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

altar

alter

amber

ampere

answer

asker

asper

auster

babbler

balter

bander

barter

bluster

brander

buster

camber

camper

cancer

candor

carter

center

centre

charter

clamber

cluster

coster

counter

courter

damper

dancer

darter

doctor

dr.

duster

enter

ester

falter

felter

fester

fluster

foster

gander

garter

halter

hamper

hander

havier

hector

hunter

jasper

jester

kelter

lancer

lander

lector

lester

lifter

luster

lustre

mander

martyr

masker

mentor

mester

mortar

muffler

muster

nectar

nestor

ouster

painter

pamper

pander

panzer

pester

porter

prancer

proctor

psalter

punter

quarter

rector

renter

roster

salter

saunter

scalper

scamper

sceptre

sector

shelter

shifter

shyster

skelter

slander

smelter

snorter

sorter

spatters

spectre

stamper

stander

starter

stentor

stifler

straggler

swelter

swifter

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

tester

thruster

vector

venter

walter

waster

welter

zander

zoster

adder

backer

banner

better

bettor

biter

blabber

bladder

blotter

bluffer

bragger

buffer

butter

capper

cater

cipher

clamor

clamour

clapper

clutter

coffer

cotter

cracker

crammer

crater

cutter

cypher

dagger

dapper

daughter

debtor

doubter

duffer

fetter

fifer

fighter

flapper

flutter

frater

freighter

fretter

gaiter

getter

glamor

glamour

grabber

grammar

grammer

grater

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

heifer

huffer

jagger

jetter

lacquer

ladder

later

letter

lighter

madder

manner

manor

masser

mater

mitre

mutter

nutter

offer

otter

outer

packer

passer

petre

placer

planner

plater

plotter

potter

pouter

powter

prater

prefer

proffer

puffer

putter

racker

rammer

rapper

rater

refer

reiter

righter

rutter

sadder

sapper

setter

shutter

skater

slater

slaughter

snapper

snuffer

spanner

spotter

sputter

squatter

stagger

stammer

stater

stuffer

stutter

suffer

surfer

swagger

sweater

tacker

tanner

tapper

thacker

tighter

totter

tracker

traitor

trapper

trotter

utter

valor

wafer

waiter

water

whacker

wrapper

writer

yachter

zephyr

anchor

anger

anker

banker

canker

capture

fracture

hanker

pasture

rancor

ranker

rapture

shanker

leftward

chandler

forster

gambler

rambler

sampler

transfer

azure

waltzer

author

badger

dasher

flasher

hangar

lather

mather

smasher

snatcher

wanger

centner

hanger

rother

slasher

ambler

hatcher

rather

dexter

handler

lifters

lobster

monster

partner

sculptor

ulster

upturn

blather

sumpter

catcher

webster

gather

lasher

huckster

ganger

stature

thatcher

alder

angler

arbor

ardor

armor

balder

barber

barbre

barker

bender

binder

blender

blinder

blister

blunder

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

butler

captures

carder

carper

carver

censer

censor

chamber

charmer

cleanser

cloister

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

coulter

coupler

courser

culver

cumber

cutler

darner

debtors

doubters

dumper

easter

elder

ember

ender

esker

failure

farmer

feaster

fender

filter

finder

flounder

foister

former

founder

garner

gelder

gender

golfer

grinder

grounder

guzzler

harbor

harder

harper

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

horner

hostler

inter

jumper

kilter

larder

launder

lender

lister

lumber

lumper

marker

marver

medlar

member

metier

minder

minter

mister

monsieur

mourner

mr.

