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

babbler

bender

blender

burglar

butler

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

coupler

cutler

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

felter

fender

fester

gelder

gender

guzzler

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

jester

kelter

lector

lender

lester

member

mentor

mester

metier

muffler

nectar

nestor

pester

puzzler

rector

render

renter

rustler

sceptre

scribbler

sector

sender

sensor

shelter

sickler

skelter

slender

smelter

smuggler

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

straggler

strickler

swelter

tattler

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

toddler

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

welder

welter

whistler

adder

bailer

bailor

bearer

becker

beggar

better

bettor

bever

bidder

birder

bladder

checker

clever

color

colour

culler

curler

debtor

decker

dresser

driller

duller

egger

emmer

error

ever

fader

ferrer

fetter

filler

fretter

fuller

getter

girder

grader

guesser

haver

hemmer

hepper

jaeger

jailer

jetter

kever

killer

ladder

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

madder

miller

muller

murder

nadir

never

penner

pepper

petre

pillar

piller

presser

puller

raider

renner

ridder

rudder

sadder

sailer

sailor

scalar

schiller

setter

sever

shader

sharer

shudder

siller

spader

spiller

starer

stemmer

stepper

stiller

sweater

tailor

tenor

terror

thaler

tiller

trader

trailer

tremor

valor

wader

wearer

webber

weber

whaler

willer

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

belcher

bencher

censure

denture

gesture

lecture

quencher

shingler

trencher

venture

welcher

butlers

bather

blather

brother

dexter

fresher

gather

hedger

hither

gambler

flesher

fletcher

further

lather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

mather

measure

mother

nother

centner

other

pleasure

smither

thresher

rambler

tumbler

pledger

smother

toddlers

stretcher

webster

pressure

ambler

slither

souther

antler

rather

treasure

whither

wither

sampler

zither

actor

after

amber

ampere

angler

answer

asker

asper

aster

bander

banter

blaster

blister

blunder

bluster

bottler

brander

builder

bulger

bumper

bungler

busker

buster

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

cinder

clamber

cluster

cobbler

concur

confer

crisper

culver

cumber

damper

dancer

dumper

duster

factor

failure

faster

figure

filter

fluster

gander

gaster

gilder

grantor

guilder

hamper

hander

havier

hinder

hostler

hunter

incur

infer

inter

jasper

jumper

kilter

lancer

lander

laster

laughter

lifter

limber

lister

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

masker

master

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

monsieur

mr.

