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

centner

dexter

webster

actor

after

aster

banter

bender

blaster

blender

blister

bluster

buster

butler

canter

cantor

captor

caster

castor

censer

censor

chapter

cleanser

cluster

craters

critters

cutler

duster

elder

ember

ender

esker

factor

faster

fender

filter

fluster

gaster

gelder

gender

grantor

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

hunter

inter

kilter

laster

laughter

lender

lifter

lister

luster

lustre

master

medlar

member

minter

mister

mr.

muster

painter

panter

paster

pastor

peddler

perturb

planter

plaster

printer

punter

quilter

rafter

raptor

render

santer

sender

sensor

shifter

sister

slender

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sprinter

swifter

switzer

taster

tattler

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

thruster

tractor

traitors

tranter

twister

vendor

vesper

victor

waster

welder

winter

acer

acre

adder

agar

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

beater

berber

bicker

bidder

bigger

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blazer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

booker

bracer

bragger

breaker

brimmer

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

buzzer

caper

capper

chaser

cheater

chipper

clamor

clamour

clapper

clearer

clicker

clipper

color

colour

comer

cooker

cooter

cotter

cover

cracker

craker

crammer

craver

culler

curler

cursor

dagger

dapper

daughter

defer

demur

dicker

dieter

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

doubter

drainer

draper

driller

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

earner

eater

facer

fader

faker

favor

fervor

fighter

filler

flapper

flavor

flicker

flipper

floater

framer

fucker

fuller

gager

gainer

gerner

girder

giver

glamor

glamour

glazer

glimmer

glover

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

graver

grazer

gripper

gunner

hacker

hammer

heater

herber

hooker

hooter

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

inner

jager

jagger

jailer

juror

kercher

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

laser

laver

lazar

learner

licker

lighter

limmer

liqueur

liquor

liver

loiter

looker

looter

lover

lubber

luter

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

mater

mazer

mercer

meter

metre

miller

mirror

mitre

motor

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

nearer

neighbor

neuter

nigger

nimmer

nipper

occur

otter

outer

pacer

packer

paper

passer

paver

peter

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

placer

planer

planner

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

potter

pouter

powter

praetor

prefer

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

quaker

quaver

quiver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

raver

razor

recur

refer

reiter

ricker

ridder

righter

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

rooter

rotor

router

rubber

rudder

runner

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saver

savor

scalar

schiller

scissor

scraper

scrubber

scupper

server

shader

shaker

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shooter

shudder

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slaughter

slicker

slipper

sliver

slugger

snapper

snicker

snuffer

souter

spader

spanner

spiller

spinner

spotter

squatter

stagger

stammer

sterner

sticker

stiller

stripper

stuffer

stunner

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

suitor

summer

supper

surfer

sutor

swagger

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

teeter

termer

thacker

thaler

thinner

ticker

tighter

tiller

timmer

tipper

totter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

trapper

treater

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trotter

trucker

tucker

turner

tutor

upper

valor

vapor

verser

vicar

vigor

voter

wader

wafer

waiver

water

waver

whacker

whaler

wicker

willer

winner

worker

wrapper

writer

yachter

zipper

belcher

bencher

censure

denture

gesture

lecture

panther

quencher

trencher

venture

welcher

antler

author

azure

badger

bather

baxter

blather

brayer

brother

butcher

catcher

crusher

dasher

ether

fisher

fissure

flasher

further

ganger

gather

gauger

glacier

gusher

hamster

hangar

hanger

hatcher

hipster

hither

huckster

lasher

lather

layer

lunger

major

mather

mayor

merger

minster

mother

nature

nother

nurture

other

pager

payer

perjure

perturbed

perturbs

pitcher

player

prayer

preyer

pusher

quipster

rather

ringer

rother

rusher

sayer

sculptor

searcher

singer

slasher

slayer

slinger

slither

smasher

smither

smother

snatcher

souther

spinster

sprayer

springer

stager

stature

stayer

stinger

strayer

stringer

sumpter

swinger

temblor

templar

thatcher

tipster

trickster

ulster

usher

vintner

wager

wanger

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

earthwork

earthworm

sphincter

texture

youngster

altar

alter

amber

ampere

answer

asker

asper

auster

babbler

balter

bander

barter

birders

blunder

bolter

booster

bottler

boulter

brander

builder

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

camber

camper

cancer

candor

carter

chamber

charter

cinder

clamber

cloister

coaster

colter

concur

confer

coster

coulter

counter

coupler

courter

crisper

culver

cumber

damper

dancer

darter

doctor

dr.

