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

asker

bluster

builder

buster

cinder

cluster

concur

duster

easter

ester

feaster

fester

figure

filter

fluster

gilder

guilder

hesper

hinder

infer

inter

jester

kilter

lester

lifter

limber

luster

lustre

masker

mester

mincer

minter

mixer

monsieur

muster

nestor

pester

pilfer

printer

quilter

riddler

rustler

scribbler

scrivener

shifter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

splinter

sprinter

strickler

swifter

switzer

tasker

tester

thruster

timber

timbre

tinder

vesper

victor

whimper

winder

windsor

winter

fixture

mixture

sphincter

sprinkler

beaker

becker

bidder

bigger

bitter

booker

brimmer

checker

chipper

chitter

clearer

clipper

cooker

critter

decker

defer

demur

deter

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

dresser

driller

ducker

filler

fitter

flipper

fritter

fucker

giver

glimmer

glitter

greaser

gripper

guesser

hitter

hooker

hussar

inner

killer

kipper

knitter

leaser

lesser

lessor

limmer

litter

liver

looker

miller

mirror

nearer

nigger

nimmer

nipper

occur

pillar

piller

pinner

plucker

presser

pucker

quitter

quiver

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

schiller

scissor

seeker

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slipper

sliver

sneaker

speaker

spiller

spinner

splitter

squeaker

stiller

stripper

succor

sucker

swimmer

thinner

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trucker

tucker

twitter

vigor

willer

winner

wrecker

zipper

bunker

clincher

dunker

finger

gesture

ginger

hunker

injure

junker

linger

picture

pilcher

pincher

scripture

shingler

stricture

younker

tincture

descry

huckster

seamster

crusher

flesher

fresher

gusher

teamster

pitcher

dexter

webster

hither

pressure

pusher

ringer

vintner

rusher

singer

slinger

smither

ulster

slither

springer

stinger

escrow

stringer

swinger

thither

thresher

usher

whither

winger

wither

wringer

zither

asper

aster

auster

barker

bender

blaster

blender

blunder

booster

bulger

bumper

butler

caster

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

cigar

cleanser

cloister

coaster

confer

coster

coupler

culver

cumber

cutler

decor

decree

decry

dumper

elder

ember

ender

enter

faster

felter

fender

fielder

foister

foster

gaster

gelder

gender

guzzler

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hostler

hunter

jasper

jumper

kelter

laster

lector

lender

lumber

lumper

marker

master

medlar

member

mentor

metier

mishear

muffler

mumper

nectar

number

ouster

oyster

parker

paster

pastor

peddler

plaster

plunder

porker

poster

prosper

punter

puzzler

rector

render

renter

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

sceptre

sector

sender

senior

sensor

shelter

shyster

skelter

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swelter

taster

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

texture

thumper

thunder

toaster

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vulgar

waster

welder

welter

wonder

yorker

youngster

zoster

assure

banker

esquire

puncture

anchor

anker

ashore

belcher

bencher

canker

conquer

culture

juncture

censure

denture

hunger

lecture

moisture

monger

hanker

pasture

plunger

posture

quencher

