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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word disfavor.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

blister

figure

crisper

infer

lifter

lister

mister

shifter

sister

swifter

pilfer

silver

monsieur

mr.

twister

whisker

whisper

whistler

aver

beaver

cleaver

craver

defer

differ

favor

fever

flavor

giver

graver

griever

keever

kisser

laver

leaver

liver

paver

quaver

quiver

raver

reaver

river

saver

savor

shaver

shiver

sliver

waiver

waver

weaver

hipster

quipster

spinster

minster

tipster

trickster

vintner

fisher

fissure

wisher

fixture

mixture

sphincter

sprinkler

bluster

builder

busker

buster

cinder

cluster

confer

culver

duster

easter

esker

ester

feaster

fester

filter

fluster

gilder

guilder

hellier

hesper

hinder

incur

inter

jester

kilter

lester

limber

luster

lustre

mester

metier

mincer

minter

mixer

muffler

muster

nestor

quilter

riddler

rustler

savior

scribbler

pester

printer

scrivener

simper

shrimper

sickler

splinter

sprinter

whimper

tenure

timbre

vesper

timber

winter

tester

windsor

thruster

winder

strickler

sulphur

switzer

tinder

victor

tincture

rinker

finger

gesture

ginger

picture

pilcher

pincher

drinker

clincher

injure

linger

scripture

shingler

thinker

sinker

winker

stricture

tinker

acre

agar

bailer

bailor

baker

beaker

beater

bever

bicker

bidder

bigger

bitter

blazer

bluffer

breaker

breeder

brimmer

buffer

caesar

caper

cater

cedar

cheater

chipper

chitter

cleaner

clearer

clever

clicker

clipper

cover

craker

crater

creamer

critter

dealer

demur

deter

dicker

dieter

digger

dinner

dipper

diver

drainer

draper

dreamer

dresser

driller

driver

duffer

eager

eater

eger

ever

fader

faker

feeder

feeler

femur

fervor

filler

fitter

flicker

flipper

framer

frater

freezer

freighter

fritter

gager

gainer

gaiter

glazer

glimmer

glitter

glover

grader

grater

grazer

greaser

gripper

guesser

hater

haver

healer

hearer

hover

huffer

hussar

inner

heater

hitter

jager

jailer

keeler

keener

keeper

kever

kicker

killer

kipper

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

laker

laser

later

lazar

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

lemur

lesser

lessor

lever

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

lover

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

meter

metre

miller

mirror

nadir

namer

nearer

neighbor

never

nigger

nimmer

nipper

paper

peeler

peter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

planer

plater

pleaser

plover

praetor

prater

prefer

presser

puffer

quaker

quitter

raider

raiser

raker

rater

razor

reader

reamer

reaper

recur

reefer

refer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

scalar

schemer

schiller

scissor

scraper

screamer

sealer

seeker

segar

server

sever

shader

shaker

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shriver

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

siver

skater

skimmer

skinner

skipper

skiver

slater

sleeper

slicker

slipper

sneaker

snicker

snuffer

spader

speaker

speeder

spiller

spinner

splitter

squeaker

stater

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

sticker

stiller

stiver

streamer

stripper

stuffer

suffer

sweeper

swimmer

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

taper

teaser

teeter

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

treater

trigger

trimmer

tripper

twitter

vapor

vicar

vigor

wader

waiter

whaler

wheeler

wicker

willer

winner

zephyr

zipper

centner

huckster

sumpter

ulster

templar

temblor

transfer

tumbler

teamster

dexter

sculptor

seamster

webster

bather

bleacher

breather

creature

crusher

either

ether

feature

flesher

fresher

gauger

glacier

gusher

hither

major

nature

neither

pager

peacher

pitcher

preacher

pressure

pusher

ringer

rusher

seizure

singer

slinger

slither

smither

springer

stager

stinger

stringer

swinger

teacher

thither

thresher

usher

wager

whither

winger

wither

wringer

yager

zither

bungler

sculpture

texture

youngster

after

sprayer

stayer

asker

prayer

sayer

asper

aster

brayer

auster

layer

slayer

mayor

player

strayer

meer

payer

preyer

bender

blaster

blender

blunder

booster

bulger

bumper

