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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word excretion.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
5 syllable words
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

excretes

excrete

diction

friction

fiction

discreet

discrete

christian

flexion

function

junction

section

suction

children

mission

fission

sexton

grecian

billion

pillion

pinion

piston

whitson

citron

milken

minion

secrete

stillion

trillion

tuscan

million

gumption

emption

ibsen

misread

spearman

silken

gentian

portion

glisten

pension

bisson

auction

rincon

listen

quicken

question

martian

mention

sicken

thicken

fraction

action

wiccan

stricken

faction

christen

tension

torsion

traction

chicken

kitchen

cushion

legion

lesion

prussian

delphian

doctrine

dustman

region

caxton

vision

nation

freshen

heathen

pigeon

hessian

russian

haitian

spokesman

session

station

tungsten

jetson

kelson

chessman

degreed

keelson

kenyan

saxon

oxen

airman

arson

bullion

bookman

chairman

billman

chevron

gilden

nekton

ensign

pitman

linden

pectin

clinton

crimson

gascon

lisbon

lynden

parson

pressman

claxon

mignon

onion

runnion

scullion

sequin

shearman

sylvan

vulcan

shipman

stepson

whiskered

secret

teston

tillman

discards

marksman

exhorts

huntsman

escorts

muskrats

sanction

option

caption

drunken

dungeon

faustian

engine

bastion

belgian

begrudge

bushman

sunken

luncheon

brethren

fortune

freshman

georgian

mansion

margin

shrunken

basin

beacon

beaten

beckon

begun

billon

bison

bitten

briton

caisson

charon

chasten

cheapen

cretin

deacon

deepen

demon

driven

eaten

eden

elan

freeman

gibbon

given

glidden

griffon

hasten

heron

hidden

hyson

leman

jason

kitten

lessen

lesson

leven

linen

marron

mason

mitten

moisten

ninon

perron

prison

reason

reckon

rerun

ribbon

ridden

risen

riven

seaman

season

semen

seton

smitten

steven

stiffen

striven

sweeten

treason

villain

weaken

wheaten

women

written

bordman

discord

homespun

horseman

lengthen

degrades

lampron

cauldron

capstan

discard

muskrat

headsman

oarsman

portman

yachtsman

postman

resorts

scotsman

secrets

strengthen

statesman

henchman

suasion

urchin

surgeon

version

potion

sturgeon

persian

penguin

ration

notion

fashion

burgeon

cajun

motion

ocean

bludgeon

ashen

asian

dudgeon

lotion

passion

caution

earthen

gudgeon

apron

austin

banyan

bargain

barton

baston

bellman

craftsman

acrid

acton

aspen

asserts

boston

brakeman

canyon

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chieftain

classman

corban

cordon

damson

darken

desman

egret

degrade

dobson

draftsman

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

foreman

freedman

garden

goodman

gorgon

guardsman

hackman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

houseman

jackman

jargon

jordan

jorden

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

landsman

lockman

london

marlin

m1

marten

martin

matron

melton

morgan

mormon

muslin

norman

organ

orphan

outrun

packman

paean

pardon

passman

patron

penman

peon

picard

sacred

saffron

samson

scallion

selden

sharpen

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

squadron

stallion

stockman

sultan

tarpon

tartan

tendon

tubman

undone

union

warden

woodman

woolman

workman

flashgun

dutchman

accords

baldwin

escort

exhort

grandson

klansman

landman

marchman

markman

regards

records

recruits

regrets

seedsman

townsman

bellon

blacken

bourbon

brazen

breton

cousin

bracken

brighten

foreign

frighten

garron

german

graven

haven

heaven

heighten

hymen

hyphen

oven

pagan

person

riden

ripen

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

siphon

siren

slacken

warren

weapon

whiten

widen

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

worsen

zaman

cayman

certain

devon

dozen

ermine

laden

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

loosen

loren

lyden

maiden

melon

pullen

raven

syphon

taken

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toughen

triton

turban

urban

urson

waken

bacon

baron

barren

bason

bayman

broken

burden

burdon

burman

burton

button

canaan

craven

curtain

dagan

dagon