dumper

easter

failure

falter

feaster

figure

foister

foster

gander

garter

gilder

girders

graders

guilder

guzzler

halter

hamper

hander

havier

herders

hinder

incur

infer

jasper

jumper

lancer

lander

limber

lumber

lumper

mander

martyr

masker

mincer

mixer

monsieur

mortar

muffler

mumper

murdered

murders

number

ouster

oyster

pamper

pander

panzer

pilfer

plunder

pointer

porter

poster

poulter

prancer

proctor

psalter

puzzler

quarter

riddler

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rustler

salter

saunter

savior

scalper

scamper

scribbler

scrivener

shrimper

shyster

sickler

silver

simper

slander

slumber

smuggler

snorter

sorter

stamper

stander

starter

straggler

strickler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

tamper

tartar

tasker

taxer

thumper

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

toaster

traders

treaters

ulcer

under

vulgar

walter

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

whitener

winder

windsor

wonder

writers

zander

zoster

bratwurst

anchor

anker

brothers

canker

capture

changer

clincher

banker

anger

bunker

clothier

culture

danger

drinker

dunker

finger

fracture

furthers

ginger

granger

hanker

hunger

hunker

injure

junker

linger

manger

monger

nurtures

pasture

picture

pilcher

pincher

plunger

rancor

ranger

ranker

rapture

rinker

rupture

scripture

shanker

shingler

sinker

stranger

stricture

structure

thinker

tinker

vulture

younker

winker

younger

aller

auger

augur

beaker

beaver

bloomer

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

brawner

breeder

broiler

broker

browser

caesar

caller

calmer

causer

cedar

chauffeur

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

cleaner

cleaver

climber

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

comber

conner

cooler

cooper

copper

cougar

crawler

creamer

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

cypher

dauber

dealer

diaper

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

donor

downer

dreamer

driver

dropper

drover

duper

eager

earthworms

eger

euchre

faller

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

fibre

fifer

filer

finer

fodder

fowler

freezer

geyser

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

greaser

griever

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guider

hauler

hawker

healer

hearer

heifer

hider

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kaiser

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

lager

lauder

laugher

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

liner

loader

loafer

locker

logger

looper

loper

loser

luger

lunar

miner

minor

miser

moder

mouser

mover

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

omer

over

owner

palmer

pauper

peeler

piper

pleaser

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

powder

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

rhymer

rider

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

roper

roser

rouser

rover

ruler

rumor

ryder

saucer

sawyer

schemer

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

screamer

scriber

sealer

seeker

segar

shiner

shopper

shriner

shriver

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skiver

sleeper

slicer

slider

slobber

smoker

sneaker

snider

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

speaker

speeder

spicer

spider

spoiler

squalor

squeaker

stalker

staller

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

streamer

striker

stroller

stupor

sucre

super

sweeper

talker

teaser

tiger

timer

toller

topper

trawler

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

tyger

tyler

user

viner

viper

visor

walker

waller

weaver

wheeler

whiner

whopper

wiper

zocor

ambler

bertram

bolster

carters

chandler

chartered

charters

forster

gambler

garters

handler

holster

lobster

martyrs

monster

mortars

partner

porters

quarters

rambler

roadster

sampler

seamster

sorters

tartars

teamster

transfer

tumbler

waltzer

bother

breather

closure

conger

creature

cloture

crozier

