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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word murmur.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 murmur.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

amber

ampere

armor

burglar

burners

camber

camper

chamber

charmer

clamber

damper

earners

ember

farmer

former

framers

hamper

herder

learners

member

pamper

scamper

stamper

tamper

temper

tremors

warmer

acer

acre

adder

agar

attar

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

bearer

becker

beggar

better

bettor

bever

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

bloomer

bomber

boomer

bracer

bragger

breaker

brimmer

bummer

calmer

caper

capper

cater

cellar

chaser

chatter

checker

cheddar

clapper

clatter

clever

climber

comber

comer

cracker

craker

crater

craver

creamer

dagger

dapper

debtor

decker

demur

drainer

draper

dreamer

dresser

drummer

dweller

egger

error

ever

facer

fader

faker

favor

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

flapper

flatter

flavor

frater

freighter

fretter

gager

gainer

gaiter

getter

glazer

glimmer

gomer

grabber

grader

grater

graver

grazer

groomer

guesser

hacker

hater

hatter

haver

header

hepper

homer

hummer

humor

humour

jaeger

jager

jagger

jailer

jetter

kever

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

laser

later

latter

laver

lazar

leamer

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

limmer

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

matter

mazer

nadir

natter

neighbor

never

nimmer

omer

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

passer

patter

paver

penner

pepper

petre

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plumber

prater

presser

primer

quaker

quaver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reamer

renner

rhymer

rimer

rimmer

rumor

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saver

savor

scalar

scatter

schemer

scraper

screamer

seller

setter

sever

shader

shaker

sharer

shatter

shaver

sheller

shimmer

simmer

skater

skimmer

slater

slatter

smatter

snapper

spader

spanner

spatter

speller

splatter

spreader

stagger

starer

stater

steamer

steller

stepper

streamer

summer

swagger

sweater

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

tedder

teller

tenor

terror

thacker

thaler

timer

timmer

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

trimmer

tumor

valor

vapor

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

wearer

webber

weber

whacker

whaler

wrapper

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

ambler

armored

azure

badger

bather

blather

brayer

catcher

charmers

dasher

farmers

feather

flasher

flesher

fletcher

fresher

gambler

ganger

gather

gauger

glacier

hamster

hangar

hanger

hatcher

heather

hedger

lasher

lather

layer

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

major

mather

mayor

measure

nature

nether

pager

payer

player

pleasure

pledger

prayer

pressure

preyer

rambler

rather

sampler

sayer

slasher

slayer

smasher

snatcher

sprayer

stager

stature

stayer

strayer

stretcher

temblor

templar

tether

thatcher

thresher

treasure

wager

wanger

weather

whether

yager

actor

after

answer

arbor

ardor

asker

asper

aster

babbler

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

bender

blaster

blender

boarder

border

brander

bumper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

chapter

charter

cleanser

corner

courser

courter

cumber

dancer

darner

darter

dreamers

drummers

dumper

elder

ender

enter

esker

ester

factor

failure

faster

felter

fender

fester

gander

garner

garter

gaster

gelder

gender

grantor

groomers

hander

harbor

harder

harper

havier

hector

hellier

helper

hesper

horner

jasper

jester

jumper

kelter

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

lector

lender

lester

limber

lumber

lumper

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

medlar

mentor

mester

metier

mortar

mourner

mumper

nectar

nestor

number

order

painter

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

peddler

pester

planter

plaster

porker

porter

prancer

premier

premiere

primers

quarter

rafter

raptor

rector

render

renter

santer

savior

scalper

sceptre

screamers

sector

sender

sensor

sharper

shelter

shrimper

simper

skelter

slander

slender

slumber

smelter

snorter

sorter

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stander

starter

stentor

straggler

stumper

sumner

swelter

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thumper

timber

timbre

torpor

tractor

tranter

trimmers

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

warder

warner

waster

welder

welter

whimper

yorker

zander

anchor

anger

anker

archer

banker

barger

belcher

bencher

canker

capture

censure

changer

charger

danger

denture

farther

forger

fracture

gesture

granger

hanker

lecture

marcher

manger

norther

panther

pasture

quencher

rancor

ranger

ranker

rapture

scorcher

shanker

sparger

starcher

stranger