mumper

number

order

oyster

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

peddler

pinder

plunder

pointer

ponder

poplar

porker

poster

poulter

pounder

printer

prosper

puzzler

quilter

render

roaster

roister

rooster

rounder

rustler

savior

sender

sensor

sharper

sister

slender

slumber

smuggler

solver

sounder

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sponsor

spotters

sprinter

sputters

squander

stalder

strangler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

thumper

thunder

toaster

toddler

torpor

twister

ulcer

under

vendor

vesper

victor

vulgar

wander

warder

warmer

warner

welder

whitener

wilder

winter

wonder

yonder

yorker

youngster

archer

censure

barger

belcher

bencher

bunker

changer

upturns

charger

conjure

conquer

culture

danger

denture

dunker

farther

forger

gesture

granger

hunger

hunker

junker

launcher

lecture

longer

manger

marcher

monger

norther

plunger

posture

quencher

ranger

rupture

scorcher

sparger

starcher

stranger

structure

torture

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

yonker

younger

younker

acer

acre

agar

aller

auger

augur

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

bearer

beater

becker

beggar

berber

bever

birder

bitter

blazer

blubber

bobber

bomber

borer

bracer

brawner

breaker

browser

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

buzzer

caller

calmer

caper

causer

cellar

chaser

chauffeur

cheater

checker

cheddar

chitter

chopper

chowder

cider

clever

climber

clobber

cocker

collar

color

colour

comer

conner

cooter

copper

cover

craker

craver

crawler

critter

crocker

cropper

crowder

crowner

culler

curler

cursor

dauber

decker

defer

deter

diaper

dieter

differ

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

downer

drainer

draper

dresser

driver

dropper

drummer

ducker

duller

dweller

earner

eater

egger

emmer

error

ever

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

feller

ferrer

fervor

fibre

filer

finer

fitter

flavor

floater

fodder

footer

fowler

framer

fritter

fucker

gager

gainer

gerner

geyser

girder

glazer

glider

glitter

glosser

glover

gopher

grader

graver

grazer

guesser

guider

gunner

hauler

haver

hawker

header

heater

hemmer

hepper

herber

hider

hitter

honor

honour

hooter

hopper

horror

hover

howler

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

jager

jailer

jobber

jogger

kaiser

kercher

kever

knitter

labor

labour

lager

laker

laser

lauder

laugher

laver

lawyer

lazar

learner

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

lever

liner

litter

loafer

locker

logger

loiter

looter

lover

lubber

luter

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

mercer

meter

metre

miner

minor

miser

motor

mouser

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

neighbor

neuter

never

occur

pacer

palmer

paper

pauper

paver

penner

pepper

peter

pewter

piper

planer

plover

plucker

plumber

popper

powder

presser

primer

proper

prowler

pucker

purser

quaker

quaver

praetor

quitter

racer

raider

raiser

raker

raver

razor

reefer

renner

rhymer

rider

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roofer

rooter

rotor

rouser

router

rubber

rudder

runner

ryder

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scholar

scorer

scraper

scriber

scrubber

scupper

seller

server

sever

shader

shaker

sharer

shaver

sheller

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

shriver

shudder

sider

signer

sitter

siver

sizer

skiver

slicer

slider

slobber

slugger

snider

snorer

solder

souter

spader

speller

spicer

spider

splitter

spreader

squalor

stalker

staller

starer

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

stiver

stocker

stopper

storer

striker

stunner

succor

sucker

suitor

summer

supper

sutor

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

taper

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thaler

tiger

timer

titter

topper

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

trawler

treater

tremor

trucker

tucker

turner

tutor

twitter

tyger

tyler

upper

vapor

verser

viner

viper

visor

voter

wader

waiver

walker

waller

waver

wearer

webber

weber

whaler

whiner

whopper

wiper

worker

wrecker

zehner

hipster

spinster

teamster

temblor

templar

tipster

trickster

bolster

minster

seamster

tumbler

holster

quipster

roadster

rooftree

vintner

warbler

bather

brother

bother

conger

crusher

dodger

ether

father

feather

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

gauger

glacier

gouger

gusher

heather

hedger

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

major

measure

merger

mother

nature

nether

nother

nurture

other

pager

perjure

pleasure

pledger

pressure

roger

rusher

searcher

smother

souther

stager

stretcher

tether

thither

thresher

treasure

usher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

weather

whether

yager

bower

brayer

briar

brier

bungler

buyer

choir

cower

crier

cryer

dire

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

flier

