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

exhorts

escorts

portion

sportsman

torsion

strengthen

resorts

lengthen

portman

exhort

emption

shorten

jetson

fortune

junction

martian

sanction

mention

flexion

section

gentian

georgian

pension

tension

function

delphian

oarsman

sexton

escort

bordman

horseman

exerts

headsman

hessian

earthen

haitian

station

freshen

session

nation

arson

austin

barton

carton

chairman

chevron

hearten

hetman

jordan

jorden

keelson

kelson

kenyan

marten

martin

melton

morgan

mormon

nekton

norman

organ

orphan

parson

pectin

penguin

resort

stepson

plankton

smarten

spartan

airman

corban

cordon

dalton

deserts

desman

ensign

gumption

foreman

egret

teston

whitson

tungsten

gorgon

warden

harten

tartan

wanton

craftsman

marksman

draftsman

huntsman

action

brethren

caption

belgian

diction

faction

fiction

fraction

freshman

friction

mansion

margin

traction

faustian

engine

question

suction

lampron

breton

burton

basin

bison

boughten

caxton

caisson

capstan

curtain

klansman

scotsman

yachtsman

hasten

salesman

resin

dustman

degrades

vegan

moisten

baldwin

lessen

lesson

loren

marron

mason

perron

person

urson

marchman

markman

warren

worsen

certain

charon

chasten

floren

foreign

heron

hyson

jason

threaten

children

jetton

grandson

statesman

henchman

burgeon

caution

cushion

fission

persian

motion

notion

cajun

sturgeon

suasion

passion

ration

urchin

russian

grecian

fashion

ashen

asian

lotion

mission

ocean

pathan

potion

vision

surgeon

prussian

version

bullion

bellman

banyan

baston

canyon

captain

carbon

carman

acton

bagman

carmine

atman

canton

assort

billion

bargain

boatman

chessman

citron

ibsen

landsman

lightman

exert

harken

lisbon

mignon

onion

m1

crimson

degrade

garden

hempen

matron

outdone

claxon

clinton

damson

darken

desserts

faulcon

fireman

footman

harden

headman

jargon

jasmine

kansan

kelvin

kirkman

kremlin

marlin

minion

pardon

million

panton

muslin

outrun

patron

pitman

plantain

regret

pillion

pressman

penman

pinion

piston

runnion

saffron

samson

santon

saxon

scallion

scullion

selden

sharpen

spearman

stallion

shotgun

stallman

stillion

sultan

tarpon

tendon

trillion

workman

auction

bastion

begrudge

bushman

christian

drunken

dungeon

flashgun

hangman

luncheon

option

rincon

shrunken

sunken

bitten

auden

bacon

baton

bisson

baron

barren

bason

batten

batton

bayman

bellon

bourbon

brazen

beckon

begun

brighten

briton

cayman

fatten

deaden

fasten

felon

firman

flatten

frighten

haven

heaven

heighten

kalan

kitten

laden

lagan

latin

layman

leaden

leaven

ledden

lemon

lichen

lighten

liven

maiden

liken

liman

lyden

seedsman

listen

patten

rotten

satin

prison

riden

ripen

risen

satan

sermon

seven

shaken

shaman

tighten

titan

triton

turban

whiten

widen

written

yaupon

zaman

cotton

records

button

regards

regrets

burden

accords

townsman

broaden

burman

canaan

christen

burdon

cousin

desert

devon

dozen

dragon

gotten

graven

hoten

hymen

hyphen

often

pagan

raven

reckon

redden

siphon

straighten

wagon

waken

weapon

craven

dagan

dagon

daman

deafen

ermine

garron

german

glisten

melon

mitten

mutton

platen

platten

siren

smitten

syphon

taken

urban

zircon

doctrine

landman

cauldron

migrates

postman

discord

gudgeon

heathen

kitchen

dudgeon

fusion

legion

bludgeon

lesion

mahone

region

pigeon

discards

excrete

guardsman

alman

billman

mayan

apron

