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

truthful

wrongful

youthful

social

forceful

helpful

mournful

scornful

corbel

cornel

council

counsel

fondle

formal

fretful

frightful

fulfill

gainful

graceful

grateful

morsel

mortal

needful

neutral

normal

scalpel

shameful

tearful

rightful

blissful

algal

careful

cheerful

chortle

dorsal

dreadful

fateful

fearful

fitful

hateful

hurtful

orval

painful

panful

peaceful

portal

prayerful

sinful

spiteful

stressful

warble

healthful

aural

awful

baffle

bauble

boodle

borel

brutal

buccal

bugle

butyl

caudle

causal

choral

coral

dawdle

doodle

ducal

duffel

feudal

floral

foible

frugal

futile

gleeful

google

goral

housel

laurel

loral

moral

muffle

noodle

oral

playful

poodle

pupil

quarrel

raffle

riffle

rifle

rouble

ruble

ruffle

scruple

scuffle

shuffle

sniffle

sorel

sorrel

spousal

stifle

tootle

trifle

truffle

tubal

waffle

bashful

cordial

faithful

watchful

wishful

artful

austral

bowel

crewel

crucial

cruel

dowel

dual

duel

fuel

fulfills

harmful

howell

jewel

loyal

lustful

mindful

restful

royal

scalpels

scoundrel

tactful

tasteful

towel

vowel

wasteful

wistful

zestful

thankful

vengeful

amble

ample

anvil

april

arval

axle

bramble

brandle

brindle

bristol

bumble

bundle

cancel

candle

cantle

capsule

carnal

carpal

consul

crandall

cranial

crumble

crumple

crustal

crystal

cymbal

damsel

daniel

darnel

dental

dimple

dismal

distal

ductile

dwindle

fiscal

frontal

fumble

gamble

garble

genial

gentle

gospel

granule

grindle

grumble

handle

hansel

harmel

hostel

hostile

humble

hymnal

jumble

kendal

kindle

larval

lentil

lintel

mantel

mantle

marble

marvel

melville

mendel

mental

mitral

mumble

nimble

parcel

pencil

pimple

pistil

pistol

postel

pretzel

quintal

ramble

rascal

rectal

rental

rumble

rumple

rundle

sample

sandal

scandal

scramble

several

shamble

shindle

shrapnel

signal

simple

spaniel

sparkle

spindle

startle

stemple

stumble

swindle

symbol

temple

tensile

thimble

tindal

tinsel

tonsil

tramble

trample

tremble

trundle

tumble

umbel

vandal

vestal

wamble

windle

fangle

addle

kinkle

anal

able

jungle

brickle

bridal

bridle

cackle

caple

carrol

channel

chapel

chattel

engle

bristle

brittle

bubble

buckle

capel

ceryl

burble

cable

cattle

carol

carrel

ingle

burel

bustle

castle

jangle

caudal

fungal

jingle

lingle

mangle

marshal

partial

annul

mongol

nuptial

annal

appel

apple

babble

martial

babel

bagel

barrel

basal

basil

battle

beadle

beagle

mingle

bedell

beetle

beryl

betel

bevel

bible

bluebell

boggle

bottle

camel

chisel

chuckle

circle

civil

cobble

cockle

coddle

colonel

coppel

copple

couple

crackle

cradle

cripple

cuddle

cycle

dabble

feeble

fennel

feral

fertile

fetal

fickle

fiddle

final

fipple

fissile

fizzle

flannel

fossil

fluegel

frazzle

freckle

fuddle

bangle

frizzle

funnel

gable

gaggle

gavel

giggle

girdle

glottal

gobble

goggle

grackle

grapple

gravel

gribble

gristle

grizzle

grovel

gurgle

guzzle

hable

hackle

haggle

hamal

harle

hazel

bengal

hamel

hassle

hazle

heckle

herbal

bestial

hegel

hobble

hopple

hovel

huckle

huddle

hummel

hurdle

hurtle

hustle

idol

jackal

jiggle

jostle

journal

juggle

kennel

kernel

kettle

kibble

kiddle

kittel

kittle

knittle

knuckle

label

ladle

legal

level

libel

little

mammal

maple

medal

meddle

pleural

squiggle

stable

staple

steeple

sterile

stickle

straddle

straggle

struggle

stubble

subtle

suckle

supple

suttle

swivel

table

tackle

tressel

trouble

tunnel

turtle

tussle

twaddle

tweedle

vassal

wattle

weasel

weevil

whistle

whittle

wiggle

wobble

