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

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bander

banter

blunder

bouncer

bounder

brander

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

counter

dancer

darner

flounder

founder

gander

garner

grantor

grounder

hander

horner

hunter

lancer

lander

launder

mander

mourner

painter

pander

panter

panzer

planter

plunder

pointer

ponder

pounder

prancer

punter

rounder

santer

saunter

senior

shyster

slander

sounder

sponsor

squander

stander

stifler

sumner

sunder

thunder

tranter

under

wander

warner

wilder

wonder

yonder

zander

acer

acre

adder

agar

aller

attar

auger

augur

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

batter

beaker

beater

beaver

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

boiler

bomber

boner

borer

bracer

bragger

breaker

breeder

broiler

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

burner

butter

buzzer

caesar

caller

calmer

caper

capper

cater

causer

cedar

chaser

chatter

cheater

chopper

chowder

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

cleaver

clobber

clutter

cocker

coffer

collar

color

colour

comer

copper

cotter

cover

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

crawler

creamer

crocker

crooner

cropper

crowder

culler

cutter

dagger

dapper

dauber

daughter

dealer

dieter

dinner

docker

dollar

donor

doubter

draper

dreamer

dropper

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

eager

earner

eater

eger

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

flapper

flatter

flavor

flutter

fodder

fowler

framer

frater

freezer

freighter

fucker

gager

gaiter

gerner

glamor

glamour

glazer

glosser

glover

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

greaser

griever

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

hauler

hawker

healer

hearer

heater

hopper

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

inner

jager

jagger

jailer

jobber

jogger

keeler

keeper

keever

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

lager

laker

laser

later

latter

lauder

laugher

laver

lawyer

lazar

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

leaver

lemur

locker

logger

loiter

lover

lubber

lunar

madder

maker

maser

masser

mater

matter

mazer

meter

metre

mouser

mugger

muller

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

nutter

occur

offer

oiler

otter

outer

owner

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

passer

patter

pauper

paver

peeler

penner

peter

pinner

placer

plater

platter

pleaser

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

popper

potter

pouter

powder

powter

praetor

prater

prefer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

pucker

puffer

putter

quaker

quaver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

refer

renner

robber

rocker

rouser

rubber

rudder

rutter

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scatter

schemer

scholar

schooner

scorer

scraper

screamer

scrubber

scupper

sealer

seeker

segar

shader

shaker

shatter

shaver

shopper

shudder

shutter

sinner

skater

skinner

slater

slatter

slaughter

sleeper

slobber

slugger

smatter

snapper

sneaker

snorer

snuffer

solder

sooner

spader

spatter

speaker

speeder

spinner

splatter

spoiler

spotter

sputter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

stater

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

sterner

stocker

stoner

stopper

storer

streamer

stuffer

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

summer

supper

swagger

sweeper

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

taper

tapper

tatter

teaser

teeter

tenor

thacker

thaler

thinner

topper

totter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

traitor

trapper

trawler

treater

trotter

trucker

tucker

tuner

turner

upper

utter

valor

vapor

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

walker

waller

water

waver

weaver

whacker

whaler

wheeler

whopper

winner

wrapper

yachter

zehner

anchor

anger

anker

banker

bunker

canker

changer

conjure

conquer

danger

dunker

granger

hanker

hunger

hunker

junker

launcher

longer

manger

monger

panther

plunger

rancor

ranger

ranker

shanker

stranger

yonker

younger

younker

antler

author

azure

badger

bather

blather

bleacher

bother

bower

boyer

brayer

breather

brother

catcher

chandler

cower

creature

crusher

dasher

dodger

dour

either

ether

father

feature

flasher

flour

flower

foyer

freer

gather

gauger

glacier

glower

gouger

gusher

handler

hatcher

heer

hour

lasher

lather

layer

major

mather

mayor

meer

monster

mother

nature

neither

nother

other

our

oyer

pager

partner

payer

peacher

player

power

prayer

preacher

preyer

rather

ringer

roger

rother

rusher

sayer

scour

seizure

shower

singer

slasher

slayer

slinger

smasher

smother

snatcher

sour

souther

sprayer

springer

stager

stature

stayer

stinger

strayer

stringer

swinger

teacher

thatcher

tower

transfer

usher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

winger

wringer

yager

angler

bungler

longspur

strangler

youngster

actor

after

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

bender

blaster

blender

bluster

boarder

border

bottler

boxer

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

camber

camper

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

chamber

chapter

charmer

charter

cinder

clamber

cleanser

cloister

cluster

cobbler

collier

coster

coupler

courser

courter

culver

cumber

cutler

damper

darter

doctor

dr.