torture

trencher

venture

welcher

aller

auger

augur

beaker

beater

beaver

bicker

bidder

bigger

biter

bitter

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

boiler

bolar

boner

booker

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

brawner

breeder

broiler

broker

browser

buffer

bugger

butter

buzzer

caesar

caller

causer

cedar

chauffeur

cheater

chipper

chitter

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

cleaner

clearer

cleaver

clicker

clipper

clobber

closer

clover

clutter

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

color

colour

conner

cooker

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

cover

crawler

critter

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

culler

cutter

cypher

dauber

daughter

dealer

defer

deter

diaper

dicker

dieter

differ

digger

diner

dinner

dipper

diver

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

driller

driver

dropper

drover

ducker

duffer

duller

duper

eager

eater

eger

euchre

faller

feeder

feeler

fever

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

filler

finer

fitter

flicker

flipper

floater

flutter

fodder

footer

fowler

freezer

fritter

fucker

fuller

geyser

giver

glider

glitter

glosser

glover

gopher

greaser

griever

gripper

grocer

groover

grouper

guider

gunner

gutter

hauler

hawker

healer

hearer

heater

heifer

hider

hitter

honor

honour

hooker

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hussar

inner

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

juror

kaiser

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

lager

lauder

laugher

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leaser

leaver

licker

lighter

liner

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loader

loafer

locker

logger

loiter

looker

looper

looter

loper

loser

lover

lubber

luger

lunar

luter

mater

meter

metre

miller

miner

minor

mirror

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mover

mugger

muller

mutter

nearer

neuter

nigger

nipper

nutter

occur

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

otter

outer

over

owner

pauper

peeler

peter

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

piper

pleaser

plotter

plover

plucker

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

praetor

prefer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

pucker

puffer

puller

putter

quitter

quiver

reader

reaper

reaver

recur

reefer

refer

reiter

ricker

ridder

rider

righter

rigor

ripper

riser

river

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

rubber

rudder

ruler

runner

rutter

ryder

saucer

sawyer

schiller

scholar

schooner

scissor

scooper

scorer

scriber

scrubber

scupper

sealer

seeker

segar

shearer

shiner

shipper

shiver

shooter

shopper

shriner

shriver

shudder

shutter

sicker

sider

signer

siller

sinner

sitter

siver

sizer

skinner

skipper

skiver

slaughter

sleeper

slicer

slicker

slider

slipper

sliver

slobber

slugger

smoker

sneaker

snicker

snider

snorer

snuffer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

souter

speaker

speeder

spicer

spider

spiller

spinner

splitter

spoiler

spotter

sputter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

stalker

staller

stealer

steeler

steeper

sticker

stiller

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

striker

stripper

stroller

stuffer

stunner

stupor

stutter

succor

sucker

sucre

suffer

sugar

suitor

super

supper

sutor

sweeper

talker

teaser

teeter

thinner

ticker

tiger

tighter

tiller

tipper

titter

toller

topper

totter

trawler

treater

trigger

tripper

trooper

trotter

trucker

tuber

tucker

tudor

tuner

tutor

twitter

tyger

tyler

upper

user

utter

vicar

vigor

viner

viper

visor

voter

walker

waller

water

weaver

wheeler

whiner

whopper

wicker

willer

winner

wiper

writer

yachter

zipper

zocor

antler

baxter

centner

chandler

dexter

forster

handler

partner

premieres

premiers

seamster

sumpter

teamster

transfer

tumbler

warbler

webster

author

bleacher

bother

breather

brother

butcher

closure

cloture

conger

creature

crozier

crusher

dodger

either

ether

father

feature

fisher

fissure

future

gouger

gusher

hither

hoosier

kosher

lunger

mother

neither

nother

other

peacher

pitcher

poacher

preacher

pusher

ringer

roger

rother

rusher

seizure

singer

slinger

slither

smither

smoother

smother

souther

springer

stinger

stringer

suture

swinger

teacher

usher

voucher

washer

watcher

whither

winger

thither

wisher

zither

wither

wringer

angler

strangler

texture

yorkshire

alder

altar

alter

auster

balder

balter

binder

blinder

blister

blower

blunder

bluster

bolter

booster

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

boyer

brewer

briar

brier

builder

bulger

busker

buster

butler

buyer

chewer

choir

cinder

cloister

cluster

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

concur

conder

condor

confer

coster

coulter

counter

coupler

cower

crier

crisper

cryer

culver

cutler

dire

doctor

dour

dr.