butler

carver

caster

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

chamber

cleanser

cloister

coaster

collier

concur

coster

coupler

cumber

cutler

dumper

elder

ember

ender

enter

failure

faster

felter

fender

fielder

foister

foster

gaster

gelder

gender

golfer

grolier

guzzler

havier

hector

helper

herder

hostler

hunter

jasper

jumper

junior

kelter

laster

laughter

lector

lender

lumber

lumper

marver

masker

master

medlar

mumper

member

mentor

nectar

number

ouster

oyster

painter

paster

pastor

peddler

plaster

plunder

poster

prosper

punter

puzzler

rafter

rector

render

renter

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

sceptre

sector

sender

senior

sensor

freer

shelter

shyster

skelter

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

solver

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

stifler

stumper

sunder

sumner

swelter

tasker

taster

temper

tender

tensor

thumper

thunder

toaster

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vulgar

waster

welder

welter

wonder

heer

zoster

juncture

puncture

belcher

bencher

bunker

censure

changer

clothier

culture

danger

denture

dunker

granger

hunger

hunker

junker

lecture

manger

moisture

monger

pasture

plunger

posture

quencher

ranger

rupture

stranger

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

younger

younker

chandler

rambler

hamster

handler

ambler

monster

partner

roadster

sampler

warbler

forster

gambler

antler

baxter

bolster

holster

lobster

acer

bearer

bettor

boiler

booker

butter

buzzer

cellar

chaser

checker

cheddar

coffer

coiner

color

comer

culler

cutter

debtor

drover

drummer

ducker

duller

emmer

error

becker

beggar

better

biter

blubber

bracer

broiler

bugger

bummer

bowyer

chauffeur

cider

cipher

climber

closer

clover

clutter

colour

cooker

cursor

cypher

decker

diaper

diner

dweller

egger

facer

feller

ferrer

fetter

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

flutter

footer

fretter

fucker

fuller

getter

geyser

glider

glosser

gopher

grocer

groover

guider

gunner

gutter

header

heifer

hemmer

hepper

hider

hooker

hoover

hugger

hummer

jaeger

jetter

joiner

juror

kaiser

lawyer

leper

lepre

letter

lighter

liner

loafer

loiter

looker

lubber

masser

mercer

miner

minor

miser

mitre

mover

mugger

muller

mutter

nutter

occur

offer

oiler

over

pacer

passer

penner

pepper

petre

piper

placer

plucker

plumber

primer

proffer

pucker

puller

purser

putter

racer

reiter

renner

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

roofer

rover

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

ryder

saucer

sawyer

scriber

scrubber

scupper

seller

setter

sharer

sheller

shiner

shriner

shudder

shutter

sider

signer

sizer

slicer

slider

slugger

snider

speller

spicer

spider

spoiler

spreader

sputter

starer

steller

stemmer

stepper

stover

striker

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

sugar

summer

supper

surfer

sweater

tedder

teller

tenor

terror

tiger

tighter

timer

tracer

tremor

trucker

tucker

tyger

tyler

upper

utter

verser

viner

viper

visor

wafer

wearer

webber

weber

whiner

wiper

wrecker

writer

zehner

angler

longspur

strangler

brother

butcher

dasher

feather

flasher

fletcher

heather

hedger

kosher

lasher

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

mother

nether

nother

other

pledger

measure

pleasure

slasher

smasher

washer

weather

souther

treasure

smother

stretcher

tether

whether

larkspur

oldster

actor

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

babbler

balder

balter

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

binder

blinder

boarder

bolter

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

brander

burglar

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

chapter

charmer

charter

clamber

cobbler

colter

conder

condor

corner

coulter

counter

courser

courter

damper

dancer

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

factor

falter

farmer

finder

flounder

folder

former

founder

gander

garner

garter

grantor

grinder

grounder

halter

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

holder

horner

lancer

lander

larder

launder

mander

marker

martyr

minder

mortar

moulder

mourner

order

