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

acres

action

accrues

acton

airman

alan

agrees

alban

alman

amman

apron

arson

ashen

asian

askers

aspen

assures

atman

auction

austin

auden

augers

augurs

backers

bacon

backrests

backrest

bagman

bakers

bastion

bargain

barton

baston

baldwin

baron

barren

basin

bason

banyan

baton

beacon

beckers

beckon

beaten

batten

batton

bayman

beggars

begun

belgian

bellman

bellon

bickers

bisson

billion

billman

biggers

billon

bitten

bison

blacken

blowgun

bludgeon

bourbon

bookman

bookers

brazen

bordman

bolden

bollen

boston

boxers

brakeman

bracken

bowman

burgeon

boughten

brethren

briton

burden

burdon

bullion

broken

buggers

broaden

brogan

breton

bushman

brighten

button

caesars

caisson

cajun

calvin

canton

canyon

cannon

canon

caption

capstan

carbon

carman

carmine

captain

canaan

carton

caxton

cauldron

caution

cayman

cashiers

certain

cabin

chairman

chaplain

chapman

chicken

chessman

chevron

charon

checkers

chieftain

chasers

chasten

cheapen

chiggers

children

christian

christen

churchman

cigars

chosen

citron

claxon

clinton

classman

coachman

cockroach

common

colon

boatman

bobbin

crimson

cookers

corban

cordon

cousin

copeman

cotton

cougars

craven

craftsman

cretin

cowan

crewman

cushion

curtain

crouton

cuban

cumin

dagan

dalton

daggers

damson

dagon

deacon

deaden

deafen

dampen

darken

daman

burman

burton

decrease

decrees

degrees

delphian

dickers

demon

decreased

decries

desman

devon

dian

diction

diggers

discharge

discourse

disgorge

disgraced

disgrace

dobson

dockers

doctrine

dolman

dolphin

dossiers

dozen

drunken

driven

dudgeon

draftsman

dragon

dromon

dungeon

dustman

earthen

dutchman

eaten

eden

elan

emption

engine

eggers

ensign

ermine

faction

firman

fakers

falcon

fission

fallen

faustian

fashion

fasten

felon

faulcon

fatten

fiction

figures

fibrin

fielden

fireman

fishers

famine

fissures

flashgun

flexion

fraction

floren

fortune

footman

foreman

foreign

fountain

freshen

friction

fuckers

flatten

function

freedman

freeman

frozen

frighten

gentian

freshman

georgian

fusion

gascon

garden

garron

gallon

gammon

german

gilden

geysers

gibbon

given

glisten

hearten

goodman

gorgon

grecian

griffon

guessers

guardsman

gudgeon

guesswork

gumption

glidden

gushers

haitian

hackman

hackers

harden

harten

hasten

hausen

harken

hangman

happen

headsman

haven

hawkers

headman

heathen

heaven

heron

henchman

hempen

heighten

hessian

hetman

hidden

hookers

homespun

horseman

golden

hoosiers

hogan

hoten

houseman

housework

huntsman

human

housewright

hoven

ibsen

hyson

hymen

hyphen

gluten

gladden

gotten

gowan

grandson

graven

deepen

keelson

kelson

kickers

kansan

jackman

jasmine

jaegers

jaguars

jetson

jargon

jordan

jason

jetton

joggers

jorden

jokers

ion

junction

kalan

jaggers

kelvin

kenyan

kitchen

kitten

kirkman

kremlin

klansman

koshers

lacrosse

lampron

landsman

lakers

landman

leaden

leaguers

lagan

lasers

latin

layman

leaven

lesion

legion

lessen

lesson

lessors

ledden

lengthen

leman

lemon

leven

lichen

linden

liken

lightman

lighten

liman

lineman

linemen

linen

liqueurs

liquors

lisbon

lion

listen

lockman

locken

lockers

liven

logan

loggers

lookers

london

longan

loosen

lopeman

loren

luncheon

lotion

losers

lugers

lumen

lynden

m1

laden

madden

lyden

magyars

mahone

maiden

majors

makers

mangan

mansion

margin

marksman

marlin

marchman

markman

marron

martian

marten

martin

matron

mason

measures

mayan

melton

melon

mention

milken

mignon

million

minden

sexton

minion

mischarge

mission

misers

mitten

