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

seamster

teamster

blister

cloister

fielder

filter

foister

inter

kilter

lifter

lister

minter

mister

mr.

oyster

painter

pointer

printer

quilter

retry

roister

senior

shifter

shyster

sister

splinter

sprinter

swifter

switzer

taster

twister

victor

waster

whitener

winter

acer

acre

agar

attar

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

batter

better

bettor

bicker

bidder

bigger

blatter

blazer

blotter

boiler

bracer

breaker

brimmer

broiler

butter

caper

chaser

chatter

chipper

cider

cipher

clatter

clearer

clicker

climber

clipper

clutter

coiner

cooter

cotter

craker

craver

cutter

cypher

daughter

debtor

defer

demur

diaper

dicker

differ

digger

diner

dinner

dipper

diver

doubter

drainer

draper

driller

driver

facer

fader

faker

favor

fetter

fibre

fifer

filer

filler

finer

flatter

flavor

flicker

flipper

floater

flutter

footer

framer

fretter

gager

gainer

getter

geyser

giver

glazer

glider

glimmer

grader

graver

grazer

gripper

guider

gutter

hatter

heifer

hider

hooter

inner

jager

jailer

jetter

joiner

kaiser

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

labor

labour

laker

laser

latter

laver

lazar

letter

licker

limmer

liner

liqueur

liquor

liver

looter

luter

mainor

maker

maser

mater

matter

mazer

miller

miner

minor

mirror

miser

motor

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

nearer

neighbor

neuter

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

oiler

otter

outer

pacer

paper

patter

paver

petre

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

piper

planer

platter

plotter

potter

pouter

powter

primer

putter

quaker

quaver

quiver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

raver

razor

recur

rhymer

ricker

ridder

rider

rigor

rimer

rimmer

ripper

riser

river

rooter

rotor

router

rutter

ryder

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

saver

savor

scalar

scatter

schiller

scissor

scraper

scriber

setter

shader

shaker

shatter

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shiner

shipper

shiver

shooter

shriner

shriver

shutter

sicker

sider

signer

siller

simmer

sinner

siver

sizer

skimmer

skinner

skipper

skiver

slatter

slaughter

slicer

slicker

slider

slipper

sliver

smatter

snicker

snider

souter

spader

spatter

spicer

spider

spiller

spinner

splatter

spoiler

spotter

sputter

squatter

sticker

stiller

stiver

striker

stripper

stutter

suitor

sutor

sweater

swimmer

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

taper

tatter

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiger

tiller

timer

timmer

tipper

totter

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trotter

tutor

tyger

tyler

utter

vapor

vicar

vigor

viner

viper

visor

voter

wader

wafer

waiver

water

waver

whaler

whiner

wicker

willer

winner

wiper

yachter

zipper

author

bather

boyer

brayer

briar

brier

buyer

choir

crier

cryer

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

fisher

fissure

flier

flyer

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

gauger

glacier

higher

hipster

hire

hither

layer

liar

major

mayor

minster

mire

nature

oyer

pager

payer

pitcher

player

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

quipster

ringer

rother

sayer

singer

sire

slayer

slinger

slither

smither

spinster

sprayer

springer

squier

stager

stayer

stinger

strayer

stringer

swinger

tipster

tire

trickster

trier

tyer

vintner

wager

whither

winger

wire

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

sphincter

actor

after

altar

alter

aster

auster

balter

banter

barter

betray

binder

blaster

blinder

bluster

bolter

booster

bottler

boulter

builder

buster

butler

canter

cantor

captor

carter

caster

castor

center

centre

chamber

chapter

charter

cinder

cluster

coaster

colter

coster

coulter

counter

courter

crisper

cutler

darter

detour

doctor

dr.

