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

baxter

after

amber

ampere

answer

asper

aster

babbler

bander

banter

barker

blaster

boxer

brander

busker

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

caster

castor

chapter

clamber

concur

damper

dancer

doctor

dr.

esker

faster

gander

gaster

grantor

hamper

hander

havier

hector

jasper

lancer

lander

laster

laughter

lector

macro

mander

marker

master

nectar

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parker

paster

pastor

planter

plaster

porker

prancer

proctor

rafter

raptor

rector

santer

scalper

scamper

sector

slander

spectre

stamper

stander

straggler

tamper

tattler

tranter

vector

yorker

zander

acer

agar

aller

auger

augur

aver

bailer

bailor

beaker

bearer

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

bicker

birder

biter

blazer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bomber

booker

borer

bracer

brawner

broker

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

butter

buzzer

caller

calmer

caper

cater

causer

cellar

chaser

cheddar

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clever

clicker

climber

clobber

clutter

coffer

collar

color

colour

comer

conner

cooker

copper

cotter

cover

crater

craver

crawler

croaker

croker

cropper

crowder

crowner

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

cypher

dauber

daughter

debtor

diaper

dicker

diner

diver

dollar

donar

doubter

downer

drainer

draper

dresser

driver

dropper

drummer

duffer

duller

dweller

earner

egger

emmer

error

euchre

ever

facer

fader

faller

favor

feller

ferrer

fervor

fetter

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

flavor

flicker

flutter

fodder

fowler

framer

frater

freighter

fretter

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

getter

geyser

girder

glazer

glider

glosser

glover

grader

grater

graver

grazer

guesser

guider

gunner

gutter

hater

hauler

haver

header

heifer

hemmer

hepper

herber

hider

honor

honour

hooker

hopper

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

jager

jailer

jetter

jobber

jogger

joker

kaiser

kever

kicker

knicker

labor

labour

lager

laser

later

lauder

laver

lawyer

lazar

learner

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

licker

lighter

liner

liqueur

liquor

logger

looker

lover

lubber

mainor

maser

mater

mazer

mercer

miner

minor

miser

mitre

mouser

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

mutter

nadir

namer

neighbor

never

nutter

ochre

offer

otter

outer

pacer

palmer

paper

pauper

paver

penner

pepper

petre

picker

piper

planer

plater

plotter

plover

plumber

poker

popper

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

prefer

presser

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

puffer

purser

putter

quaver

racer

raider

raiser

rater

raver

razor

recur

refer

reiter

renner

rhymer

ricker

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rouser

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

ryder

sabre

sailer

sailor

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scholar

scorer

scraper

scriber

scrubber

scupper

seeker

seller

server

setter

sever

shader

sharer

shaver

sheller

shiner

shopper

shriner

shriver

shudder

shutter

sicker

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skater

skiver

slater

slaughter

slicer

slicker

slider

slobber

slugger

smoker

sneaker

snicker

snider

snorer

snuffer

soaker

solder

spader

speaker

speller

spicer

spider

spotter

spreader

sputter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

staller

starer

stater

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

sticker

stiver

stoker

stopper

storer

stuffer

stunner

stutter

sucre

suffer

summer

supper

surfer

sweater

taber

tabor

tailor

tamer

taper

tedder

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thaler

ticker

tiger

tighter

timer

topper

totter

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trawler

tremor

trotter

turner

tyger

tyler

upper

utter

vapor

verser

vicar

viner

viper

visor

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waller

water

waver

wearer

webber

weber

whaler

whiner

whopper

wicker

wiper

writer

yachter

zehner

zephyr

zocor

anger

bunker

capture

conquer

dunker

hunker

junker

lecture

panther

pasture

rapture

structure

yonker

younker

ambler

antler

author

bather

bother

bower

brayer

briar

brier

brother

buyer

chandler

choir

conger

cower

crier

crusher

cryer

dexter

dire

dodger

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

father

feather

fire

flesher

fletcher

flier

flour

flower

flyer

fresher

friar

frier

fryer

further

gambler

gauger

glacier

glower

gouger

gusher

hamster

handler

heather

hedger

higher

hire

hour

huckster

layer

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

liar

lunger

major

mayor

measure

merger

mire

mother

nature

neckwear

nether

nother

nurture

other

our

pager

payer

perjure

player

pleasure

pledger

power

prayer

pressure

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

rambler

roger

rother

rusher

sampler

sayer

scour

searcher

shower

sire

slayer

smother

sour

souther

sprayer

squier

stager

stayer

strayer

stretcher

tether

thresher

tire

tower

transfer

treasure

trier

tyer

usher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

weather

whether

wire