boston

urine

asserts

accord

aspen

bookman

bogart

brakeman

ion

calvin

chaplain

dian

chapman

chieftain

scion

lion

classman

dampen

falcon

rayon

fibrin

degreed

dobson

fountain

gascon

gilden

goodman

hackman

houseman

jackman

linden

lineman

linemen

london

lynden

migrate

milken

minden

molten

mountain

newsman

oxen

packman

passman

shearman

shipman

silken

record

zion

ponton

regard

sovereign

sovran

squadron

sylvan

tillman

tubman

tuscan

undone

vulcan

union

woodman

woolman

churchman

dutchman

mangan

excretes

discard

discreet

discrete

homespun

recruits

spokesman

alan

amman

beacon

beaten

billon

blowgun

blacken

bracken

brogan

cabin

cannon

canon

cheapen

chicken

chosen

cretin

crouton

deacon

deepen

driven

famine

freeman

demon

dessert

eaten

eden

elan

frozen

gallon

gammon

gibbon

given

gladden

glidden

gluten

griffon

happen

hausen

hidden

hogan

leman

leven

linen

logan

loosen

madden

muffin

mullen

ninon

oven

poison

pullen

quicken

reason

rerun

ribbon

ridden

riven

rosen

rosin

salmon

seaman

shogun

sadden

season

semen

seton

sicken

slacken

slogan

steven

stiffen

stricken

striven

sudden

sullen

summon

sweeten

talon

tappen

thicken

thousand

toughen

treason

weaken

wheaten

villain

wiccan

wizen

woman

woolen

wooden

women

trojan

muskrats

acrid

alban

bolden

buzzards

copeman

dolman

dolphin

fielden

figured

hazards

lizards

misread

olden

sacred

laggards

freedman

go-cart

golden

lockman

lopeman

negroid

picard

secret

secrete

soldan

stockman

sequin

wizards

coachman

longan

cowan

gowan

assured

paean

othman

owen

rowan

rowen

peon

watchman

dockyard

muskrat

secrets

assert

bobbin

bollen

bowman

broken

buzzard

checkered

colon

common

crewman

cuban

cumin

dromon

fallen

gizzard

haggard

hazard

hoven

human

izard

izzard

laggard

lizard

locken

lumen

niggard

odin

omen

open

pavon

pollan

pollen

proven

robin

roman

rumen

showman

sodden

solon

soften

spoken

stolen

sugared

token

trodden

wizard

woven

yeoman

swollen

toman

measured

backward

recruit

password

whiskered

ruin

backwards

passwords

awkward

3 syllable words

formation

gestation

temptation

narration

oration

flirtation

adsorption

extortion

castration

exhaustion

contortion

distortion

exaction

filtration

frustration

translation

apportion

dictation

crustacean

abortion

aggression

exertion

carnation

regression

progression

proportion

lactation

plantation

sensation

stagnation

migration

starvation

extraction

causation

cetacean

citation

flotation

cessation

duration

gyration

excretion

expression

encryption

negation

exemption

truncation

notation

quotation

rotation

infarction

chairperson

horatian

impression

exertions

discretion

conflation

compression

inflation

misfortune

transaction

migrations

resumption

presumption

prostration

accretion

artesian

norwegian

compassion

dentition

hydration

impassion

partition

secretion

vibration

salvation

abstraction

constriction

construction

instruction

contagion

obstruction

assortment

abrasion

conscription

ablation

depression

digression

inscription

subscription

fixation

transcription

oppression

taxation

damnation

cartesian

cistercian

optation

alsatian

dalmatian

deflation

laurentian

libration

suppression

caucasian

consumption

contraction

contraption

description

desertion

destruction

discretions

distraction

elation

emblazon

extension

gradation

infraction

lecithin

ligation

mutation

possession

predation

prescription

sedation