mixers

morgan

mormon

moisten

molten

motion

mountain

muslin

mousers

muffin

muggers

mullen

mutton

muckrake

nation

negroes

negros

nekton

newsman

niggers

ninon

notion

norman

occurs

ocean

oarsman

onion

olden

odin

often

omen

open

option

organ

orphan

outrun

oven

outdone

rayon

othman

oxen

packman

pacers

packers

paean

reason

portion

passion

pardon

parson

passers

panton

passman

pathan

patron

pension

pectin

penguin

pavon

penman

peon

patten

persian

pickers

person

piecework

pigeon

piston

pillion

pinion

pitman

perron

plankton

plantain

poison

platen

platten

poachers

pollan

pollen

ponton

postman

potion

quicken

pagan

pressman

prison

question

prussian

pullen

proven

pushers

quakers

portman

ration

racers

rackers

rakers

raisers

zircon

owen

pagers

raven

reckon

recharge

recourse

redden

region

rerun

research

resin

resource

razors

risen

riven

rickers

rincon

ribbon

ridden

rigors

riden

ripen

robin

rockers

rosen

rosin

roman

rotten

rowan

rowen

ruin

rumen

russian

runnion

saffron

salesman

sadden

rogers

salmon

rockrose

sanction

santon

satan

satin

saucers

saxon

scissors

season

scotsman

scullion

seaman

scallion

scion

section

secures

seedsman

samson

seekers

selden

seizures

segars

semen

sequin

sermon

session

seton

seven

shaken

thicken

silken

sicken

shearman

shipman

shrunken

siggers

shorten

shotgun

shogun

showman

sharpen

smitten

smarten

siren

slacken

siphon

soldan

slogan

sodden

soften

strengthen

spearman

spokesman

sovereign

sovran

spartan

sportsman

spoken

stepson

squadron

stillion

squeakers

stiffen

statesman

station

steven

stallion

stallman

stockman

stolen

straighten

solon

stricken

striven

suasion

suckers

sucrose

suction

sturgeon

sultan

sudden

sugars

sullen

sunken

summon

surgeon

shakers

sweeten

sylvan

taken

takers

syphon

tension

talon

taxers

tarpon

teachers

tendon

tappen

teston

tartan

swollen

thousand

shaman

threaten

tigers

token

vegan

tighten

traction

tillman

torsion

toughen

townsman

treason

titan

trillion

toman

tuscan

tungsten

turban

tubman

trojan

undone

union

trodden

triton

urchin

urban

urson

ushers

urine

users

version

vicars

villain

vision

vulcan

warden

visors

vouchers

wagers

wagon

waken

wanton

warren

whiskers

whitson

wiccan

wickers

weaken

weapon

wheaten

watchman

whiten

widen

wishers

wizen

woman

written

yachtsman

washers

women

woodman

woolman

workman

wooden

woolen

woven

yaupon

yeoman

worsen

zaman

zion

3 syllable words

abduction

ablation

ablution

abdomen

abortion

abrasion

accession

abstention

absorption

abstraction

accretion

acquires

acreage

adsorption

addiction

acumen

addition

admission

adhesion

adoption

adrian

aegean

affliction

affection

aggression

african

aggregate

aggregates

aggressions

aggressor

aggressors

alaskan

aggressive

albion

albumin

alderman

aleutian

alien

allusion

alsatian

ambrosian

ambition

anchorman

apportion

anyone

anglican

appian

arian

arkansan

ascension

assumption

asuncion

aryan

artesian

artisan

assertion

assassin

attention

attraction

austrian

audition

australian

andean

aversion

backwoodsman

awaken

backgammon

avian

beholden

badminton

beethoven

bandwagon

battalion

bakeries

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

attrition

bitumen

benjamin

biotin

chairperson

cessation

conscription

bosnian

cetacean

bouillon

brazilian

bucharest

bulletin

conversion

contagion

carnation

cambrian

capsaicin

campion

carrion

cardigan

causation

castration

caucasian

cartesian

cation

catalan

chamberlain

chairwoman

champion

charlatan

charwoman

cinnamon

chilean

citizen

clarion

citation

clergyman

