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2 syllable words
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2 syllable words

bender

blender

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

felter

fender

fester

furor

gelder

gender

hector

hellier

helper

hesper

jester

kelter

lector

lender

lester

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

nectar

nestor

peddler

pester

rector

render

renter

sceptre

sector

sender

sensor

shelter

skelter

slender

smelter

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

swelter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

welder

welter

bencher

bettor

bever

censure

better

belcher

berber

birder

lecture

becker

beggar

quencher

burner

burgher

gesture

cellar

denture

clever

curler

venture

clearer

trencher

checker

cheddar

cursor

debtor

decker

dresser

dweller

earner

egger

emmer

ever

feller

fervor

fetter

fretter

gerner

getter

girder

guesser

haver

header

hemmer

hepper

herber

jaeger

jetter

juror

kercher

kever

learner

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

welcher

lever

mercer

mirror

murder

murmur

nearer

never

penner

pepper

petre

presser

purser

renner

seller

server

setter

sever

shearer

sheller

speller

spreader

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

surfer

sweater

tedder

teller

tenor

termer

tremor

turner

verser

webber

weber

worker

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

blower

centner

dexter

feather

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

goer

grower

heather

hedger

knower

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lower

measure

merger

mower

nether

nurture

perjure

pleasure

pledger

pressure

rower

searcher

sower

stretcher

temblor

templar

tether

thresher

thrower

treasure

weather

webster

whether

actor

babbler

bander

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

caster

castor

carver

chamber

carter

after

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

armor

asker

ardor

asper

aster

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

blaster

blister

blunder

bluster

boarder

border

brander

builder

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

buster

butler

chapter

charmer

charter

cinder

clamber

cluster

concur

confer

corner

coupler

courser

courter

crisper

culver

cumber

cutler

damper

dancer

darner

darter

dumper

duster

failure

farmer

faster

figure

factor

filter

fluster

garner

grantor

gilder

former

gander

texture

garter

gaster

guilder

guzzler

hunter

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

havier

hinder

horner

incur

infer

inter

jasper

jumper

kilter

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

lifter

limber

lister

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

monsieur

mortar

mourner

mr.