subtraction

summation

transgression

vacation

degraded

capsaicin

disruption

diffraction

induction

enlighten

enliven

mistaken

pentathlon

everyone

assumption

compulsion

completion

contention

contrition

concoction

conduction

convulsion

attraction

secretions

croatian

discussion

desertions

detection

detention

foundation

asuncion

attention

menhaden

discordant

ferryman

forgotten

lesbian

deduction

adoption

emulsion

scorpion

concussion

degrading

depletion

equation

skeleton

waterman

attrition

wesleyan

ignition

jettison

persuasion

keratin

gordian

venison

inaction

patrician

insertion

invasion

medicine

repression

production

protection

reduction

revulsion

propulsion

rendition

seduction

assassin

tactician

technician

australian

transition

expulsion

abstention

infliction

expansion

extrusion

restriction

proscription

disheartened

assertion

cremation

deletion

emotion

location

malaysian

relation

evasion

foramen

companion

carrion

venetian

accordance

korean

marian

countryman

clarion

dorian

dilation

commotion

nebraskan

devotion

donation

ovation

occasion

origin

parthian

percussion

intestine

permission

phoenician

crestfallen

physician

precaution

privation

promotion

petition

probation

vocation

veteran

embolden

position

mexican

magdalen

medallion

unbutton

cambrian

porcelain

bedridden

guncotton

alaskan

corsican

genuine

intention

brazilian

intrusion

assorted

austrian

chairwoman

forbidden

forewoman

affliction

conviction

partisan

combustion

in-person

confucian

artisan

uncertain

misprision

bighearted

retraction

coercion

creation

pretension

recording

optician

suspicion

cognition

preemption

extinction

condition

ablution

depiction

contusion

nutrition

submission

retention

according

addiction

eruption

eviction

misshapen

irishman

assertions

anchorman

regarding

ambrosian

arkansan

imprison

ascertain

awaken

jamaican

kantian

anyone

pelican

specimen

regretful

keynesian

reptilian

saleswoman

snapdragon

adrian

etruscan

cyprian

garrison

elison

egyptian

determine

guardian

deserters

gentleman

fustian

unbroken

freemason

thespian

addition

emission

erosion

correction

commission

corruption

collegian

edition

margarine

englishman

solution

musician

sedition

tradition

distinction

aleutian

direction

reaction

imagine

pollution

disordered

disorders

charwoman

civilian

italian

lumberman

singleton

abdomen

aryan

magician

policeman

recreates

unwritten

arian

rhodopsin

uncommon

unburden

bedouin

cation

abandon

redemption

hawaiian

recordings

heroin

heroine

irian

malayan

orion

protean

syrian

african

dominion

timberman

deserter

pavilion

recorders

anglican

battalion

ghanaian

opinion

discipline

permian

sumatran

laotian

recruitment

derision

parisian

corrosion

heartbroken

ascension

collection

dissection

erection

connection

congressman

deception

affection

connexion

dimension

dissension

election

defection

perfection

perception

figurehead

hydrogen

nitrogen

prevention

reception

resection

selection

citizen

silicon

indian

mandarin

puritan

ziggurats

denizen

vitamin

andean

ejection

nevadan

adhesion

campion

uneven

vatican

cinnamon

zambian

rejection

bitumen

harlequin

recorder

handwoven

peterman

bosnian

compunction

hammerman

champion

deserted

downtrodden

beethoven

ottoman

suburban

albumin

albion

bulletin

catalan

disorder

recreate

gravamen

toboggan

housebroken

projection

allusion

conjunction

aversion

collision

conception

declension

clergyman

infection

asserting

