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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word coffer.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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2 syllable words

affair

after

alder

altar

alter

auster

balder

balter

boarder

border

confer

corner

coster

courser

courter

falter

former

golfer

halter

horner

laughter

launder

mortar

mourner

muffler

order

porker

porter

psalter

quarter

rafter

salter

saunter

snorter

sorter

stalder

stifler

sulphur

torpor

walter

warder

warmer

warner

yorker

adder

attar

backer

banner

batter

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blotter

blubber

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

bowler

bowyer

bragger

broiler

broker

browser

bugger

bummer

butter

buzzer

calmer

capper

chatter

chopper

chowder

cider

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

climber

clobber

closer

clover

clutter

cocker

coiner

collar

color

colour

comber

comer

conner

copper

cotter

cover

cracker

crammer

croaker

crocker

croker

cropper

crowder

crowner

culler

cutter

dagger

dapper

dauber

defer

diaper

differ

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

driver

dropper

drover

drummer

ducker

duller

fibre

fighter

filer

finer

flapper

flatter

floater

flutter

fodder

fowler

fucker

geyser

glamor

glamour

glider

glover

gomer

grabber

grammar

grammer

grocer

guider

gunner

gutter

hacker

hammer

hatter

hider

homer

honor

honour

hopper

hover

howler

hugger

hummer

hussar

jagger

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kaiser

lacquer

ladder

lager

latter

laugher

lighter

liner

loader

locker

logger

loiter

loper

lover

lubber

madder

manner

manor

masser

mater

matter

miner

minor

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mugger

muller

mutter

natter

nutter

occur

ochre

odor

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

packer

palmer

passer

patter

piper

placer

planner

platter

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

poker

polar

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

primer

proper

prowler

pucker

putter

racker

rammer

rapper

reefer

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

rover

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

ryder

sadder

sapper

scatter

scholar

scriber

scrubber

scupper

shatter

shiner

shopper

shriner

shriver

shudder

shutter

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skiver

slatter

slicer

slider

slobber

slugger

smatter

smoker

snapper

snider

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

spanner

spatter

spicer

spider

splatter

spoiler

spotter

sputter

squalor

squatter

stagger

stammer

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

stover

striker

stroller

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

summer

supper

surfer

swagger

tacker

tanner

tapper

tatter

thacker

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

tracker

trapper

trotter

trucker

tucker

tyger

tyler

upper

utter

valor

viner

viper

visor

voter

wafer

whacker

whiner

whopper

wiper

wrapper

writer

yachter

zephyr

zocor

forger

launcher

longer

norther

scorcher

torture

azure

badger

blather

blower

bother

bower

boyer

briar

brier

brother

buyer

catcher

choir

closure

cloture

cower

crier

crozier

crusher

cryer

dasher

dire

dodger

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

father

fire

flasher

flier

flour

flower

flyer

forster

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

ganger

gather

glower

goer

gouger

grower

gusher

hangar

hanger

hatcher

higher

hire

hour

knower

kosher

lasher

lather

liar

lower

lunger

mather

mire

mother

mower

nother

other

our

oyer

poacher

power

prier

prior

pyre

rather

roger

rower

rusher

scour

shower

sire

slasher

smasher

smother

snatcher

sour

souther

sower

squier

stature

thatcher

thrower

tire

tower

transfer

trier

tyer

usher

voucher

waltzer

wanger

warbler

washer

watcher

wire

longspur

yorkshire

actor

afar

afire

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

babbler

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

binder

blaster

blinder

blunder

bluster

bolter

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

brander

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

chapter

charmer

charter

clamber

cloister

cluster

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

concur

conder

condor

coulter

counter

coupler

culver

cumber

cutler

damper

dancer

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

dumper

duster

factor

farmer

faster

finder

flounder

fluster

foister

folder

foster

founder

gander

garner

garter

gaster

grantor

grinder

grolier

grounder

guzzler

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

havier

holder

hostler

hunter

infer

jasper

jumper

lancer

lander

larder

laster

lifter

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

minder

monsieur

moulder

mumper

muster

number

ouster

oyster

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

pilfer

pinder

planter

plaster

plunder

pointer

polder

ponder

poplar

poster

poulter

pounder

prancer

proctor

prosper

punter

puzzler

raptor

roaster

roister

roster

rounder

rustler

santer

scalper

scamper

sharper

shifter

shoulder

shyster

slander

slumber

smuggler

solver

sounder

sponsor

squander

stamper

stander

starter

straggler

stumper

sumner

