Rhyming Dictionary! Feedback?
Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word clever.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 clever.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

elvers

bender

blender

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

culver

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

felter

fender

fester

flavored

flavors

gelder

gender

havier

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

jester

kelter

lector

lender

lester

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

nectar

nestor

peddler

pester

plovers

rector

render

renter

savior

sceptre

scrivener

sector

sender

sensor

shelter

silver

skelter

slender

slivers

smelter

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

swelter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

welder

welter

acer

acre

adder

agar

attar

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

beaver

berber

bicker

bidder

bigger

birder

bitter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

blubber

bluffer

booker

bracer

bragger

breaker

brimmer

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

butter

buzzer

caper

capper

cater

chaser

chatter

chipper

chitter

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

clearer

cleaver

clicker

clipper

clover

clutter

color

colour

comer

cooker

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

critter

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

dagger

dapper

defer

demur

deter

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

diver

drainer

draper

driller

driver

drover

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

earner

facer

fader

faker

fever

filler

fitter

flapper

flatter

flicker

flipper

flutter

footer

framer

frater

freighter

fritter

fucker

fuller

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

girder

glamor

glamour

glazer

glimmer

glitter

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

grazer

griever

gripper

groover

gunner

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

herber

hitter

hooker

hoover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

inner

jager

jagger

jailer

juror

keever

kercher

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

laser

later

latter

lazar

learner

leaver

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

looker

lubber

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

matter

mazer

mercer

miller

mirror

mover

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

occur

over

pacer

packer

paper

passer

patter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plucker

plumber

prater

prefer

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

putter

quaker

quitter

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

razor

reaver

recur

refer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

rover

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

scalar

scatter

schiller

scissor

scraper

scrubber

scupper

shader

shaker

shatter

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shriver

shudder

shutter

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

siver

skater

skimmer

skinner

skipper

skiver

slater

slatter

slicker

slipper

slugger

smatter

snapper

snicker

snuffer

spader

spanner

spatter

spiller

spinner

splatter

splitter

sputter

stagger

stammer

stater

sterner

sticker

stiller

stiver

stover

stripper

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

surfer

swagger

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thacker

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trucker

tucker

turner

twitter

upper

utter

valor

vapor

verser

vicar

vigor

wader

wafer

waiter

weaver

whacker

whaler

wicker

willer

winner

worker

wrapper

zipper

belcher

bencher

censure

denture

gesture

lecture

quencher

trencher

venture

welcher

azure

badger

bather

blather

brayer

brother

butcher

catcher

centner

crusher

culvert

dasher

dexter

fisher

fissure

flasher

further

ganger

gather

gauger

glacier

gusher

hangar

hanger

hatcher

helpers

hither

lasher

lather

layer

lunger

major

mather

mayor

merger

mother

nature

nother

nurture

other

pager

payer

perjure

pitcher

player

prayer

preyer

pusher

rather

ringer

rusher

sayer

searcher

silvers

singer

slasher

slayer

slinger

slither

smasher

smither

smother

snatcher

souther

sprayer

springer

stager

stature

stayer

stinger

strayer

stringer

swinger

telford

temblor

templar

thatcher

thither

usher

wager

wanger

webster

welfare

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

texture

actor

after

amber

ampere

answer

asker

asper

aster

babbler

bander

banter

blabbers

blaster

blister

blunder

bluster

brander

builder

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

buster

butler

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carver

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

cinder

clamber

clippers

cluster

concur

confer

coupler

crisper

cumber

cutler

damper

dancer

dumper

duster

factor

failure

faster

figure

filter

flappers

flippers

fluster

gander

gaster

gilder

grantor

guilder

guzzler

hamper

hander

hinder

hunter

incur

infer

inter

jasper

jumper

kilter

lancer

lander

laster

laughter

lifter

limber

lister

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

marver

masker

master

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

monsieur

mr.