civilian

clarendon

coercion

collection

cohesion

cognition

cockroaches

collagen

collegian

collision

commission

combustion

conclusion

confusion

collusion

commotion

communion

companion

concession

compassion

conception

completion

compunction

compression

compulsion

concoction

complexion

concussion

conduction

confection

condition

connection

confession

confucian

conflation

congestion

congressman

conjunction

connexion

contusion

consumption

constriction

construction

convection

contraction

contention

contortion

contrition

contraption

convention

decision

abandon

conviction

convulsion

correction

corrosion

corruption

croatian

councilman

countryman

corsican

creation

crestfallen

cremation

crustacean

cyprian

dalmatian

damnation

deception

declension

exorcists

decreases

decreasing

deduction

delusion

defection

deflection

deflation

deletion

depiction

derision

depletion

depression

description

dentition

desertion

detection

dictation

destruction

desires

detention

determine

devotion

dichroic

diffusion

diffraction

digestion

digresses

direction

digressions

dimension

denizen

dilution

discharges

discipline

discourage

discourses

discretion

discussion

discursive

disgorgement

disgraceful

digression

dissection

dilation

dissension

disregard

disruption

disregards

disrespects

disrespect

distinction

exorcist

diversion

division

dorian

downtrodden

donation

dominion

disunion

duration

edition

eleven

ejection

elation

emission

egyptian

election

emotion

elison

emblazon

embolden

emulsion

encryption

enlighten

englishman

enliven

erosion

erection

eruption

etruscan

eucharist

exaction

evasion

eviction

everyone

exception

exertion

exercise

exemption

exhaustion

distortion

distraction

expulsion

extinction

extraction

fisherman

extortion

fabian

fixation

fenian

feminine

ferryman

filtration

fijian

fisheries

gestation

flirtation

foramen

formation

forgotten

forbidden

forewoman

foundation

frustration

fruition

franciscan

freemason

freudian

fustian

garrison

gentleman

gaussian

galleon

genuine

flotation

illusion

ghanaian

gillian

incision

gordian

in-person

inception

inclusion

implosion

grobian

guardian

guncotton

halcyon

gyration

halogen

hammerman

handwoven

harlequin

hawaiian

heartbroken

heroine

heroin

hickories

horizon

horatian

ignition

housebroken

hydration

hydrogen

imagine

impassion

imprison

impression

inaction

gradation

gravamen

indian

induction

infarction

infusion

ingestion

inflection

infliction

infraction

inflation

inhuman

inscription

injection

inspection

injunction

instruction

intention

intestine

invasion

invention

intrusion

italian

issuers

jacobin

irian

irishman

jamaican

jettison

javelin

jovian

julian

kantian

kayakers

keratin

lactation

keynesian

korean

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lecithin

malaysian

licorice

libyan

lesbian

libration

ligation

location

logician

lumberman

magician

lutheran

luxuries

magdalen

malayan

infection

mandarin

marian

margarine

masculine

mazurkas

medallion

menhaden

medicine

melanin

mexican

midshipman

microscopes

microscope

migration

median

miscarriage

mistaken

misprision

misfortune

misshapen

miseries

moroccan

mischarges

musician

muskmelon

munition

mutation

narration

nebraskan

negation

muckraker

myosin

nevadan

niacin

nobleman

nitrogen

nonhuman

nonunion

notation

norwegian

nubian

nutrition

occlusion

occasion

obsession

objection

obstruction

omission

octillion

odeon

opinion

oppression

optation

optician

nemean

prediction

oration

orion

origin

outspoken

overdone

ovation

overman

oxygen

overrun

parisian

partition

parthian

partisan

perception

patrician

