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

actor

after

aster

banter

blaster

bottler

butler

canter

cantor

captor

caster

castor

chapter

cutler

factor

faster

gaster

grantor

laster

laughter

master

metier

panter

paster

pastor

planter

plaster

rafter

raptor

santer

tractor

tranter

whitener

better

panther

adder

backer

banner

bearer

bettor

biter

blabber

bladder

blotter

borer

cater

clamor

clamour

bragger

butter

capper

clapper

clutter

cotter

cracker

crammer

crater

cutter

dagger

dapper

daughter

debtor

doubter

error

ferrer

fetter

fighter

flapper

flutter

frater

freighter

fretter

gaiter

getter

glamor

glamour

grabber

grammar

grammer

grater

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

horror

jagger

jetter

lacquer

ladder

later

letter

lighter

madder

manner

manor

masser

mater

mitre

mutter

nutter

otter

outer

packer

passer

petre

placer

planner

plater

plotter

potter

pouter

powter

prater

putter

racker

rammer

rapper

rater

reiter

righter

rutter

sadder

sapper

scorer

setter

sharer

shutter

skater

slater

slaughter

snapper

snorer

spanner

spotter

sputter

squatter

stagger

stammer

starer

stater

storer

stutter

swagger

sweater

tacker

tanner

tapper

terror

thacker

tighter

totter

tracker

traitor

trapper

trotter

utter

valor

waiter

water

wearer

whacker

wrapper

writer

yachter

antler

author

azure

badger

baxter

blather

catcher

centner

dasher

flasher

ganger

gather

hamster

hangar

hanger

hatcher

lasher

lather

mather

partner

rather

rother

slasher

smasher

snatcher

stature

thatcher

waltzer

wanger

amber

alter

ampere

answer

asker

auster

altar

asper

babbler

balter

bander

barter

bluster

brander

buster

camber

camper

cancer

candor

carter

center

centre

charter

clamber

cluster

coster

counter

courter

damper

dancer

darter

doctor

dr.