muffler

mumper

muster

number

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

paster

pastor

pilfer

planter

plaster

plunder

prancer

printer

punter

puzzler

quilter

rafter

raptor

riddler

rustler

santer

scalper

scamper

scribbler

shifter

shrimper

sickler

simper

sister

slander

slippers

slumber

smuggler

solver

splinter

sprinter

stamper

stander

straggler

strickler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swifter

switzer

tamper

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

thruster

thumper

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

tractor

tranter

twister

ulcer

under

victor

vulgar

waster

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

wonder

zander

anchor

anger

anker

banker

bunker

canker

capture

changer

clincher

clothier

culture

danger

drinker

dunker

finger

fracture

ginger

granger

hanker

hunger

hunker

injure

junker

linger

manger

monger

panther

pasture

picture

pilcher

pincher

plunger

rancor

ranger

ranker

rapture

rinker

rupture

scripture

shanker

shingler

sinker

thinker

vulture

younger

winker

stranger

stricture

structure

tinker

younker

aller

auger

augur

beaker

beater

biter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

brawner

breeder

broiler

broker

browser

caesar

caller

calmer

causer

cedar

chauffeur

cheater

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

cleaner

climber

clobber

closer

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

comber

conner

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

crawler

creamer

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

cypher

dauber

daughter

dealer

diaper

dieter

diner

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

dreamer

dropper

duper

eager

eater

eger

euchre

faller

feeder

feeler

femur

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

floater

fodder

fowler

freezer

geyser

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

greaser

grocer

groomer

grouper

guider

hauler

hawker

healer

hearer

heater

heifer

hider

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kaiser

keeler

keener

keeper

lager

lauder

laugher

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

lemur

lighter

liner

loader

loafer

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

mater

meter

metre

miner

minor

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

neuter

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

owner

palmer

pauper

peeler

peter

pewter

piper

pleaser

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

praetor

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

reader

reamer

reaper

reefer

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

ruler

rumor

ryder

saucer

sawyer

schemer

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

screamer

scriber

sealer

seeker

segar

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

sider

signer

sizer

slaughter

sleeper

slicer

slider

slobber

smoker

sneaker

snider

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

souter

speaker

speeder

spicer

spider

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

stalker

staller

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

streamer

striker

stroller

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

sutor

sweeper

talker

teaser

teeter

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

trawler

treater

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

tutor

tyger

tyler

user

viner

viper

visor

voter

walker

waller

water

wheeler

whiner

whopper

wiper

writer

yachter

zocor

ambler

antler

baxter

belfry

chandler

filbert

gambler

gilbert

hamster

handler

hipster

huckster

minster

pilfers

quipster

rambler

sampler

scalpers

sculptor

solvers

spinster

sumpter

tipster

transfer

trickster

tumbler

ulster

vintner

author

bleacher

bother

breather

closure

cloture

conger

creature

crozier

dodger

either

ether

father

feature

future

gouger

hoosier

kosher

neither

peacher

poacher

preacher

roger

rother

seizure

smoother

suture

teacher

voucher

washer

watcher

angler

bungler

fixture

mixture

sculpture

strangler

sprinkler

youngster

sphincter

alder

altar

alter

arbor

ardor

armor

auster

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

binder

blinder

blower

bluebird

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

boyer

brewer

briar

brier

buyer

carder

carper

carter

charmer

charter

chewer

choir

cloister

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

conder

condor

corner

coster

coulter

counter

courser

courter

cower

crier

cryer

darner

darter

dire

doctor

dour

dr.

