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
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word exertion.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

accord

accords

action

acton

acrid

airman

alan

alman

amman

arson

apron

ashen

asian

aspen

assert

alban

asserts

auction

assured

atman

auden

bisson

children

austin

backward

backwards

billion

billman

baldwin

bellon

basin

bagman

bastion

bason

baston

beacon

bargain

baron

baton

beaten

beckon

batten

batton

begun

begrudge

belgian

bellman

bayman

bacon

billon

bitten

bison

blowgun

blacken

bludgeon

bookman

bordman

bourbon

boatman

bolden

boston

bobbin

bogart

bollen

boughten

bowman

brakeman

bracken

brethren

brazen

burgeon

briton

bullion

breton

brighten

broaden

brogan

broken

burden

burdon

bushman

burman

burton

button

buzzard

buzzards

cajun

calvin

canaan

cannon

canon

canton

canyon

caption

carbon

capstan

captain

carman

carmine

caisson

carton

cauldron

cabin

caution

caxton

cayman

assort

certain

chairman

charon

chevron

chasten

chicken

chessman

chieftain

chaplain

chapman

cheapen

checkered

christen

christian

chosen

churchman

citron

clinton

classman

claxon

coachman

awkward

colon

common

banyan

barren

barton

corban

cordon

copeman

cousin

cotton

craftsman

crimson

cretin

crewman

crouton

cuban

curtain

cushion

cumin

cowan

craven

dagan

dagon

dalton

daman

dampen

damson

darken

deacon

deafen

degrade

deepen

delphian

degreed

demon

deserts

desert

desman

desserts

devon

dessert

dian

diction

discard

discards

discreet

discrete

discord

degrades

doctrine

dobson

dolman

dolphin

dockyard

dozen

headman

headsman

draftsman

earthen

dungeon

dustman

dudgeon

dutchman

eaten

eden

egret

elan

emption

engine

ensign

ermine

escorts

escort

dragon

excretes

exert

exerts

exhorts

exhort

fasten

fashion

drunken

falcon

fallen

famine

fiction

felon

fibrin

faustian

fielden

figured

firman

fission

flashgun

fireman

flexion

floren

flatten

gumption

gentian

glisten

fortune

fraction

footman

foreman

foreign

fountain

friction

function

faction

freshen

freshman

frighten

fusion

garden

gascon

garron

gallon

gammon

freeman

georgian

gilden

german

gibbon

given

gizzard

glidden

goodman

golden

gorgon

gladden

gluten

gotten

gowan

go-cart

grandson

freedman

frozen

graven

grecian

haitian

griffon

gudgeon

guardsman

hackman

haggard

fatten

harden

harken

hangman

harten

happen

hasten

faulcon

hausen

haven

hazard

hazards

dromon

hessian

driven

heron

heathen

henchman

hearten

hempen

heaven

heighten

hetman

hidden

margin

potion

hogan

horseman

homespun

excrete

huntsman

houseman

marksman

hoten

ibsen

jetson

jason

hoven

human

izard

izzard

jackman

jetton

jordan

jasmine

jargon

jorden

lichen

junction

keelson

kansan

kalan

ion

kelson

kelvin

kitchen

kitten

klansman

kenyan

kirkman

kremlin

lampron

landman

lagan

laggards

laden

landsman

laggard

leaden

leaven

ledden

latin

layman

lengthen

lesion

lessen

lesson

legion

leman

lemon

leven

liman

linden

lightman

lineman

linemen

lighten

liken

linen

lion

lisbon

listen

lizards

lizard

liven

logan

lockman

locken

london

loosen

loren

lopeman

longan

lotion

lynden

luncheon

lumen

lyden

m1

madden

mahone

maiden

mansion

marchman

mangan

marlin

martian

marron

marten

martin

hyson

markman

hyphen

measured

mention

mignon

melton

migrate