dumper

duster

easter

ender

enter

factor

failure

falter

farmer

faster

feaster

fender

fielder

fluster

foister

former

foster

garter

gaster

gender

genre

golfer

guzzler

halter

hamper

harbor

harder

harper

havier

hinder

hostler

incur

infer

inter

jasper

jumper

junior

lanier

larder

laster

laughter

lender

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

manure

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

mentor

mincer

minter

monsieur

mortar

muffler

mumper

muster

number

order

ouster

oyster

pamper

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

plaster

poplar

porker

porter

printer

proctor

prosper

psalter

puzzler

quarter

rafter

raptor

render

renter

roister

roster

rustler

salter

savior

scalper

scamper

scrivener

sender

sensor

sharper

slender

slumber

smuggler

snorter

solver

sorter

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sprinter

stalder

stamper

starter

stentor

straggler

stumper

sulphur

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

tender

tensor

tenure

thruster

thumper

tinder

toddler

torpor

tractor

ulcer

vendor

veneer

venter

vulgar

walter

warder

warmer

waster

winder

windsor

winter

yorker

zoster

juncture

puncture

archer

barger

bencher

capture

censure

charger

clincher

culture

denture

drinker

farther

finger

forger

fracture

ginger

injure

linger

marcher

moisture

norther

pasture

pincher

posture

quencher

rapture

rinker

rupture

scorcher

shingler

sinker

sparger

starcher

structure

thinker

tinker

torture

trencher

venture

vulture

winker

bearer

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

bicker

bidder

bigger

birder

bitter

bloomer

bolar

booker

boomer

boozer

bowler

bowyer

brimmer

broker

burgher

cellar

chauffeur

checker

cheddar

chipper

chitter

clearer

clever

clicker

clipper

closer

clover

comber

cooker

cooler

cooper

cooter

cougar

critter

croaker

croker

cruiser

curler

cursor

debtor

decker

defer

demur

deter

dicker

differ

digger

dipper

dresser

driller

drover

duper

dweller

egger

emmer

error

euchre

ever

feller

ferrer

fervor

fetter

filler

fitter

flicker

flipper

floater

footer

fretter

fritter

fuller

getter

girder

giver

glimmer

glitter

gomer

gopher

gripper

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guesser

haver

header

hemmer

hepper

herber

hitter

homer

hooker

hooper

hooter

hoover

humor

humour

jaeger

jetter

joker

juror

kercher

kever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loader

loafer

looker

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

luter

mercer

miller

mirror

moder

motor

mover

murder

murmur

nearer

neuter

never

nigger

nimmer

nipper

ochre

odor

ogre

omer

over

pepper

petre

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

poker

polar

pooler

poser

presser

puller

purser

quitter

quiver

recur

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

router

rover

ruler

rumor

schiller

scissor

scooper

seller

server

setter

sever

sharer

shearer

sheller

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shooter

sicker

siller

simmer

sitter

skimmer

skipper

slicker

slipper

sliver

smoker

snicker

soaker

sober

soder

solar

souter

speller

spiller

splitter

spreader

starer

steller

stemmer

stepper

sticker

stiller

stoker

stover

stripper

stroller

stupor

sucre

sugar

suitor

super

surfer

sutor

sweater

swimmer

tedder

teller

termer

terror

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

toller

tremor

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

tutor

twitter

user

verser

vicar

vigor

voter

wearer

webber

weber

wicker

willer

worker

wrecker

zephyr

zipper

zocor

ambler

baxter

centner

forster

gambler

hamster

huckster

lobster

minster

one-year

rambler

sampler

sculptor

seamster

senor

somewhere

spinster

sumpter

teamster

tumbler

ulster

vintner

waltzer

warbler

butcher

closure

cloture

crozier

feather

fisher

fissure

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

leather

future

heather

hedger

hither

hoosier

kosher

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

measure

merger

nether

nurture

perjure

pitcher

pleasure

pledger

poacher

pressure

pusher

searcher

slither

smither

smoother

stretcher

suture

tether

thither

thresher

treasure

weather

whether

whither

wisher

wither

zither

sculpture

sphincter

yorkshire

sprinkler

amir

amour

blister

blower

bolter

booster

boulder

boulter

brewer

builder

burglar

chewer

coaster

colter

coulter

crisper

dinar

elder

ember

esker

ester

ewer

felter

fester

figure

filter

fluor

folder

gelder

gilder

goer

grolier

grower

guilder

hector

hellier

helper

henry

herder

hesper

hewer

holder

jester

kelter

kilter

knower

larkspur

lector

lester

lifter

limber

lister

lower

medlar

member

mester

metier

mister

mixer

moulder

mower

mr.