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

pinder

planter

pointer

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

porter

poulter

pounder

prancer

proctor

psalter

quarter

raptor

rounder

salter

santer

saunter

scalper

scamper

sharper

shoulder

slander

snorter

sorter

sounder

sponsor

squander

stalder

stander

starter

stamper

straggler

tamper

tartar

tattler

taxer

toddler

torpor

tractor

tranter

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

whitener

wilder

yonder

yorker

zander

boyer

briar

brier

buyer

hire

oyer

higher

mire

tire

trier

tyer

sire

liar

squier

choir

cryer

crier

eyer

friar

frier

flyer

flier

drier

dryer

fire

foyer

dyer

dire

fryer

prier

wire

prior

pyre

anchor

anger

anker

banker

canker

conquer

hanker

longer

rancor

ranker

shanker

yonker

bagpipe

waltzer

attar

augur

auger

batter

banner

backer

yorkshire

aller

adder

berber

birder

blabber

bladder

blatter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bragger

brawner

broker

browser

burgher

burner

caller

calmer

capper

causer

chatter

chopper

chowder

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

clobber

cocker

collar

comber

conner

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

cracker

crammer

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

curler

dagger

dapper

dauber

daughter

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

dropper

duper

earner

euchre

faller

flapper

flatter

floater

fodder

fowler

gerner

girder

glamor

glamour

gomer

grabber

grammar

grammer

groomer

grouper

hacker

hammer

hatter

hauler

hawker

herber

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jagger

jobber

jogger

joker

kercher

lacquer

ladder

lager

latter

lauder

laugher

learner

loader

locker

logger

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

madder

manner

manor

mater

matter

moder

motor

mouser

murder

murmur

natter

neuter

ochre

odor

ogre

omer

otter

outer

owner

packer

palmer

patter

pauper

pewter

planner

platter

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

proper

prowler

pruner

racker

rammer

rapper

robber

rocker

roller

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

ruler

rumor

sadder

sapper

scatter

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

shatter

shooter

shopper

slatter

slaughter

slobber

smatter

smoker

snapper

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

souter

stagger

spanner

spatter

splatter

spotter

squalor

squatter

stalker

staller

stammer

sutor

sterner

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stroller

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

swagger

user

worker

toller

topper

totter

tracker

water

thacker

trapper

trawler

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

tutor

valor

whacker

whopper

yachter

zocor

tacker

talker

tanner

tapper

termer

voter

walker

waller

tatter

wrapper

author

azure

badger

blather

bother

catcher

closure

cloture

conger

crozier

dodger

father

further

future

ganger

gather

gouger

hangar

hanger

hatcher

hoosier

lather

mather

merger

nurture

perjure

poacher

rather

roger

rother

searcher

smoother

snatcher

stature

suture

thatcher

voucher

wanger

watcher

archer

barger

capture

charger

conjure

farther

forger

fracture

launcher

marcher

norther

panther

rapture

scorcher

soldier

sparger

starcher

torture

blower

brewer

dour

flour

flower

hewer

hour

lower

mower

sewer

sour

sower

bower

chewer

cower

ewer

fluor

glower

goer

grower

knower

our

power

rower

scour

shower

skewer

thrower

tower

viewer

bagpipes

3 syllable words

deflator

dictator

discover

dressmaker

endeavor

equator

invader

peacemaker

belabor

bricklayer

decider

eraser

receiver

refiner

retainer

behavior

dispatcher

inhaler

denature

disfigure

dismember

dispenser

distemper

quicksilver

appraiser

bookmaker

comforter

container

december

decliner

defender

destroyer

discolor

disorder

disposer

dissenter

dissolver

distiller

effector

glassmaker

incisor

innkeeper

insider

kidnapper

misnomer

muckraker

observer

pacemaker

peacekeeper

reclaimer

recliner

remainder

rescuer

restorer

retriever

revolver

spectator

whisperer

exchanger

displeasure

beefeater

beleaguer

believer

cadaver

conveyer

conveyor

crusader

curator

debater

decipher

