syn: cast- iron, iron] n 1: a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood [syn: iron, Fe, atomic number 26] 2: a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head 3: implement used to brand live stock [syn: iron, branding iron] 4: home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth [syn: iron, smoothing iron] v 1: press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing" [syn: iron, iron out, press]
  • midiron
    n 1: long iron with a nearly vertical face [syn: midiron, two iron]
  • scion
    n 1: a descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock"
  • lyon
    n 1: a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon [syn: Lyon, Lyons]
  • mayan
    n 1: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar" [syn: Mayan, Maya] 2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language]
  • zion
    n 1: originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'" [syn: Zion, Sion] 2: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine [syn: Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion] 3: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [syn: Utopia, Zion, Sion]
  • cation
    n 1: a positively charged ion
  • ghanaian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language; "Ghanaian cocoa production" [syn: Ghanaian, Ghanese, Ghanian]
  • himalayan
    adj 1: of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks"
  • uruguayan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Uruguay
  • chian
    adj 1: of or relating to Chios
  • hawaiian
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language n 1: the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii 2: a native or resident of Hawaii
  • paraguayan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Paraguay
  • prion
    n 1: (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
  • bryan
    n 1: United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925) [syn: Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte] 2: a town of east central Texas
  • orion
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation 2: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter]
  • sion
    n 1: originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'" [syn: Zion, Sion] 2: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine [syn: Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion] 3: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [syn: Utopia, Zion, Sion]
  • goliath
    n 1: (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot 2: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus]
  • brian
  • aune
  • dian
  • wian
  • ixion
  • mcbrien
  • nvryan
  • olayan
  • brion
  • bryen
  • bryon
  • cryan
  • ryan
  • obryan
  • cion
  • obrien
  • brien
  • narayan

See also lion definition and lion synonyms