yager

angler

strangler

texture

yorkshire

accra

accrue

alder

altar

alter

arbor

ardor

armor

auster

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barter

bender

binder

blender

blinder

blunder

bluster

boarder

border

bottler

bouncer

bounder

bulger

bumper

burglar

buster

butler

carder

carper

carter

carver

censer

censor

center

centre

chamber

charmer

charter

cleanser

cluster

cobbler

collier

conder

condor

confer

corner

coster

counter

coupler

courser

courter

culver

cumber

cutler

dakar

darner

darter

dumper

duster

ecru

elder

ember

ender

enter

ester

failure

falter

farmer

felter

fender

fester

finder

flounder

fluster

former

foster

founder

garner

garter

gelder

gender

golfer

grinder

grounder

guzzler

halter

harbor

harder

harper

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

horner

hostler

hunter

incur

jester

jumper

kelter

larder

launder

lender

lester

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

martyr

marver

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

minder

mixer

monsieur

mortar

mourner

muffler

mumper

muster

nestor

number

order

ouster

painter

parlor

parlour

parser

peddler

pester

pinder

plunder

ponder

poplar

porter

pounder

prosper

psalter

punter

puzzler

quarter

render

renter

roster

rounder

rustler

salter

saunter

savior

sceptre

sender

sensor

sharper

shelter

shyster

sickler

skelter

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stalder

starter

stentor

stifler

strickler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swelter

tartar

taster

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thumper

thunder

toddler

torpor

ulcer

under

vendor

venter

vesper

victor

vulgar

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

waster

welder

welter

whisker

whitener

wilder

wonder

yonder

zoster

juncture

puncture

larkspur

archer

barger

belcher

bencher

cashier

censure

changer

charger

conjure

culture

danger

denture

drinker

farther

forger

gesture

granger

hunger

launcher

longer

manger

marcher

monger

norther

picture

plunger

posture

quencher

ranger

rinker

rupture

scorcher

sinker

sparger

starcher

stranger

stricture

thinker

tinker

torture

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

winker

younger

beater

beaver

bidder

bigger

bitter

bloomer

boiler

bolar

boner

boomer

boozer

bowler

bowyer

breeder

brimmer

broiler

caesar

cedar

chauffeur

cheater

chipper

chitter

cleaner

clearer

cleaver

clipper

closer

clover

coiner

comber

cooler

cooper

cooter

cougar

creamer

critter

crooner

cruiser

dealer

defer

demur

deter

dieter

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

donor

dreamer

driller

drover

duper

eager

eater

eger

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

filler

fitter

flipper

floater

footer

freezer

fritter

fuller

giver

glimmer

glitter

gomer

gopher

greaser

griever

gripper

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

healer

hearer

heater

hitter

homer

hooper

hooter

hoover

humor

humour

inner

joiner

juror

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

killer

kipper

kisser

knitter

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

limmer

litter

liver

loader

loafer

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

meter

metre

miller

mirror

moder

motor

mover

nearer

neuter

nigger

nimmer

nipper

odor

ogre

oiler

omer

over

owner

peeler

peter

pewter

pillar

piller

pinner

pleaser

polar

pooler

poser

praetor

pruner

puller

quitter

quiver

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

router

rover

ruler

rumor

schemer

schiller

schooner

scissor

scooper

screamer

sealer

segar

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shooter

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

skimmer

skinner

skipper

sleeper

slipper

sliver

sober

soder

solar

sooner

souter

speeder

spiller

spinner

splitter

spoiler

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

stiller

stoner

stover

streamer

stripper

stroller

stupor

sugar

suitor

super

sutor

sweeper

swimmer

teaser

teeter

thinner

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

toller

treater

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

tutor

twitter

user

vigor

voter

weaver

wheeler

willer

winner

zipper

centner

cookware

descry

escrow

forster

jaguar

lobster

magyar

monster

partner

sculptor

sumpter

temblor

templar

trickster

tumbler

ulster

waltzer

warbler

webster

bleacher

crozier

either

hoosier

peacher

pitcher

breather

butcher

creature

kosher

poacher

preacher

pusher

springer

stinger

stringer

teacher

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

closure

cloture

ether

feature

fisher

fissure

hither

future

neither

ringer

seizure

suture

thither

singer

slinger

slither

smither

smoother

swinger

zither

bungler

fixture

longspur

mixture

sculpture

sphincter

sprinkler

youngster

agree

bazar

bizarre

blister

blower

bolter

booster

boulder

boulter

boyer

brewer

builder

chewer

cinder

cloister

coaster

colter

coulter

crisper

decor

decree

decry

dossier

easter

esquire

ewer

eyesore

feaster

fielder

figure

filter

fluor

foister

folder

foyer

freer

gilder

goer

grolier

grower

guilder

heer

hewer

hinder

holder

infer

inter

junior

kilter

knower

lifter

limber

lister

lower

meer

mincer

minter

mister

moulder

mower

mr.

