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

function

junction

friction

diction

fiction

fission

mission

vision

exerts

children

ibsen

exert

citron

crimson

lisbon

whitson

spearman

mignon

emption

gumption

begun

glisten

bisson

christen

listen

person

risen

prison

urson

worsen

suction

section

rincon

sanction

begrudge

gentian

mention

pension

christian

flexion

tension

martian

portion

torsion

ashen

burgeon

cushion

earthen

fashion

freshen

grecian

haitian

headsman

hessian

kitchen

lengthen

lesion

nation

passion

persian

pigeon

prussian

ration

russian

seedsman

session

station

strengthen

sturgeon

surgeon

urchin

version

keelson

kelson

linden

lizards

lynden

million

milken

stillion

sylvan

tillman

wizards

minion

pillion

gilden

parson

pinion

piston

pitman

shipman

silken

shearman

stepson

jetson

trillion

tungsten

figured

muslin

chevron

arson

billion

billman

airman

chairman

clinton

desman

desserts

egret

ensign

auction

bastion

caption

georgian

belgian

bushman

brethren

option

question

shrunken

exhorts

huntsman

churchman

engine

mansion

traction

sunken

dungeon

drunken

margin

action

faction

fortune

fraction

freshman

luncheon

burden

briton

basin

bason

billon

bitten

bourbon

burdon

burman

burton

certain

charon

dessert

caisson

chasten

chicken

cousin

curtain

dozen

driven

fasten

ermine

firman

german

gibbon

given

gizzard

glidden

griffon

hasten

heron

hidden

izard

izzard

jason

kitten

lessen

lesson

linen

lizard

marron

mason

mitten

niggard

ninon

perron

sermon

ridden

riven

ribbon

season

smitten

stiffen

stricken

striven

sicken

urban

villain

thicken

treason

turban

vegan

wiccan

wizard

women

written

resin

reason

quicken

rerun

zircon

klansman

townsman

horseman

delphian

degrades

doctrine

dustman

exhort

lampron

cauldron

sexton

regrets

salesman

grandson

regards

oarsman

asian

caution

fusion

gudgeon

heathen

lotion

legion

bludgeon

potion

region

suasion

motion

ocean

dudgeon

notion

plankton

penguin

urine

henchman

apron

aspen

bagman

barton

baston

bellman

bookman

bullion

buzzards

carbon

carman

carmine

carton

chessman

chieftain

classman

claxon

corban

cordon

damson

darken

degrade

degreed

deserts

dobson

fibrin

fielden

fireman

footman

foreman

freedman

garden

gascon

goodman

harden

harken

harten

headman

hearten

hempen

hetman

jasmine

jordan

jorden

kansan

kelvin

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

london

m1

marlin

marten

martin

matron

melton

mormon

nekton

newsman

norman

onion

orphan

outrun

oxen

pardon

passman

pectin

patron

penman

pressman

regard

regret

runnion

saffron

samson

saxon

scullion

secret

selden

sequin

sharpen

shorten

smarten

sovereign

sovran

spartan

squadron

sultan

tarpon

tendon

undone

tartan

teston

tubman

tuscan

warden

vulcan

whiskered

woodman

workman

woolman

craftsman

draftsman

guardsman

sportsman

landsman

marksman

flashgun

hangman

faustian

dutchman

beacon

beaten

beckon

baldwin

bordman

bison

blowgun

button

buzzard

discreet

homespun

resorts

secrets

spokesman

baron

barren

discrete

bellon

statesman

brazen

breton

brogan

cheapen

chosen

cretin

dagan

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

deepen

demon

desert

devon

dragon

eaten

eden

elan

felon

floren

foreign

freeman

frozen

garron

hausen

heaven

hogan

hyson

jetton

lagan

leaden

leaven

ledden

leman

lemon

leven

landman

logan

loosen

loren

melon

moisten

muffin

mullen

mutton

oven

caxton

pagan

poison

pullen

reckon

redden

rosen

rosin

seaman

semen

seton

seven

shogun

siren

slogan

steven

sudden

sugared

summon

portman

thousand

threaten

toughen

yachtsman

sullen

marchman

sweeten

markman

wagon

warren

weapon

wooden

capstan

scotsman

weaken

wheaten

wizen

woman

woolen

pathan

measured

mahone

cajun

trojan

acton

alban

alman

asserts

atman

austin

banyan

bargain

boatman

bolden

boston

brakeman

calvin

canton

canyon

captain

chaplain

chapman

copeman

dalton

dampen

dolman

dolphin

excrete

falcon

faulcon

fountain

golden

gorgon

hackman

hazards

houseman

jackman

jargon

laggards

lightman

lineman

linemen

lockman

lopeman

minden

misread

molten

morgan

mountain

negroid

olden

organ

outdone

packman

paean

panton

peon

picard

plantain

ponton

rayon

resort

sacred

santon

scallion

secrete

shotgun

soldan

stallion

stallman

stockman

union

wanton

coachman

assured

longan

mangan

watchman

othman

assert

discard

alan

amman