migrates

milken

million

minion

minden

misread

mission

mitten

matron

motion

moisten

mormon

muffin

mullen

molten

morgan

mountain

ocean

mayan

muslin

mutton

nation

nekton

newsman

negroid

ninon

norman

niggard

oarsman

melon

onion

olden

odin

often

omen

open

notion

option

organ

orphan

muskrat

othman

outrun

oven

pagan

packman

paean

owen

oxen

pardon

pectin

panton

parson

passion

passman

pathan

patron

password

passwords

patten

pavon

person

penguin

penman

pension

peon

perron

persian

outdone

pigeon

pillion

picard

pinion

piston

pitman

plankton

plantain

platen

platten

poison

muskrats

pollan

pollen

portion

mason

ponton

portman

hymen

postman

pressman

prison

prussian

pullen

proven

question

quicken

ration

reason

rayon

raven

reckon

record

records

redden

regards

regard

recruit

recruits

regret

region

regrets

rerun

rincon

resin

resorts

resort

ribbon

ridden

riden

risen

riven

ripen

rosen

rosin

robin

roman

russian

runnion

rumen

ruin

sacred

saffron

samson

rotten

sanction

sadden

salmon

salesman

santon

satan

secret

rowan

scallion

satin

rowen

saxon

season

scullion

scotsman

seaman

secrete

scion

section

secrets

deaden

seedsman

selden

semen

stillion

session

shearman

shipman

spearman

sexton

sharpen

shorten

seton

seven

shogun

shotgun

shaken

shaman

showman

shrunken

silken

sicken

siren

siphon

slogan

slacken

soldan

sodden

soften

solon

smitten

sovereign

sovran

smarten

spartan

squadron

station

sportsman

spokesman

stallion

stallman

statesman

spoken

stepson

stiffen

steven

strengthen

sturgeon

stricken

striven

suasion

stockman

stolen

straighten

suction

sudden

sugared

sultan

sullen

surgeon

sunken

summon

sweeten

swollen

sylvan

sermon

syphon

taken

talon

tappen

tarpon

tartan

tension

tendon

sequin

teston

thicken

tillman

thousand

threaten

tighten

titan

token

toman

torsion

traction

townsman

toughen

treason

trillion

tungsten

turban

tubman

trojan

triton

trodden

tuscan

urban

urson

undone

urchin

union

urine

vegan

version

villain

vision

vulcan

wagon

warden

whiskered

warren

weaken

weapon

wheaten

wanton

watchman

waken

whiten

whitson

wiccan

wizards

wizard

woodman

woolman

workman

wizen

woman

wooden

woolen

widen

worsen

women

woven

written

yachtsman

yaupon

yeoman

zaman

zion

zircon

3 syllable words

ablation

abortion

ablution

abrasion

abduction

abdomen

absorption

abstention

abstraction

accession

accordance

accretion

according

accredit

accurate

addiction

addition

acumen

admission

adhesion

adoption

affection

acquired

affliction

aegean

african

adrian

adsorption

alaskan

aleutian

assertions

alderman

albumin

alien

alsatian

allusion

ambition

ambrosian

anchorman

apportion

anyone

ascension

aspersion

anglican

appian

andean

arkansan

arian

artesian

artisan

aryan

assassin

ascertain

asserted

asserting

albion

assertive

asuncion

attraction

attention

assumption

attrition

aversion

audition

austrian

australian

avian

backgammon

baccarat

backwoodsman

badminton

compassion

cessation

battalion

bedizen

bedouin

bedridden

beholden

beethoven

benjamin

bighearted

chairperson

bitumen

biotin

bosnian

bouillon

brazilian

bulletin

causation

cambrian

campion

assorted

capsaicin

cardigan

carnation

castration

carrion

cartesian

catalan

cation

caucasian

assortment

coercion

cigarettes

awaken

cognition

chairwoman

chamberlain