okra

oyer

oyster

pilfer

pointer

polder

poster

poulter

printer

quilter

riddler

roaster

roister

rooster

rower

scribbler

scrivener

senior

sewer

shifter

shoulder

shrimper

silver

simper

sister

skewer

sower

splinter

sprinter

swifter

switzer

thrower

timber

timbre

tincture

tinder

toaster

twister

viceroy

viewer

whimper

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

clincher

clothier

ashore

assure

ginger

linger

pincher

injure

pilcher

soldier

moisture

scripture

shingler

ajar

finger

bolster

hipster

holster

minster

quipster

roadster

seamster

secure

spinster

teamster

tipster

vintner

oldster

cigar

negro

degree

seashore

mishear

3 syllable words

attacker

lawmaker

massacre

reactor

trafficker

agora

assayer

bakery

barrier

batterer

carrier

harasser

however

mockery

pannier

sapphire

satire

aquifer

backpacker

backwater

burrower

collector

connecter

connector

courier

currier

falconer

furrier

gatherer

glassmaker

manicure

mascara

muckraker

protector

spurrier

taxpayer

worrier

acquire

amateur

ammeter

assessor

blockader

buckler

cadaver

cochlear

coworker

crabeater

debater

director

enamor

fancier

fastener

flypaper

hanover

harrower

havener

haymaker

janitor

latimer

macabre

meander

moniker

passover

plasterer

possessor

professor

propeller

quagmire

rattler

saddler

safflower

shoemaker

slanderer

takeover

traveler

jackhammer

matchmaker

wagoner

whatever

projector

aperture

bachelor

catheter

conqueror

jayhawker

stockinger

lancaster

flycatcher

hangover

lecturer

manager

together

abductor

detractor

icebreaker

nutcracker

prospector

refractor

vascular

frankfurter

objector

rathskeller

attire

borrower

brazier

caterer

copier

cottier

creator

earlier

farrier

ferrier

follower

forever

glazier

grazier

harrier

hickory

jeweler

laborer

marauder

murderer

narrower

offerer

perrier

pursuer

purveyor

quieter

rapier

rentier

rioter

sauter

sufferer

surveyor

terrier

theatre

vagary

vernier

vicary

warrior

waterer

whoever

accuser

adapter

admirer

adviser

aggressor

annular

appraiser

attainder

bagpiper

balancer

banister

bannister

barrister

bloodsucker

bookmaker

breakwater

calendar

calender

campaigner

canister

chancellor

character

chronicler

circular

cocksucker

commander

commenter

container

detector

disaster

doorkeeper

dressmaker

effector

elector

erector

gamekeeper

granddaughter

granular

handover

hereafter

highlander

homeworker

housekeeper

jocular

kidnapper

landowner

latecomer

lavender

marketer

molester

october

ocular

offender

oppressor

pacemaker

painkiller

peacemaker

pedicure

philander

pilaster

rescuer

sarcoma

secular

semester

shopkeeper

sleepwalker

spectator

stargazer

stepladder

storekeeper

successor

suppressor

thereafter

transpire

trimester

uncover

vibrator

woodpecker

conjecture

contractor

taskmaster

transcriber

coauthor

dowager

perjurer

treasurer

voyager

avenger

challenger

dangler

debenture

digester

dispatcher

glandular

grasshopper

passenger

prefecture

recapture

reconquer

scavenger

spangler

tablature

wrangler

abler

belabor

stockbroker

auditor

believer

bibler

bipolar

bonfire

bricklayer

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

courtier

creditor

crossover

crowkeeper

crusader

curator

cynosure

designer

detailer

schoolmaster

decider