duster

enter

ester

falter

felter

fester

fluster

foster

gander

garter

halter

hamper

hander

havier

hector

hunter

jasper

jester

kelter

lancer

lander

lester

lustre

mander

luster

lector

martyr

masker

mentor

mester

mortar

muster

nectar

nestor

ouster

painter

pamper

pander

panzer

pester

porter

prancer

proctor

psalter

punter

quarter

sector

skelter

slander

stamper

stander

starter

shelter

shyster

stentor

straggler

swelter

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

taxer

waster

switzer

tester

welter

venter

roster

saunter

vector

salter

scalper

scamper

walter

zander

smelter

snorter

rector

renter

sceptre

sorter

spectre

thruster

zoster

anchor

anger

banker

canker

anker

capture

fracture

hanker

pasture

rancor

ranker

rapture

shanker

acer

acre

agar

aller

auger

augur

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

beater

becker

beggar

berber

bever

birder

bitter

blazer

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bomber

bracer

brawner

breaker

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

buzzer

caller

calmer

caper

causer

cellar

chaser

cheater

checker

cheddar

chitter

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clearer

clever

climber

clobber

cocker

coffer

collar

color

colour

comer

conner

cooter

copper

cover

craker

craver

crawler

critter

crocker

cropper

crowder

crowner

culler

cursor

curler

cypher

dauber

decker

deter

diaper

dieter

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

downer

drainer

draper

dresser

dweller

earner

eater

egger

emmer

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

feller

fervor

fibre

fifer

driver

dropper

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

ever

filer

finer

fitter

flavor

floater

fodder

footer

fowler

gerner

girder

framer

fritter

fucker

gager

gainer

geyser

glazer

glider

grader

grazer

gunner

haver

hawker

header

hearer

glover

guesser

hauler

glitter

glosser

graver

guider

heater

heifer

hemmer

hepper

herber

hitter

honor

honour

hooter

hopper

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hider

hummer

jaeger

jager

jailer

hussar

jobber

jogger

juror

kaiser

kercher

kever

knitter

labor

labour

lager

laker

laser

lauder

lawyer

leper

laugher

laver

lazar

learner

lepre

lesser

lessor

lever

liner

litter

locker

logger

loiter

looter

lover

lubber

luter

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

mercer

meter

metre

miner

minor

mirror

miser

motor

mouser

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

nearer

neighbor

neuter

never

occur

offer

pacer

palmer

paper

pauper

paver

penner

pepper

peter

pewter

piper

planer

plover

plucker

plumber

popper

powder

praetor

prefer

proffer

prowler

presser

primer

proper

pucker

puffer

purser

quaker

quaver

quitter

racer

raider

raiser

raker

raver

razor

refer

renner

rhymer

rider

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

rooter

router

rudder

runner

sailor

saker

rotor

rouser

rubber

ryder

sabre

sailer

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scholar

scraper

scriber

scrubber

scupper

seller

server

sever

shader

shaker

shaver

shearer

sheller

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

shriver

shudder

sider

signer

sitter

siver

sizer

skiver

slicer

slider

slobber

slugger

snider

solder

souter

spader

speller

snuffer

spicer

spider

splitter

spreader

squalor

stalker

staller

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

stiver

stocker

stopper

striker

stuffer

stunner

succor

sucker

suffer

suitor

summer

supper

surfer

sutor

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

taper

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

termer

thaler

tiger

timer

titter

topper

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

trawler

treater

tremor

trucker

tucker

turner

tutor

twitter

tyger

tyler

upper

vapor

verser

viner

viper

visor

voter

wader

wafer

waiver

walker

waller

waver

webber

weber

whaler

whiner

whopper

wiper

worker

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

ambler

chandler

dexter

forster

gambler

handler

huckster

lobster

monster

rambler

sampler

sculptor

sumpter

transfer

ulster

vintner

webster

bother

bather

brother

conger

crusher

dodger

ether

father

feather

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

gauger

glacier

gouger

gusher

heather

hedger

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

major

measure

merger

mother

nature

nether

nother

nurture

other

pager

perjure

pleasure

pledger

pressure

roger

rusher

searcher

smother

souther

stager

stretcher

tether

treasure

usher

thither

thresher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

weather

yager

whether

angler

strangler

youngster

bower

cryer

dour

brier

buyer

crier

brayer

dire

briar

choir

cower

drier

dyer

flour

dryer

eyer

fire

flier

flower

flyer

friar

frier

fryer

glower

higher

hire

hour

layer

liar

mayor

mire

our

payer

player

power

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

sayer

scour

shower

sire

slayer

sour

sprayer

squier

stayer

tyer

strayer

tire

trier

wire

tower

alder

arbor

ardor

armor

balder

barber

barbre

barker

bender

binder

blender

blinder

blister

blunder

boarder

bolter

booster

border

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

carper

carver

censer

censor

chamber

cloister

cobbler

carder

charmer

cleanser

coaster

collier

colter

concur

conder

corner

coulter

courser

culver

elder

ember

failure

feaster

filter

condor

confer

coupler

cumber

darner

dumper

easter

ender

esker

farmer

fender

finder

flounder

foister

former

founder

garner

gelder

gender

golfer

grinder

grounder

guzzler

harbor

harder

harper

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

horner

hostler

inter

jumper

kilter

larder

launder

lender

lifter

lister

lumber

lumper

marker

marver

medlar

member

minder

minter

mister

monsieur

mourner

mr.

muffler

mumper

number

order

oyster

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

peddler

pinder

plunder

pointer

ponder

poplar

porker

poster

poulter

pounder

printer

prosper

puzzler

quilter

render

roaster

roister

rooster

rounder

rustler

savior

sender

sensor

sharper

shifter

sister

slender

slumber

smuggler

solver

sounder

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sponsor

sprinter

squander

stalder

stifler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swifter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