cinnamon

chilean

charlatan

charwoman

champion

collection

cigarette

citation

citizen

civilian

clarendon

clarion

clergyman

cohesion

commotion

collegian

collision

collusion

combustion

collagen

commission

bandwagon

complexion

companion

completion

abandon

communion

compulsion

compunction

conception

downtrodden

compression

concession

congestion

confession

concoction

concussion

conduction

confection

condition

conflation

conclusion

confucian

confusion

connection

connexion

conjunction

congressman

conscription

contagion

contention

consumption

contortion

constriction

contraption

construction

conversion

convection

contraction

convention

convulsion

conviction

contusion

contrition

correction

corrosion

corruption

countryman

crustacean

corsican

councilman

cremation

creation

cyprian

croatian

crestfallen

dalmatian

damnation

decision

deception

declension

decorate

decorative

deflection

deduction

defection

degraded

deletion

degrading

delusion

depiction

depletion

derision

denizen

dentition

description

deserted

deserters

deserter

detection

devotion

destruction

determine

detention

diffraction

diffusion

digestion

digression

dimension

discretion

discretions

dilation

discipline

dilution

direction

discordant

discredit

discredits

discussion

dissension

disheartened

distortion

disorders

disruption

distraction

dissection

distinction

diversion

disorder

disunion

division

donation

disordered

dominion

dorian

duration

edition

egyptian

election

ejection

eleven

elison

emotion

emulsion

emission

embolden

emblazon

encryption

englishman

equation

enlighten

enliven

erection

erosion

eruption

etruscan

eviction

evasion

everyone

exception

excursion

excretion

excision

exclusion

expansion

expression

extension

expulsion

explosion

extortion

extinction

extraction

extrusion

fabian

filtration

ferryman

fenian

feminine

figurehead

fijian

gestation

fisherman

flirtation

flotation

formation

foundation

forgotten

foramen

forbidden

forewoman

frustration

freemason

freudian

fustian

garrison

galleon

gaussian

gradation

gillian

genuine

gentleman

ghanaian

franciscan

gordian

gravamen

gyration

fruition

guncotton

guardian

grobian

hammerman

halcyon

handwoven

halogen

harlequin

hawaiian

heroin

heroine

heartbroken

horizon

marian

hydration

horatian

hydrogen

housebroken

illusion

imagine

impression

inaction

inception

implosion

imprison

inclusion

infection

indian

infarction

induction

inflation

inflection

infliction

ingestion

infraction

injection

infusion

inhuman

injunction

inscription

inspection

instruction

intestine

intention

invasion

intrusion

invention

irishman

irian

italian

incision

jettison

policeman

jacobin

jamaican

javelin

lactation

keratin

keynesian

korean

lecithin

laotian

laurentian

lanolin

lesbian

libration

libyan

jovian

ligation

location

loggerhead

logician

loggerheads

lumberman

lutheran

lucrative

julian

magdalen

magician

kantian

mandarin

malayan

malaysian

margarine

lacerate

macartney

pollution

medicine

medallion

median

menhaden

midshipman

mexican

migration

migrations

misfortune

mistaken

misshapen

misprision

musician

munition

moroccan

muskmelon

mutation

melanin

narration

nebraskan

myosin

nevadan

nemean

newsworthy

niacin

niggardly

objection

nutrition

nobleman

nitrogen

oppression

notation

obsession

norwegian

nonhuman

nubian

optation

nonunion

oration