mumper

muster

number

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parlor

parlour

paster

pastor

pilfer

planter

plaster

plunder

poplar

prancer

printer

punter

quilter

rafter

raptor

santer

savior

scalper

scamper

scrivener

shifter

shrimper

silver

simper

sister

slander

slumber

splinter

sprinkler

sprinter

stamper

stander

stifler

strangler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swifter

switzer

tamper

tasker

taster

taxer

texture

thruster

thumper

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

tractor

tranter

twister

ulcer

under

victor

vulgar

waster

whimper

whisker

whisper

winder

windsor

winter

wonder

zander

anchor

anger

anker

banker

bunker

canker

clincher

culture

drinker

dunker

finger

ginger

hunger

hanker

hunker

injure

junker

monger

linger

pilcher

pincher

plunger

rancor

ranker

rupture

picture

rinker

scripture

shanker

sinker

stricture

structure

thinker

tinker

vulture

winker

younker

younger

acer

acre

agar

aller

attar

aver

backer

baker

banner

batter

berber

bicker

bigger

bitter

blabber

blatter

blazer

blubber

bluffer

boiler

bolar

booker

bowler

bracer

bragger

breaker

breeder

brimmer

broiler

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

butter

buzzer

caller

caper

capper

cater

cedar

chaser

chatter

chipper

chitter

chowder

cider

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

clearer

clicker

clipper

clutter

collar

comer

cooker

cooler

cover

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

crawler

critter

crowder

cursor

cutter

dagger

dapper

dealer

defer

demur

deter

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

dollar

drainer

draper

drummer

ducker

duffer

earner

facer

faker

faller

favor

feeder

feeler

fervor

filer

fitter

flapper

flatter

flavor

flicker

flipper

flutter

fodder

footer

fowler

framer

frater

freighter

fritter

fucker

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

giver

glamor

glamour

glazer

glider

glimmer

glitter

glover

grabber

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

gripper

guider

gunner

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

hauler

healer

herber

hider

hitter

hooker

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

inner

jager

jagger

juror

keeler

kercher

kicker

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

laker

laser

later

latter

lauder

laver

lazar

leader

learner

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loader

looker

lover

lubber

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

matter

mazer

mercer

mirror

moder

mugger

murmur

mutter

namer

natter

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

occur

odor

oiler

pacer

packer

paper

passer

patter

paver

peeler

picker

pinner

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plover

plucker

plumber

polar

pooler

powder

prater

prefer

prowler

pucker

puffer

purser

putter

quaker

quaver

quitter

quiver

racer

racker

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reader

recur

refer

ricker

rider

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

roller

rubber

ruler

runner

rutter

ryder

sabre

saker

sapper

saver

savor

scatter

scholar

scissor

scraper

scrubber

scupper

sealer

server

shaker

shatter

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shutter

sicker

sider

simmer

sinner

sitter

skater

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slater

slatter

slicker

slider

slipper

sliver

slugger

smatter

snapper

snicker

snider

snuffer

soder

solar

solder

spanner

spatter

speeder

spider

spinner

splatter

splitter

spoiler

sputter

squalor

stagger

staller

stammer

stater

stealer

steeler

sterner

sticker

stripper

stroller

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

surfer

swagger

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

taker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thacker

thinner

ticker

timmer

tipper

titter

toller

tracer

tracker

trainer

traitor

trapper

trawler

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trucker

tucker

tudor

turner

twitter

tyler

upper

utter

vapor

verser

vicar

vigor

wafer

waiter

waiver

waller

waver

whacker

wheeler

wicker

winner

worker

wrapper

zipper

hipster

spinster

huckster

baxter

vintner

sumpter

quipster

trickster

warbler

minster

ulster

roadster

hamster

bottlers

sculptor

transfer

tipster

bother

lunger

major

smoother

smasher

snatcher

merger

breather

butcher

catcher

lasher

nature

neither

nurture

pager

perjure

pitcher

pusher

ringer

rusher

searcher

singer

slasher

slinger

azure

father

badger

dasher

fisher

fissure

flasher

gusher

swinger

glacier

hangar

hanger

hatcher

springer

stager

stature

stinger

stringer

thither

usher

winger

wisher

wringer

yager

crusher

either

ganger

gauger

wager

wanger

thatcher

brayer

fixture