duster

enter

ester

factor

failure

falter

faster

felter

fester

figure

finder

fluster

foster

garter

gaster

gilder

grantor

grinder

guilder

guitar

halter

hector

hinder

hunter

incur

infer

jester

kelter

laster

laughter

lector

lester

limber

luster

lustre

martyr

master

mentor

mester

metier

midair

mincer

minder

mitre

mixer

mortar

muster

nectar

nestor

nitro

ouster

panter

paster

pastor

pester

pilfer

pinder

planter

plaster

porter

poster

poulter

proctor

psalter

punter

quarter

rafter

raptor

rector

redraw

renter

retire

riddler

roaster

rooster

roster

salter

santer

saunter

savior

sceptre

scribbler

scrivener

sector

shelter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

skelter

smelter

snorter

sorter

spectre

starter

stentor

stifler

strickler

swelter

tartar

tattler

tester

thruster

timber

timbre

tinder

toaster

tractor

tranter

vector

venter

walter

welter

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

wilder

winder

windsor

zoster

changer

clincher

drinker

danger

finger

ginger

granger

injure

linger

manger

moisture

panther

picture

pilcher

pincher

ranger

rinker

scripture

shingler

sinker

stranger

stricture

thinker

tinker

winker

adder

aller

auger

augur

backer

banner

bearer

becker

beggar

berber

bever

birder

blabber

bladder

bloomer

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bolar

bomber

boner

booker

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bragger

brawner

broker

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

buzzer

caller

calmer

capper

causer

cellar

chauffeur

checker

cheddar

chopper

chowder

clamor

clamour

clapper

clever

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

coffer

collar

color

colour

comber

comer

conner

cooker

cooler

cooper

copper

cougar

cover

cracker

crammer

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

culler

curler

cursor

dagger

dapper

dauber

decker

docker

dollar

donar

donor

downer

dresser

dropper

drover

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

duper

dweller

earner

egger

emmer

error

euchre

ever

faller

feller

ferrer

fervor

flapper

fodder

fowler

fucker

fuller

gerner

girder

glamor

glamour

glosser

glover

gomer

gopher

grabber

grammar

grammer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guesser

gunner

hacker

hammer

hauler

haver

hawker

header

hemmer

hepper

herber

homer

honor

honour

hooker

hooper

hoover

hopper

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

humor

humour

hussar

jaeger

jagger

jobber

jogger

joker

juror

kercher

kever

lacquer

ladder

lager

lauder

laugher

lawyer

learner

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

lever

loader

loafer

locker

logger

looker

looper

loper

loser

lover

lubber

luger

lunar

madder

manner

manor

masser

mercer

moder

mouser

mover

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

never

occur

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

omer

over

owner

packer

palmer

passer

pauper

penner

pepper

placer

planner

plover

plucker

plumber

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

powder

prefer

presser

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

racker

rammer

rapper

refer

renner

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

roper

roser

rouser

rover

rubber

rudder

ruler

rumor

runner

sadder

sapper

saucer

sawyer

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

scrubber

scupper

seller

server

sever

sharer

sheller

shopper

shudder

slobber

slugger

smoker

snapper

snorer

snuffer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

spanner

speller

spreader

squalor

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

starer

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

stroller

stuffer

stunner

stupor

succor

sucker

sucre

suffer

sugar

summer

super

supper

surfer

swagger

tacker

talker

tanner

tapper

tedder

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thacker

toller

topper

tracker

trapper

trawler

tremor

trooper

trucker

tuber

tucker

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

upper

user

valor

verser

walker

waller

wearer

webber

weber

whacker

whopper

worker

wrapper

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

zocor

antler

baxter

bolster

centner

dexter

forster

hamster

holster

huckster

lobster

monster

partner

roadster

sculptor

sumpter

ulster

waltzer

webster

bother

brother

butcher

catcher

conger

crozier

crusher

dasher

father

feather

hatcher

mather

measure

merger

mother

other

poacher

rather

washer

weather

slasher

smasher

smoother

smother

snatcher

souther

stature

treasure

watcher

azure

closure

flasher

badger

cloture

