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

binder

blinder

cinder

easter

feaster

fielder

finder

grinder

hinder

incur

infer

inter

mincer

minder

minter

painter

pinder

pointer

printer

scrivener

splinter

sprinter

tinder

whitener

winder

windsor

winter

acer

acre

agar

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

bicker

bidder

bigger

biter

bitter

blazer

boiler

boner

bracer

brawner

breaker

brimmer

broiler

burner

caper

cater

chaser

chipper

chitter

cider

cipher

clearer

clicker

climber

clipper

conner

craker

crater

craver

critter

crooner

crowner

cypher

defer

demur

deter

diaper

dicker

differ

digger

dipper

diver

donar

donor

downer

draper

driller

driver

earner

facer

fader

faker

favor

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

filler

fitter

flavor

flicker

flipper

framer

frater

freighter

fritter

gager

gaiter

gerner

geyser

giver

glazer

glider

glimmer

glitter

grader

grater

graver

grazer

gripper

guider

gunner

hater

heifer

hider

hitter

honor

honour

jager

jailer

kaiser

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

laker

laser

later

laver

lazar

learner

licker

lighter

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loiter

lunar

maker

manner

manor

maser

mazer

miller

mirror

miser

mitre

nadir

namer

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nipper

oiler

owner

pacer

paper

paver

penner

picker

pillar

piller

piper

planner

plater

prater

primer

pruner

quaker

quaver

quitter

quiver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

rater

raver

razor

recur

reiter

renner

rhymer

ricker

ridder

rider

righter

rigor

rimer

rimmer

ripper

riser

river

runner

ryder

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

saver

savor

scalar

schiller

schooner

scissor

scraper

scriber

shader

shaker

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shriver

sicker

sider

siller

simmer

sitter

siver

sizer

skater

skimmer

skipper

skiver

slater

slicer

slicker

slider

slipper

sliver

snicker

snider

sooner

spader

spanner

spicer

spider

spiller

splitter

spoiler

stater

sterner

sticker

stiller

stiver

stoner

striker

stripper

stunner

swimmer

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

tanner

taper

tenor

thaler

ticker

tiger

tighter

tiller

timer

timmer

tipper

titter

tracer

trader

trailer

traitor

trigger

trimmer

tripper

tuner

turner

twitter

tyger

tyler

vapor

vicar

vigor

viper

visor

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

whaler

wicker

willer

wiper

writer

zehner

zipper

changer

clincher

danger

drinker

finger

ginger

granger

injure

linger

manger

pincher

ranger

rinker

shingler

sinker

stranger

thinker

tinker

winker

bather

boyer

brayer

briar

brier

buyer

choir

conger

crier

cryer

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

fisher

fissure

flier

flyer

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

ganger

gauger

glacier

hangar

hanger

higher

hire

hither

layer

liar

lunger

major

mayor

minster

mire

nature

oyer

pager

payer

pitcher

player

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

sayer

seamster

senor

sire

slayer

slither

smither

spinster

sprayer

squier

stager

stayer

strayer

teamster

thither

tire

trier

tyer

vintner

wager

wanger

whither

wire

wisher

wither

yager

zither

sphincter

sprinkler

answer

bander

banter

bender

blender

blister

blunder

bouncer

bounder

brander

builder

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

censer

censor

center

centre

chamber

cleanser

cloister

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

counter

crisper

dancer

darner

dinar

ender

enter

failure

fender

figure

filter

flounder

foister

founder

gander

garner

gender

gilder

grantor

grounder

guilder

hander

horner

hunter

junior

kilter

lancer

lander

launder

lender

lifter

limber

lister

mander

mentor

mister

mixer

mourner

mr.