obstruction

occasion

occlusion

opinion

octillion

omission

odeon

optician

origin

orion

ottoman

ovation

overdone

overman

outspoken

overrun

oxygen

parisian

partition

partisan

parthian

patrician

pavilion

pelican

pentathlon

percussion

permission

perfection

perfusion

permian

perception

perversion

peterman

phoenician

petition

phrygian

persuasion

physician

plantation

plebeian

masculine

porcelain

position

masquerade

precession

predation

preclusion

prediction

precision

predestine

preemption

presumption

pretension

prescription

prevention

privation

probation

proportion

procession

profession

production

projection

promotion

profusion

propulsion

protection

prostration

proscription

protean

puritan

provision

regretful

quotation

reaction

reassert

reasserts

reception

recision

rebellion

recorders

ramadan

redemption

recreates

recreate

reduction

recruitment

recruiters

recordings

sedition

recruiter

recording

reflection

regarding

regimen

recorder

seduction

rejection

relation

religion

remission

repression

reptilian

rescission

resumption

reopen

retraction

resection

retention

revulsion

revision

reunion

restriction

rhodopsin

rendition

rifleman

rotation

saccharin

salvation

saleswoman

samoan

scorpion

secretion

secretions

seclusion

scythian

secretive

sedation

secretly

sensation

precaution

selection

stagnation

singleton

silicon

simian

skeleton

starvation

snapdragon

solomon

solution

specimen

temptation

stygian

suggestion

submersion

subversion

succession

suburban

subtraction

submission

subscription

sumatran

summation

suppression

suspension

superman

suspicion

syrian

tamarin

tactician

talisman

taxation

technician

ziggurat

timberman

thespian

toboggan

transaction

translation

transition

transgression

tradition

transcription

transmission

transfusion

tuition

unbroken

unburden

uncertain

unbutton

uncommon

unison

uneven

unwritten

vacation

uterine

vatican

venetian

vibration

veteran

venison

vermilion

vocation

volition

vitamin

wesleyan

waterman

wizardry

zambian

ziggurats

4 syllable words

aberration

abdication

abnegation

abrogation

absolution

abolition

acclamation

acclimation

accordion

accordions

accordingly

abyssinian

accusation

accurately

admiration

adaptation

acquisition

activation

admonition

adoration

adulation

affectation

affirmation

adrenaline

advocation

ageratum

ageratums

aggravation

aggregation

agrarian

agitation

alabaman

albanian

aldebaran

algerian

algonquian

allegation

allocation

alteration

altercation

alternation

ammunition

american

amputation

amphibian

annexation

apparition

appellation

appalachian

animation

application

apprehension

approbation

arbitration

arizonan

arabian

armageddon

armenian

arthurian

aspiration

annotation

assemblyman

celebration

attribution

augmentation

assyrian

athenian

assuredly

bifurcation

aviation

backwardation

avocation

benediction

coloration

bavarian

centurion

bolivian

bohemian

businesswoman

calibration

californian

calculation

cancellation

canadian

carcinogen

chameleon

cogitation

circumspection

circumvention

coalition

circumcision

circulation

collocation

collodion

comparison

commendation

coloradan

combination

comedian

columbian

committeeman

commutation

laceration

barbarian

compensation

compilation

composition

complication

concentration

computation

comprehension

condensation

condescension

condemnation

corp.