layer

mayor

mixture

payer

player

prayer

preyer

sayer

sculpture

slayer

sphincter

sprayer

stayer

strayer

youngster

altar

alter

balder

balter

barber

barbre

binder

blinder

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

carder

carper

falter

farmer

feaster

grounder

alder

arbor

ardor

armor

auster

barker

barter

boarder

bolter

booster

border

carter

carver

charmer

charter

cloister

coaster

collier

colter

conder

condor

corner

coster

coulter

counter

courser

courter

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

easter

fielder

finder

flounder

foister

folder

former

foster

founder

garner

garter

golfer

grinder

grolier

halter

harbor

harder

harper

holder

horner

junior

larder

launder

marker

martyr

marver

minder

mortar

moulder

mourner

order

ouster

oyster

parker

parser

pinder

pointer

polder

ponder

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rounder

salter

saunter

senior

sharper

shoulder

shyster

snorter

solver

steelers

sorter

sounder

sponsor

squander

stalder

starter

tartar

toaster

torpor

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

whitener

wilder

yonder

yorker

zoster

juncture

oldster

puncture

tincture

ranger

rapture

stranger

soldier

yonker

changer

clothier

conquer

manger

granger

fracture

longer

farther

pasture

norther

capture

danger

panther

auger

augur

beaker

beater

beaver

biter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

bolster

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowyer

brawner

broker

browser

caesar

calmer

causer

chauffeur

cheater

chopper

cipher

cleaner

cleaver

climber

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

coffer

coiner

comber

conner

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

creamer

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowner

cruiser

cypher

dauber

daughter

diaper

dieter

diner

diver

docker

donar

donor

doubter

downer

dreamer

driver

dropper

drover

duper

eager

eater

eger

euchre

femur

fever

fibre

fifer

fighter

finer

floater

forster

freezer

geyser

glosser

gomer

gopher

greaser

griever

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

hawker

hearer

heater

heifer

holster

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

humor

humour

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kaiser

keener

keeper

keever

lager

laugher

lawyer

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

lighter

liner

loafer

lobster

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

mater

meter

metre

miner

minor

miser

mitre

monster

motor

mouser

mover

neuter

ochre

offer

ogre

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

palmer

partner

pauper

peter

pewter

piper

pleaser

plotter

poker

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powter

praetor

primer

proffer

proper

pruner

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

reiter

rhymer

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

rumor

saucer

sawyer

schemer

schooner

scooper

scorer

screamer

scriber

seamster

seeker

segar

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

shriver

signer

siver

sizer

skiver

slaughter

sleeper

slicer

slobber

smoker

sneaker

snorer

soaker

sober

sooner

souter

speaker

spicer

spotter

squatter

squeaker

stalker

steamer

steeper

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

streamer

striker

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

sutor

sweeper

talker

teamster

teaser

teeter

tiger

tighter

timer

topper

totter

treater

trooper

trotter

tuber

tumor

tuner

tutor

tyger

user

viner

viper

visor

voter

walker

waltzer

water

weaver

whiner

whopper

wiper

writer

yachter

zocor

feature

gouger

roger

rother

author

future

suture

cloture

teacher

closure

peacher

kosher

creature

dodger

ether

bleacher

crozier

poacher

longspur

seizure

preacher

voucher

watcher

washer

hoosier

conger

larkspur

marcher

sparger

scorcher

blower

bower

brier

buyer

chewer

choir

cower

cryer

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

launcher

brewer

briar

boyer

posture

crier

dour

ewer

fire

flier

flour

archer

flower

fluor

flyer

foyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

glower

goer

grower

heer

hewer

forger

higher

hire

barger

conjure

hour

knower

liar

lower

meer

mire

moisture

mower

charger

our

oyer

power

prier

pyre

starcher

prior

rower

torture

scour

sewer

shower

sire

skewer

sour

sower

squier

thrower

tire

tower

trier

tyer

viewer

wire

yorkshire

3 syllable words

creditor

editor

fiddler

girdler

reveler

saddler

settler

wrestler

farrier

ferrier

harrier

murderer

narrower

perrier

rentier

terrier

widower

bachelor

bellflower

breadwinner

cellular

employer

fiddlers

headwater

kindler

pedicure

regular

secular

stepdaughter

stepladder

swindler

abler

bricklayer

buckler

cadaver