deliver

demeanor

designer

detailer

dishonor

divider

divisor

entire

listener

narrator

preserver

retailer

reliever

remover

repeater

recover

seafarer

whatever

whenever

stiffener

wherever

inspector

ringleader

refresher

achiever

assayer

cliffhanger

complainer

creator

deflector

desire

discounter

dishwasher

embroider

enquirer

espalier

hitchhiker

icebreaker

indexer

informer

inquirer

insecure

linear

misbehaved

muscular

prescriber

procedure

reflector

skyscraper

soothsayer

sufferer

suspender

teenager

translator

misbehave

campaigner

enquire

erector

hereafter

taxpayer

conspire

leftover

predictor

vibrator

issuer

bookkeeper

elector

disclosure

housekeeper

newspaper

offender

cylinder

bedchamber

attainder

bellflower

defaulter

exposure

asunder

bewilder

compiler

customer

detector

insular

recorder

reporter

kindler

midsummer

recruiter

injector

remember

exchequer

reformer

simpler

stargazer

stepladder

endanger

indenture

singular

sunflower

uncover

woodpecker

rathskeller

swindler

departure

matchmaker

insurer

integer

questioner

explorer

exporter

extender

signature

tinkler

fishmonger

stepfather

subscriber

bellwether

messenger

prefecture

rejoinder

assessor

acquire

beginner

blockader

empire

bonfire

collider

crossover

degener

empower

fiddler

flypaper

lawmaker

littler

haymaker

locator

milliner

pickler

prisoner

propeller

ratepayer

stickler

passover

shipowner

shoemaker

shuffler

similar

supplier

survivor

vinegar

visitor

wrestler

umpire

computer

inductor

vascular

contender

homesteader

enlarger

improper

importer

gibraltar

midwinter

minesweeper

newspapers

bystander

encounter

nutcracker

loudspeaker

outfielder

prospector

september

shipbuilder

sandpaper

bookbinder

assembler

intruder

refractor

kitchener

pillager

titular

researcher

together

villager

engender

inclosure

farrier

perrier

enchanter

ferrier

forever

offerer

purveyor

rentier

sapphire

whoever

enrapture

frankfurter

sauter

surveyor

terrier

widower

devour

pathfinder

harrier

attire

however

objector

instructor

abuser

accuser

adapter

admirer

adopter

aflutter

backpacker

bagpiper

ballplayer

banister

barrister

bloodsucker

bookseller

bulldozer

cellular

chidester

collector

commander

commuter

composer

coneflower

connecter

connector

consumer

costumer

disaster

emptier

employer

familiar

gunpowder

handover

headwater

holdover

humbler

licenser

londoner

manicure

minister

outrider

outsider

pedicure

philander

presenter

protector

regular

secular

sinister

stepdaughter

supporter

thereafter

transpire

trumpeter

wallflower

wildfire

conjecture

dyspeptic

postmaster

taskmaster

toastmaster

transcriber

transformer

freeholder

beholder

composure

debenture

beachcomber

derringer

forefather

forfeiture

godfather

grasshopper

licensure

passenger

projector

register

stepmother

pensioner

attacker

impostor

sandbagger

conductor

buckler

sharecropper

creditor

configure

inventor

editor

elater

fastener

posterior

enamor

fancier

gossamer

gossiper

hanover

highflier

hinderer

investor

isomer

juggler

lucifer

macabre

mariner

massacre

mayflower

moreover

outlier

pacesetter

polluter

potboiler

promoter

encumber

reenter

reverser

reviewer

safflower

controller

shoplifter

quagmire

absorber

seducer

senator

manslaughter

sequester

stepsister

settler

sorcerer

lamplighter

softener

transistor

takeover

cornflower

turnover

peculiar

requester

constructor

hangover

enclosure

another

punisher

householder

temperature

finisher

grandfather

arranger

ringmaster

shareholder

backwater

bannister

brazier

canister

caterer

chancellor

character

chronicler

cocksucker

consular

contractor

converter

councilor

counsellor

counselor

easterner

elixir

forester

glazier

granddaughter

grazier

laborer

landowner

meteor

molester

narrower

nonstarter

october

ocular

performer

pilaster

pretender

protester

pursuer

rapier

rebuilder

retire

sarcoma

satire

semester

theatre

transporter

trimester

westerner

changeover

adjuster

digester

publisher

auditor

hornblower

ammeter

brainpower

endorser

abler

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Words that rhyme with the word disfavor

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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