migrates

auden

baton

bacon

postman

batten

batton

bobbin

boughten

bowman

bracken

brighten

broaden

broken

passwords

bayman

blacken

bollen

cabin

canaan

cannon

canon

cayman

checkered

colon

common

cotton

craven

crewman

crouton

cuban

cumin

daman

dromon

fallen

famine

fatten

flatten

frighten

gallon

gammon

gladden

gluten

gotten

graven

haggard

happen

haven

hazard

heighten

hoten

hoven

human

hymen

hyphen

kalan

laden

laggard

latin

layman

lichen

lighten

liken

liman

liven

locken

lumen

lyden

madden

maiden

odin

often

omen

open

patten

pavon

platen

platten

pollan

pollen

proven

raven

riden

ripen

robin

roman

rotten

rumen

sadden

salmon

satan

satin

shaken

shaman

showman

siphon

slacken

sodden

soften

solon

spoken

stolen

straighten

swollen

syphon

discord

taken

talon

tappen

tighten

titan

token

toman

triton

widen

woven

backwards

trodden

waken

whiten

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

escorts

awkward

backward

bogart

migrate

password

ion

mayan

owen

cowan

dian

gowan

rowan

rowen

ruin

lion

scion

zion

escort

go-cart

dockyard

discards

excretes

accord

acrid

assort

record

recruit

accords

muskrat

records

recruits

muskrats

3 syllable words

chairperson

timberman

deflection

diffraction

discretion

distortion

impression

inception

exception

excursion

filtration

infection

inflation

invention

reflection

abortion

ablation

apportion

compassion

concession

confession

conversion

crustacean

emulsion

erection

migration

obsession

oppression

proportion

reception

revulsion

submersion

seduction

sensation

stagnation

subversion

succession

suppression

accession

aspersion

deception

depiction

depletion

detection

detention

digression

dimension

discussion

election

figurehead

gestation

inaction

repression

assertions

deduction

defection

dissension

eviction

temptation

aversion

causation

cessation

cremation

deletion

devotion

duration

emission

emotion

fisherman

ligation

summation

narration

physician

position

precession

predation

procession

profession

relation

sedation

sedition

ingestion

injection

egyptian

ejection

intestine

rejection

expression

coercion

absorption

description

extension

infarction

distraction

expansion

discretions

excretion

inflection

infraction

inspection

creation

destruction

attraction

contention

convection

convention

unburden

disruption

degraded

frustration

induction

uncertain

compression

conception

confection

conflation

contortion

declension

intention

migrations

misfortune

presumption

resumption

translation

lumberman

retraction

suspension

mistaken

redemption

transaction

englishman

collection

carnation

alsatian

cognition

congestion

adoption

instruction

dalmatian

cyprian

damnation

hydration

inscription

asuncion

attention

cigarettes

determine

ablution

optation

salvation

suburban

accretion

affection

anchorman

ascension

concussion

connection

connexion

contagion

degrading

formation

foundation

lactation

libration

propulsion

regarding

secretion

production

protection

plantation

reduction

selection

preemption

starvation

taxation

vibration

assassin

transition

objection

freemason

eleven

peterman

expulsion

venetian

veteran

projection

suggestion

promotion

extortion

regretful

quotation

reaction

aleutian

recision

religion

rotation

infliction

decision

erosion

evasion

probation

rescission

vocation

syrian

contraction

contraption

privation

ovation

transgression

adsorption

gradation

citation

oration

subtraction

dilation

imagine

musician

mutation

notation

gyration

solution

cigarette

etruscan

delusion

diversion

pollution

commotion

division

flotation

location

perversion

flirtation

donation

illusion

phoenician

precaution

complexion

vacation

alaskan

alderman

assumption

capsaicin

castration

chamberlain

combustion

completion

compulsion

concoction

conduction

confucian

convulsion

croatian

derision

discipline

distinction

fruition

horatian

italian

parisian

pentathlon

prostration

rebellion

secretions

singleton

tuition

construction

extraction

obstruction

injunction

mandarin

superman

keratin

menhaden

medicine

eruption

incision

wizardry

lesbian

equation

excision

wesleyan

waterman

beholden

invasion

misshapen

hammerman

addiction

indian

jamaican

puritan

niggardly

venison

diffusion

overdone

overman

overrun

silicon

awaken

cinnamon

prediction

seclusion

bedizen

retention

discordant

citizen

preclusion

resection

pretension

deserted

prevention

