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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word linear.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
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2 syllable words

ringer

singer

slinger

springer

stinger

stringer

swinger

winger

wringer

inure

minster

spinster

vintner

bender

blender

blister

blunder

builder

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

concur

confer

crisper

dinar

ender

enter

fender

filter

gender

gilder

guilder

hellier

hunter

junior

kilter

lanier

lender

lifter

limber

lister

mentor

metier

mister

mixer

monsieur

mr.

pilfer

plunder

punter

quilter

render

renter

riddler

scribbler

scrivener

sender

sensor

shifter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

slender

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

strickler

sunder

swifter

switzer

tender

tensor

thunder

timber

timbre

twister

under

vendor

veneer

venter

victor

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

wonder

sphincter

sprinkler

bitter

chipper

chitter

clipper

demur

cleaner

clicker

bunker

bigger

censure

brimmer

denture

hunger

hunker

junker

venture

bidder

critter

defer

bicker

clearer

deter

dipper

dunker

stricture

keener

kicker

killer

younger

driller

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

mirror

nearer

nigger

nimmer

nipper

ricker

ridder

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

younker

dicker

differ

digger

filler

fitter

flicker

flipper

fritter

giver

glimmer

glitter

gripper

gunner

hitter

miller

penner

picker

pillar

piller

quitter

quiver

recur

renner

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

runner

schiller

scissor

sicker

snicker

spiller

stiller

monger

simmer

pilcher

slicker

picture

skipper

bencher

plunger

slipper

siller

sitter

sliver

sticker

stripper

quencher

skimmer

splitter

stunner

swimmer

timmer

tenor

ticker

tiller

trencher

tipper

titter

trigger

trimmer

tripper

twitter

scripture

vicar

vigor

wicker

willer

zehner

zipper

tincture

centner

demure

fisher

fissure

freer

heer

hipster

hither

lunger

meer

one-year

pitcher

quipster

senor

slither

smither

thither

tipster

trickster

whither

wisher

wither

zither

answer

bander

banter

binder

blinder

bluster

bouncer

bounder

brander

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

cluster

collier

conder

condor

counter

coupler

culver

cumber

cutler

dancer

dumper

duster

elder

ember

esker

ester

failure

felter

fester

finder

flounder

founder

grinder

fluster

gander

gelder

grantor

grolier

guzzler

hander

grounder

havier

hector

helper

fixture

henry

herder

hesper

jester

mixture

lancer

launder

lector

lander

youngster

kelter

jumper

lester

lustre

mander

manure

member

minder

lumber

lumper

luster

medlar

mester

muffler

nectar

mumper

nestor

pander

peddler

pester

muster

number

painter

panter

panzer

pinder

planter

pointer

ponder

pounder

prancer

puzzler

rounder

rustler

santer

saunter

sector

savior

sceptre

bungler

rector

shelter

skelter

slander

slumber

smelter

smuggler

sounder

spectre

sponsor

squander

stander

stumper

sulphur

sumner

swelter

temper

tester

thruster

thumper

tranter

ulcer

vector

vesper

vulgar

wander

welder

welter

yonder

zander

anchor

juncture

anger

anker

banker

clothier

conquer

gesture

lecture

longer

rancor

ranger

ranker

rupture

shanker

yonker

puncture

vulture

belcher

canker