sunder

swifter

tamper

tartar

tasker

tattler

taxer

thruster

thumper

thunder

toaster

toddler

tractor

tranter

ulcer

under

vulgar

wander

whitener

wilder

wonder

yonder

zander

zoster

anchor

anger

anker

archer

banker

barger

bunker

canker

capture

charger

clothier

conjure

conquer

culture

dunker

farther

fracture

hanker

hunger

hunker

junker

marcher

moisture

monger

panther

pasture

plunger

posture

rancor

ranker

rapture

rupture

shanker

soldier

sparger

starcher

structure

vulture

yonker

younger

younker

acer

acre

agar

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

beaker

bearer

beater

beaver

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

bicker

bidder

bigger

birder

bitter

blazer

bloomer

booker

boomer

boozer

bracer

breaker

breeder

brimmer

burgher

burner

caesar

caper

cater

cedar

cellar

chaser

cheater

checker

cheddar

chipper

chitter

cleaner

clearer

cleaver

clever

clicker

clipper

cooker

cooler

cooper

cooter

cougar

craker

crater

craver

creamer

critter

crooner

cruiser

curler

cursor

dealer

debtor

decker

demur

deter

dicker

dieter

digger

dinner

dipper

drainer

draper

dreamer

dresser

driller

duper

dweller

eager

earner

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

euchre

ever

facer

fader

faker

favor

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fervor

fetter

fever

filler

fitter

flavor

flicker

flipper

footer

framer

frater

freezer

freighter

fretter

fritter

fuller

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

getter

girder

giver

glazer

glimmer

glitter

grader

grater

graver

grazer

greaser

griever

gripper

groomer

groover

grouper

guesser

hater

haver

header

healer

hearer

heater

hemmer

hepper

herber

hitter

hooker

hooper

hooter

hoover

humor

humour

inner

jaeger

jager

jailer

jetter

juror

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kercher

kever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

laker

laser

later

laver

lazar

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

leaver

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

looker

looper

looter

loser

luger

lunar

luter

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

mercer

meter

metre

miller

mirror

mover

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

nearer

neighbor

neuter

never

nigger

nimmer

nipper

pacer

paper

paver

peeler

penner

pepper

peter

petre

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

planer

plater

pleaser

pooler

praetor

prater

presser

pruner

puller

purser

quaker

quaver

quitter

quiver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

rater

raver

razor

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

recur

renner

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

rooter

router

ruler

rumor

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

saver

savor

scalar

schemer

schiller

schooner

scissor

scooper

scraper

screamer

sealer

seeker

segar

seller

server

setter

sever

shader

shaker

sharer

shaver

shearer

sheller

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shooter

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

skater

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slater

sleeper

slicker

slipper

sliver

sneaker

snicker

sooner

souter

spader

speaker

speeder

speller

spiller

spinner

splitter

spreader

squeaker

starer

stater

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

sticker

stiller

streamer

stripper

stupor

sucre

sugar

suitor

super

sutor

sweater

sweeper

swimmer

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

taper

teaser

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

treater

tremor

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

tutor

twitter

user

vapor

verser

vicar

vigor

wader

waiter

waiver

waver

wearer

weaver

webber

weber

whaler

wheeler

wicker

willer

winner

worker

wrecker

zehner

zipper

ambler

antler

baxter

bolster

chandler

gambler

hamster

handler

holster

huckster

lobster

monster

partner

rambler

roadster

sampler

sculptor

sumpter

tumbler

ulster

bather

bleacher

breather

butcher

creature

either

ether

feather

feature

fisher

fissure

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

future

gauger

glacier

heather

hedger

hither

hoosier

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

major

measure

merger

nature

neither

nether

nurture

pager

peacher

perjure

pitcher

pleasure

pledger

preacher

pressure

pusher

ringer

searcher

seizure

singer

slinger

slither

smither

smoother

springer

stager

stinger

stretcher

stringer

suture

swinger

teacher

tether

thither

thresher

treasure

wager

weather

whether

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

bungler

angler

strangler

youngster

sculpture

abor

abra

appear

before

bender

blender

blister

booster

brayer

brewer

builder

burglar

capra

capri

censer

censor

center

centre

chamber

chewer

cinder

cleanser

crisper

defray

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

ewer

eyebrow

failure

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

figure

filter

fluor

freer

gelder

gender

gilder

guilder

hector

heer

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

hewer

hinder

incur

inter

jester

juncture

junior

kelter

kilter

larkspur

layer

lector

lender

lester

limber

lister

livor

mayor

medlar

meer

member

mentor

mester

metier

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mr.