bitumen

consumption

disheartened

abstention

extinction

countryman

carrion

audition

direction

collision

commission

gillian

corruption

discredit

addition

collegian

saccharin

allusion

asserting

correction

dilution

simian

collusion

edition

saleswoman

heroine

digestion

heroin

munition

tamarin

permission

lecithin

muskmelon

chilean

loggerhead

malaysian

occasion

omission

percussion

petition

precision

remission

tradition

accordance

provision

revision

marian

unbroken

libyan

volition

nebraskan

clarion

companion

disunion

malayan

uterine

ziggurat

midshipman

inclusion

implosion

compunction

intrusion

conviction

inhuman

infusion

misprision

affliction

abandon

conjunction

acumen

policeman

uncommon

aegean

stygian

unbutton

lutheran

abstraction

accredit

cohesion

medallion

mexican

laotian

enlighten

enliven

battalion

magdalen

magician

everyone

chairwoman

logician

porcelain

corsican

corrosion

scythian

genuine

rhodopsin

austrian

phrygian

cambrian

guncotton

assortment

discredits

nevadan

abrasion

dissection

ziggurats

reunion

anyone

attrition

bosnian

specimen

skeleton

condition

admission

contusion

accurate

adrian

pelican

thespian

ambition

dentition

uneven

elison

laurentian

denizen

optician

tactician

irishman

loggerheads

nutrition

partition

fustian

occlusion

patrician

deserters

perception

perfection

persuasion

profusion

rendition

submission

suspicion

technician

ferryman

forgotten

garrison

gravamen

jettison

keynesian

adhesion

communion

crestfallen

downtrodden

embolden

gentleman

housebroken

imprison

extrusion

explosion

exclusion

restriction

congressman

encryption

prescription

proscription

caucasian

clergyman

margarine

anglican

subscription

abduction

permian

transcription

myosin

bighearted

aryan

dorian

foramen

ghanaian

moroccan

conclusion

confusion

korean

reopen

contrition

hawaiian

conscription

horizon

irian

constriction

samoan

transmission

arian

fenian

median

nemean

niacin

bedouin

deserter

orion

plebeian

brazilian

talisman

abdomen

sumatran

predestine

vermilion

australian

civilian

backwoodsman

backgammon

recruitment

cardigan

dominion

pavilion

opinion

fijian

benjamin

norwegian

artesian

cartesian

bouillon

halcyon

guardian

badminton

assertive

beethoven

emblazon

ascertain

bulletin

reptilian

asserted

collagen

gordian

reasserts

handwoven

albumin

scorpion

toboggan

unison

franciscan

vatican

nonunion

octillion

halogen

newsworthy

nonhuman

origin

regimen

decorate

unwritten

forbidden

biotin

disorders

gaussian

artisan

forewoman

secretive

cation

disordered

bedridden

recorders

recruiters

reassert

clarendon

decorative

nobleman

partisan

perfusion

rifleman

nitrogen

oxygen

transfusion

hydrogen

acquired

catalan

disorder

feminine

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

masquerade

melanin

ottoman

harlequin

ramadan

recruiter

recorder

solomon

ambrosian

arkansan

outspoken

councilman

vitamin

baccarat

heartbroken

parthian

charwoman

lucrative

charlatan

african

recreates

fabian

lacerate

jovian

nubian

julian

alien

galleon

grobian

appian

avian

freudian

odeon

protean

bandwagon

masculine

snapdragon

recreate

andean

zambian

albion

campion

champion

kantian

recordings

secretly

macartney

according

recording

assorted

4 syllable words

reexamine

situation

information

inspiration

insurrection

interaction

immigration

intercession

intermission

interruption

realization

resurrection

reservation

respiration

restoration

repossession

bifurcation

syncopation

desperation

dissertation

dissipation

divination

fumigation

imitation

immolation

declaration

dilatation

inhalation

innovation

irrigation

irritation

limitation

litigation

mitigation

preignition

preservation

titillation

ulceration

visitation

coloration

deviation

federation

generation

decoration

mediation

preparation

reparation

rhetorician

separation

surrogation

variation

veneration

exhortation

imperfection

integration

interdiction

indignation

interception

intersection

intervention

misperception

pigmentation

agrarian

interurban

degradation

disaffection

disposition

designation

dislocation

distillation

observation

stipulation

fibrillation

imposition

liquidation

simulation

stimulation

incubation

insulation

expiration

indication

invitation

emigration

intimation

intonation

inundation

interjection

invocation

regulation

resignation

syndication

segregation

tribulation

vindication

admiration

gregorian

allegation

alteration

corp.