drier

dryer

dyer

easter

ewer

eyer

falter

farmer

feaster

fielder

filberts

finder

fire

flier

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

flyer

foister

folder

former

foster

founder

foyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

garner

garter

glower

goer

golfer

grinder

grolier

grounder

grower

halter

harbor

harder

harper

heer

hewer

higher

hire

holder

horner

hostler

hour

juncture

junior

knower

larder

launder

liar

lower

marker

martyr

meer

minder

mire

mortar

moulder

mourner

mower

order

our

ouster

oyer

oyster

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

pinder

pointer

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

power

prier

prior

proctor

prosper

psalter

puncture

pyre

quarter

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rounder

rower

salter

saunter

scour

senior

sewer

sharper

shoulder

shower

shyster

sire

skewer

sleepers

snorter

sorter

sounder

sour

sower

sponsor

squander

squier

stalder

starter

stifler

tartar

thrower

tincture

tire

toaster

toddler

torpor

tower

trier

tyer

viewer

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

whitener

wilder

wire

yonder

yorker

zoster

archer

conjure

conquer

forger

launcher

torture

barger

charger

longer

norther

posture

marcher

farther

moisture

scorcher

soldier

sparger

starcher

yonker

bluebirds

bolster

forster

golfers

holster

lobster

monster

palfrey

partner

roadster

seamster

teamster

waltzer

warbler

longspur

yorkshire

billboard

bullfrog

clapboard

clipboard

culprit

jailbreak

larkspur

oldster

wolfram

billboards

bullfrogs

clapboards

culprits

bluebeard

blueprint

blueprints

3 syllable words

cleverly

leviner

reveler

whatever

whenever

wherever

devour

farrier

ferrier

harrier

narrower

perrier

purveyor

rentier

slavery

surveyor

terrier

burrower

courier

currier

endeavor

furrier

leftover

spurrier

treasurer

worrier

abler

amateur

believer

calvary

conveyer

creditor

degener

deliver

deserter

changeover

assessor

cadaver

conveyor

director

editor

divider

divisor

elater

emperor

empire

enamor

fastener

girdler

governor

hanover

havener

janitor

latimer

mariner

massacre

narrator

oliver

pacesetter

passover

possessor

preparer

preserver

professor

propeller

provider

rattler

receiver

recover

remover

reverser

saddler

seafarer

senator

settler

silvery

stabler

stapler

surrender

survivor

tabler

takeover

trafficker

traveler

turnover

wagoner

wrestler

achiever

bachelor

catheter

churchgoer

curvature

flavoring

furniture

hangover

jayhawker

lecturer

manager

purchaser

stationer

together

worshiper

assayer

attire

barrier

batterer

brazier

carrier

caterer

creator

desire

earlier

glazier

grazier

harasser

jeweler

kayaker

laborer

linear

marauder

murderer

pannier

pursuer

quieter

rapier

rioter

sapphire

satire

theatre

widower

slippery

sufferer

vernier

adviser

aggressor

annular

aquifer

balancer

banister

bannister

barrister

believers

bellflower

bookseller

breadwinner

calendar

calender

calvaries

canister

cellular

chancellor

character

circular

collector

commenter

connecter

connector

converter

december

defender

delivers

detector

discover

disfavor

dissenter

dissolver

dressmaker

effector

elector

embitter

employer

emptier

erector

falconer

flavorful

granular

handover

headwater

invader

latecomer

lavender

manicure

molester

observer

offender

oppressor

painkiller

pedicure

presenter

pretender

protector

protester

pulverize

regular

remember

rescuer

revolver

secular

semester

spectator

stepdaughter

stepladder

successor

suppressor

thereafter

trimester

uncover

westerner

wolverine

woodpecker

dowager

gatherer

issuer

perjurer

voyager

avenger

behavior

bellwether

challenger

dangler

debenture

derringer

digester

flavorings

glandular

grasshopper

jackhammer

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

prefecture

projector

questioner

refresher

register

scavenger

spangler

stepfather

stepmother

tablature

wrangler

acquire

ammeter

contender

distemper

attacker

auditor

beleaguer

bibler

blockader

brainpower

bricklayer

buckler

compressor

belabor

condenser

deflector

indexer

prospector

quicksilver

beginner

requester

silverware

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