perfection

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

pavilion

perfusion

permian

permission

pollution

persuasion

perversion

peterman

petition

phoenician

phrygian

physician

picaresque

plantation

plebeian

policeman

precaution

precession

preclusion

position

porcelain

ottoman

precision

possession

predation

prescription

preemption

predestine

pretension

presumption

prevention

procession

production

privation

probation

profusion

profession

projection

promotion

progression

puritan

proportion

proscription

prostration

propulsion

protection

provision

protean

reception

quotation

ramadan

reaction

retention

recision

recession

rebellion

reflection

reduction

redemption

regimen

regression

reunion

regressions

rejection

religion

relation

remission

rescission

resection

rendition

reopen

resurgence

researches

requires

rescuers

researcher

researchers

resurgent

resourceful

repression

restriction

resumption

reptilian

reassures

revulsion

retraction

revision

resources

rhodopsin

rifleman

rotation

rosaries

saccharin

sacrosanct

saleswoman

salvation

samoan

seclusion

secession

secretion

scythian

scorpion

secrecy

sedition

sedation

seduction

selection

sensation

segregate

regressive

resurrect

silicon

simian

singleton

skeleton

snapdragon

solomon

specimen

starvation

stagnation

solution

succession

subscription

subversion

submersion

suburban

stygian

submission

subtraction

superman

suggestion

sumatran

suspension

summation

suppression

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

talisman

tactician

taxation

technician

temptation

thespian

timberman

toboggan

transcription

transfusion

tradition

transaction

transition

transmission

translation

transgression

uneven

truncation

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

vatican

vacation

uterine

unwritten

unison

vibration

vagaries

veteran

venetian

venison

vermilion

volition

vitamin

vocation

voyagers

waterman

wesleyan

zambian

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abolition

abnegation

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

absolution

abrogation

abyssinian

accusation

accuracy

accuracies

acquisition

activation

admiration

adaptation

adoration

admonition

adrenaline

adulation

advocation

affectation

affirmation

agrarian

aggravation

aggregation

agitation

alabaman

agriculture

albanian

allocation

algerian

allegation

algonquian

altercation

alteration

alternation

aldebaran

ammunition

american

amphibian

amputation

annexation

apparition

animation

annotation

appalachian

application

arabian

appellation

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

arizonan

arthurian

armageddon

armenian

aspiration

assemblyman

assyrian

athenian

attribution

backwardation

augmentation

avocation

aviation

barbarian

bavarian

bifurcation

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

carcinogen

californian

calculation

calibration

cancellation

canadian

celebration

centurion

chameleon

circulation

circumcision

circumvention

circumspection

cogitation

coalition

collocation

collodion

comedian

coloration

coloradan

columbian

committeeman

combination

commendation

confiscation

compensation

commutation

competition

comparison

compilation

concentration

composition

comprehension

computation

condensation

condescension

condemnation

confirmation

complication

conflagration

confrontation

congregation

conjugation

benediction

connotation

consternation

conservation

consolation

consummation

consecration

constellation

constipation

consultation

constitution

conversation

contraception

contradiction

contravention

contrarian

contemplation

contribution

decimation

copernican

corp.