daman

deaden

deafen

fasten

felon

firman

floren

jetton

kalan

muffin

mullen

mutton

poison

redden

resin

spoken

straighten

sudden

sullen

summon

vegan

zircon

pathan

fusion

trojan

mahone

plankton

accord

alban

assort

atman

boatman

captain

copeman

figured

dalton

dampen

faulcon

bolden

falcon

golden

fountain

calvin

jasmine

dolman

dolphin

kansan

alman

canton

chaplain

chapman

exert

bagman

lightman

lineman

linemen

lizards

lopeman

minden

molten

mountain

negroid

newsman

olden

outdone

panton

plantain

ponton

record

recruit

regard

regret

resort

santon

soldan

shotgun

stallman

wanton

wizards

assured

longan

watchman

lion

rayon

churchman

ion

scion

coachman

mangan

zion

othman

dian

mayan

hangman

urine

backwards

dockyard

migrates

passwords

salesman

alan

amman

assert

auden

baton

batten

batton

blowgun

bobbin

bollen

boughten

bowman

broaden

brogan

cabin

cannon

canon

checkered

chosen

colon

common

cotton

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

dessert

dragon

dromon

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

frozen

gallon

gammon

gizzard

gladden

gluten

gotten

happen

hausen

hogan

hoten

hoven

human

izard

izzard

lagan

latin

lizard

logan

lumen

madden

niggard

odin

often

omen

open

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

proven

robin

roman

rosen

rosin

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satin

shogun

showman

slogan

sodden

soften

solon

stolen

swollen

talon

tappen

thousand

toman

trodden

wagon

wizard

woven

yaupon

yeoman

awkward

go-cart

password

backward

migrate

cowan

owen

rowan

rowen

gowan

ruin

desert

sugared

measured

bogart

desserts

hazards

laggards

exerts

haggard

hazard

laggard

deserts

buzzard

buzzards

3 syllable words

cistercian

depletion

dictation

discussion

insertion

deletion

extraction

instruction

transcription

proscription

extortion

explosion

infarction

distraction

encryption

destruction

adsorption

completion

prostration

castration

disruption

extinction

distortion

inflation

contrition

impression

inception

cyprian

erection

excision

gestation

ignition

inaction

succession

suspicion

seduction

attrition

exertion

sensation

incursion

taxation

deflation

depression

detection

patrician

accession

dispersion

dissension

reception

crustacean

deception

deduction

defection

election

equation

technician

assertion

cessation

cetacean

narration

syrian

desertion

duration

elation

emission

phoenician

recession

secession

sedition

venetian

absorption

countryman

consumption

ejection

discredit

exemption

imprison

inspection

infraction

rejection

assumption

exaction

conception

concoction

declension

everyone

inclusion

intrusion

compression

conflation

diffraction

induction

mistaken

contortion

infection

deflection

exertions

invention

misfortune

reflection

austrian

presumption

resumption

suspension

transmission

redemption

distinction

englishman

abortion

abrasion

apportion

aggression

alsatian

ablation

ascension

asuncion

concession

impassion

invasion

discredits

lactation

indian

discordant

fustian

injection

ferryman

inversion

assertions

detention

dimension

libration

oppression

desertions

obsession

nutrition

incision

migration

aspersion

emulsion

thespian

hydration

preclusion

bedizen

progression

proportion

regression

seclusion

repression

revulsion

suppression

abstraction

tactician

temptation

vibration

abstention

carrion

chilean

clarion

collegian

contraction

contraption

cremation

decision

devotion

division

egyptian

emotion

erosion

evasion

gillian

gyration

immersion

inflection

libyan

location

marian

masculine

muskmelon

negation

occasion

oration

precaution

precession

predation

procession

recision

relation

religion

rescission

reversion

sedation

simian

subtraction

summation

transgression

truncation

vacation

vocation

contention

convention

convulsion

attraction

confucian

compulsion

implosion

migrations

infusion

intention

retraction

translation

bedridden

capsaicin

cambrian

creation

horatian

phrygian

scythian

degraded

discipline

italian

stygian

aegean

mexican

policeman

rebellion

timberman

uncertain

unwritten

ablution

addiction