collusion

suspension

decision

delusion

division

illusion

immersion

provision

recession

deflection

inception

religion

abduction

reflection

confection

recision

invention

profession

precession

perversion

dilution

procession

secession

convection

convention

rescission

inhuman

exception

injunction

reversion

acumen

alderman

appian

cigarette

backgammon

backwoodsman

charlatan

chilean

cohesion

decorate

galleon

horizon

injection

libyan

gillian

logician

macartney

moroccan

objection

plebeian

predestine

rebellion

tamarin

uterine

vermilion

saccharin

samoan

simian

subversion

submersion

stygian

profusion

tuition

scythian

admission

seclusion

succession

aspersion

ambition

accession

aegean

conversion

dispersion

inversion

benjamin

fruition

beholden

incision

complexion

confession

diffusion

incursion

inflection

excision

concession

inspection

obsession

occlusion

preclusion

prediction

phrygian

communion

disunion

octillion

outspoken

cigarettes

bedizen

accurate

digestion

masquerade

asserted

badminton

halcyon

suggestion

assertive

regimen

munition

remission

revision

audition

infusion

conclusion

confusion

excursion

implosion

midshipman

transmission

diversion

fisherman

inclusion

halogen

omission

precision

volition

clarendon

decorative

ingestion

congestion

talisman

perfusion

recruiters

alien

biotin

avian

exclusion

explosion

freudian

grobian

lacerate

myosin

niacin

nubian

odeon

fabian

gaussian

jovian

transfusion

ziggurat

julian

fijian

lutheran

ramadan

overrun

reasserts

superman

unison

franciscan

eleven

feminine

overman

niggardly

recruiter

melanin

nonunion

collagen

jacobin

javelin

lanolin

overdone

wizardry

nonhuman

newsworthy

cardigan

chamberlain

rifleman

nobleman

oxygen

fenian

median

bandwagon

masculine

muskmelon

reopen

nemean

councilman

solomon

bouillon

reunion

accredit

lucrative

secretive

secretly

discredit

discredits

reassert

loggerheads

baccarat

acquired

loggerhead

4 syllable words

degradations

incantation

incarnation

menstruation

transportation

aggravation

celebration

deformation

desecration

palpitation

refutation

replication

speculation

destination

emulation

estimation

expiration

reclamation

penetration

ventilation

annotation

dedication

defamation

derivation

dilatation

decimation

declaration

delegation

desiccation

desolation

desperation

detonation

dissertation

elevation

emanation

figuration

habitation

imitation

levitation

medication

recreation

reformation

renovation

respiration

revelation

revocation

sanitation

visitation

decoration

federation

implantation

incrustation

miseration

preparation

legislation

reparation

generation

separation

expectation

exploitation

transplantation

variation

veneration

extrication

sequestration

syncopation

imputation

agitation

amputation

exploration

dispensation

disputation

excavation

education

subluxation

transformation

nestorian

backwardation

culmination

depredation

deprivation

intimation

inundation

depravation

intonation

commutation

demarcation

dislocation

information

inspiration

indication

invitation

invocation

masturbation

observation

incubation

permutation

simulation

tribulation

vindication

registration

gregorian

exhalation

strangulation

distillation

emigration

insulation

retardation

stimulation

stipulation

admiration

alteration

aspiration

affirmation

explication

bifurcation

explanation

connotation

coronation

decorations

divination

immolation

repetition

correlation

demonstration

corp.