corporation

corinthian

convolution

coronation

correlation

copenhagen

cotyledon

crocodilian

crucifixion

custodian

cyclopean

cultivation

culmination

darwinian

dandelion

criterion

declaration

convocation

decompression

decoration

dedication

expectation

dehydration

definition

deformation

demarcation

degradation

delegation

demonstration

demolition

desiccation

dereliction

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

derivation

desperation

desolation

desecration

destination

destitution

detonation

designation

devastation

devonian

deviation

devolution

dietitian

dilatation

diminution

diocesan

disaffection

discouragement

discourages

discouraging

disconnection

dislocation

disillusion

disinfection

disinflation

disorganize

dispensation

dissertation

disposition

disputation

disrespectful

dissipation

exorcism

exhumation

dissolution

divination

dominican

domination

draconian

duplication

electrician

egregiously

elevation

embarkation

emanation

emigration

elongation

elocution

englishwoman

education

distribution

emulation

equestrian

equitation

estimation

eritrean

estonian

erudition

european

evocation

evolution

excavation

excitation

exclamation

execution

exercisers

exercises

exerciser

exhalation

exhibition

exhortation

eustachian

distillation

exorcisms

indiscretion

indonesian

expedition

expiration

exploration

explication

exposition

explanation

exploitation

extrication

extradition

fascination

fabrication

fallopian

federation

fermentation

figuration

fibrillation

fluctuation

fluoridation

generation

foliation

formulation

fumigation

fragmentation

gastrulation

galilean

gargantuan

gentlewoman

floridian

germination

illustration

glaciation

gorgonian

greco-roman

defamation

granulation

gravitation

gregorian

guatemalan

habitation

herculean

hemoglobin

hegelian

hesitation

hibernation

historian

himalayan

ibuprofen

hungarian

ideation

hydrocarbon

hyperion

iberian

hypertension

imitation

immolation

immigration

imperfection

implication

implantation

imposition

importation

imputation

impregnation

incrustation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

indecision

inclination

graduation

incubation

indexation

indentation

indication

indigestion

indignation

deconstruction

infestation

information

inhalation

inflammation

infiltration

inhibition

inspiration

installation

inquisition

innovation

instigation

institution

insulation

intercession

interception

interaction

integration

interdiction

intermission

interruption

insurrection

intersection

interjection

interurban

intervention

interwoven

intimation

intonation

introduction

intuition

inundation

invitation

invocation

introspection

iteration

isolation

irrigation

irritation

iranian

jacobean

jordanian

jurisdiction

jubilation

laceration

kindergarten

legislation

lancastrian

liberation

leviathan

levitation

liberian

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

liquidation

liquefaction

litigation

locomotion

lubrication

machination

maccabean

macedonian

ministration

mammalian

malnutrition

malformation

manumission

masturbation

maturation

melanesian

meditation

menstruation

medication

microcosm

meridian

micrographics

micrographic

microscopy

mediation

minnesotan

predetermine

misbegotten

miscarriages

missourian

misconception

miseration

misperception

mortification

mitigation

molestation

moderation

modulation

mongolian

motivation

moravian

mutilation

napoleon

navigation

nicaraguan

nicaraguans

nestorian

newtonian

nonprescription

nigerian

noblewoman

nonpartisan

nomination

obfuscation

occupation

observation

obligation

oblivion

obsidian

obstetrician

operation

octahedron

olympian

ohioan

opposition

orchestration

ordination

oscillation

ostentation

overburden

realization

oxidation

pagurian

ovulation

paraguayan

pedestrian

pelagian

penetration

penicillin

perforation

pavlovian

permutation

perspiration

perturbation

persecution

peruvian

planarian

pigmentation

plutonian

politician

polyhedron

polynesian

praetorian

population

preconception

preparation

preelection

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shakespearean

siberian

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smithsonian

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termination

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theocracy

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vacillation

validation

valuation

transplantation

tribulation

vegetation

ventilation

victorian

vindication

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

utopian

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

academician

accreditation

administration

adjudication

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accumulation

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alienation

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determination

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electrocution

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elizabethan

emancipation

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equivocation

ethiopian

eradication

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evaporation

evaluation

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exaggeration

examination

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excruciating

exfoliation

exercisable

exhilaration

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expatriation

extermination

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facilitation

fertilization

falsification

fortification

gasification

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hallucination

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harmonization

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jeffersonian

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lithuanian

localization

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microcomputers

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microcomputer

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nickelodeon

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nitroglycerine

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notification

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orientation

oregonian

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pacification

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pasteurization

participation

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panamanian

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reintegration

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renunciation

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representation

resuscitation

retaliation

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revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

sedimentation

solicitation

simplification

specification

specialization

sophistication

sterilization

stratification

substantiation

subordination

synchronization

theologian

vaporization

unification

unitarian

utilization

verification

vicariously

veterinarian

vilification

vulgarization

triangulation

washingtonian

yugoslavian

vegetarian

8 syllable words

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