muffler

mumper

muster

number

order

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

pilfer

planter

plaster

plunder

porker

porter

prancer

printer

punter

puzzler

quarter

quilter

rafter

raptor

riddler

rustler

santer

scamper

shifter

shrimper

scalper

scribbler

scrivener

sharper

savior

sickler

silver

simper

sister

slander

slumber

smuggler

snorter

sorter

splinter

sprinter

stamper

stander

starter

straggler

strickler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swifter

switzer

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

thruster

thumper

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

torpor

tractor

tranter

twister

ulcer

under

victor

vulgar

warder

warmer

warner

waster

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

wonder

yorker

zander

anchor

anger

anker

canker

clincher

finger

linger

drinker

marcher

monger

rupture

sinker

starcher

tinker

vulture

archer

banker

barger

bunker

charger

culture

dunker

farther

forger

ginger

hanker

hunger

hunker

injure

junker

norther

picture

pilcher

pincher

plunger

rancor

ranker

rinker

scorcher

scripture

shanker

shingler

sparger

stricture

structure

thinker

torture

winker

younger

younker

acer

acre

adder

agar

attar

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

bicker

bidder

bigger

bitter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

blubber

bluffer

bolar

boner

booker

borer

breaker

brimmer

bugger

bummer

buzzer

caper

capper

chauffeur

bowler

bowyer

bracer

bragger

broker

buffer

butter

cater

chaser

chatter

chipper

clamor

clamour

clatter

chitter

clapper

clicker

clipper

closer

clover

clutter

color

colour

comber

comer

cooker

cover

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

critter

croaker

croker

culler

cutter

dagger

dapper

defer

demur

deter

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

donor

drainer

draper

dipper

driller

drover

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

facer

fader

faker

favor

filler

fitter

flapper

flatter

flavor

flicker

flipper

floater

flutter

footer

framer

freighter

fritter

fucker

fuller

gager

frater

gainer

gaiter

glamor

giver

glamour

glazer

glimmer

glitter

glover

gomer

gopher

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

gripper

grocer

gunner

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

hitter

homer

hooker

horror

hearer

hover

huffer

jagger

hummer

inner

jager

hugger

hussar

jailer

joker

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

laser

later

latter

laver

lazar

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loader

loafer

looker

loper

lover

lubber

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

matter

mazer

miller

moder

motor

mugger

muller

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

occur

ochre

odor

ogre

omer

over

pacer

owner

packer

paper

passer

patter

paver

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plover

plucker

plumber

poker

polar

poser

prairie

prater

prefer

pucker

puffer

puller

putter

quaker

quaver

quitter

quiver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

recur

refer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

roller

roper

roser

rotor

rover

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

savor

scalar

scatter

sapper

saver

schiller

scorer

scraper

scissor

scrubber

scupper

shatter

shader

shaker

shaver

shipper

shiver

shudder

shutter

shimmer

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

skater

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slater

slatter

slipper

sliver

slicker

slugger

smatter

smoker

snapper

snicker

snorer

snuffer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

spader

spanner

spatter

spiller

spinner

splitter

stiller

stagger

splatter

sputter

stammer

stater

sticker

stoker

stoner

storer

stover

stunner

stripper

stroller

stuffer

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

swagger

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

thacker

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

toller

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trucker

tucker

twitter

upper

utter

valor

vapor

vicar

vigor

voter

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

whacker

whaler

wicker

wrapper

willer

winner

zipper

zocor

ambler

antler

baxter

chandler

forster

gambler

hamster

handler

hipster

huckster

minster

partner

quipster

rambler

sampler

sculptor

spinster

sumpter

tipster

transfer

trickster

tumbler

ulster

vintner

warbler

azure

cloture

dasher

gauger

badger

bather

blather

brother

butcher

catcher

closure

crozier

crusher

fisher

fissure

flasher

ganger

gather

glacier

gusher

hangar

hanger

hatcher

hither

kosher

lasher

lather

lunger

major

mather

mother

nature

nother

other

pager

pitcher

poacher

pusher

rather

ringer

rusher

singer

slasher

slinger

slither

smasher

smither

smother

snatcher

souther

springer

stager

stature

stinger

stringer

thatcher

thither

usher

wager

wanger

swinger

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

angler

bungler

fixture

mixture

sculpture

sphincter

sprinkler

strangler

yorkshire

youngster

flower

flour

mayor

sour

sayer

hewer

player

preyer

cower

fluor

hour

skewer

slayer

ewer

power

strayer

viewer

chewer

bower

dour

layer

our

brayer

brewer

oyer

boyer

foyer

glower

payer

scour

sewer

shower

sprayer

tower

stayer

alder

altar

balter

booster

boulder

boulter

boxer

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

bouncer

auster

balder

bolter

alter

binder

blinder

bottler

bounder

cloister

conder

coster

coulter

counter

dr.