confirmation

conflagration

confiscation

confrontation

conservation

congregation

conjugation

connotation

coronation

consecration

consternation

consolation

constellation

consultation

consummation

contemplation

corinthian

contraception

contravention

conversation

convolution

contradiction

contribution

convocation

contrarian

copernican

copenhagen

corporation

constipation

correlation

constitution

degradations

crucifixion

culmination

cotyledon

criterion

crocodilian

cultivation

custodian

cyclopean

decimation

declaration

decompression

deconstruction

darwinian

decoration

decorations

decorator

decorated

dandelion

degradation

dedication

defamation

deformation

definition

decorators

dehydration

delegation

demarcation

demolition

demonstration

deposition

deportation

depravation

depredation

deprivation

dereliction

derivation

designation

desiccation

desecration

desolation

desperation

destination

detonation

destitution

devastation

deviation

devolution

devonian

dietitian

dilatation

disaffection

diminution

diocesan

disconnection

discredited

disinfection

dislocation

disinflation

dissertation

disheartening

disorderly

dispensation

dissipation

divination

disposition

disputation

distillation

dissolution

disillusion

distribution

domination

hesitation

draconian

dominican

duplication

education

elevation

electrician

elongation

emanation

elocution

emigration

emulation

embarkation

equestrian

equitation

englishwoman

eritrean

estimation

erudition

estonian

evocation

evolution

european

eustachian

excavation

excitation

exclamation

excretory

execution

excoriate

exhortation

exhortations

exhalation

exhumation

exhibition

expectation

expiration

exploration

exposition

explanation

explication

exploitation

fabrication

expedition

extradition

extrication

fascination

fallopian

fibrillation

federation

fermentation

figurative

fluoridation

generation

fluctuation

floridian

foliation

gregorian

formulation

fragmentation

fumigation

gravitation

gastrulation

gargantuan

galilean

germination

gentlewoman

glaciation

granulation

graduation

gorgonian

greco-roman

guatemalan

habitation

hemoglobin

hibernation

hegelian

herculean

historian

himalayan

competition

hungarian

hyperion

hypertension

iberian

immigration

imitation

immolation

illustration

imperfection

implantation

implication

imposition

impregnation

importation

imputation

inattention

incantation

incarnation

inclination

incubation

indentation

incrustation

indecision

indexation

indignation

indigestion

indiscretion

indonesian

inflammation

information

indication

infestation

inspiration

inhalation

innovation

infiltration

inhibition

inquisition

installation

institution

instigation

interjection

insurrection

integration

intermission

interaction

intercession

interception

interdiction

insulation

intonation

interruption

intersection

intervention

interurban

intimation

interwoven

inundation

intuition

introspection

invitation

invocation

irritation

irrigation

isolation

iranian

introduction

jacobean

hydrocarbon

ideation

masturbation

jordanian

jurisdiction

lacerations

kindergarten

levitation

lancastrian

legislation

leviathan

legerdemain

liberian

librarian

limitation

lilliputian

jubilation

liquefaction

liquidation

litigation

logarithm

locomotion

logarithms

lubrication

machination

macedonian

maccabean

majority

malformation

mammalian

manumission

malnutrition

majorities

ibuprofen

politician

maturation

oblivion

medication

mediation

meditation

melanesian

obsidian

menstruation

meridian

ministration

minnesotan

migratory

misconception

misbegotten

misperception

mitigation

missourian

moderation

modulation

molestation

mortification

motivation

mongolian

moravian

mutilation

navigation

napoleon

nestorian

newtonian

nicaraguan

obfuscation

nigerian

nomination

noblewoman

observation

nonpartisan

nonprescription

operation

obligation

occupation

octahedron

obstetrician

olympian

ohioan

opposition

ordination

orchestration

oscillation

pejorative

overburden

pagination

ostentation

ovulation

oxidation

pagurian

palpitation

paraguayan

pavlovian

pedestrian

pelagian

perforation

penetration

permutation

penicillin

persecution

perspiration

pigmentation

perturbation

peruvian

planarian

plutonian

population

polynesian

polyhedron

praetorian

preconception

predetermine

predilection

precondition

preelection

preignition

preservation

preparation

presentation

premonition

proclamation

profanation

procreation

prohibition

propagation

proposition

punctuation

protestation

prosecution

prostitution

protozoan

publication

provocation

regulation

radiation

registration

realization

readmission

reawaken

recitation

recantation

reclamation

recognition

recollection

reconstruction

recreation

reexamine

reformation

reelection

refutation

relocation

relaxation

respiration

reinspection

renovation

restoration

repossession

reposition

replication

reputation

requisition

reproduction

republican

repetition

reservation

resurrection

repercussion

reparation

resignation

resolution

retardation

restitution

retrocession

revelation

revocation

rhetorician