adoption

artesian

carnation

cartesian

compassion

attention

concussion

australian

confession

contagion

dalmatian

conversion

damnation

depiction

diffusion

degrading

digression

formation

oxygen

partition

perception

persuasion

preemption

propulsion

salvation

foundation

eruption

injunction

eviction

misshapen

irishman

norwegian

occlusion

optation

plantation

prediction

resection

stagnation

assortment

submersion

subversion

starvation

anyone

garrison

halcyon

assassin

lesbian

uneven

silicon

wesleyan

adrian

aleutian

aversion

caucasian

causation

citation

commotion

correction

delusion

dilation

direction

donation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

gradation

imagine

malaysian

housebroken

lecithin

ligation

illusion

mutation

privation

notation

ovation

percussion

pollution

possession

probation

profession

promotion

quotation

reaction

disheartened

solution

transfusion

rotation

accordance

crestfallen

emblazon

companion

disunion

etruscan

unbroken

arian

nemean

plebeian

aryan

affliction

inhuman

irian

korean

recordings

median

fenian

dorian

compunction

conclusion

singleton

exhaustion

conviction

confusion

gaussian

acumen

alaskan

accredit

battalion

chairperson

conjunction

chairwoman

cohesion

enlighten

enliven

lumberman

unburden

genuine

medallion

ingestion

croatian

backwoodsman

coercion

tuition

fruition

fijian

recruitment

dissection

albion

bosnian

campion

kantian

andean

production

jamaican

keratin

citizen

selection

gordian

recording

laurentian

awaken

determine

eleven

guardian

bitumen

according

champion

cinnamon

keynesian

contusion

infliction

puritan

affection

beholden

collection

connection

connexion

hydrogen

restriction

figurehead

menhaden

recreate

suburban

nitrogen

perfection

zambian

pretension

scorpion

specimen

wizardry

prevention

profusion

protection

reduction

regarding

retention

ambrosian

digestion

gentleman

projection

downtrodden

franciscan

adhesion

intestine

embolden

councilman

nebraskan

snapdragon

suggestion

regretful

abduction

midshipman

confection

dilution

addition

clergyman

corruption

collusion

commission

omission

bighearted

parthian

volition

combustion

permission

physician

petition

allusion

audition

munition

musician

origin

precision

tradition

diversion

remission

conduction

convection

pentathlon

position

edition

permian

artisan

abandon

chamberlain

constriction

odeon

orion

alderman

backgammon

brazilian

charlatan

disorders

dominion

veteran

disordered

appian

charwoman

civilian

guncotton

magician

logician

nubian

in-person

opinion

partisan

pavilion

alien

horizon

saccharin

recorders

secretly

recreates

recruiters

avian

porcelain

sumatran

fabian

jovian

predestine

julian

foramen

talisman

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

malayan

unbutton

freudian

galleon

ghanaian

vermilion

grobian

uncommon

protean

congestion

objection

laotian

optician

corrosion

dentition

admission

ambition

anchorman

derision

transition

parisian

cognition

condition

rendition

submission

complexion

accurate

denizen

deserted

disorder

elison

gravamen

hammerman

mandarin

jacobin

jettison

freemason

masquerade

reptilian

albumin

medicine

overrun

nevadan

niggardly

overdone

overman

recorder

recruiter

arkansan

skeleton

outspoken

communion

superman

toboggan

octillion

vatican

venison

bandwagon

handwoven

waterman

collision

construction

margarine

obstruction

perversion

provision

revision

transaction

abdomen

decorate

decorative

myosin

tamarin

forewoman

bedouin

niacin

reopen

cigarette

macartney

cation

perfusion

samoan

secretive

uterine

benjamin

lutheran

harlequin

nonunion

badminton

acquired

ascertain

forgotten

bouillon

bulletin

nonhuman

pelican

peterman

reunion

unison

halogen

regimen

cardigan

corsican

nobleman

clarendon

lucrative

african

rifleman

rhodopsin

forbidden

heartbroken

moroccan

lacerate

biotin

ziggurat

congressman

anglican

beethoven

catalan

collagen

deserters

feminine

javelin

lanolin

melanin

ottoman

ramadan

solomon

vitamin

baccarat

magdalen

deserter

reassert

saleswoman

reasserts

cigarettes

ziggurats

loggerheads

asserting

loggerhead

newsworthy

asserted

assertive