rancor

ranker

rupture

shanker

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

yonker

younger

acer

acre

backer

baker

bearer

beater

beaver

beggar

better

bettor

bever

blubber

bluffer

bracer

breaker

breeder

broker

buffer

bugger

bummer

butter

buzzer

caesar

cedar

cellar

chaser

cheater

cheddar

cleaner

cleaver

clever

closer

clutter

cocker

color

colour

comer

cover

cracker

craker

creamer

croaker

crocker

croker

culler

cursor

cutter

dealer

debtor

dieter

docker

dreamer

drummer

duffer

duller

dweller

eager

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

euchre

ever

facer

faker

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fever

flutter

footer

freezer

fretter

fuller

getter

glosser

glover

griever

grocer

gunner

gutter

hacker

haver

hawker

header

healer

hearer

heater

hemmer

hepper

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

jaeger

jetter

joker

juror

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kercher

kever

lacquer

laker

laugher

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaver

lemur

leper

lepre

letter

lever

locker

lover

lubber

maker

masser

mercer

meter

metre

mugger

muller

mutter

never

nutter

ochre

pacer

packer

passer

peeler

penner

pepper

peter

petre

placer

pleaser

plover

plumber

poker

praetor

prefer

puffer

puller

purser

putter

quaker

racer

racker

raker

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

refer

renner

rocker

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

saker

saucer

schemer

screamer

scrubber

scupper

sealer

segar

seller

setter

sever

shaker

sharer

sheller

shudder

shutter

sleeper

slicer

slugger

smoker

snuffer

soaker

speeder

speller

spicer

spreader

sputter

stalker

starer

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

steller

stemmer

stepper

stocker

stoker

streamer

striker

stuffer

stunner

stutter

sucre

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

sweater

sweeper

tacker

taker

talker

teaser

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

terror

thacker

tracer

tracker

treater

tremor

upper

utter

verser

walker

wearer

weaver

webber

weber

whacker

wheeler

worker

zehner

zephyr

zocor

lobster

baxter

centner

roadster

secure

sumpter

transfer

hamster

holster

monster

neckwear

temblor

templar

tumbler

bolster

forster

cookware

sculptor

dasher

flasher

heather

hedger

bleacher

brother

creature

ether

fletcher

lasher

neither

nether

mother

breather

butcher

leisure

nother

feather

feature

measure

kosher

other

seizure

souther

slasher

teacher

whether

tether

peacher

washer

stretcher

glacier

either

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

lunger

pleasure

pledger

preacher

smasher

smother

treasure

weather

bungler

freer

heer

longspur

meer

sculpture

yorkshire

accrue

actor

after

alder

alter

ampere

arbor

balder

banter

altar

amber

answer

ardor

armor

babbler

balter

bander

barber

barbre

binder

barter

bazar

bizarre

blinder

boarder

bolter

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

brander

burglar

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

chamber

chapter

charmer

charter

clamber

cobbler

collier

colter

conder

condor

corner

coulter

counter

courser

courter

damper

dancer

darter

doctor

dr.