revolution

retribution

rhododendron

rumination

samaritan

sanitation

saturation

satisfaction

secretaries

secretary

sectarian

security

securities

segregation

segmentation

self-deception

separation

sequestration

shakespearean

situation

sicilian

simulation

simonian

siberian

speculation

smithsonian

statistician

stimulation

stipulation

strangulation

subdivision

subluxation

suffocation

substitution

supposition

surrogation

superstition

supervision

superhuman

syncopation

syndication

tabulation

tamoxifen

tasmanian

termination

titillation

toleration

transformation

transportation

transplantation

trepidation

tribulation

ulceration

usurpation

utopian

vaccination

vacillation

variation

vegetation

validation

valuation

valerian

veneration

vindication

ventilation

victorian

visitation

violation

wagnerian

watermelon

tetrahedron

5 syllable words

abbreviation

abomination

acceleration

accommodation

accreditation

accreditations

academician

accumulation

adjudication

administration

affiliation

agglomeration

adulteration

alliteration

alienation

alleviation

amalgamation

amortization

amazonian

amelioration

amplification

annihilation

anticipation

appreciation

appropriation

approximation

argumentation

argentinian

articulation

assassination

assemblywoman

assimilation

association

attenuation

augustinian

authorization

authentication

babylonian

beethovenian

brutalization

brobdingnagian

capitulation

caledonian

canonization

carolinian

carthaginian

cauterization

centralization

centenarian

certification

commemoration

christianization

civilization

clarification

classification

coagulation

codification

collaboration

cohabitation

colonization

communication

concatenation

conciliation

confabulation

configuration

conglomeration

confederation

congratulation

consideration

consolidation

continuation

contamination

cooperation

coordination

corroboration

deceleration

decapitation

decomposition

degeneration

defenestration

deliberation

deification

delineation

delicatessen

denomination

denunciation

depreciation

depopulation

desegregation

determination

desalination

diacritical

discoloration

dionysian

discretionary

discrimination

disintegration

disinclination

dissociation

dissemination

dissatisfaction

disembarkation

incineration

domestication

dramatization

edification

elaboration

elimination

ejaculation

electrocution

elizabethan

emancipation

enumeration

equalization

epicurean

equivocation

eradication

ethiopian

exaggeration

exacerbation

evaluation

evaporation

evacuation

examination

exasperation

excoriation

exfoliation

exoskeleton

expatriation

extermination

expropriation

facilitation

falsification

fertilization

fortification

gasification

glorification

gratification

harmonization

hallucination

hanoverian

humiliation

hybridization

hydrogenation

hyperinflation

polarization

hyperborean

immunization

illumination

imagination

inauguration

improvisation

inactivation

incarceration

incorporation

incrimination

infatuation

indoctrination

initiation

inhabitation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

instrumentation

interconnection

interpolation

interpretation

interrogation

intimidation

invalidation

ionization

irradiation

investigation

intoxication

jeffersonian

justification

juxtaposition

legalization

libertarian

localization

lithuanian

magnetization

magnification

manipulation

manifestation

maximization

maximilian

mechanization

mathematician

metropolitan

misapplication

misapprehension

miscalculation

misinformation

mobilization

mississippian

modernization

modification

mummification

multiplication

ossification

neapolitan

negotiation

neutralization

nickelodeon

notification

nitroglycerine

nonintervention

nonsectarian

mccarthyism

obliteration

normalization

origination

orientation

nullification

organization

oregonian

ornamentation

myocardial

overproduction

pacification

panamanian

pasteurization

participation

patagonian

pennsylvanian

peloponnesian

perpetuation

philadelphian

myocardium

pomeranian

precipitation

predestination

predisposition

premeditation

presupposition

preoccupation

prevarication

presbyterian

proliferation

pronunciation

prognostication

proletarian

purification

procrastination

quantification

pythagorean

qualification

reaffirmation

ratification

recombination

recommendation

ramification

recrimination

refrigeration

rectification

recuperation

reforestation

regeneration

reiteration

reintegration

rejuvenation

remuneration

sedimentation

renunciation

repudiation

representation

resuscitation

retaliation

repatriation

reverberation

revaluation

russification

sanctification

scandinavian

secretarial

simplification

solicitation

sophistication

specialization

specification

sterilization

stratification

subordination

substantiation

synchronization

theologian

unification

unitarian

utilization

triangulation

vaporization

vegetarian

vilification

veterinarian

verification

vulgarization

washingtonian

yugoslavian

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word exertion

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

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