Words That Rhyme With Exception
218 rhymes for "exception" (3 syllables): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.
How to use this rhyme
- "exception" is easy to rhyme: reception, conception, perception and deception all share its ending sound, so you can hold one rhyme across a whole verse.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as exemption, redemption and attention.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like concessions, obsessions and recessions carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for exception (9)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
- reception
- conception
- perception
- deception
- inception
4+ syllables
- contraception
- interception
- misconception
- preconception
Multisyllable rhymes for exception (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- concessions
- obsessions
- recessions
- connections
- conventions
- excessive
- intention
- upsetting
- ascending
- assesses
- assessing
- attentions
- consensus
- consenting
- contentious
- descending
- excepted
- extensions
- inventions
- obsesses
- obsessing
- possessing
- successive
- abstention
- affections
- confections
- confessions
- contentions
- detentions
- exemptions
- incessant
- infections
- infectious
- possessions
- pretensions
- professions
- protections
- reflections
- successes
- defections
- addressing
- affecting
- attempting
- attending
- connecting
- declaring
- detecting
- expresses
- expressing
- extended
- extending
- extensive
- intending
- inventing
- objections
- potential
- presenting
- preventing
- protecting
- reflecting
- successful
- suggestion
- unpleasant
- ascended
- assessment
- collections
- condensing
- congestion
- consented
- defending
- depressing
- descended
- dimensions
- distressing
- eccentric
- elections
- eleven
- expenses
- expressions
- impressions
- infecting
- offending
- offenses
- oppressing
- possesses
- progressing
- refreshes
- sequential
- suppressing
- affected
- attempted
- attended
- connected
- depending
- detected
- expected
- expecting
- expensive
- intended
- invented
- objecting
- prevented
- protected
- reflected
- rejecting
- requesting
- suspecting
- suspending
4+ syllables
- contravention
- apprehensions
- circumvention
- delicatessen
- indiscretions
- quintessential
- consequences
- represented
- representing
- confidential
- misrepresenting
- unsuccessful
Near rhymes for exception (89)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
3 syllables
- exemption
- redemption
- attention
- collection
- connection
- convention
- correction
- direction
- election
- expression
- extension
- impression
- objection
- protection
- reflection
- selection
- affection
- compression
- contention
- depression
- detection
- dimension
- discretion
- infection
- inspection
- invention
- obsession
- oppression
- perfection
- possession
- prevention
- profession
- projection
- rejection
- succession
- suppression
- suspension
- aggression
- ascension
- complexion
- concession
- confection
- confession
- convection
- declension
- deflection
- detention
- digression
- dissection
- dissension
- ejection
- inflection
- injection
- pretension
- procession
- progression
- recession
- regression
- repression
- retention
- secession
- transgression
- defection
- refreshing
4+ syllables
- intervention
- comprehension
- intersection
- recollection
- resurrection
- apprehension
- hypertension
- imperfection
- indiscretion
- insurrection
- interjection
- misapprehension
- redirection
- condescension
- disconnection
- nonintervention
- predilection
- reelection
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Questions about rhymes for exception
What rhymes with exception?
Common perfect rhymes for exception include reception, conception, perception, deception, inception, contraception, interception and misconception. This page lists 218 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for exception?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of exception but change a consonant. Good ones include exemption, redemption, attention, collection, connection and convention.
How many syllables are in exception?
Exception has 3 syllables in standard US pronunciation.
Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.