oyster

pander

panter

panzer

pilfer

planter

plunder

ponder

pounder

prancer

punter

quilter

render

renter

riddler

roister

rounder

santer

saunter

savior

scribbler

sender

sensor

shifter

shrimper

shyster

sickler

silver

simper

sister

slander

slender

sounder

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stander

stentor

stifler

strickler

sumner

sunder

swifter

switzer

taster

tender

tensor

tenure

thunder

timber

timbre

tranter

twister

under

vendor

venter

victor

wander

warner

waster

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

wilder

wonder

yonder

zander

tincture

anchor

anger

anker

banker

bencher

bunker

canker

censure

conjure

conquer

denture

dunker

hanker

hunger

hunker

junker

launcher

longer

moisture

monger

panther

picture

pilcher

rancor

ranker

trencher

scripture

shanker

venture

plunger

quencher

stricture

yonker

younger

younker

adder

aller

attar

auger

augur

backer

batter

bearer

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

birder

blabber

bladder

blatter

bloomer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bolar

bomber

booker

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bragger

broker

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

butter

buzzer

caller

calmer

capper

causer

cellar

chatter

chauffeur

checker

cheddar

chopper

chowder

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

clever

clobber

closer

clover

clutter

cocker

coffer

collar

color

colour

comber

comer

cooker

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

cover

cracker

crammer

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

cropper

crowder

cruiser

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

dagger

dapper

dauber

daughter

debtor

decker

docker

dollar

doubter

dresser

dropper

drover

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

duper

dweller

egger

emmer

error

euchre

ever

faller

feller

ferrer

fervor

fetter

flapper

flatter

floater

flutter

fodder

footer

fowler

fretter

fucker

fuller

getter

girder

glamor

glamour

glosser

glover

gomer

gopher

grabber

grammar

grammer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guesser

gutter

hacker

hammer

hatter

hauler

haver

hawker

header

hemmer

hepper

herber

homer

hooker

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

humor

humour

hussar

jaeger

jagger

jetter

jobber

jogger

joker

juror

kercher

kever

lacquer

ladder

lager

latter

lauder

laugher

lawyer

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

loader

loafer

locker

logger

looker

looper

looter

loper

loser

lover

lubber

luger

luter

madder

masser

mater

matter

mercer

moder

motor

mouser

mover

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

mutter

natter

neuter

never

nutter

occur

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

omer

otter

outer

over

packer

palmer

passer

patter

pauper

pepper

petre

pewter

placer

platter

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prefer

presser

proffer

proper

prowler

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

putter

racker

rammer

rapper

refer

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

rubber

rudder

ruler

rumor

rutter

sadder

sapper

saucer

sawyer

scatter

scholar

scooper

scorer

scrubber

scupper

seller

server

setter

sever

sharer

shatter

sheller

shooter

shopper

shudder

shutter

slatter

slaughter

slobber

slugger

smatter

smoker

snapper

snorer

snuffer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

souter

spatter

speller

splatter

spotter

spreader

sputter

squalor

squatter

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

starer

steller

stemmer

stepper

stocker

stoker

stopper

storer

stover

stroller

stuffer

stupor

stutter

succor

sucker

sucre

suffer

sugar

suitor

summer

super

supper

surfer

sutor

swagger

sweater

tacker

talker

tapper

tatter

tedder

teller

termer

terror

thacker

toller

topper

totter

tracker

trapper

trawler

tremor

trooper

trotter

trucker

tuber

tucker

tudor

tumor

tutor

upper

user

utter

valor

verser

voter

walker

waller

water

wearer

webber

weber

whacker

whopper

worker

wrapper

wrecker

yachter

zephyr

zocor

antler

centner

chandler

demure

handler

hipster

inure

monster

partner

quipster

tipster

transfer

trickster

author

azure

badger

blather

bother

brother

butcher

catcher

closure

cloture

crozier

crusher

dasher

father

fresher

further

future

feather

flesher

fletcher

dodger

flasher

gather

gouger

gusher

hatcher

heather

hedger

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

mather

measure

merger

mother

nether

nother

nurture

other

perjure

pleasure

pledger

poacher

rather

roger

pressure

pusher

rother

rusher

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

smother

snatcher

souther

stature

stretcher

suture

tether

thatcher

thresher

treasure

usher

voucher

washer

watcher

weather

whether

angler

bungler

fixture

mixture

longspur

strangler

youngster

actor

after

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

blaster

blower

bluster

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bower

boxer

brewer

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

buster

butler

camber

camper

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

chapter

charmer

charter

chewer

clamber

cluster

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

coster

coulter

coupler

courser

courter

cower

culver

cumber

cutler

damper

darter

doctor

dour

dr.