feaster

fielder

finder

flounder

foister

folder

foster

founder

golfer

halter

holder

hostler

junior

launder

minder

moulder

ouster

pinder

proctor

psalter

rounder

salter

saunter

solver

sounder

sponsor

stifler

walter

wander

wilder

yonder

zoster

juncture

condor

grinder

easter

falter

puncture

doctor

grolier

grounder

oyster

polder

poster

roaster

shoulder

larkspur

pointer

ponder

poplar

poulter

pounder

prosper

roister

rooster

roster

senior

shyster

toaster

squander

tincture

stalder

toddler

whitener

capture

changer

clothier

conquer

danger

fracture

granger

longer

manger

panther

pasture

ranger

rapture

soldier

stranger

yonker

aller

auger

augur

beaker

beater

beaver

biter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bomber

boomer

boozer

brawner

breeder

broiler

browser

caesar

caller

calmer

career

causer

cedar

cheater

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

cleaner

cleaver

climber

clobber

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

conner

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

crawler

creamer

crocker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

cypher

dauber

daughter

dealer

diaper

dieter

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

doubter

downer

dreamer

dreary

driver

dropper

duper

eager

eater

eger

euchre

faller

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

fodder

fowler

freezer

geyser

glider

glosser

greaser

griever

groomer

groover

grouper

guider

hauler

hawker

healer

heater

heifer

hider

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

howler

humor

humour

jobber

jogger

joiner

kaiser

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

lager

lauder

laugher

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

lighter

liner

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loser

luger

lunar

luter

mater

meter

metre

miner

minor

miser

mitre

mouser

mover

neuter

offer

oiler

otter

outer

palmer

pauper

peeler

peter

pewter

piper

pleaser

plotter

pooler

popper

powter

primer

teamster

potter

pouter

powder

praetor

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

reiter

saucer

sawyer

schemer

scholar

holster

monster

screamer

lobster

scriber

sealer

seeker

shopper

shriner

sider

siver

sizer

roadster

shriver

signer

skiver

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roofer

rooter

rouser

router

ruler

rumor

ryder

schooner

scooper

segar

shiner

shooter

slaughter

slicer

waltzer

sleeper

slider

slobber

sneaker

snider

solder

sooner

souter

speaker

speeder

spicer

spider

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

stalker

staller

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

stiver

stocker

stopper

streamer

striker

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

sutor

sweeper

talker

teaser

teeter

tiger

tighter

timer

topper

totter

trawler

treater

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

tutor

tyger

tyler

user

viner

viper

visor

walker

waller

water

weaver

wheeler

whiner

whopper

wiper

writer

bolster

yachter

seamster

longspur

author

bleacher

bother

breather

conger

creature

dodger

either

ether

father

feature

future

gouger

hoosier

neither

peacher

preacher

roger

rother

seizure

smoother

suture

teacher

voucher

washer

watcher

oldster

briar

brier

buyer

choir

conjure

crier

cryer

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

flier

flyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

heer

higher

hire

launcher

liar

meer

mire

moisture

posture

prier

prior

pyre

sire

squier

tire

trier

tyer

wire

3 syllable words

churchgoer

leftover

shareholder

hanover

mariner

moreover

narrator

passover

promoter

shipowner

takeover

turnover

wherever

carrier

barrier

devour

follower

marauder

pursuer

rentier

hangover

controller

bellflower

breadwinner

bulldozer

character

composer

courier

currier

destroyer

disposer

employer

enclosure

furrier

handover

headwater

issuer

landowner

misnomer

recruiter

rescuer

sarcoma

spurrier

stepdaughter

thereafter

worrier

beachcomber

bellwether

changeover

composure

derringer

creditor

degener

elater

emperor

crossover

curator

editor

director

empire

firepower

enamor

empower

eraser

preparer

producer

remover

reveler

polluter

mayflower

safflower

seafarer

seducer

senator

settler

surrender

whenever

wrestler

leviner

bipolar

brainpower

acquire

embroider

enforcer

gibraltar

hairdresser

hornblower

intruder

sharecropper

stockbroker

upholster

brazier

desire

ferraro

linear

catheter

however

bachelor

purveyor

satire

jayhawker

stationer

assayer

purchaser

worshiper

attire

earlier

forever

glazier

grazier

harasser

murderer

pannier

rapier

sapphire

surveyor

vernier

warrior

whoever

lecturer

disclosure

enrapture

exposure

foreclosure

inclosure

left-winger

stakeholder

temperature

cellular

secular

reporter

remember

semester

granddaughter

calender

holdover

canister

calendar

gunpowder

hereafter

molester

balancer

presenter

pretender

trimester

backwater

manicure

protector

protester

muckraker

banister

performer

pedicure

barrister

bannister

november

offender

october

reformer

regular

lavender

recorder

breakwater

abuser

announcer

collector

commenter

connecter

connector

defaulter

detector

dressmaker

effector

elector

embitter

equator

forwarder

spectator

stepladder

supporter

sunflower

accuser

commuter

defender

enquire

westerner

emptier

disorder

consumer

dissenter

appraiser

december

erector

perjurer

treasurer

avenger

beholder

birdwatcher

challenger

debenture

departure

digester

freeholder

glandular

grasshopper

jackhammer

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

prefecture

projector

questioner

register

rejoinder

scavenger

stepfather

stepmother

landholder

abler

amateur

ammeter

assessor

attacker

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

believer

bricklayer

buckler

cadaver

collider

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

courtier

crabeater

cynosure

debater

decider

decipher

deliver

demeanor

deserter

designer

dishonor

divider

divisor

entire

fancier

fastener

fiddler

foreigner

forerunner

girdler

havener

haymaker

hinderer

howitzer

janitor

juggler

latimer

listener

littler

macabre

massacre

meander

milliner

orator

pacesetter

pickler

plasterer

possessor

potboiler

prisoner

professor

propeller

provider

quagmire

ratepayer

rattler

reactor

receiver

recover

reenter

refiner

reorder

repeater

require

retainer

reviewer

saddler

shuffler

similar

slanderer

sorcerer

stabler

stapler

stickler

stiffener

supplier

survivor

tabler

trafficker

traveler

umpire

vinegar

visitor

wagoner

whatever

abductor

bartender

dishwasher

assembler

contender

deflector

absorber

computer

cornflower

ancestor

discounter

condenser

dismember

dispenser

encounter

distemper

encumber

impostor

refractor

improper

inventor

investor

midwinter

espalier

importer

indexer

informer

nonmember

posterior

requester

peculiar

september

sequester

endorser

engraver

enlarger

manslaughter

nutcracker

prospector

reflector

stepsister

suspender

tormentor

transistor

curvature

furniture

pillager

torturer

villager

arranger

finisher

nodular

wrongdoer

achiever

another

denature

procedure

kitchener

together

punisher

manager

titular

modular

soothsayer

adventure

bedchamber

enchanter

endanger

engender

enhancer

exchequer

householder

indenture

injector

objector

pathfinder

sharpshooter

stockholder

adapter

admirer

adopter

adviser

aflutter

aggressor

aglitter

annular

aquifer

arbiter

armiger

asunder

attainder

backpacker

bagpiper

bargainer

batterer

bewilder

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

bookseller

campaigner

caterer

chancellor

chidester

chronicler

circular

colander

comforter

commander

compiler

coneflower

conjecture

consider

conspire

container

converter

copier

costumer

cottier

cozier

creator

cucumber

customer

cylinder

decliner

deflator

dictator

disaster

discolor

discover

disfavor

dissolver

distiller

doorkeeper

dulcimer

elixir

endeavor

exporter

extender

falconer

familiar

forester

gamekeeper

gardener

glassmaker

granular

hardener

highlander

hollander

homeworker

humbler

incisor

innkeeper

insider

inspector

insular

invader

islander

jeweler

kayaker

kidnapper

kindler

laborer

latecomer

licenser

londoner

marketer

meteor

midsummer

minister

observer

ocular

oppressor

orrery

outrider

outrigger

pacemaker

painkiller

philander

pilaster

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Words that rhyme with the word narrower

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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