dodger

poacher

roger

peacher

seizure

suture

preacher

bleacher

either

father

feature

future

gouger

hoosier

kosher

neither

smoother

teacher

voucher

washer

watcher

angler

birthrate

brethren

bungler

fixture

mixture

sculpture

sprinkler

strangler

alder

arbor

ardor

armor

artwork

balder

barber

barbre

barker

binder

blinder

blower

boarder

border

boulder

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

boyer

breeders

brewer

briar

brier

buyer

carder

carper

carver

charmer

chewer

choir

cobbler

collier

conder

condor

corner

courser

cower

crier

cryer

darner

dire

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

ewer

eyer

farmer

fielder

finder

fire

flier

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

flyer

folder

former

founder

foyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

garner

glower

goer

golfer

grinder

grolier

grounder

grower

harbor

harder

harper

heer

hewer

higher

hire

holder

horner

hostler

hour

juncture

junior

knower

larder

launder

liar

lower

marker

marver

meer

minder

mire

moulder

mourner

mower

oldster

order

our

oyer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

pinder

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

pounder

power

prier

prior

prosper

puncture

pyre

rounder

rower

scour

senior

sewer

sharper

shoulder

shower

sire

skewer

solver

sounder

sour

sower

sponsor

squander

squier

stalder

stifler

thrower

tincture

tire

toddler

torpor

tower

trier

tyer

viewer

wander

warder

warmer

warner

wilder

wire

yonder

yorker

yonker

birthrights

starcher

birthrates

archer

northward

torture

sparger

barger

soldier

charger

conjure

conquer

creatures

farther

forger

launcher

marcher

moisture

norther

posture

longer

scorcher

artworks

boarders

bordered

borders

harders

ordered

orders

portray

protrude

warbler

warders

yorkshire

tortures

longspur

birthright

northern

bartram

cartwright

chartreuse

hardware

larkspur

portrays

protract

cartridge

partridge

courtyard

portraits

courtyards

boardroom

guardrail

portrait

wardrobe

forthright

boardrooms

guardrails

wardrobes

3 syllable words

amateur

creditor

deserter

director

editor

elater

janitor

narrator

pacesetter

senator

settler

catheter

attire

batterer

caterer

creator

farrier

ferrier

forever

harrier

however

narrower

perrier

quieter

rioter

satire

terrier

theatre

whoever

banister

bannister

barrister

burrower

canister

character

collector

commenter

connecter

connector

courier

currier

dissenter

effector

elector

embitter

emptier

erector

furrier

headwater

leftover

molester

narrators

presenter

protester

semester

spectator

spurrier

stepdaughter

thereafter

treasurer

trimester

westerner

worrier

register

abler

ammeter

assessor

attacker

auditor

crabeater

creators

curator

debater

degener

emperor

empire

enamor

entire

fastener

girdler

howitzer

jupiter

latimer

leviner

littler

locator

mariner

massacre

projector

orator

digester

monitor

plasterer

polluter

possessor

preparer

professor

promoter

propeller

ratepayer

rattler

reactor

reenter

repeater

retainer

reveler

saddler

seafarer

stabler

stapler

surrender

tabler

trafficker

traveler

visitor

wagoner

whatever

whenever

wherever

wrestler

curvature

furniture

ancestor

inventor

investor

bachelor

churchgoer

jayhawker

lecturer

manager

purchaser

stationer

prospector

together

abductor

deflector

worshiper

reflector

requester

september

sequester

stepsister

tormentor

transistor

transmitter

enchanter

left-winger

assayer

barrier

carrier

brazier

injector

cottier

desire

devour

earlier

glazier

grazier

harasser

jeweler

kayaker

laborer

linear

murderer

pannier

marauder

meteor

objector

pursuer

retire

purveyor

rapier

sapphire

sauter

sufferer

surveyor

vernier

waterer

widower

adapter

adopter

aflutter

aggressor

aglitter

annular

aquifer

arbiter

attainder

backwater

balancer

bellflower

bookseller

breadwinner

breakwater

calendar

calender

cellular

chancellor

chidester

circular

comforter