conjure

culture

danger

granger

changer

hanker

launcher

manger

panther

stranger

structure

welcher

banner

beaker

better

bearer

beaver

becker

beater

beggar

bettor

bever

blubber

bluffer

boner

booker

bowyer

brawner

breeder

buffer

bugger

bummer

burner

butter

buzzer

caesar

cedar

cellar

cheater

checker

cheddar

cleaver

clever

clutter

freezer

fretter

fucker

fuller

gainer

gerner

getter

glover

greaser

griever

guesser

gutter

haver

header

healer

hearer

heater

hemmer

hepper

honor

honour

hooker

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

jetter

joiner

juror

keeler

keeper

keever

kever

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

leaver

letter

liner

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

lever

looker

lover

lubber

lunar

mainor

manner

manor

meter

metre

miner

minor

mugger

muller

mutter

never

nutter

occur

owner

peeler

pepper

peter

petre

planer

planner

pleaser

plover

plucker

plumber

praetor

prefer

presser

pruner

pucker

puffer

puller

putter

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

refer

rubber

rudder

scupper

sealer

seeker

segar

seller

setter

sever

sharer

sheller

shiner

shriner

shutter

signer

sleeper

slugger

sneaker

snuffer

sooner

spanner

speaker

speeder

speller

sterner

stoner

tanner

teaser

tedder

teeter

terror

teller

rutter

screamer

scrubber

schooner

schemer

sawyer

shudder

spreader

sputter

squeaker

starer

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

steller

stemmer

stepper

streamer

stuffer

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

sweater

sweeper

color

comer

cooker

cover

dealer

debtor

donar

donor

coiner

colour

conner

crowner

culler

cutter

decker

dieter

diner

downer

drainer

dreamer

dresser

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

eager

earner

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

ever

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fever

finer

flutter

treater

tremor

trucker

tucker

tuner

turner

upper

utter

viner

wearer

weaver

webber

weber

wheeler

whiner

creamer

crooner

trainer

wrecker

zephyr

footer

antler

chandler

dexter

handler

huckster

monster

sculptor

somewhere

sumpter

temblor

templar

transfer

tumbler

ulster

webster

flesher

fletcher

ether

feature

creature

bleacher

breather

brother

butcher

conger

crusher

either

feather

fresher

ganger

gusher

ledger

hangar

hanger

heather

hedger

leather

lecher

leger

leisure

measure

mother

neither

nether

nother

other

peacher

pleasure

pledger

preacher

pressure

pusher

rusher

seizure

smother

souther

tether

stretcher

teacher

thresher

treasure

weather

wanger

usher

whether

angler

longspur

sculpture

strangler

texture

brayer

boyer

briar

crier

brier

choir

buyer

cryer

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

fire

flyer

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

hire

liar

mayor

payer

player

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

sayer

sire

slayer

sprayer

squier

tire

wire

eyer

flier

higher

layer

mire

oyer

prayer

stayer

strayer

trier

tyer

actor

after

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

blaster

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

boxer

burglar

camber

camper

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

chamber

charmer

charter

clamber

cloister

chapter

coaster

cobbler

coster

courser

colter

corner

coulter

courter

darner

damper

darter

doctor

dr.