drier

dryer

duster

dyer

earmark

easter

ewer

eyer

falter

feaster

fielder

figure

filter

finder

fire

flier

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

fluster

flyer

foister

folder

foster

founder

foyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

gilder

glower

goer

golfer

grinder

grolier

grounder

grower

guilder

guzzler

halter

heer

hewer

higher

hinder

hire

holder

hostler

hour

hunter

incur

infer

inter

junior

kilter

knower

larkspur

launder

liar

lifter

lister

lower

luster

lustre

meer

mincer

minder

minter

mire

mister

mixer

monsieur

moulder

mower

mr.

muffler

muster

our

ouster

oyer

oyster

pilfer

pinder

plunder

pointer

polder

ponder

poplar

poster

poulter

pounder

power

prier

printer

prior

proctor

prosper

psalter

punter

puzzler

pyre

quilter

riddler

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rounder

rower

rustler

salter

saunter

scour

scribbler

scrivener

senior

sewer

shifter

shoulder

shower

shyster

sickler

silver

sire

sister

skewer

smuggler

solver

sounder

sour

sower

splinter

sponsor

sprinter

squander

squier

stalder

stifler

strickler

sulphur

sunder

swifter

switzer

thrower

thruster

thunder

tinder

tire

toaster

toddler

tower

trier

twister

tyer

ulcer

under

victor

viewer

vulgar

walter

wander

whisker

whisper

whistler

whitener

wilder

winder

windsor

winter

wire

wonder

yonder

zoster

bunker

clincher

clothier

culture

dunker

drinker

finger

ginger

hunker

injure

hunger

junker

launcher

longer

linger

moisture

monger

picture

rinker

rupture

scripture

shingler

sinker

structure

tinker

soldier

stricture

thinker

younker

conquer

conjure

yonker

younger

plunger

winker

posture

pilcher

vulture

pincher

earmarks

farmyard

bolster

hipster

holster

huckster

lobster

minster

monster

primrose

quipster

roadster

sculptor

spinster

tipster

trickster

ulster

vintner

waltzer

bungler

fixture

longspur

mixture

sculpture

sphincter

sprinkler

youngster

dreamworld

frameworks

juncture

oldster

puncture

tincture

trainers

drainers

shriners

barnyard

cornered

corners

framework

garners

mourners

warners

3 syllable words

fernery

ferrier

marauder

perrier

vernier

murmuring

barrier

carrier

earlier

farrier

forever

harasser

harrier

murderer

narrower

pursuer

purveyor

surveyor

terrier

performer

perjurer

amateur

ammeter

armory

coworker

deserter

director

empire

enamor

girdler

harrower

haymaker

latimer

mariner

narrator

precursor

quagmire

reverser

governor

preserver

surrender

wherever

survivor

turnover

aperture

arranger

churchgoer

curvature

furniture

overture

purchaser

researcher

sojourner

southerner

worshiper

assayer

batterer

borrower

brazier

caterer

creamery

creator

glazier

grazier

however

kayaker

laborer

offerer

pannier

rapier

rentier

sapphire

satire

sufferer

warrior

waterer

whoever

admirer

armiger

armories

barrister

campaigner

character

cheeseburger

circular

comforter

converter

december

dressmaker

easterner

embitter

employer

emptier

formerly

forwarder

gamekeeper

glassmaker

homeworker

latecomer

november

observer

pacemaker

reclaimer

reformer

sarcoma

thereafter

turmeric

westerner

transformer

gatherer

treasurer

birdwatcher

derringer

jackhammer

matchmaker

northerner

stepmother

cormorant

encumber

assessor

enforcer

abler

attacker

belabor

blockader

brainpower

cadaver

commoner

coroner

crabeater

creditor

debater

degener

demeanor

elater

emperor

empower

fastener

firepower

flypaper

gossamer

gramercy

havener

hinderer

janitor

assembler

courtier

informer

corridor

crusader