nectar

nestor

oldster

opera

painter

payer

peddler

pester

player

prayer

preyer

printer

puncture

quilter

rector

render

renter

repair

riddler

rooster

savior

sayer

sceptre

scribbler

scrivener

sector

sender

senior

sensor

severe

sewer

shelter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

skelter

skewer

slayer

slender

smelter

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sprayer

sprinter

stayer

stentor

strayer

strickler

swelter

switzer

taster

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

timber

timbre

tinder

twister

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

victor

viewer

waster

welder

welter

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

gesture

ginger

drinker

finger

censure

changer

bencher

clincher

injure

belcher

danger

denture

granger

pincher

tinker

scripture

thinker

welcher

trencher

shingler

sinker

stranger

stricture

venture

lecture

linger

manger

picture

pilcher

quencher

ranger

rinker

winker

centner

dexter

hipster

minster

quipster

seamster

spinster

teamster

temblor

templar

tipster

trickster

vintner

webster

fixture

mixture

sphincter

sprinkler

abhor

texture

tincture

hebrew

revere

gabbro

sparrow

cobra

copra

libra

louvre

supra

zebra

3 syllable words

officer

softener

marauder

puffery

sapphire

sauter

sufferer

warrior

waterer

wallflower

auditor

bipolar

conifer

coroner

corridor

courtier

forefather

bonfire

forfeiture

crossover

cynosure

decipher

foreigner

forerunner

hanover

harrower

highflier

launderer

lawmaker

lucifer

moreover

orator

passover

potboiler

professor

promoter

reorder

safflower

saltier

shuffler

sorcerer

trafficker

hangover

jayhawker

wrongdoer

cornflower

torturer

assayer

attire

forefinger

barrier

batterer

borrower

carrier

copier

coppery

cottier

cozier

follower

harasser

however

ivory

jeweler

kayaker

ovary

pannier

quieter

referee

rioter

robbery

rosier

satire

theatre

aflutter

aquifer

backwater

ballplayer

breakwater

comforter

composer

coneflower

defaulter

disorder

doorkeeper

forester

forwarder

granddaughter

handover

headwater

hereafter

landowner

october

ocular

offender

outfitter

performer

recorder

reformer

reporter

restorer

sarcoma

sleepwalker

stepdaughter

storekeeper

sunflower

supporter

thereafter

wildfire

coauthor

dowager

gatherer

voyager

composure

godfather

northerner

reconquer

burrower

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

abler

forecaster

amateur

ammeter

beefeater

controller

gibraltar

norlander

outfielder

attacker

believer

bibler

blockader

buckler

hornblower

assessor

shoplifter

acquire

cadaver

cochlear

collider

commoner

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coworker

crabeater

creditor

crowkeeper

debater

decider

designer

dishonor

divider

divisor

editor

elater

enamor

eyeliner

fancier

fastener

fiddler

firepower

flypaper

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

governor

havener

howitzer

idler

isomer

janitor

juggler

juniper

listener

broadcaster

jupiter

latimer

littler

prospector

locator

macabre

mariner

massacre

mayflower

meander

moniker

monitor

monomer

needler

newcomer

opener

configure

oliver

outlier

pickler

polluter

polymer

possessor