easter

factor

falter

farmer

faster

feaster

fielder

foister

former

foster

garner

garter

folder

gaster

golfer

halter

hamper

harbor

harder

harper

holder

horner

hostler

jasper

larder

laster

laughter

marker

marver

martyr

masker

master

mortar

moulder

mourner

order

ouster

oyster

pamper

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

plaster

polder

poplar

porker

porter

poster

poulter

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

rafter

raptor

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

scamper

salter

scalper

sharper

shoulder

shyster

snorter

stifler

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

toddler

solver

sorter

stalder

stamper

starter

straggler

toaster

torpor

tractor

walter

warder

warner

waster

whitener

yorker

warmer

wilder

zoster

auger

baxter

aller

ambler

rambler

roadster

waltzer

warbler

acer

acre

adder

agar

attar

augur

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

batter

berber

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bracer

bragger

breaker

broiler

broker

browser

burgher

caller

calmer

caper

capper

chaser

seamster

chatter

teamster

cater

causer

chauffeur

sampler

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

climber

clobber

clover

holster

closer

cocker

coffer

collar

comber

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

craker

crammer

crater

craver

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

cropper

crowder

cruiser

curler

cursor

cypher

dagger

dapper

dauber

daughter

diaper

diver

docker

dollar

doubter

draper

driver

dropper

drover

duper

euchre

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

fervor

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

flapper

flatter

fowler

hamster

flavor

floater

fodder

framer

frater

freighter

gager

gaiter

geyser

girder

glamor

glamour

glazer

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grazer

lobster

grater

graver

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guider

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

hauler

hawker

heifer

herber

hider

homer

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jager

jagger

jailer

jobber

jogger

joker

kaiser

kercher

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

lager

laker

laser

later

latter

lauder

laugher

laver

lazar

lighter

loader

loafer

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

luter

madder

quaver

siver

sizer

skater

skiver

smatter

forster

sider

slater

slatter

slaughter

slicer

slider

slobber

smoker

snapper

snider

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

souter

spader

spatter

spicer

spider

splatter

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

stater

stiver

stocker

stoker

stopper

storer

stover

striker

stroller

sutor

gambler

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

surfer

swagger

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thacker

thaler

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

traitor

trapper

trawler

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tutor

tyger

tyler

user

valor

vapor

verser

viper

visor

voter

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

walker

waller

water

waver

whacker

whaler

whopper

wiper

worker

wrapper

writer

yachter

zocor

maker

partner

cracker

maser

masser

mater

matter

mazer

mercer

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mover

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

neuter

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

over

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

passer

patter

pauper

paver

pewter

piper

placer

plater

platter

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

purser

quaker

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

ruler

rumor

ryder

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

saucer

savor

bolster

sapper

saver

scalar

scatter

scholar

scooper

scorer

scraper

scriber

server

shader

shaker

shatter

shaver

shooter

shopper

shriver

author

azure

badger

bather

blather

bother

catcher

closure

cloture

crozier

dasher

dodger

father

flasher

further

future

gather

gauger

glacier

gouger

hatcher

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

major

mather

merger

nature

nurture

pager

perjure

poacher

rather

roger

rother

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

snatcher

stager

stature

suture

thatcher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

yager

larkspur

oldster

amir

amour

genre

archer

barger

blower

bower

brewer

capture

charger

chewer

cower

dour

ewer

farther

flour

flower

fluor

forger

fracture

glower

goer

grower

hewer

hour

knower

lower

marcher

moisture

mower

norther

our

pasture

posture

power

rapture

rower

scorcher

scour

sewer

shower

skewer

soldier

sour

sower

sparger

starcher

thrower

torture

tower

viewer

yorkshire

3 syllable words

denature

finisher

anywhere

enquire

incisor

insider

invader

sinister

beefeater

belabor

believer

conveyer

decider

decipher

degener