cutlery

degener

director

elater

emperor

empire

enamor

glandular

hinderer

idler

juggler

leviner

littler

mariner

mayflower

narrator

needler

pickler

producer

propeller

rattler

safflower

seducer

senator

shuffler

similar

slanderer

stabler

stapler

stickler

supplier

surrender

tabler

traveler

whenever

wherever

assembler

bandleader

espalier

hairdresser

lecturer

purchaser

stationer

worshiper

assayer

attire

barrier

brazier

carrier

desire

devour

earlier

forever

however

together

glazier

grazier

harasser

titular

jeweler

nodular

linear

marauder

pannier

pursuer

rapier

jayhawker

purveyor

modular

sapphire

satire

surveyor

vernier

whoever

churchgoer

catheter

bedchamber

enclosure

endanger

shareholder

adapter

admirer

adopter

bloodsucker

adviser

aflutter

aglitter

annular

banister

bannister

barrister

bookseller

bulldozer

calender

canister

calendar

chancellor

character

chidester

chronicler

circular

commenter

compiler

connecter

connector

december

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflator

detector

discolor

dissenter

dissolver

distiller

dressmaker

embitter

emptier

erector

effector

familiar

granddaughter

granular

handover

humbler

insular

kidnapper

landowner

lavender

leftover

issuer

londoner

manicure

offender

november

painkiller

gatherer

midsummer

predictor

presenter

pretender

recliner

remember

protector

rescuer

protester

revolver

westerner

semester

simpler

spectator

thereafter

woodpecker

sunflower

treasurer

trimester

avenger

bellwether

birdwatcher

changeover

burrower

dangler

grasshopper

inhaler

digester

courier

debenture

spurrier

derringer

jackhammer

matchmaker

messenger

questioner

stepmother

projector

spangler

stepfather

currier

tinkler

furrier

prefecture

publisher

passenger

pensioner

scavenger

tablature

worrier

wrangler

register

acquire

amateur

ammeter

assessor

attacker

auditor

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

believer

bibler

bipolar

blockader

brainpower

cochlear

collider

conveyer

conveyor

corridor

crabeater

crusader

curator

debater

decider

decipher

deliver

demeanor

deserter

designer

detailer

dishonor

divider

divisor

empower

entire

eraser

fancier

fastener

gobbler

hanover

harrower

havener

haymaker

highflier

howitzer

janitor

landholder

latimer

launderer

listener

macabre

massacre

meander

milliner

nuclear

outlier

pacesetter

passover

plasterer

polluter

possessor

potboiler

preparer

prisoner

professor

promoter

provider

quagmire

ratepayer

reactor

receiver

recover

reenter

refiner

remover

repeater

retailer

retainer

seafarer

shipowner

stiffener

survivor

takeover

trafficker

turnover

umpire

vinegar

visitor

wagoner

wanderer

whatever

abductor

advancer

ancestor

bartender

complainer

condenser

conductor

contender

controller

deflector

disclaimer

dismember

dispenser

distemper

encumber

endorser

enforcer

enlarger

gibraltar

homesteader

indexer

inductor

inventor

investor

lamplighter

manslaughter

midwinter

muscular

needlework

nonmember

peculiar

prospector

quicksilver

reflector

requester

sandbagger

sandpaper

september

sequester

sharecropper

stepsister

suspender

tormentor

transistor

translator

upholster

vascular

achiever

another

curvature

denature

finisher

furniture

hangover

kitchener

manager

pillager

procedure

punisher

soothsayer

southerner

villager

wrongdoer

adventure

angular

disclosure

displeasure

enchanter

engender

enhancer

enrapture

exchequer

grandfather

grandmother

inclosure

indenture

injector

left-winger

middle-earth

objector

pathfinder

rathskeller

singular

temperature

stakeholder

commuter

consular

batterer

borrower

quieter

abuser

consumer

container

ballplayer

conspire

retire

bewilder

commander

composer

consider

sufferer

coneflower

rosier

breakwater

theatre

warrior

campaigner

rioter

aggressor

balancer

accuser

announcer

appraiser

aquifer

asunder

attainder

backpacker

backwater

bagpiper

bookkeeper

bookmaker

colander

collector

comforter

converter

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

customer

cylinder

destroyer

dictator

disaster

discover

disfavor

disorder

disposer

dulcimer

elixir

endeavor

enquire

equator

falconer

forester

forwarder

gamekeeper

gardener

glassmaker

insider

invader

islander

latecomer

licenser

minister

molester

caterer

observer

pilaster

muckraker

ocular

oppressor

outliers

popular

copier

philander

cottier

hereafter

highlander

holdover

hollander

jocular

jugular

performer

reclaimer

recorder

recruiter

reformer

remainder

cozier

elector

creator

globular

kayaker

gunpowder

follower

hardener

meteor

pacemaker

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Words that rhyme with the word medlar

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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