worrel

wrestle

wriggle

angel

thermal

thistle

ankle

tassel

tattle

teagle

tercel

terrel

throttle

tickle

tidal

tipple

title

tittle

toddle

toggle

topple

trammel

travel

treble

trestle

tribal

tribble

trickle

triple

vernal

angle

twiddle

ural

venal

verbal

vessel

vinyl

virile

vital

waddle

dazzle

dekle

dermal

devil

dibble

docile

double

drabble

dribble

drivel

drizzle

eagle

easel

eisel

evil

fable

facile

fatal

faunal

fecal

idle

metal

mettle

mickle

middle

missal

missel

missile

mochel

model

muckle

muddle

mural

muscle

mussel

muzzle

myrtle

nasal

natal

naval

navel

needle

nestle

nettle

neural

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

novel

nozzle

nuzzle

paddle

panel

papal

pebble

pedal

peddle

penal

people

peril

petal

phenol

pickle

piddle

plural

pommel

popple

pottle

prattle

primal

puddle

puzzle

rankle

rabble

rammel

rattle

rebel

pummel

purple

quibble

ravel

regal

reigle

winkle

regel

renal

revel

riddle

riggle

ripple

dingle

rival

ruddle

rustle

ruttle

wrangle

rubble

sable

wrinkle

rural

saddle

scrabble

scribble

scuttle

seckel

servile

settle

shekel

shovel

shrivel

shuttle

sibyl

shackle

sickle

sidle

sipple

sizzle

skittle

smittle

smuggle

snuggle

speckle

spinal

spiral

spittle

squabble

dangle

shingle

single

spangle

sprinkle

strangle

swingle

tangle

tingle

tinkle

trinkle

twinkle

uncle

self-help

spectral

mistral

ventral

astral

central

entrail

gambrel

agile

bethel

brothel

bushel

cudgel

ethel

ethyl

facial

fragile

glacial

hatchel

herschel

lethal

methyl

paschal

racial

rigel

spacial

spatial

special

vigil

aisle

lisle

rial

trial

vial

dial

squirrel

cromwell

equal

sequel

minstrel

tranquil

chilblain

billfold

chilblains

bluebells

glibly

full-blown

3 syllable words

jovial

powerful

beautiful

callable

potable

sorrowful

notable

coequal

colorful

dutiful

quotable

coronal

filial

fluvial

funeral

humoral

pluvial

sociable

numeral

doable

notional

bountiful

delightful

mutual

proconsul

unlawful

belittle

bifocal

bimodal

colloidal

colossal

coracle

corporal

crucible

cubicle

fallible

ennoble

cuticle

disloyal

errorful

flavorful

follicle

fusible

gullible

helical

horrible

illegal

immobile

juvenile

laudable

merciful

movable

musical

mutable

nautical

newcastle

oracle

pitiful

plausible

proposal

provable

salable

scalable

skeletal

suitable

syllable

triumphal

tunable

usable

wallflower

volatile

forgetful

postnatal

teaspoonful

remorseful

resourceful

cultural

judicial

palatial

usual

diurnal

doggerel

guttural

lateral

federal

mackerel

liable

liberal

femoral

general

lineal

lionel

literal

littoral

medial

menial

payable

perusal

pickerel

pineal

mineral

auroral

arrival

ariel

arousal

aerial

burial

varietal

denial

radial

pliable

viable

visceral

cereal

serial

tracheal

trivial

acquittal

autumnal

balmoral

biblical

boondoggle

cortical

countable

culpable

cyclical

deceitful

disposal

enfeeble

equable

familial

fanciful

forcible

hormonal

ignoble

immortal

infernal

infertile

masterful

multiple

orbital

palpable

plentiful

portable

portrayal

purposeful

salables

soluble

solvable

syllables

utensil

valuable

voluble

wonderful

natural

neglectful

celestial

mayoral

meaningful

newfangle

nonlethal

prudential

sculptural

worshipful

admiral

affable

animal

apical

apostle

apparel

arable

audible

axial

bacchanal

bearable

bedevil

befuddle

bellflower

betrayal

bicycle

biddable

breakable

burnable

caboodle

cannibal

capable

capital

capitol

caramel

cervical

chasuble

chemical

chronicle

classical

clerical

clavicle

comical

committal

credible

criminal

critical

curable