assorted

4 syllable words

desecration

excitation

exhibition

immigration

insulation

recreation

bifurcation

declaration

respiration

restoration

desperation

figuration

ulceration

dissertation

dissipation

equestrian

iteration

liberation

miseration

exclamation

decoration

extrication

expectation

extradition

indiscretion

sequestration

consecration

electrician

sectarian

execution

expedition

exposition

importation

incarnation

installation

instigation

integration

historian

menstruation

celebration

dislocation

distillation

emigration

equitation

fibrillation

disposition

imposition

indonesian

information

insurrection

intermission

intimation

intonation

inundation

liquidation

oxidation

penetration

precondition

recantation

reclamation

recognition

requisition

simulation

speculation

stimulation

stipulation

tribulation

vaccination

assyrian

inhalation

immolation

innovation

irritation

imitation

sicilian

exhalation

smithsonian

intuition

desolation

aspiration

decimation

decorations

dilatation

dissolution

divination

registration

procreation

litigation

perspiration

recitation

dehydration

inhibition

demonstration

infiltration

incrustation

exploitation

syncopation

distribution

explication

explanation

orchestration

disconnection

shakespearean

consternation

decompression

coloration

disinflation

disputation

imputation

transformation

transportation

federation

exhortation

fluctuation

generation

incantation

infestation

preparation

reassertion

pigmentation

pedestrian

laceration

institution

inquisition

inflammation

inclination

separation

veneration

indexation

reparation

rhetorician

indentation

variation

accordion

centurion

agrarian

nestorian

exhumation

situation

pagurian

acclamation

acclimation

consolation

annexation

cancellation

circulation

conservation

consummation

deportation

designation

destination

proclamation

resignation

retardation

presentation

regulation

occupation

backwardation

incubation

accusation

acquisition

activation

culmination

deformation

devastation

emulation

estimation

interruption

invitation

lilliputian

masturbation

refutation

relaxation

reputation

ventilation

defamation

delegation

impregnation

vacillation

detonation

reelection

preelection

preservation

reformation

visitation

usurpation

devonian

exhortations

lacerations

gregorian

emanation

elevation

irrigation

isolation

bavarian

hungarian

legislation

diminution

hesitation

disillusion

fascination

iranian

limitation

machination

obstetrician

meditation

melanesian

implantation

mitigation

missourian

renovation

reservation

misconception

titillation

elongation

revelation

oscillation

planarian

praetorian

simonian

admiration

concentration

alteration

aberration

accordions

adoration

apparition

arbitration

calculation

comparison

confiscation

constellation

constipation

consultation

deviation

dispensation

excoriate

gastrulation

indignation

interception

intersection

intervention

lancastrian

liquefaction

malformation

malnutrition

mediation

misperception

moderation

nonprescription

obfuscation

operation

pelagian

preconception

punctuation

reinspection

segmentation

subluxation

toleration

vegetation

absolution

disaffection

herculean

destitution

lubrication

protestation

publication

affectation

custodian

cyclopean

alternation

calibration

inattention

indication

superstition

fabrication

syndication

eritrean

recollection

invocation

estonian

greco-roman

interaction

intercession

statistician

depredation

vindication

interurban

saturation

nicaraguan

samaritan

confirmation

depravation

deprivation

molestation

segregation

observation

abdication

maturation

degradation

polynesian

canadian

introduction

collodion

fumigation

avocation

gravitation

relocation

criterion

resolution

suffocation

fallopian

hyperion

jacobean

maccabean

mammalian

napoleon

siberian

draconian

affirmation

erudition

revolution

revocation

himalayan

iberian

liberian

evocation

evolution

assemblyman

allocation

valerian

collocation

dedication

derivation

desiccation

devolution

fluoridation

hibernation

levitation

locomotion

medication

provocation

realization

rumination

trepidation

valuation

attribution

imperfection

condensation