corporation

decimation

dedication

defamation

deposition

delegation

decorations

derivation

meditation

levitation

dehydration

detonation

navigation

desiccation

intuition

desolation

medication

suffocation

supposition

trepidation

preelection

aspiration

evocation

hesitation

diminution

dissolution

elevation

emanation

fluoridation

gravitation

perspiration

propagation

reelection

recitation

recreation

reformation

relocation

renovation

repercussion

reposition

revelation

revocation

rumination

exhortations

impregnation

arbitration

decompression

exploration

aberration

laceration

education

electrician

agitation

degradations

violation

disconnection

disinfection

interwoven

disinflation

dispensation

disputation

illustration

pelagian

adulation

imputation

cogitation

pagination

perforation

implication

incarnation

inclination

apparition

operation

inflammation

modulation

indexation

adoration

moderation

importation

incantation

indentation

infestation

installation

toleration

punctuation

instigation

preconception

fluctuation

inquisition

vegetation

liquefaction

ministration

segmentation

reinspection

comparison

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

accusation

adaptation

affectation

aggravation

aggregation

altercation

alternation

american

annexation

backwardation

calibration

celebration

commendation

confirmation

conservation

conversation

copernican

crucifixion

culmination

cultivation

deformation

demarcation

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

desecration

destination

devastation

emulation

equitation

estimation

excitation

fabrication

fermentation

figurative

glaciation

graduation

historian

inattention

indigestion

lilliputian

lubrication

masturbation

maturation

molestation

nicaraguan

obligation

pagurian

penetration

predetermine

predilection

presentation

protestation

publication

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

refutation

registration

relaxation

replication

reputation

requisition

retardation

retrocession

saturation

sectarian

speculation

ventilation

victorian

wagnerian

elongation

distribution

conjugation

infiltration

introduction

businesswoman

equestrian

inhibition

incrustation

kindergarten

misconception

indiscretion

legislation

conflagration

implantation

hungarian

motivation

fascination

bavarian

mutilation

nomination

jubilation

machination

opposition

germination

evolution

isolation

habitation

oscillation

hibernation

lacerations

perturbation

usurpation

resolution

sanitation

planarian

vacillation

validation

valuation

revolution

termination

missourian

profanation

devonian

proposition

arizonan

provocation

himalayan

praetorian

affirmation

avocation

reawaken

allocation

collocation

connotation

domination

correlation

simonian

sicilian

appellation

animation

annotation

coronation

devolution

attribution

augmentation

consternation

transformation

obfuscation

transportation

adrenaline

fragmentation

mortification

satisfaction

subluxation

ostentation

consultation

institution

consecration

englishwoman

republican

condemnation

condensation

reproduction

embarkation

excavation

compensation

hemoglobin

exposition

confiscation

menstruation

deconstruction

radiation

introspection

aviation

ideation

reconstruction

leviathan

foliation

logarithm

acclimation

acquisition

application

acclamation

activation

advocation

approbation

combination

commutation

compilation

consummation

convocation

cancellation

composition

circulation

consolation

destitution

centurion

nestorian

minnesotan

duplication

elocution

congregation

granulation

hypertension

occupation

apprehension

ovulation

permutation

greco-roman

palpitation

oxidation

ordination

persecution

eritrean

watermelon

superstition

exhalation

accordion

tabulation

vaccination

population

restitution

proclamation

strangulation

prosecution

circumspection

demonstration

confrontation

explanation

explication

expectation

concentration

exclamation

exploitation

extrication

contemplation

orchestration

self-deception

sequestration

californian

logarithms

procreation

legerdemain

locomotion

polynesian

exhumation

supervision

appalachian

disillusion

amputation

calculation

malformation

retribution

chameleon

canadian

substitution

arabian

collodion

coloradan

criterion

comedian

assyrian

european

fallopian

hyperion

constellation

iranian

iberian

siberian

computation

condescension

mammalian

formulation

liberian

napoleon

execution

gastrulation

lancastrian

valerian

complication

constipation

athenian

coalition

corinthian

dietitian

disheartening

hegelian

nigerian

transplantation

prohibition

pedestrian

misbegotten

accordions

polyhedron

convolution

indecision

indonesian

absolution

benediction

carcinogen

dereliction

gargantuan

subdivision

prostitution

superhuman

meridian

aldebaran

albanian

committeeman

custodian

dominican

jordanian

contribution

olympian

eustachian

contraception

estonian

tasmanian

gentlewoman

overburden

paraguayan

security

gorgonian

abolition

algerian

arthurian

manumission

demolition

premonition

comprehension

definition

politician

erudition

smithsonian

melanesian

mongolian

readmission

repetition

jurisdiction

constitution

tetrahedron

armageddon

securities

macedonian

noblewoman

shakespearean

floridian

bolivian

protozoan

exhibition

circumcision

bohemian

ammunition

admonition

majority

algonquian

competition

precondition

contradiction

contravention

statistician

abyssinian

accurately

alabaman

amphibian

assemblyman

barbarian

columbian

cotyledon

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word exertion

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

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