thumper

thunder

toaster

toddler

torpor

twister

ulcer

under

vendor

vesper

victor

vulgar

wander

warder

warmer

warner

welder

wilder

winter

wonder

yonder

yorker

archer

barger

belcher

bencher

bunker

censure

changer

charger

conjure

conquer

culture

danger

denture

dunker

farther

forger

gesture

granger

hunger

hunker

junker

launcher

lecture

longer

manger

marcher

monger

norther

plunger

posture

quencher

ranger

rupture

scorcher

sparger

starcher

stranger

structure

torture

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

yonker

younger

younker

roadster

seamster

teamster

temblor

beaker

quipster

beaver

bowler

bowyer

brimmer

broiler

broker

closer

storeroom

bloomer

spinster

breeder

clipper

templar

bicker

bidder

boiler

bolar

boner

booker

boomer

boozer

caesar

chauffeur

chipper

tipster

bigger

cedar

cleaner

trickster

cleaver

tumbler

warbler

clicker

clover

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

donor

dreamer

driller

drover

duper

eager

eger

euchre

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

filler

flicker

flipper

freezer

fuller

greaser

homer

hooker

hooper

hoover

humor

humour

inner

joiner

joker

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

liver

loader

loafer

looker

looper

loper

loser

luger

lunar

miller

pruner

puller

quiver

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

recur

reefer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

roller

roofer

roper

roser

rover

ruler

rumor

schemer

schooner

scissor

scooper

sealer

bolster

schiller

screamer

seeker

segar

shimmer

shipper

shiver

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

skimmer

skinner

squeaker

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

sticker

stiller

stoker

stoner

stover

streamer

stripper

stroller

stupor

sugar

super

sweeper

swimmer

teaser

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

toller

trigger

trimmer

wheeler

wicker

willer

winner

coiner

comber

cooker

cooler

cooper

cougar

creamer

croaker

croker

crooner

cruiser

dealer

defer

demur

giver

glimmer

gomer

gopher

griever

gripper

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

healer

moder

mover

nigger

nimmer

nipper

ochre

odor

ogre

oiler

omer

over

owner

peeler

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

pleaser

poker

polar

pooler

poser

skipper

sleeper

slicker

slipper

sliver

smoker

sneaker

snicker

soaker

sober

soder

solar

sooner

speaker

speeder

spiller

spinner

spoiler

sucre

tripper

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

user

vicar

holster

tuner

minster

vigor

hipster

weaver

zipper

zocor

bungler

longspur

sculpture

sphincter

yorkshire

texture

bleacher

breather

butcher

closure

cloture

creature

crozier

either

feature

fisher

fissure

future

hither

hoosier

kosher

neither

peacher

pitcher

poacher

preacher

pusher

ringer

seizure

singer

slinger

slither

smither

smoother

springer

stinger

stringer

suture

swinger

teacher

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

zither

juncture

oldster

larkspur

puncture

boulder

builder

cinder

crisper

fielder

figure

folder

gilder

grolier

guilder

hinder

holder

incur

infer

junior

limber

mincer

mixer

moulder

pilfer

polder

riddler

scribbler

scrivener

senior

shoulder

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

strickler

timber

timbre

tinder

whisper

winder

whimper

whistler

whisker

windsor

blower

boyer

brewer

chewer

clincher

clothier

drinker

ewer

finger

fluor

foyer

freer

ginger

goer

grower

heer

hewer

injure

knower

linger

lower

meer

moisture

mower

oyer

picture

pilcher

pincher

rinker

rower

scripture

sewer

shingler

sinker

skewer

soldier

sower

stricture

thinker

thrower

tinker

viewer

winker

fixture

mixture

sprinkler

tincture

3 syllable words

aperture

gatherers

perjurer

treasurer

outerwear

waterwork

westerner

emperor

governor

latimer

launderer

ratepayer

rattler

sorcerer

wanderer

whatever

attire

cottier

rentier

conjuror

conqueror

lecturer

southerner

torturer

waterworks

admirer

attainder

container

easterner

forwarder

observer

outrider

outrigger

northerner

detailer

seafarer

settler

debater

coworker

crabeater

courtier

hinderer

howitzer

janitor

outlier

precursor

preparer

preserver

reactor

retailer

retainer

reverser

saltier

amateur

ammeter

bartender

contender

controller

posterior

september

catheter

assayer

researcher

barrier

carrier