nectar

nestor

peddler

pester

pilfer

polder

poster

poulter

quilter

rector

riddler

roaster

rooster

rower

sceptre

scribbler

sector

sewer

shelter

shifter

shoulder

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

skelter

skewer

smelter

sower

spectre

strickler

swelter

swifter

switzer

temper

tester

thrower

timber

timbre

tincture

toaster

twister

vector

vesper

victor

viewer

welder

welter

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

stricture

soldier

clothier

belcher

lecture

picture

pilcher

gesture

scripture

welcher

bolster

demure

dexter

hipster

holster

inure

quipster

roadster

temblor

templar

tipster

trickster

webster

mixture

fixture

texture

oldster

3 syllable words

cynosure

designer

eyeliner

havener

refiner

cannery

gunnery

honoree

joinery

kayaker

nunnery

pannier

quieter

rioter

scenery

attainder

campaigner

container

decliner

highlander

islander

licenser

recliner

reminder

silencer

ammeter

bibler

bipolar

brainpower

licensure

believer

blockader

canary

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

crabeater

debater

decider

decipher

degener

demeanor

dishonor

divider

divisor

fancier

fastener

firepower

flypaper

foreigner

forerunner

governor

hanover

highflier

idler

isomer

janitor

launderer

lawmaker

listener

mariner

meander

moniker

monitor

monomer

opener

pioneer

potboiler

prisoner

provider

reasoner

receiver

reenter

retainer

slanderer

softener

stiffener

survivor

sweetener

wagoner

wanderer

kitchener

bookbinder

achiever

another

arranger

conjuror

conqueror

flycatcher

hangover

sidewinder

complainer

manager

minesweeper

procedure

punisher

bystander

southerner

stationer

stockinger

teenager

wrongdoer

pathfinder

assayer

attire

barrier

batterer

borrower

brazier

camera

carrier

caterer

copier

cottier

creator

desire

follower

genera

glazier

grazier

harasser

however

jeweler

laborer

linear

mammary

marauder

meteor

offerer

rapier

retire

samara

sapphire

satire

sauter

sufferer

summary

theatre

vernier

warrior

waterer

abuser

accuser

admirer

adviser

almoner

announcer

annular

appraiser

asunder

bagpiper

balancer

banister

bannister

bargainer

calendar

calender

canister

chancellor

chronicler

colander

commander

commenter

commuter

compiler

connecter

connector

consider

consular

consumer

converter

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cylinder

doorkeeper

easterner

falconer

gardener

glassmaker

globular

granddaughter

granular

gunpowder

handover

hardener

hollander

housekeeper

incisor

insider

jocular

landowner

lavender

londoner

manicure

muckraker

ocular

offender

outrider

outsider

painkiller

philander

popular

presenter

pretender

remainder

shopkeeper

stargazer

storekeeper

sunflower

trimester

typewriter

unaware

uncover

unwary

vibrator

wildfire

coauthor

dowager

gatherer

voyager

avenger

challenger

changeover

dangler

debenture

derringer

digester

glandular

matchmaker

messenger

northerner

passenger

pensioner

questioner

reconquer

rejoinder

scavenger

spangler

wrangler

burrower

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

icebreaker

acquire

assessor

carpenter

hitchhiker

hornblower

abler

inquirer

beefeater

prescriber

amateur

attacker

auditor

beginner

sandbagger

sandpaper

tormentor

transistor

translator

transmitter

belabor

buckler

cadaver

crossover