curator

detailer

september

editor

fancier

foreigner

hanover

launderer

lawmaker

sharecropper

eraser

forerunner

isomer

leviner

locator

monomer

moreover

mayflower

meander

distemper

massacre

newcomer

transmitter

pacesetter

orator

passover

plasterer

polymer

possessor

disclaimer

hairdresser

tormentor

preparer

primary

professor

promoter

propeller

ratepayer

rattler

reactor

remover

reorder

retailer

retainer

reveler

saddler

safflower

seafarer

senator

settler

shoemaker

similar

slanderer

sorcerer

stabler

stapler

tabler

takeover

trafficker

traveler

umpire

wagoner

wanderer

whatever

whenever

wrestler

lamplighter

bachelor

bedchamber

catheter

conjuror

conqueror

denature

enrapture

flycatcher

frankfurter

grandmother

hangover

jayhawker

lecturer

manager

shareholder

stationer

teenager

temperature

together

torturer

warmonger

cormorants

taskmaster

transcriber

transgressor

transporter

adapter

bagpiper

bargainer

attire

adviser

balancer

aggressor

desire

devour

banister

bannister

follower

jeweler

meteor

annular

attainder

linear

retire

rioter

appraiser

aquifer

quieter

rosier

arbiter

bellflower

sauter

almoner

backwater

bookmaker

bookseller

backpacker

breadwinner

breakwater

theatre

calendar

calender

canister

cellular

chancellor

collector

commander

commenter

commuter

compiler

composer

connecter

connector

consumer

container

costumer

cucumber

customer

deflator

destroyer

defender

detector

disaster

elector

endeavor

familiar

copier

dictator

disfavor

disorder

dissenter

doorkeeper

dulcimer

effector

equator

erector

falconer

forester

gardener

granddaughter

handover

hardener

granular

headwater

hereafter

highlander

humbler

invader

kidnapper

landowner

lavender

leftover

manicure

marketer

midsummer

misnomer

molester

muckraker

newspaper

offender

outrider

outrigger

painkiller

philander

oppressor

peacemaker

pedicure

pilaster

presenter

pretender

widower

primaries

protector

protester

recorder

recruiter

remainder

remember

reminder

reporter

rescuer

secular

semester

simpler

spectator

stepdaughter

regular

retriever

stargazer

stepladder

storekeeper

successor

supporter

suppressor

transpire

cottier

taxpayer

cozier

trimester

trumpeter

typewriter

vibrator

woodpecker

avenger

beachcomber

behavior

bellwether

challenger

changeover

composure

dangler

debenture

departure

digester

dispatcher

forefather

forfeiture

glandular

godmother

grasshopper

inhaler

messenger

passenger

pensioner

prefecture

projector

questioner

recapture

refresher

register

scavenger

spangler

stepfather

tablature

wrangler

coauthor

dowager

issuer

voyager

abductor

absorber

advancer

ancestor

bandleader

bartender

broadcaster

bystander

carpenter

cliffhanger

complainer

compressor

computer

condenser

contender

controller

copartner

cornflower

deflector

detractor

dismember

dispenser

embroider

endorser

engraver

enlarger

espalier

forecaster

gibraltar

hardcover

harvester

homebuilder

homesteader

hornblower

icebreaker

importer

impostor

improper

indexer

intruder

inventor

investor

lancaster

manslaughter

newscaster

nonmember

norlander

nutcracker

outnumber

posterior

prescriber

prospector

reflector

refractor

requester

sandbagger

sandpaper

schoolmaster

sequester

skyscraper

stepsister

stockbroker

suspender

transistor

translator

vascular

beginner

auditor

beefeater

beleaguer

believer

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Words that rhyme with the word murmur

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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