corporation

inhalation

innovation

limitation

exclamation

resolution

elongation

irritation

restoration

resurrection

trepidation

ulceration

suffocation

iteration

laceration

aberration

surrogation

adoration

liberation

coloration

computation

disinflation

execution

exhumation

gastrulation

illustration

implication

inclination

inflammation

installation

ministration

mortification

punctuation

exhibition

approbation

alternation

accordion

adaptation

affectation

fabrication

fermentation

fibrillation

benediction

elocution

immigration

molestation

recollection

resignation

relaxation

syndication

predilection

protestation

publication

retrocession

historian

dereliction

calibration

maturation

saturation

victorian

designation

liquidation

ordination

dissipation

revolution

navigation

extradition

dehydration

fluoridation

gravitation

devolution

californian

self-deception

orchestration

allegation

definition

demolition

erudition

infiltration

evolution

perturbation

lacerations

premonition

procreation

profanation

titillation

valuation

accordions

adulation

arbitration

augmentation

aviation

cogitation

expedition

fluctuation

formulation

indentation

infestation

integration

liquefaction

ostentation

pagination

perforation

radiation

retribution

rhetorician

abrogation

agrarian

abnegation

lubrication

eritrean

pagurian

aggregation

accusation

centurion

lilliputian

jordanian

competition

annexation

glaciation

reexamine

inattention

graduation

greco-roman

situation

cultivation

conflagration

concentration

distribution

indiscretion

impregnation

machination

fumigation

missourian

nonpartisan

relocation

fascination

germination

mitigation

litigation

dissolution

politician

termination

realization

inhibition

himalayan

propagation

hibernation

evocation

irrigation

perspiration

usurpation

vacillation

validation

praetorian

animation

appellation

deposition

avocation

allocation

diminution

attribution

modulation

consecration

indexation

indignation

decompression

malnutrition

consultation

excoriate

electrician

lancastrian

deconstruction

apparition

deviation

dietitian

foliation

ideation

violation

mediation

moderation

toleration

leviathan

operation

reconstruction

confrontation

committeeman

activation

altercation

advocation

application

confirmation

circulation

commendation

cancellation

conservation

interaction

intercession

introduction

hypertension

contemplation

tasmanian

contribution

tabulation

sectarian

intermission

secretary

conversation

granulation

interruption

watermelon

acclamation

destitution

paraguayan

pavlovian

acclimation

abdication

obligation

requisition

recognition

restitution

penicillin

vaccination

nomination

intuition

collocation

conjugation

isolation

readmission

jubilation

mutilation

domination

oscillation

repossession

kindergarten

supposition

preignition

rumination

appalachian

motivation

provocation

calculation

condemnation

condensation

confiscation

compensation

consternation

exposition

interception

intersection

instigation

institution

interdiction

intervention

arabian

floridian

arizonan

valerian

substitution

obfuscation

tetrahedron

assyrian

interjection

pedestrian

pelagian

reassertion

republican

corinthian

disheartening

congregation

combination

consummation

contradiction

imposition

occupation

convocation

proclamation

moravian

acquisition

consolation

algonquian

compilation

oxidation

population

disposition

duplication

ovulation

persecution

superstition

minnesotan

gentlewoman

eustachian

businesswoman

armenian

interurban

cotyledon

albanian

estonian

gorgonian

oblivion

assemblyman

equestrian

abolition

arthurian

constellation

complication

opposition

repercussion

reposition

legerdemain

locomotion

majorities

proposition

constipation

algerian

satisfaction

constitution

inquisition

jurisdiction

reproduction

decorated

devonian

comparison

hemoglobin

interwoven

misbegotten

bavarian

canadian

collodion

macedonian

european

fallopian

napoleon

secretaries

iranian

mammalian

planarian

reawaken

sicilian

simonian

majority

admonition

ammunition

absolution

accordingly

coalition

nigerian

composition

precondition

crucifixion

carcinogen

statistician

obstetrician

prostitution

logarithm

prosecution

prohibition

american

disorderly

dominican

overburden

alabaman

ibuprofen

wagnerian

nonprescription

peruvian

librarian

predetermine

barbarian

copernican

samaritan

herculean

darwinian

dandelion

custodian

meridian

hungarian

logarithms

melanesian

mongolian

ohioan

pejorative

preelection

reelection

englishwoman

protozoan

shakespearean

adrenaline

siberian

chameleon

decorators

comedian

criterion

galilean

iberian

liberian

hyperion

jacobean

contrarian

maccabean

crocodilian

athenian

insurrection

gargantuan

disaffection

convolution

circumcision

rhododendron

abyssinian

aldebaran

amphibian

columbian

figurative

guatemalan

migratory

security

decorator

excretory

hydrocarbon

olympian

obsidian

smithsonian

disillusion

condescension

imperfection

supervision

disinfection

misperception

octahedron

reinspection

preconception

polynesian