dodger

blather

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

future

ganger

gather

gouger

gusher

hangar

hanger

heather

hedger

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

nether

nother

nurture

perjure

pleasure

pledger

pressure

pusher

roger

rusher

searcher

stretcher

suture

tether

thatcher

thresher

usher

voucher

wanger

whether

mixture

fixture

sprinkler

youngster

alder

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

babbler

balder

bander

barber

barbre

barker

bender

blender

blower

blunder

boarder

border

boulder

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

brander

brewer

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

camber

camper

cancer

candor

carder

carper

carver

censer

censor

charmer

chewer

clamber

cleanser

cobbler

collier

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

coupler

courser

couture

cower

culver

cumber

damper

dancer

darner

dour

dumper

elder

ember

ender

esker

ewer

farmer

fender

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

folder

former

founder

gander

garner

gelder

gender

glower

goer

golfer

grolier

grounder

grower

guzzler

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

havier

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

hewer

holder

horner

hostler

hour

hydra

hydro

jasper

jumper

junior

knower

lancer

lander

larder

launder

lender

lower

lumber

lumper

mander

marker

marver

masker

medlar

member

monsieur

moulder

mourner

mower

muffler

mumper

number

oldster

order

our

pamper

pander

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

peddler

pedro

plunder

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

pounder

power

prancer

prosper

puzzler

radar

render

rounder

rower

rustler

scalper

scamper

scour

sender

sensor

sewer

sharper

shoulder

shower

skewer

slander

slender

slumber

smuggler

solver

sounder

sour

sower

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stalder

stamper

stander

straggler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

tamper

tasker

taxer

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

thrower

thumper

thunder

tincture

toddler

torpor

tower

ulcer

under

vendor

vesper

viewer

vulgar

wander

warder

warmer

warner

welder

wonder

yonder

yorker

zander

anchor

anger

banker

archer

anker

barger

bencher

bunker

charger

censure

belcher

canker

capture

clothier

conjure

conquer

culture

denture

dunker

forger

hanker

hunger

junker

launcher

marcher

farther

fracture

gesture

hunker

lecture

longer

monger

norther

pasture

plunger

rancor

ranker

rupture

scorcher

venture

rapture

shanker

starcher

structure

trencher

younker

quencher

soldier

sparger

welcher

yonker

younger

posture

torture

vulture

ambler

chandler

gambler

handler

outdoor

rambler

sampler

temblor

templar

transfer

tumbler

warbler

angler

bungler

longspur

sculpture

yorkshire

strangler

texture

juncture

larkspur

puncture

adar

adore

boudoir

padre

quadra

stairway

mature

adhere

starry

storey

story

cadre

tawdry

3 syllable words

ammeter

beefeater

crabeater

detailer

reactor

reenter

repeater

retailer

sweetener

caterer

jittery

quieter

rioter

courier

currier

deflator

dictator

easterner

equator

furrier

pretender

retriever

spurrier

sweetwater

worrier

auditor

belabor

beleaguer

believer

crowkeeper

curator

debater

decider

decipher

degener

demeanor

designer

divider

divisor

entire

eraser

havener

littler

locator

meander

narrator

needler

pacesetter

precursor

preparer

preserver

ratepayer

receiver

reorder

require

reasoner

refiner

reliever

retainer

reviewer

seafarer

visitor

achiever

denature

procedure

detractor

freethinker

researcher

teenager

attire

barrier

batterer

battery

brazier

buttery

carrier

copier

coterie

cottier

cozier

desire

devour

earlier

grazier

kayaker

farrier

ferrier

glazier

harrier

laborer

linear

lottery

notary

pannier

perrier

pottery

rapier

rentier

rosier

rotary

satire

sauter

terrier

vernier

warrior

waterer

watery

widower

aglitter

arbiter

banister

barrister

bookkeeper

breakwater

character

cheeseburger

chidester

commuter

decliner

defaulter

destroyer

detector

disaster

disfavor

dissenter

distiller

doorkeeper

effector

elector

embitter

erector

gamekeeper

hereafter

housekeeper

incisor

innkeeper

insider

invader

latecomer

minister

outfitter

peacekeeper

peacemaker

predictor

rebuilder

reclaimer

recliner

recruiter

remainder

reminder

reporter

restorer

shopkeeper

sinister

sleepwalker

spectator

storekeeper

trimester

typewriter

vibrator

coauthor

issuer

voyager

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

digester

freeholder

inhaler

integer