dumper

duster

elder

ember

esker

ester

ewer

factor

falter

farmer

faster

felter

fester

flour

flower

fluor

fluster

folder

former

foster

garter

gaster

gelder

genre

glower

goer

golfer

grolier

grower

guzzler

halter

hamper

harbor

harder

harper

havier

hector

hellier

helper

henry

herder

hesper

hewer

holder

hostler

hour

jasper

jester

jumper

juncture

kelter

knower

lanier

larder

laster

laughter

lector

lester

lower

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

manure

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

medlar

member

mester

metier

monsieur

mortar

moulder

mower

muffler

mumper

muster

nectar

nestor

number

order

our

ouster

pamper

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

peddler

pester

plaster

polder

poplar

porker

porter

poster

poulter

power

proctor

prosper

psalter

puncture

puzzler

quarter

rafter

raptor

rector

roaster

rooster

roster

rower

rustler

salter

scalper

scamper

sceptre

scour

sector

sewer

sharper

shelter

shoulder

shower

skelter

skewer

slumber

smelter

smuggler

snorter

solver

sorter

sour

sower

spectre

stalder

stamper

starter

straggler

stumper

sulphur

swelter

tamper

tartar

tasker

tattler

taxer

temper

tester

thrower

thruster

thumper

toaster

toddler

torpor

tower

tractor

ulcer

vector

veneer

vesper

viewer

vulgar

walter

warder

warmer

welder

welter

yorker

zoster

archer

charger

farther

fracture

barger

forger

lecture

culture

belcher

clothier

gesture

capture

scorcher

vulture

starcher

marcher

posture

rapture

structure

welcher

pasture

sparger

rupture

soldier

torture

norther

ambler

baxter

bolster

dexter

forster

gambler

hamster

holster

huckster

lobster

one-year

rambler

roadster

sampler

sculptor

somewhere

sumpter

temblor

templar

tumbler

ulster

waltzer

warbler

webster

texture

yorkshire

sculpture

larkspur

oldster

amir

amour

3 syllable words

degener

demeanor

designer

havener

meander

reasoner

reenter

refiner

retainer

sweetener

binary

creator

finery

joinery

meteor

retire

theatre

winery

teenager

courier

currier

decliner

easterner

furrier

pretender

recliner

remainder

reminder

spurrier

worrier

ammeter

beefeater

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

believer

brainpower

crabeater

crowkeeper

cynosure

decider

decipher

detailer

dishonor

divider

divisor

entire

eraser

eyeliner

hinderer

leviner

listener

milliner

needler

precursor

preparer

preserver

prisoner

reactor

receiver

reliever

remarry

reorder

repeater

retailer

reconquer

require

reviewer

stiffener

vinegar

rejoinder

seafarer

shipowner

achiever

arranger

denature

finisher

kitchener

procedure

researcher

freethinker

stationer

stockinger

barrier

brazier

cannery

carrier

caterer

copier

cottier

cozier

desire

devour

earlier

farrier

ferrier

genera

glazier

grazier

gunnery

harrier

honoree

kayaker

laborer

linear

nunnery

pannier

perrier

terrier

warrior

rapier

rioter

rosier

vernier

widower

quieter

rentier

anywhere

attainder

bargainer

bookkeeper

breadwinner

campaigner

cheeseburger

container

cylinder

defender

deflator

dictator

disfavor

dissenter

doorkeeper

endeavor

enquire

equator

gamekeeper

highlander

housekeeper

incisor

innkeeper

insider

insular

invader

islander

kidnapper

kindler

licenser

minister

misnomer

painkiller

peacekeeper

peacemaker

rebuilder

reclaimer

retriever

senora

shopkeeper

silencer

sinister

sleepwalker

storekeeper

sweetwater

swindler

issuer

voyager

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

changeover

freeholder

inhaler

insurer

integer

licensure

prefecture

recapture

ringleader

signature

tinkler

burrower

bricklayer

bandleader

embroider

cochlear

conifer

foreigner

forerunner

moniker

monitor

monomer

nuclear

saltier

discounter

governor

softener

trafficker

engraver

auditor

collider

commoner

connoisseur

fiddler