corridor

crabeater

crossover

crusader

curator

debater

decider

decipher

demeanor

designer

detailer

dishonor

empower

entire

eraser

fancier

fiddler

flypaper

foreigner

forerunner

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

harrower

haymaker

hinderer

howitzer

idler

isomer

juggler

juniper

jupiter

lawmaker

listener

littler

locator

lucifer

macabre

mayflower

meander

milliner

moniker

monitor

monomer

moreover

needler

newcomer

officer

opener

orator

pickler

plasterer

polluter

polymer

prisoner

espalier

promoter

engraver

producer

enforcer

quagmire

encumber

ratepayer

dismember

dispenser

reflector

september

sequester

sharecropper

reactor

seducer

hardcover

reliever

repeater

safflower

ancestor

assembler

retailer

retainer

reviewer

shipowner

hairdresser

shoemaker

bartender

stickler

stiffener

supplier

umpire

advancer

vinegar

visitor

abductor

sweetener

homesteader

inventor

nonmember

reasoner

reenter

refiner

similar

slanderer

investor

softener

stepsister

suspender

shuffler

tormentor

transistor

transmitter

vascular

adventure

angular

another

aperture

arranger

bedchamber

culverhouse

denature

displeasure

enchanter

enclosure

endanger

engender

enhancer

enrapture

exchequer

finisher

flycatcher

grandmother

indenture

injector

kitchener

left-winger

modular

nodular

objector

overture

pathfinder

pillager

procedure

punisher

rathskeller

shareholder

soothsayer

southerner

stakeholder

stockinger

teenager

temperature

titular

villager

conjecture

extender

inspector

transgressor

cottier

follower

meteor

abuser

warrior

accuser

adapter

admirer

adopter

aflutter

aglitter

almoner

announcer

appraiser

arbiter

armiger

asunder

attainder

backpacker

backwater

bagpiper

bargainer

belabors

bewilder

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

breakwater

bulldozer

campaigner

chidester

chronicler

cloverleaf

cocksucker

colander

comforter

commander

commuter

compiler

composer

consider

conspire

consular

consumer

container

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

customer

cylinder

decliner

defaulter

deflator

destroyer

dictator

disaster

discolor

equator

copier

disorder

disposer

distiller

elixir

forester

waterer

familiar

dulcimer

enquire

gamekeeper

borrower

offerer

retire

rosier

globular

islander

kidnapper

newspaper

retriever

hollander

outrigger

sunflower

cozier

muckraker

reporter

holdover

kindler

restorer

sauter

glassmaker

gunpowder

highlander

londoner

outfitter

pacemaker

rebuilder

reclaimer

recliner

recorder

recruiter

reformer

relievers

remainder

silencer

sinister

stargazer

trumpeter

tubular

gardener

granddaughter

hardener

hereafter

humbler

incisor

innkeeper

insider

insular

jocular

jugular

landowner

licenser

marketer

midsummer

minister

misnomer

november

peacemaker

performer

philander

popular

predictor

pilaster

procurer

simpler

stonecutter

swindler

vibrator

whisperer

supporter

taxpayer

transpire

landholder

adjuster

beachcomber

beholder

birdwatcher

composure

departure

dispatcher

forfeiture

freeholder

godmother

inhaler

insurer

integer

licensure

pilfering

publisher

recapture

rejoinder

ringleader

signature

tinkler

coauthor

absorber

bandleader

bookbinder

boulevard

broadcaster

bystander

calibrate

carpenter

celebrate

cliffhanger

complainer

computer

conductor

configure

controller

detractor

disclaimer

discounter

disfigure

dishwasher

elaborate

elbowroom

embroider

encounter

endorser

enlarger

enquirer

flabbergast

forecaster

freethinker

gibraltar

harvester

hitchhiker

homebuilder

icebreaker

importer

impostor

improper

inductor

informer

inquirer

insecure

intruder

kingfisher

lamplighter

lancaster

manslaughter

midwinter

muscular

newscaster

norlander

nutcracker

outnumber

peculiar

posterior

refractor

sandbagger

sandpaper

schoolmaster

shipbuilder

shoplifter

skyscraper

translator

upholster

beefeater

bipolar

blueberry

bonfire

cochlear

coworker

courtier

crowkeeper

cynosure

eyeliner

firepower

highflier

potboiler

precursor

outlier

launderer

nuclear

reorder

require

sorcerer

wanderer

saltier

disclosure

exposure

grandfather

forefinger

householder

frankfurter

harbinger

inclosure

ringmaster

sharpshooter

singular

stockholder

boulevards