darner

degree

dossier

ecru

eyesore

factor

failure

falter

farmer

finder

flounder

folder

former

founder

gander

garner

garter

golfer

grantor

grinder

grolier

grounder

halter

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

havier

holder

horner

junior

lancer

lander

larder

laughter

launder

mander

martyr

marver

minder

mortar

moulder

mourner

order

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parlor

parlour

parser

pinder

planter

pointer

polder

ponder

poplar

porter

poulter

pounder

prancer

proctor

psalter

quarter

rafter

raptor

rounder

salter

santer

saunter

savior

scalper

scamper

sharper

shoulder

slander

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

sponsor

squander

stalder

stamper

stander

starter

stifler

straggler

tamper

tartar

tattler

taxer

toddler

torpor

tractor

tranter

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

whitener

wilder

yonder

zander

larkspur

oldster

ajar

anger

clothier

fracture

seashore

longer

adder

agar

aller

ambler

antler

attar

auger

augur

aver

bailer

bailor

banner

batter

berber

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bragger

brawner

broiler

browser

burgher

burner

caller

calmer

caper

capper

cater

causer

chandler

chatter

chauffeur

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

climber

clobber

clover

coffer

coiner

collar

comber

conner

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

crammer

crater

craver

crawler

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

curler

cypher

dagger

dapper

dauber

daughter

diaper

diner

diver

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

drainer

draper

driver

dropper

drover

duper

earner

fader

faller

favor

fervor

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

flapper

flatter

flavor

floater

fodder

fowler

framer

frater

freighter

gager

gainer

gaiter

gambler

gerner

geyser

girder

glamor

glamour

glazer

glider

gomer

gopher

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

groomer

groover

grouper

guider

hammer

handler

hater

hatter

hauler

heifer

herber

hider

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jager

jagger

jailer

jobber

jogger

joiner

kaiser

labor

labour

ladder

lager

laser

later

latter

lauder

laver

lawyer

lazar

learner

lighter

liner

loader

loafer

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

madder

mainor

manner

manor

maser

mater

matter

mazer

miner

minor

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mover

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

neuter

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

palmer

paper

partner

patter

pauper

paver

pewter

piper

planer

planner

plater

platter

plotter

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

quaver

raider

raiser

rambler

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

ruler

rumor

ryder

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

sampler

sapper

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scatter

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

scraper

scriber

server

shader

shatter

shaver

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

shriver

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skater

skiver

slater

slatter

slaughter

slider

slobber

smatter

snapper

snider

snorer

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

souter

spader

spanner

spatter

spider

splatter

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

stagger

staller

stammer

stater

sterner

stiver

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

stroller

stupor

suitor

super

surfer

sutor

swagger

taber

tabor

tailor

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thaler

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

trawler

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

tutor

tyger

tyler

user

valor

vapor

viner

viper

visor

voter

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waller

waltzer

warbler

water

waver

whaler

whiner

whopper

wiper

wrapper

writer

yachter

author

strangler

azure

blather

catcher

closure

cloture

angler

badger

bather

bother

conger

crozier

hatcher

lather

pager

perjure

poacher

smoother

snatcher

stager

watcher

yager

further

future

ganger

gather

gauger

gouger

hangar

hanger

mather

merger

major

nature

nurture

stature

suture

father

dodger

hoosier

rather

roger

wager

rother

searcher

thatcher

voucher

wanger

accra

agree

dakar

macro

negro

okra

viceroy

dryer

drier

ewer

eyer

thrower

farther

higher

fire

flier

hewer

viewer

forger

torture

dyer

flour

flower

fluor

flyer

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

glower

goer

grower

tire

tower

trier

tyer

granger

bower

boyer

danger

blower

brayer

brewer

briar

brier

choir

panther

buyer

chewer

cower

crier

knower

cryer

starcher

dire

norther

dour

hour

hire

layer

liar

mower

barger

ranger

rapture

scorcher

mayor

soldier

sparger

lower

mire

our

oyer

archer

capture

payer

cashier

changer

charger

conjure

launcher

manger

stranger

player

power

prayer

marcher

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

rower

sayer

scour

sewer

shower

sire

skewer

slayer

sour

sower

sprayer

squier

stayer

strayer

wire