highflier

launderer

lawmaker

locator

narrator

opener

pacesetter

seducer

stickler

takeover

turnover

visitor

bookbinder

wagoner

bystander

cliffhanger

complainer

detractor

disclaimer

encounter

endorser

enlarger

enquirer

wanderer

dispenser

hitchhiker

abler

bipolar

blockader

crusader

curator

indexer

inductor

inquirer

bibler

chimera

courtier

debater

deliver

informer

fastener

flypaper

hanover

haymaker

idler

isomer

janitor

juniper

littler

mariner

pickler

potboiler

provider

ratepayer

recover

shoemaker

similar

stapler

insecure

bonfire

canary

conveyer

empower

enamor

firepower

pioneer

investor

conveyor

fancier

remover

senator

intruder

kingfisher

slanderer

inventor

loudspeaker

reverser

stabler

survivor

tabler

midwinter

minesweeper

outfielder

prescriber

sidewinder

coroner

mayflower

surrender

whenever

exchanger

another

conjuror

conqueror

endanger

flycatcher

forefinger

furniture

hangover

harbinger

inclosure

indenture

injector

jayhawker

left-winger

manager

pathfinder

pillager

punisher

ringmaster

singular

sojourner

southerner

titular

villager

wrongdoer

fishmonger

inspector

accuser

admirer

almoner

announcer

annular

appraiser

arbiter

bagpiper

armiger

borrower

camera

aglitter

assayer

asunder

attire

batterer

adviser

forever

balancer

harasser

chidester

follower

jeweler

calender

however

calendar

canister

cellular

character

chronicler

circular

colander

commenter

commuter

compiler

coneflower

dissolver

distiller

dressmaker

dulcimer

effector

elector

elixir

embitter

emptier

erector

gardener

glassmaker

globular

granddaughter

granular

hollander

landowner

latecomer

lavender

manicure

midsummer

muckraker

newspaper

offender

emery

ocular

outfitter

outrider

outrigger

outsider

pacemaker

pedicure

secular

simpler

spectator

transpire

trimester

tubular

westerner

typewriter

unaware

uncover

unwary

vibrator

whisperer

wildfire

mammary

abuser

banister

bannister

barrister

bewilder

bookmaker

breakwater

commander

connecter

converter

councilor

counsellor

counselor

chancellor

connector

consider

conspire

consular

consumer

december

murderer

narrower

sufferer

summary

defaulter

destroyer

detector

disaster

discolor

marauder

memory

pursuer

purveyor

whoever

discover

disorder

disposer

familiar

falconer

gunpowder

handover

hardener

jocular

jugular

waterer

hereafter

londoner

popular

predictor

presenter

procurer

recruiter

philander

recorder

reformer

sauter

regular

remember

rescuer

restorer

reporter

revolver

stargazer

offerer

samara

stonecutter

surveyor

sunflower

sapphire

satire

avenger

challenger

dangler

debenture

departure

derringer

digester

dispatcher

glandular

matchmaker

messenger

northerner

passenger

pensioner

publisher

questioner

refresher

register

scavenger

spangler

wrangler

coauthor

dowager

gatherer

hindquarter

instructor

perjurer

treasurer

advancer

ancestor

bartender

carpenter

computer

condenser

conductor

configure

contender

controller

copartner

cornflower

deflector

disfigure

dishwasher

dismember

distemper

encumber

enforcer

gibraltar

homebuilder

hornblower

icebreaker

importer

impostor

improper

lamplighter

lancaster

manslaughter

muscular

nonmember

norlander

outnumber

peculiar

posterior

quicksilver

reflector

requester

sandbagger

sandpaper

sequester

shipbuilder

shoplifter

skyscraper

stepsister

suspender

tormentor

transistor

translator

transmitter

vascular

acquire

amateur

assessor

deserter

attacker

buckler

cadaver

corridor

coworker

creditor

crossover

director

editor

elater

emperor

empire

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

harrower

howitzer

juggler

jupiter

latimer

lucifer

macabre

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Words that rhyme with the word keener

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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