producer

propeller

provider

quagmire

absorber

prisoner

rattler

reactor

reasoner

receiver

recover

refiner

reveler

saddler

shipowner

similar

stabler

stapler

stickler

stiffener

supplier

traveler

turnover

umpire

vinegar

wagoner

whatever

wrestler

endorser

senator

posterior

settler

informer

sweetener

tormentor

tabler

importer

slanderer

enforcer

impostor

manslaughter

refractor

stockbroker

plasterer

survivor

upholster

seafarer

takeover

wanderer

achiever

another

aperture

bachelor

catheter

conjuror

conqueror

curvature

flycatcher

foreclosure

frankfurter

grandfather

householder

kitchener

manager

modular

nodular

overture

pathfinder

procedure

punisher

purchaser

sojourner

southerner

stationer

stockholder

stockinger

titular

together

warmonger

worshiper

explorer

transporter

exporter

transformer

adviser

aggressor

aglitter

announcer

almoner

annular

earlier

forever

appraiser

every

farrier

ferrier

arbiter

falconer

brazier

glazier

harrier

familiar

caterer

globular

granular

gardener

glassmaker

creator

gunpowder

hardener

devour

highlander

desire

holdover

hollander

homeworker

housekeeper

humbler

incisor

insider

insular

islander

jocular

jugular

kidnapper

kindler

latecomer

lavender

leftover

licenser

londoner

manicure

marketer

reminder

revolver

secular

semester

shopkeeper

silencer

grazier

regular

whoever

abuser

accuser

savory

terrier

thievery

adapter

admirer

adopter

armiger

asunder

attainder

backpacker

bagpiper

balancer

banister

bannister

bargainer

barrister

bellflower

bloodsucker

bulldozer

calendar

calender

campaigner

canister

cellular

chancellor

chronicler

circular

cocksucker

colander

collector

commander

commenter

commuter

compiler

connecter

connector

consider

conspire

consular

consumer

container

costumer

converter

councilor

disaster

discolor

discover

disfavor

disposer

dissolver

dulcimer

effector

midsummer

minister

misnomer

molester

muckraker

oppressor

popular

philander

pilaster

procurer

counsellor

counselor

customer

cucumber

cylinder

decliner

defender

deflator

november

observer

outrider

outrigger

outsider

presenter

surveyor

protector

protester

vernier

widower

recliner

simpler

stepladder

stonecutter

transpire

trimester

tubular

stargazer

successor

uncover

linear

suppressor

laborer

sweetwater

swindler

trumpeter

murderer

vibrator

livery

meteor

narrower

papery

perrier

pursuer

purveyor

taxpayer

typewriter

whisperer

rapier

rentier

retire

bondholder

landholder

adjuster

avenger

beachcomber

beholder

birdwatcher

challenger

changeover

dangler

debenture

departure

derringer

digester

dispatcher

freeholder

glandular

godmother

grasshopper

integer

jackhammer

licensure

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

prefecture

projector

publisher

questioner

recapture

refresher

rejoinder

scavenger

signature

spangler

stepfather

stepmother

tablature

tinkler

wrangler

hindquarter

issuer

perjurer

treasurer

abductor

advancer

ancestor

assembler

bandleader

bartender

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Words that rhyme with the word coffer

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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