jaguar

magyar

3 syllable words

discolor

discover

decider

decipher

dishonor

listener

cicero

desire

devour

disarray

hickory

linear

vicary

widower

disclaimer

discounter

insecure

fishery

destroyer

detector

disaster

disfavor

disorder

disposer

effector

elector

elixir

peacekeeper

peacemaker

rescuer

restorer

whisperer

disclosure

banister

barrister

bloodsucker

chidester

december

dissenter

distiller

dressmaker

enquire

erector

incisor

insider

insular

innkeeper

midsummer

minister

misnomer

predictor

sinister

assessor

attacker

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

bricklayer

deliver

demeanor

designer

dispatcher

divider

divisor

empower

entire

eraser

fiddler

hinderer

inspector

insurer

littler

massacre

milliner

moniker

pickler

prisoner

reactor

receiver

recover

reenter

refiner

register

remover

repeater

retainer

seducer

shipowner

similar

stickler

stiffener

tinkler

trafficker

vinegar

visitor

wrestler

deflector

disfigure

dishwasher

dismember

dispenser

distemper

encounter

enquirer

freethinker

hitchhiker

impostor

indexer

inductor

inquirer

investor

muscular

reflector

transistor

prescriber

quicksilver

requester

sequester

stepsister

pillager

denature

finisher

procedure

punisher

reassure

researcher

soothsayer

assayer

attire

titular

villager

creator

farrier

ferrier

figaro

harrier

meteor

misery

narrower

jayhawker

kayaker

perrier

kitchener

pursuer

rentier

retire

terrier

theatre

instructor

displeasure

exchequer

exposure

inclosure

injector

rathskeller

ringmaster

asunder

bannister

bewilder

bookmaker

bookseller

canister

character

chronicler

cocksucker

collector

connecter

connector

conspire

consumer

customer

cylinder

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflator

dictator

dissolver

easterner

endeavor

equator

hereafter

invader

manicure

familiar

forester

glassmaker

housekeeper

kidnapper

kindler

mascara

molester

muckraker

pacemaker

pedicure

pilaster

pretender

protector

protester

rebuilder

recliner

recorder

recruiter

reformer

remainder

semester

remember

reporter

revolver

simpler

sleepwalker

swindler

trimester

uncover

westerner

woodpecker

explorer

exporter

fishmonger

subscriber

behavior

beholder

departure

matchmaker

publisher

pensioner

beachcomber

adjuster

digester

freeholder

inhaler

questioner

integer

prefecture

projector

messenger

reconquer

refresher

rejoinder

signature

ringleader

acquire

auditor

beefeater

believer

buckler

cadaver

collider

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coworker

creditor

crossover

crusader

curator

debater

degener

detailer

director

editor

elater

emperor

empire

enamor

fancier

fastener

gossamer

gossiper

haymaker

howitzer

isomer

juggler

lawmaker

leviner

lucifer

macabre

mariner

meander

narrator

needler

officer

pacesetter

passover

plasterer

polluter

possessor

precursor

preparer

producer

professor

promoter

propeller

provider

reasoner

reliever

reorder

require

retailer

reveler

reverser

reviewer

seafarer

senator

settler

shoemaker

shuffler

sorcerer

supplier

surrender

sweetener

umpire

whatever

whenever

wherever

ancestor

assembler

cliffhanger

conductor

configure

detractor

embroider

encumber

endorser

engraver

enlarger

espalier

gibraltar

harvester

homebuilder

icebreaker

importer

improper

informer

intruder

inventor

kingfisher

loudspeaker

midwinter

nutcracker

posterior

prospector

refractor

sharecropper

shipbuilder

shoplifter

skyscraper

suspender

upholster

vascular

constructor

exchanger

achiever

another

bachelor

catheter

churchgoer

conqueror

furniture

lecturer

luxury

modular

nodular

purchaser

stationer

stockinger

together

worshiper

enclosure

forefinger

harbinger

indenture

objector

singular

bakery

borrower

daiquiri

follower

forever

harasser

however

jeweler

mockery

abuser

purveyor

quackery

quieter

sauter

whoever

accuser

appraiser

sapphire

sugary

adapter

adopter

aflutter

aggressor

aglitter

announcer

arbiter

sufferer

armiger

surveyor

backpacker

rioter

satire

balancer

attainder

marauder

bargainer

bellflower

bookkeeper

breadwinner

bulldozer

calendar

calender

cellular

chancellor

cheeseburger

colander

comforter

commander

commenter

commuter

compiler

composer

consider

consular

container

converter

costumer

councilor

counsellor

counselor

doorkeeper

dulcimer

embitter

employer

emptier

falconer

gamekeeper

gunpowder

headwater

hollander

homeworker

humbler

islander

latecomer

lavender

leftover

licenser

londoner

marketer

november

observer

offender

oppressor

outfitter

outrigger

outsider

painkiller

philander

presenter

reclaimer

regular

reminder

retriever

sarcoma

secular

shopkeeper

silencer

spectator

stepdaughter

stepladder

stonecutter

storekeeper

successor

sunflower

supporter

suppressor

sweetwater

taxpayer

thereafter

transpire

trumpeter

conjecture

taskmaster

extender

transcriber

avenger

bellwether

challenger

changeover

composure

debenture

derringer

dowager

glandular

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Words that rhyme with the word whisker

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

Rhyming Dictionary


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