cynical

debacle

decimal

disable

disciple

durable

eatable

conical

doctoral

domical

edible

enable

enamel

epistle

epochal

eternal

feasible

finagle

flammable

fraternal

genital

globular

graphical

icicle

immoral

laughable

leasable

likable

likeable

livable

lovable

lyrical

marital

maternal

medical

minimal

miracle

miscible

monocle

nominal

parable

parental

passable

pastoral

paternal

peaceable

pectoral

personal

physical

pineapple

pinnacle

pivotal

possible

preamble

prenatal

primeval

probable

prodigal

quizzical

radical

readable

recital

redouble

remodel

removal

resettle

retinal

retrial

reversal

untruthful

psychical

rebuttal

revival

ridable

seasonal

sectoral

seminal

sizable

survival

temporal

tenable

terminal

terrible

topical

traceable

trainable

treatable

tricycle

tropical

typical

unable

versatile

vertical

vesicle

visible

vitriol

wearable

workable

abnormal

informal

insightful

disdainful

eventful

regretful

resentful

solubles

successful

townspeople

valuables

magical

ambrosial

commercial

bronchial

digital

dishevel

biracial

ethical

legible

official

initial

mythical

national

sequential

logical

bilingual

unfaithful

rational

reachable

regional

rehearsal

sagittal

scriptural

structural

surgical

teachable

touchable

triangle

vaginal

vegetal

vehicle

virginal

washable

sleepily

renewal

abysmal

adrenal

alfalfa

appraisal

approval

archival

arsenal

backpedal

barnacle

article

assemble

bedraggle

bellflowers

cantonal

cardinal

carnival

cerebral

communal

dismissal

dispersal

dissemble

drinkable

embattle

embezzle

empanel

encircle

entitle

farcical

festival

imbecile

distasteful

fixable

flexible

hospital

impanel

interval

globulin

imperil

internal

lexical

madrigal

mandible

metrical

mistrial

mystical

optimal

nocturnal

non-verbal

optical

particle

pedestal

practical

principal

rekindle

orchestral

quintuple

refusal

disgraceful

proximal

principle

quadruple

rentable

retrieval

reprisal

sigmoidal

technical

tentacle

uncouple

unsettle

fulfillment

unravel

respectful

resemble

skeptical

testicle

turntable

whimsical

ungrateful

sentinel

spectacle

tactical

taxable

tractable

tribunal

uncivil

vertebral

sensible

bankable

cathedral

changeable

chargeable

commingle

conjugal

court-martial

credential

especial

essential

ethnical

fictional

financial

fluxional

fractional

gradual

marginal

optional

potential

projectile

provincial

ramshackle

ritual

sectional

tangible

unshackle

upheaval

vegetable

virtual

accrual

baptismal

dismantle

doctrinal

ballplayer

constable

archetypal

astraddle

ensemble

obstacle

distrustful

annual

manual

prefrontal

unstable

ministral

ventricle

unbundle

mistrustful

example

external

globulins

integral

transmittal

sexual

archangel

casual

congenial

entangle

granduncle

impartial

factual

judgmental

manhandle

mishandle

panhandle

visual

rectangle

untangle

ancestral

functional

tangential

ballplayers

unequal

substantial

actual

textual

withdrawal

sleepwalking

sensual

menstrual

punctual

sleepwalkers

sleepwalker

4 syllable words

parochial

poetical

mosaical

neonatal

colonial

coaxial

binomial

consolable

peripheral

colloquial

custodial

motorcycle

noticeable

devotional

emotional

negotiable

superficial

zoological

controllable

allowable

alluvial

alveolar

bilateral

collateral

duodenal

hullabaloo

inaugural

malleable

memorial

millennial

reliable

renewable

suicidal

tolerable

trilateral

tutorial

forfeitable

disposable

collegial

issuable

approachable

hydrothermal

adorable

arboreal

available

avoidable

believable

palatable

immovable

removable

biennial

ineffable

municipal

numerical

rhetorical

inaudible