disconnection

contraception

armageddon

noblewoman

misconception

securities

circumspection

apprehension

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indonesian

coloradan

polyhedron

indecision

superhuman

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subdivision

plutonian

comprehension

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hegelian

introspection

bohemian

nicaraguan

accurately

circumvention

cyclopean

contravention

manumission

indigestion

diocesan

draconian

discredited

ageratum

assuredly

tamoxifen

ageratums

copenhagen

5 syllable words

examination

incorporation

agglomeration

exhilaration

representation

corroboration

disembarkation

conglomeration

desegregation

incarceration

magnetization

magnification

rectification

reforestation

subordination

exasperation

sedimentation

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clarification

precipitation

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specification

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edification

premeditation

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solicitation

resuscitation

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decapitation

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cohabitation

collaboration

infatuation

evaporation

deliberation

recuperation

elaboration

enumeration

interpretation

expatriation

prognostication

delicatessen

concatenation

consolidation

contamination

congratulation

invalidation

accreditation

inactivation

domestication

justification

misinformation

predestination

recommendation

negotiation

origination

indoctrination

amortization

amelioration

classification

elimination

evaluation

incineration

prevarication

ratification

interpolation

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consideration

assassination

conciliation

coordination

denunciation

hallucination

expropriation

pacification

gratification

authentication

gasification

remuneration

renunciation

russification

illumination

repudiation

abomination

accommodation

assimilation

determination

dissemination

legalization

mummification

nullification

obliteration

orientation

vilification

vulgarization

mathematician

imagination

capitulation

cauterization

deification

delineation

reaffirmation

alliteration

association

alleviation

rejuvenation

affiliation

commemoration

deceleration

retaliation

dissociation

adjudication

perpetuation

accreditations

centralization

confabulation

defenestration

multiplication

intoxication

investigation

simplification

anticipation

authorization

communication

configuration

cooperation

degeneration

depopulation

emancipation

equivocation

evacuation

falsification

fortification

initiation

inoculation

insemination

insinuation

interrogation

manipulation

misapplication

regeneration

reiteration

sophistication

substantiation

synchronization

canonization

notification

mechanization

miscalculation

abbreviation

stratification

elizabethan

unification

administration

ejaculation

dramatization

ossification

acceleration

modification

triangulation

codification

glorification

repatriation

revaluation

attenuation

confederation

sterilization

qualification

amplification

appreciation

incrimination

depreciation

procrastination

accumulation

extermination

pasteurization

ornamentation

pennsylvanian

discrimination

improvisation

disinclination

refrigeration

specialization

vaporization

polarization

pythagorean

proliferation

ionization

irradiation

amalgamation

sanctification

quantification

recrimination

manifestation

participation

appropriation

hyperinflation

maximization

organization

reintegration

secretarial

normalization

electrocution

fertilization

brutalization

certification

eradication

localization

mobilization

modernization

utilization

pronunciation

purification

colonization

civilization

academician

amazonian

libertarian

hyperborean

approximation

articulation

disintegration

dissatisfaction

alienation

humiliation

reverberation

hybridization

discretionary

immunization

epicurean

equalization

presbyterian

argumentation

continuation

harmonization

neutralization

intimidation

hydrogenation

christianization

desalination

jeffersonian

nickelodeon

brobdingnagian

unitarian

instrumentation

patagonian

proletarian

augustinian

yugoslavian

assemblywoman

presupposition

preoccupation

interconnection

nonintervention

nonsectarian

babylonian

neapolitan

panamanian

caledonian

oregonian

overproduction

carolinian

predisposition

recombination

decomposition

exoskeleton

maximilian

pomeranian

scandinavian

juxtaposition

washingtonian

theologian

nitroglycerine

metropolitan

mississippian

hanoverian

beethovenian

philadelphian

carthaginian

peloponnesian

centenarian

veterinarian

misapprehension

ethiopian

argentinian

vegetarian

lithuanian

mccarthyism

dionysian

myocardial

myocardium

diacritical

8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word exhortation

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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:

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

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