enamor

gossamer

enquirer

cochlear

courtier

crowkeeper

advancer

beleaguer

crusader

detailer

entire

gobbler

freethinker

bonfire

corridor

creditor

curator

editor

elater

empire

eraser

fiddler

girdler

gossiper

harrower

haymaker

hinderer

howitzer

juggler

jupiter

ancestor

cliffhanger

juniper

latimer

leviner

littler

lucifer

macabre

massacre

mayflower

milliner

moreover

needler

newcomer

vascular

locator

narrator

officer

oliver

lancaster

muscular

suspender

passover

bandleader

bartender

lamplighter

loudspeaker

outfielder

orator

outlier

outnumber

pacesetter

pickler

plasterer

manslaughter

peculiar

polluter

contender

polymer

possessor

preparer

preserver

producer

professor

propeller

quagmire

ratepayer

rattler

configure

controller

precursor

promoter

reactor

recover

repeater

require

retailer

reviewer

saltier

seafarer

senator

computer

condenser

reorder

cornflower

reliever

remarry

reveler

saddler

safflower

discounter

nonmember

settler

shipowner

sorcerer

supplier

surrender

tabler

takeover

traveler

turnover

umpire

vinegar

whatever

conductor

shoemaker

shuffler

similar

stabler

stapler

stickler

trafficker

copartner

norlander

skyscraper

whenever

wrestler

hindquarter

adventure

angular

aperture

bachelor

catheter

curvature

denature

endanger

finisher

forefinger

frankfurter

furniture

grandfather

grandmother

harbinger

jayhawker

modular

nodular

purchaser

researcher

sojourner

titular

together

torturer

warmonger

worshiper

conjecture

contractor

fishmonger

nonstarter

transcriber

transformer

transgressor

subscriber

transporter

adapter

aflutter

aggressor

cozier

adopter

aglitter

anywhere

arbiter

devour

aquifer

armiger

backpacker

backwater

ballplayer

barrister

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

breadwinner

breakwater

cellular

cheeseburger

circular

cocksucker

collector

comforter

composer

coneflower

conspire

costumer

cucumber

customer

defaulter

defender

deflator

dictator

disaster

discolor

discover

disfavor

disorder

dissenter

dissolver

dressmaker

endeavor

enquire

forester

narrower

dulcimer

equator

familiar

forwarder

gamekeeper

headwater

hereafter

humbler

innkeeper

invader

marketer

midsummer

molester

murderer

insular

jugular

kidnapper

kindler

latecomer

minister

misnomer

newspaper

observer

october

oppressor

outfitter

outrigger

pacemaker

peacekeeper

peacemaker

performer

pilaster

procurer

protector

rebuilder

reclaimer

recorder

reformer

surveyor

regular

restorer

ferrier

reporter

rescuer

revolver

secular

semester

senora

sleepwalker

retriever

forever

purveyor

sinister

pursuer

rosier

terrier

sarcoma

simpler

stepdaughter

spectator

stepladder

stonecutter

perrier

suppressor

harrier

wallflower

earlier

emery

farrier

tubular

rentier

sweetwater

memory

successor

whisperer

whoever

supporter

swindler

taxpayer

thereafter

transpire

trumpeter

westerner

widower

bondholder

landholder

adjuster

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

birdwatcher

composure

departure

dispatcher

forefather

forfeiture

freeholder

godfather

godmother

grasshopper

inhaler

insurer

integer

jackhammer

prefecture

projector

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Words that rhyme with the word minor

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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