mollycoddle

oriental

reducible

redoubtable

parietal

appealable

galenical

pictorial

polemical

political

perennial

polygonal

primordial

sartorial

vulnerable

foreseeable

universal

marsupial

triennial

raptorial

patrimonial

relational

enjoyable

delusional

beneficial

eligible

corrigible

illegible

illogical

knowledgeable

unusual

accountable

acoustical

alkaloidal

amiable

anecdotal

apocryphal

applicable

approvable

arguable

biaxial

cauliflower

collapsible

collectible

comfortable

confirmable

consumable

decennial

delectable

deplorable

diagonal

elemental

elliptical

employable

ephemeral

equitable

equivocal

favorable

forgettable

forgivable

formidable

heretical

historical

honorable

horizontal

immutable

indelible

infallible

infeasible

malevolent

maniacal

material

memorable

miserable

nonvolatile

operable

paranormal

permeable

persuadable

pitiable

pontifical

preferable

proverbial

pyramidal

remedial

repayable

replaceable

reportable

subliminal

supportable

transferable

tyrannical

umbilical

unmerciful

unsalable

variable

venerable

venereal

artificial

epithelial

antisocial

confessional

inferential

negligible

nutritional

pleasurable

measurable

ethereal

orthogonal

sacrificial

original

exponential

proportional

cylindrical

discountable

disputable

electrical

encyclical

enforceable

implacable

implausible

inflammable

inflatable

insoluble

invaluable

ornamental

pentecostal

admirable

adverbial

agreeable

answerable

arterial

attainable

amicable

amenable

atypical

bacterial

botanical

canonical

centennial

charitable

chimerical

comparable

convivial

corruptible

creditable

debatable

definable

desirable

discernible

divisible

enviable

epidermal

erasable

fanatical

genocidal

grammatical

habitable

heritable

homicidal

honeysuckle

imitable

immiscible

imperial

inedible

inimical

irascible

ironical

irritable

mechanical

medicinal

mercurial

mesodermal

navigable

permissible

personable

profitable

quadrennial

rabbinical

reasonable

phenomenal

biannual

reassemble

receivable

redeemable

repairable

returnable

reversible

revocable

sabbatical

satirical

seasonable

serviceable

sinusoidal

tabernacle

terminable

terrestrial

theatrical

veritable

achievable

additional

detachable

behavioral

correctional

deferential

differential

fissionable

directional

divisional

fashionable

fathomable

irrational

confidential

perishable

isothermal

influential

preferential

processional

punishable

manageable

professional

vestigial

laryngeal

methodical

occasional

provisional

reverential

strategical

traditional

liturgical

unnatural

excusable

explainable

explicable

exportable

inflexible

inscrutable

transportable

unsuccessful

abdominal

accessible

adaptable

admissible

adoptable

advisable

affordable

amendable

anarchical

antipodal

combinable

commendable

compatible

conceivable

convertible

deductible

defensible

dependable

despicable

disapproval

disassemble

empirical

episcopal

estimable

excitable

impersonal

impossible

governmental

hexagonal

hierarchical

hospitable

hysterical

identical

impassable

impeccable

incapable

lamentable

invisible

marketable

matriarchal

metacarpal

noncommittal

observable

obtainable

consequential

occipital

octagonal

participle

patentable

patriarchal

perceptible

practicable

predictable

prejudicial

presentable

preventable

pumpernickel

receptacle

reciprocal

remarkable

reputable

statistical

susceptible

sustainable

symmetrical

actionable

disrespectful

adjustable

dysfunctional

appreciable

conditional

congenital

digestible

dimensional

impeachable

insatiable

logistical

noncommercial

nonessential

presidential

providential

questionable

regimental