commuter

container

converter

curators

customer

december

defaulter

defender

deflator

destroyer

detector

dictator

disaster

distiller

dressmaker

employer

endeavor

equator

falconer

forester

fraternal

fraternize

granddaughter

granular

hereafter

latecomer

lavender

manicure

marketer

minister

november

offender

oppressor

orators

outfitter

painkiller

pedicure

pilaster

predictor

protector

recruiter

regular

remember

reporter

rescuer

restorer

secular

sinister

stepladder

stonecutter

successor

supporter

suppressor

trumpeter

vibrator

woodpecker

extender

inspector

coauthor

dowager

gatherer

issuer

perjurer

tertiary

voyager

adjuster

avenger

bellwether

challenger

changeover

dangler

debenture

derringer

furtherance

glandular

grasshopper

integer

jackhammer

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

prefecture

questioner

refresher

scavenger

spangler

stepfather

stepmother

tablature

wrangler

belabor

assembler

broadcaster

carpenter

contender

controller

beginner

enforcer

acquire

espalier

forecaster

lamplighter

lancaster

beleaguer

believer

manslaughter

bibler

midwinter

refractor

translator

artery

beefeater

upholster

vascular

brainpower

bricklayer

collider

crusader

decider

decipher

deliver

demeanor

designer

detailer

dishonor

empower

eraser

fancier

fiddler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

governor

gridiron

hanover

harrower

havener

haymaker

hinderer

idler

compressor

computer

condenser

conductor

isomer

encumber

blockader

buckler

cadaver

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

courtier

divider

divisor

foreigner

forerunner

juggler

juniper

intruder

hairdresser

flypaper

lawmaker

gibraltar

harvester

importer

impostor

indexer

inductor

schoolmaster

sharecropper

shoplifter

listener

detractor

discounter

dismember

dispenser

distemper

newscaster

nonmember

suspender

lucifer

macabre

marauders

mayflower

meander

milliner

moniker

monomer

murderers

needler

newcomer

officer

oliver

opener

outlier

passover

pickler

encounter

polymer

prisoner

provider

quagmire

reasoner

receiver

nutcracker

producer

recover

refiner

remover

retailer

reverser

safflower

saltier

seducer

shipowner

shoemaker

shuffler

similar

slanderer

softener

stickler

stiffener

supplier

survivor

sweetener

takeover

turnover

umpire

vinegar

achiever

adventure

angular

another

aperture

arranger

bedchamber

brotherly

denature

displeasure

enclosure

endanger

engender

enhancer

enrapture

exchequer

finisher

flycatcher

frankfurter

grandmother

hangover

indenture

kitchener

modular

nodular

pathfinder

pillager

procedure

punisher

rathskeller

ringmaster

shareholder

sharpshooter

soothsayer

southerner

stakeholder

stockinger

teenager

temperature

titular

villager

conjecture

contractor

eritreans

exporter

hairdressers

postmaster

taskmaster

toastmaster

transgressor

transporter

abuser

accuser

admirer

adviser

almoner

announcer

appraiser

armiger

arteries

asunder

backpacker

bagpiper

bargainer

bewilder

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bulldozer

campaigner

chronicler

cocksucker

colander

commander

bookmaker

compiler

composer

consider

conspire

consular

consumer

corridors

costumer

councilor

counsellor

counselor

courtiers

cucumber

cylinder

decliner

discolor

discover

disfavor

disorder

disposer

dissolver

dulcimer

easterner

elixir

enquire

familiar

gamekeeper

gardener

glassmaker

globular

gunpowder

handover

hardener

highlander

hollander

humbler

incisor

innkeeper

insider

insular

invader

islander

jocular

jugular

kidnapper

kindler

landowner

licenser

londoner

midsummer

misnomer

muckraker

newspaper

observer

outrider

warrior

october

outrigger

outsider

peacemaker

philander

popular

pretender

procurer

borrower

performer

pacemaker

quarterly

copier

cozier

follower

offerer

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Words that rhyme with the word fretter

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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