celebrant

celebrates

conjuror

conqueror

contractor

explorer

exporter

fishmonger

postmaster

researcher

sojourner

subscriber

taskmaster

toastmaster

torturer

transcriber

transformer

transporter

wrongdoer

ballplayer

blueberries

coneflower

cheeseburger

costumer

doorkeeper

easterner

housekeeper

reminder

october

ocular

shopkeeper

outrider

peacekeeper

forwarder

homeworker

sleepwalker

mulberry

outsider

sarcoma

storekeeper

wallflower

half-hearted

wheelbarrow

bondholder

sweetwater

wildfire

tilbury

typewriter

celebrants

constrictor

constructor

exchanger

instructor

forefather

godfather

northerner

reconquer

all-purpose

copartner

cornflower

hornblower

loudspeaker

outfielder

prescriber

wheelbarrows

sidewinder

minesweeper

stockbroker

self-respect

foreclosure

warmonger

nonstarter

hindquarter

malpractice

4 syllable words

whosoever

renovator

elevator

whatsoever

whomsoever

aviator

barometer

decorator

deliverer

delivery

diameter

generator

pacifier

parameter

perimeter

activator

parishioner

alligator

alveolar

analyzer

animator

annotator

anterior

appetizer

atomizer

baby-sitter

caterpillar

deliverers

deliveries

detonator

developer

discoverer

excavator

fertilizer

gravimeter

innovator

magaziner

magnifier

navigator

percolator

predecessor

rectifier

respirator

restaurateur

separator

sterilizer

supervisor

terminator

thermometer

agitator

caricature

educator

energizer

probationer

progenitor

advertiser

alabaster

altimeter

amplifier

benefactor

burgomaster

centimetre

competitor

conservator

covenanter

deliverance

embezzler

embroiderer

emulator

entertainer

escalator

estimator

excelsior

exerciser

fabricator

gerrymander

helicopter

interviewer

irregular

madagascar

malefactor

molecular

nebulizer

particular

perpetrator

persecutor

philanderer

rediscover

regulator

salamander

speculator

stenographer

technicolor

ventilator

vernacular

acquirer

couturier

gladiator

mediator

modifier

overeager

overpower

overseer

purifier

qualifier

radiator

superior

violator

adventurer

altogether

divestiture

inheritor

legislator

merchandiser

practitioner

triangular

literature

interstellar

interceptor

testicular

alexander

ambulator

excalibur

executor

mandibular

legislature

unencumber

vestibular

candlemaker

misremember

calculator

necromancer

spectacular

spectrometer

antimatter

colonizer

collaborate

architecture

biographer

avuncular

cauliflower

misbehavior

comparator

misadventure

adulterer

capacitor

coriander

agriculture

deliberate

depositor

evildoer

aquaculture

dissimilar

confectioner

antechamber

fortifier

investiture

geographer

imitator

inferior

interior

kilometre

knickerbocker

litigator

locomotor

millilitre

millimetre

nonlinear

numerator

occupier

odometer

oleander

oleaster

oscillator

philosopher

photometer

proprietor

qualifiers

reconnoitre

solicitor

teetotaler

ulterior

manufacture

womanizer

commissioner

demonstrator

helter-skelter

modulator

motherfucker

petitioner

reinsurer

ventricular

actuator

ayrshire

binocular

commentator

deliberates

elaborates

hydrometer

indicator

insulator

organizer

prosecutor

reconsider

undertaker

underwriter

vindicator

hygrometer

equalizer

exhibitor

expenditure

examiner

exterior

rectangular

oxidizer

peninsular

photographer

simulator

interloper

celebrity

filibuster

calligrapher

fillibuster

handicapper

stimulator

liquidator

micrometer

multicolor

multiplier

misdemeanor

conditioner

inhibitor

sympathizer

vehicular

acupuncture

thundershower

great-grandmother

mediocre

moderator

operator

polarizer

administer

arbitrator

articular

astronomer

carpetbagger

celebrated

celebrities

chiropractor

compromiser

conspirator

illustrator

imprimatur

inquisitor

instigator

integrator

interpreter

arbitrager

arbitrageur

astrologer

celebration

incubator

calibration

horticulture

musculature

officeholder

nomenclature

californian

contributor

copyreader

distributor

entrepreneur

kindergartner

celebrations

californians

subcontractor

alternator

great-grandfather

counterfeiter

extinguisher

quartermaster

firecracker

malformation

superstructure

malformations

Words that rhyme with the word clever

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


Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/