ostentation

retribution

constitution

implication

comprehension

compensation

disinfection

englishwoman

octahedron

degradations

ideation

meridian

foliation

introspection

misbegotten

cogitation

adulation

modulation

education

interwoven

pagination

aviation

corinthian

nigerian

radiation

surrogation

violation

agitation

indecision

security

adaptation

advocation

pavlovian

glaciation

persecution

approbation

aggravation

aggregation

graduation

olympian

application

prosecution

albanian

replication

minnesotan

prostitution

retrocession

congregation

demarcation

duplication

fermentation

elocution

tasmanian

conversation

convocation

cultivation

interjection

abrogation

committeeman

commendation

conjugation

self-deception

contribution

discredited

excretory

nonpartisan

californian

conflagration

gentlewoman

confrontation

contemplation

businesswoman

kindergarten

coronation

corp.

corporation

correlation

annotation

germination

algerian

animation

arthurian

connotation

appellation

domination

allegation

habitation

motivation

mutilation

mongolian

jubilation

navigation

nomination

profanation

repercussion

repossession

sanitation

propagation

termination

validation

european

newtonian

condescension

circumvention

fragmentation

complication

embarkation

satisfaction

chameleon

adrenaline

utopian

arabian

bolivian

comedian

diocesan

transplantation

condemnation

mortification

securities

plutonian

augmentation

tetrahedron

disheartening

perforation

leviathan

athenian

apprehension

hegelian

altercation

amphibian

dereliction

ordination

predetermine

restitution

crucifixion

ovulation

population

benediction

columbian

compilation

combination

obligation

cotyledon

moravian

subdivision

oblivion

palpitation

contraception

obsidian

abnegation

commutation

granulation

wagnerian

tabulation

peruvian

abyssinian

armenian

dominican

darwinian

barbarian

librarian

ibuprofen

amputation

computation

formulation

resurrection

perturbation

interdiction

jurisdiction

appalachian

reproduction

substitution

floridian

contrarian

macedonian

secretaries

galilean

arizonan

indigestion

coloradan

tamoxifen

decorated

decorators

strangulation

prohibition

accordingly

polyhedron

predilection

permutation

carcinogen

bohemian

contradiction

contravention

convolution

coalition

dietitian

disorderly

eustachian

decorator

figurative

gorgonian

hydrocarbon

jordanian

overburden

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rhododendron

deposition

legerdemain

preignition

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definition

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superhuman

logarithm

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penicillin

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logarithms

watermelon

copenhagen

5 syllable words

incineration

discoloration

deceleration

deliberation

elaboration

enumeration

evaporation

extermination

expatriation

discrimination

degeneration

exfoliation

exasperation

inactivation

incarceration

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ejaculation

denunciation

nickelodeon

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depreciation

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irradiation

investigation

imagination

infatuation

retaliation

disinclination

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academician

assassination

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electrocution

assimilation

elizabethan

interpolation

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attenuation

mccarthyism

christianization

pronunciation

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abomination

peloponnesian

consideration

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myocardial

myocardium

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mobilization

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ornamentation

augustinian

oregonian

argumentation

nitroglycerine

overproduction

mathematician

neapolitan

lithuanian

carthaginian

argentinian

dionysian

8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word excretion

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

Rhyming Dictionary


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