divider

hinderer

inhaler

bricklayer

conveyor

deliver

divisor

eraser

fancier

receiver

reenter

reliever

vinegar

visitor

attire

carrier

devour

grazier

copier

cottier

warrior

glazier

earlier

widower

cozier

brazier

retire

rapier

rosier

barrier

achiever

pillager

configure

disfigure

insecure

procedure

engraver

villager

enquirer

kingfisher

punisher

teenager

inquirer

bewilder

bookkeeper

chidester

consider

conspire

container

courier

currier

cylinder

defender

deflator

destroyer

dictator

disfavor

dissenter

distiller

elixir

emptier

endeavor

equator

familiar

furrier

insular

issuer

kidnapper

kindler

manicure

minister

misnomer

peacekeeper

pedicure

predictor

pretender

remainder

retriever

singular

spurrier

swindler

worrier

behavior

insurer

integer

rejoinder

signature

tinkler

debater

littler

shipowner

saltier

designer

crowkeeper

meander

seducer

senator

similar

curator

listener

milliner

fiddler

havener

pickler

pioneer

prisoner

provider

reasoner

recover

refiner

remover

supplier

surrender

umpire

whenever

sweetener

leviner

dishonor

empire

enamor

empower

moniker

require

retainer

narrator

nuclear

stickler

stiffener

collider

cochlear

bonfire

crabeater

courtier

beginner

ammeter

acquire

bandleader

disclaimer

discounter

dispenser

embroider

encounter

endorser

enlarger

freethinker

hitchhiker

indexer

inductor

informer

intruder

inventor

investor

midwinter

minesweeper

posterior

quicksilver

shipbuilder

another

kitchener

genera

purveyor

furniture

soothsayer

titular

gunnery

stockinger

assayer

narrower

nunnery

sapphire

satire

sauter

scenery

surveyor

endanger

forefinger

harbinger

inclosure

indenture

injector

ringmaster

bookmaker

appraiser

annular

announcer

abuser

accuser

asunder

attainder

balancer

banister

calendar

calender

bargainer

barrister

breadwinner

cellular

commander

chronicler

colander

character

commenter

commuter

compiler

connecter

connector

consumer

converter

december

decliner

defaulter

detector

disaster

discolor

discover

disorder

disposer

dissolver

doorkeeper

dressmaker

effector

elector

employer

erector

gamekeeper

granular

gunpowder

hereafter

hollander

housekeeper

islander

lavender

licenser

londoner

midsummer

muckraker

offender

philander

presenter

rebuilder

recliner

recorder

recruiter

reformer

shopkeeper

regular

remember

reminder

reporter

rescuer

restorer

revolver

secular

senora

silencer

simpler

spectator

storekeeper

sunflower

transpire

unaware

uncover

whisperer

fishmonger

inspector

avenger

challenger

debenture

departure

derringer

dispatcher

licensure

messenger

matchmaker

passenger

pensioner

refresher

register

scavenger

assessor

attacker

auditor

blockader

brainpower

buckler

cadaver

canary

chimera

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

creditor

crusader

cynosure

director

editor

elater

emperor

fastener

flypaper

foreigner

forerunner

governor

hanover

haymaker

highflier

howitzer

janitor

juggler

juniper

launderer

lawmaker

locator

macabre

mariner

monitor

monomer

opener

outlier

polluter

possessor

potboiler

producer

professor

promoter

propeller

quagmire

ratepayer

remarry

reveler

reverser

settler

shoemaker

shuffler

slanderer

softener

survivor

trafficker

turnover

wagoner

wanderer

whatever

wherever

wrestler

advancer

improper

bookbinder

computer

condenser

conductor

distemper

encumber

enforcer

gibraltar

importer

impostor

loudspeaker

outfielder

requester

sandpaper

shoplifter

tormentor

translator

sequester

transistor

carpenter

cliffhanger

contender

constrictor

bartender

controller

espalier

peculiar

suspender

deflector

dishwasher

dismember

muscular

norlander

stepsister

exchanger

homebuilder

reflector

instructor

nodular

conqueror

modular

purchaser

worshiper

wrongdoer

jayhawker

hangover

churchgoer

lecturer

sojourner

southerner

arranger

catheter

stationer

together

conjuror

manager

bachelor

adventure

bedchamber

enchanter

exposure

disclosure

displeasure

enclosure

engender

enhancer

enrapture

left-winger

pathfinder

adapter

admirer

adopter

adviser

aflutter

aggressor

aglitter

almoner

arbiter

armiger

bagpiper

ballplayer

bannister

bellflower

binary

bloodsucker

bookseller

borrower

bulldozer

canister

cannery

chancellor

collector

comforter

composer

coneflower

conjecture

consular

councilor

counsellor

counselor

creator

cucumber

customer

dulcimer

easterner

embitter

emery

explorer

exporter

extender

falconer

finery

follower

forester

forever

gardener

glassmaker

granddaughter

handover

harasser

hardener

headwater

highlander

honoree

however

humbler

jeweler

joinery

kayaker

landowner

leftover

marauder

memory

molester

newspaper

november

observer

ocular

oppressor

outfitter

outrider

outrigger

outsider

pacemaker

painkiller

penury

pilaster

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Words that rhyme with the word linear

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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