creator

pannier

overture

harasser

however

kayaker

meteor

quieter

retire

sojourner

rioter

sapphire

theatre

october

cheeseburger

emptier

granddaughter

thereafter

pilaster

canister

latecomer

pretender

protector

barrister

leftover

restorer

retriever

homeworker

hereafter

backwater

bannister

molester

banister

semester

adapter

connecter

connector

disaster

outsider

costumer

destroyer

trimester

converter

collector

comforter

commenter

customer

vibrator

coauthor

extender

digester

projector

burrower

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

assessor

attacker

auditor

blockader

cadaver

creditor

curator

deserter

director

editor

elater

enamor

entire

fancier

fastener

flypaper

hanover

harrower

havener

jupiter

lawmaker

littler

locator

massacre

meander

monitor

narrator

orator

pacesetter

passover

polluter

possessor

professor

promoter

propeller

quagmire

saddler

safflower

senator

sweetener

trafficker

traveler

wagoner

abductor

broadcaster

copartner

homesteader

intruder

lamplighter

lancaster

manslaughter

matriarch

patriarch

prospector

refractor

schoolmaster

ancestor

outfielder

transistor

translator

transmitter

outnumber

detractor

forecaster

newscaster

tormentor

distemper

flycatcher

together

manager

bachelor

hangover

enchanter

frankfurter

left-winger

objector

pathfinder

rathskeller

ringmaster

adopter

adviser

aflutter

aggressor

aglitter

annular

appraiser

aquifer

arbiter

backpacker

bagpiper

balancer

borrower

brazier

breakwater

calendar

calender

campaigner

chancellor

character

commander

commuter

contractor

copier

defaulter

deflator

detector

dictator

dissenter

distiller

earlier

effector

elector

embitter

equator

erector

falconer

farrier

ferrier

follower

forester

forever

glassmaker

glazier

granular

grazier

handover

harrier

headwater

highlander

jeweler

kidnapper

landowner

lavender

manicure

marauder

marketer

minister

muckraker

narrower

offender

oppressor

outfitter

patriarchs

perrier

philander

postmaster

presenter

procurer

protester

pursuer

purveyor

rapier

reporter

spectator

stargazer

stepdaughter

stepladder

stonecutter

successor

supporter

suppressor

surveyor

sweetwater

taskmaster

taxpayer

terrier

toastmaster

transpire

transporter

trumpeter

typewriter

vernier

warrior

whisperer

whoever

dangler

adjuster

debenture

dispatcher

wrangler

jackhammer

matchmaker

avenger

insurer

challenger

glandular

grasshopper

integer

passenger

recapture

register

spangler

scavenger

tablature

voyager

dowager

advancer

assembler

bandleader

bystander

carpenter

cliffhanger

complainer

compressor

computer

condenser

conductor

deflector

encounter

discounter

enquirer

espalier

gibraltar

harvester

icebreaker

importer

impostor

inductor

inquirer

inventor

investor

nonmember

nutcracker

reflector

requester

sandbagger

sandpaper

shoplifter

skyscraper

stepsister

sequester

suspender

upholster

vascular

abler

acquire

beefeater

belabor

believer

bibler

bipolar

bonfire

buckler

cochlear

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

crossover

crusader

cynosure

decider

decipher

degener

designer

dishonor

divider

divisor

eraser

eyeliner

fiddler

firepower

foreigner

forerunner

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

haymaker

highflier

idler

isomer

juggler

juniper

leviner

listener

lucifer

macabre

mariner

moniker

monomer

moreover

needler

newcomer

officer

oliver

opener

pickler

polymer

potboiler

prisoner

producer

provider

reasoner

receiver

recover

reenter

refiner

reorder

repeater

reveler

shoemaker

shuffler

similar

softener

stabler

stapler

stickler

stiffener

supplier

surrender

survivor

tabler

visitor

takeover

vinegar

umpire

wherever

whenever

turnover

wrestler

adventure

angular

enhancer

enrapture

grandfather

grandmother

injector

sharpshooter

achiever

another

churchgoer

denature

jayhawker

modular

procedure

punisher

soothsayer

teenager

worshiper

nodular

stockinger

stationer

arranger

curvature

furniture

kitchener

purchaser

titular

wrongdoer

conjecture

exporter

explorer

transgressor

transcriber

transformer

inspector

nonstarter

announcer

ballplayer

bargainer

bloodsucker

composer

bookmaker

bookseller

colander

december

decliner

familiar

defender

insider

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Words that rhyme with the word batterer

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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