residential

sensational

transitional

unshakable

augmentable

fundamental

industrial

insensible

nonsensical

nontechnical

occidental

ostensible

responsible

nontaxable

retractable

consonantal

contestable

continental

incredible

compensable

execrable

incurable

intestinal

sacramental

unreasonable

unspeakable

invincible

monumental

untreatable

habitual

acceptable

improbable

respectable

accidental

departmental

describable

dispensable

sentimental

perpetual

residual

spiritual

detrimental

incidental

congressional

controversial

conventional

disentangle

emmanuel

exceptional

injectable

intangible

intentional

intermingle

interstitial

octahedral

quintessential

tetrahedral

extricable

bisexual

expandable

extendible

contemptible

centrifugal

demonstrable

eventual

impractical

impregnable

incremental

intractable

intramural

obstetrical

temperamental

transcendental

asexual

consensual

circumstantial

existential

continual

exchangeable

conceptual

instrumental

violable

instructional

insubstantial

monolingual

5 syllable words

neoclassical

endothelial

biochemical

biomedical

ceremonial

geophysical

heterocercal

peritoneal

polynomial

professorial

pseudopodial

nomenclatural

aeronautical

philosophical

photochemical

testimonial

matrimonial

classifiable

senatorial

territorial

directorial

artiodactyl

diabolical

innumerable

coincidental

esophageal

reportorial

uncontrollable

curatorial

alphabetical

deliverable

editorial

immemorial

verifiable

actuarial

supernatural

morphological

metaphysical

insufferable

solubility

metaphorical

unreliable

matrilineal

allegorical

biographical

developable

dictatorial

geographical

indefeasible

intolerable

justifiable

attitudinal

equatorial

latitudinal

nonrenewable

multilateral

oratorical

patrilineal

unavoidable

unfavorable

theoretical

ineffectual

ineligible

parimutuel

phonological

unaccountable

typographical

unequivocal

unforeseeable

unforgettable

communicable

ecumenical

indefinable

pharmaceutical

problematical

prosecutable

inequitable

irrefutable

inapplicable

inalienable

evangelical

horticultural

longitudinal

intelligible

acknowledgeable

dishonorable

fallibility

immaterial

irreparable

myocardial

periodical

recoverable

unilateral

insupportable

insurmountable

inexhaustible

operational

indefensible

nonelectrical

uncomfortable

unsupportable

aboriginal

immeasurable

managerial

aberrational

developmental

abominable

anatomical

bicentennial

categorical

computational

considerable

constitutional

determinable

diacritical

disagreeable

discoverable

economical

eradicable

geometrical

inevitable

inexorable

inimitable

inseparable

institutional

invariable

inviolable

irreversible

irrevocable

lackadaisical

ministerial

nonprofessional

periodontal

puritanical

secretarial

unanswerable

undeniable

constantinople

incalculable

indisputable

inexcusable

inexplicable

jurisprudential

unquestionable

connotational

gravitational

hypothetical

imaginable

magisterial

mathematical

navigational

parenthetical

pedagogical

asymmetrical

educational

egotistical

hypercritical

hypocritical

indomitable

inescapable

interminable

invulnerable

ungovernable

nonpolitical

paradoxical

indivisible

exercisable

imponderable

inaccessible

inadmissible

inadvisable

distinguishable

impermissible

incomparable

irrepressible

irresistible

recognizable

agricultural

antithetical

architectural

conversational

incorrigible

inheritable

inspirational

intellectual

interdigital

international

invitational

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Words that rhyme with the word doleful

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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