prefecture

recapture

reconquer

register

rejoinder

ringleader

burrower

abler

computer

engraver

importer

impostor

inductor

amateur

bibler

brainpower

inquirer

atria

beginner

shoplifter

attacker

sequester

bipolar

blockader

requester

bricklayer

cochlear

creditor

crusader

deliver

deserter

eyeliner

fancier

enquirer

collider

cynosure

outfielder

courtier

director

dishonor

editor

elater

empower

fiddler

disclaimer

distemper

haymaker

discounter

firepower

latimer

lawmaker

bandleader

flypaper

isomer

leviner

listener

orator

patera

pickler

prisoner

promoter

provider

rattler

reverser

seducer

senator

gibraltar

idler

stepsister

highflier

hinderer

howitzer

hitchhiker

janitor

jupiter

mayflower

milliner

moniker

monitor

outlier

polluter

potboiler

recover

remover

saltier

prescriber

nuclear

lamplighter

plasterer

settler

shipowner

bystander

encounter

shoemaker

stabler

intruder

similar

stapler

inventor

investor

loudspeaker

midwinter

minesweeper

reflector

transistor

translator

transmitter

stickler

stiffener

tabler

vinegar

waterway

whatever

deflector

embroider

survivor

takeover

trafficker

arranger

catheter

finisher

flycatcher

furniture

injector

jayhawker

kitchener

pillager

punisher

ringmaster

singular

soothsayer

stationer

stockinger

titular

villager

exporter

inspector

annular

appraiser

armiger

attainder

backwater

bagpiper

bannister

bargainer

bewilder

bookmaker

breadwinner

campaigner

canister

cellular

chronicler

circular

collector

comforter

commenter

compiler

connecter

connector

consider

container

converter

enquire

familiar

forester

glassmaker

globular

granddaughter

granular

highlander

insular

islander

jocular

jugular

kidnapper

kindler

leftover

licenser

manicure

marketer

midsummer

misnomer

molester

muckraker

newspaper

october

revolver

secular

semester

silencer

ocular

simpler

stargazer

stepdaughter

stonecutter

supporter

swindler

thereafter

trumpeter

tubular

westerner

adopter

discolor

assayer

emptier

borrower

admirer

dulcimer

painkiller

discover

dressmaker

whisperer

harasser

marauder

recorder

follower

forever

however

jeweler

murderer

offerer

december

abuser

accuser

adapter

customer

cylinder

defender

elixir

narrower

endeavor

pacemaker

pedicure

pilaster

presenter

procurer

protector

protester

wildfire

costumer

disorder

disposer

outrider

reformer

powdery

aflutter

dissolver

popular

headwater

outrigger

sufferer

outsider

adviser

whoever

regular

pursuer

purveyor

sapphire

remember

surveyor

rescuer

adjuster

changeover

dispatcher

insurer

matchmaker

departure

licensure

projector

publisher

refresher

signature

tinkler

constrictor

dowager

exchanger

feathery

gatherer

hindquarter

instructor

leathery

perjurer

treasurer

abductor

ancestor

bartender

bookbinder

broadcaster

carpenter

cliffhanger

complainer

conductor

configure

contender

controller

copartner

disfigure

dishwasher

dismember

dispenser

endorser

enlarger

forecaster

harvester

homebuilder

homesteader

icebreaker

improper

indexer

informer

insecure

kingfisher

lancaster

manslaughter

muscular

newscaster

nutcracker

outnumber

peculiar

posterior

prospector

quicksilver

refractor

sandpaper

schoolmaster

september

shipbuilder

sidewinder

skyscraper

tormentor

upholster

vascular

acquire

assessor

bonfire

buckler

conifer

commoner

conveyer

cadaver

connoisseur

conveyor

coroner

foreigner

coworker

crossover

enamor

emperor

datura

empire

forerunner

girdler

hanover

juggler

launderer

lucifer

mariner

monomer

moreover

passover

saddler

safflower

newcomer

shuffler

slanderer

supplier

surrender

umpire

wagoner

wanderer

corridor

fastener

fedora

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

governor

harrower

juniper

macabre

massacre

officer

oliver

opener

poetry

polymer

possessor

producer

professor

propeller

quagmire

reveler

softener

sorcerer

traveler

turnover

wrestler

wherever

whenever

angular

bedchamber

disclosure

displeasure

enchanter

endanger

exposure

inclosure

harbinger

forefinger

frankfurter

indenture

left-winger

objector

pathfinder

rathskeller

sharpshooter

stakeholder

another

aperture

bachelor

churchgoer

conjuror

conqueror

contractor

curvature

explorer

extender

fishmonger

hangover

lecturer

manager

modular

nodular

nonstarter

overture

postmaster

purchaser

sojourner

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subscriber

taskmaster

toastmaster

together

torturer

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transporter

worshiper

wrongdoer

aggressor

aquifer

asunder

bookseller

almoner

announcer

bloodsucker

backpacker

balancer

ballplayer

bellflower

bulldozer