broadcaster

editor

tormentor

divider

bartender

decipher

degener

deserter

dishonor

divisor

elater

eraser

complainer

sandbagger

sandpaper

suspender

transistor

translator

transmitter

emperor

skyscraper

eyeliner

fiddler

bandleader

bystander

cliffhanger

compressor

condenser

conductor

contender

deflector

reflector

sharecropper

firepower

foreigner

forerunner

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

governor

highflier

howitzer

idler

isomer

juggler

juniper

jupiter

launderer

leviner

listener

littler

locator

lucifer

mariner

monitor

monomer

moreover

narrator

needler

newcomer

niagara

nuclear

officer

oliver

opener

orator

outlier

pacesetter

pecora

pickler

polluter

polymer

potboiler

precursor

preparer

prisoner

producer

promoter

provider

ratepayer

reasoner

receiver

recover

refiner

reorder

require

retailer

reveler

saltier

assembler

retainer

stiffener

lamplighter

tabler

wanderer

whenever

forecaster

softener

sorcerer

stabler

supplier

surrender

survivor

sweetener

loudspeaker

seafarer

senator

settler

shuffler

similar

stapler

stickler

turnover

umpire

vinegar

nonmember

wherever

advancer

encumber

espalier

hardcover

hitchhiker

inductor

manslaughter

muscular

newscaster

indexer

wrestler

ancestor

insecure

peculiar

achiever

adventure

angular

another

arranger

churchgoer

conjuror

curvature

denature

enchanter

enclosure

enhancer

enrapture

exchequer

foreclosure

furniture

grandfather

grandmother

injector

kitchener

luxury

modular

nodular

pathfinder

procedure

punisher

purchaser

ringmaster

southerner

stakeholder

stationer

stockholder

teenager

titular

torturer

worshiper

wrongdoer

extender

inspector

postmaster

subscriber

toastmaster

transformer

transgressor

transporter

devour

arbiter

bookkeeper

bookseller

commuter

compiler

composer

consider

desire

consular

disarray

consumer

cicero

conspire

linear

breadwinner

asunder

adopter

almoner

cellular

aglitter

retire

abuser

armiger

ballplayer

sugary

widower

aflutter

announcer

bargainer

colander

comforter

converter

rosary

defaulter

discover

costumer

defender

deflator

disfavor

figaro

dissenter

dissolver

elixir

embitter

endeavor

equator

familiar

forester

forwarder

gardener

hardener

meteor

headwater

humbler

innkeeper

leftover

licenser

londoner

minister

rosier

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

customer

cylinder

december

decliner

dictator

discolor

disorder

dulcimer

employer

emptier

enquire

globular

gunpowder

hollander

incisor

insider

islander

jugular

kindler

insular

invader

midsummer

newspaper

outfitter

outrider

outrigger

outsider

peacekeeper

performer

presenter

pretender

procurer

reformer

regular

remember

reminder

cozier

november

observer

popular

reclaimer

recliner

recorder

reporter

misery

protester

restorer

predictor

recruiter

remainder

revolver

silencer

simpler

stepdaughter

stonecutter

sunflower

supporter

sweetwater

swindler

trumpeter

tubular

typewriter

westerner

whisperer

wallflower

wildfire

landholder

adjuster

beachcomber

behavior

bellwether

birdwatcher

changeover

composure

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Words that rhyme with the word backer

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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