calendar

colander

forwarder

cocksucker

commander

calender

coneflower

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employer

gunpowder

november

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homeworker

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chancellor

conspire

cucumber

consular

consumer

falconer

gardener

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hardener

holdover

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landowner

lavender

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oppressor

philander

sarcoma

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taxpayer

uncover

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stepladder

transpire

wallflower

woodpecker

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avenger

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forefather

forfeiture

glandular

godfather

godmother

grasshopper

jackhammer

messenger

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stepfather

stepmother

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encumber

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adventure

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exchequer

foreclosure

grandfather

grandmother

householder

shareholder

stockholder

temperature

warmonger

conjecture

transformer

transgressor

madeira

bondholder

landholder

4 syllable words

mediator

gladiator

aviator

radiator

imitator

litigator

innovator

reconnoitre

gravimeter

baby-sitter

teetotaler

millilitre

millimetre

oleaster

barometer

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diameter

dietary

generator

mediocre

moderator

operator

overeager

perimeter

violator

fabricator

insulator

centimetre

liquidator

indicator

prosecutor

vindicator

simulator

stimulator

literature

alligator

alveolar

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antimatter

arbitrator

copyreader

coriander

depositor

detonator

elevator

evildoer

executor

geographer

illustrator

instigator

integrator

kilometre

magaziner

navigator

numerator

oleander

oscillator

percolator

photometer

proprietor

renovator

respirator

separator

solicitor

terminator

educator

agitator

incubator

modulator

progenitor

reinsurer

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actuator

alternator

altimeter

commentator

emulator

contributor

equalizer

escalator

estimator

exhibitor

filibuster

fillibuster

gerrymander

handicapper

helicopter

hydrometer

hygrometer

interloper

interviewer

irregular

micrometer

misdemeanor

multicolor

oxidizer

persecutor

reconsider

rediscover

regulator

speculator

perpetrator

underwriter

ventilator

couturier

deliverer

overseer

parameter

superior

divestiture

inheritor

inhibitor

legislator

sympathizer

vehicular

parishioner

interstellar

interpreter

mandibular

interceptor

ambulator

calculator

conspirator

inquisitor

imprimatur

chiropractor

excavator

administer

misremember

adulterer

appetizer

atomizer

analyzer

anterior

biographer

capacitor

caterpillar

colonizer

comparator

developer

discoverer

dissimilar

fortifier

arbitrager

misbehavior

investiture

fertilizer

arbitrageur

inferior

interior

knickerbocker

locomotor

nonlinear

occupier

odometer

rectifier

restaurateur

sterilizer

thermometer

ulterior

whatsoever

womanizer

commissioner

demonstrator

kindergartner

petitioner

probationer

advertiser

alabaster

undertaker

ayrshire

vernacular

counterfeiter

conservator

burgomaster

calligrapher

covenanter

molecular

particular

entertainer

exterior

embroiderer

excelsior

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malefactor

multiplier

nebulizer

competitor

organizer

benefactor

binocular

embezzler

peninsular

photographer

technicolor

merchandiser

altogether

conditioner

practitioner

triangular

acquirer

great-grandfather

great-grandmother

modifier

overpower

pacifier

polarizer

purifier

qualifier

whosoever

articular

astronomer

candlemaker

carpetbagger

compromiser

legislature

extinguisher

quartermaster

spectacular

spectrometer

vestibular

testicular

astrologer

avuncular

horticulture

misadventure

musculature

antechamber

architecture

manufacture

nomenclature

agriculture

cauliflower

entrepreneur

firecracker

helter-skelter

magnifier

philosopher

predecessor

supervisor

ventricular

whomsoever

energizer

expenditure

rectangular

superstructure

caricature

motherfucker

subcontractor

acupuncture

exerciser

amplifier

madagascar

philanderer

salamander

stenographer

thundershower

adventurer

alexander

excalibur

necromancer

unencumber

aquaculture

confectioner

officeholder

Words that rhyme with the word metre

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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