flour

flower

flyer

friar

frier

fryer

glower

higher

hire

hour

layer

liar

longspur

mayor

mire

our

payer

player

power

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

ruptured

ruptures

sayer

scour

sculpture

shower

sire

slayer

sour

sphincter

sprayer

squier

stayer

strayer

texture

tire

tower

trier

tyer

wire

yorkshire

boulder

builder

cinder

crisper

fielder

figure

folder

gilder

grolier

guilder

hinder

holder

incur

infer

junior

limber

mincer

mixer

moulder

pilfer

polder

riddler

scribbler

scrivener

senior

shrimper

sickler

timber

shoulder

silver

simper

spiders

switzer

strickler

timbre

tinder

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

juncture

larkspur

obtrude

oldster

puncture

stricture

injure

finger

ginger

drinker

linger

moisture

rinker

scripture

thinker

tinker

shingler

soldier

winker

sinker

clincher

clothier

picture

pilcher

pincher

beaker

beaver

bicker

bidder

bigger

bloomer

boiler

bolar

boner

booker

boomer

boozer

bowler

bowyer

breeder

brimmer

broiler

broker

caesar

cedar

chipper

cleaner

clearer

cleaver

clicker

clipper

closer

clover

coiner

comber

cooker

cooler

cooper

cougar

creamer

croaker

croker

crooner

cruiser

dealer

demur

dicker

digger

dinner

dipper

donor

dreamer

driller

drover

duper

eager

eger

euchre

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

filler

flicker

flipper

freezer

fuller

giver

glimmer

gomer

greaser

griever

gripper

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

healer

hearer

homer

hooker

hooper

hoover

humor

humour

inner

joiner

joker

juror

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

liver

loader

looker

looper

loper

loser

luger

lunar

miller

mirror

moder

mover

nearer

nigger

nimmer

nipper

obtrudes

ochre

odor

ogre

oiler

omer

over

owner

peeler

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

pleaser

poker

polar

pooler

poser

pruner

puller

quiver

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

recur

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

roller

roper

roser

rover

ruler

rumor

schemer

schiller

schooner

scissor

scooper

screamer

sealer

seeker

segar

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

skimmer

skinner

skipper

sleeper

slicker

slipper

sliver

smoker

sneaker

snicker

soaker

sober

soder

solar

sooner

speaker

speeder

spiller

spinner

spoiler

squeaker

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

sticker

stiller

stoker

stoner

stover

streamer

stripper

stroller

stupor

sucre

sugar

super

sweeper

swimmer

teaser

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

toller

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

user

vicar

vigor

weaver

wheeler

wicker

willer

winner

zipper

zocor

stinger

zither

stringer

suture

winger

bleacher

springer

swinger

wisher

wringer

whither

wither

teacher

fixture

mixture

closure

feature

poacher

preacher

ringer

hither

kosher

either

hoosier

pusher

seizure

cloture

pitcher

breather

neither

peacher

smoother

crozier

future

sprinkler

smither

creature

butcher

fisher

fissure

singer

slinger

slither

tincture

speeders

blower

boyer

brewer

chewer

ewer

fluor

foyer

freer

goer

grower

heer

hewer

knower

lower

meer

mower

oyer

rower

sewer

sower

thrower

skewer

viewer

subtract

3 syllable words

hereafter

thereafter

amateur

ammeter

crabeater

janitor

plasterer

reactor

safflower

trafficker

assayer

barrier

batterer

carrier

offerer

pannier

quieter

rioter

satire

sufferer

afternoon

afterward

catheter

aftermath

adapter

collector

comforter

commenter

leftover

afterthought

connecter

connector

frankfurter

aflutter

backwater

banister

bannister

barrister

canister

disaster

granddaughter

molester

outfitter

pilaster

protector

semester

trimester

afternoons

aftertaste

afterwards

auditor

beefeater

bonfire

courtier

debater

deserter

digester

director

fancier

fastener

hanover

harrower

havener

highflier

howitzer

latimer

massacre

mayflower

meander

monitor

narrator

officer

orator

pacesetter

passover

polluter

professor

projector

promoter

quagmire

rattler

saddler

saltier

shuffler

slanderer

softener

traveler

wagoner

detractor

afterthoughts

broadcaster

forecaster

lamplighter

aftermaths

abductor

ancestor

lancaster

manslaughter

newscaster

prospector

refractor

schoolmaster

shoplifter

tormentor

transistor

translator

transmitter

hangover

bachelor

caterer

copier

cottier

manager

attire

borrower

brazier

creator

earlier

farrier

ferrier

follower

forever

glazier

grazier

harasser

harrier

however

kayaker

narrower

perrier

pursuer

purveyor

rapier

rentier

sauter

surveyor

terrier

theatre

vernier

warrior

waterer

aftertastes

enchanter

grandfather

left-winger

objector

pathfinder

ringmaster

adviser

gatherer

aglitter

admirer

arbiter

avatar

adopter

annular

aquifer

backpacker

balancer

bagpiper

calendar

calender

campaigner

commuter

container

converter

debaters

defaulter

deflator

detector

dissenter

embitter

emptier

falconer

granular

landowner

marketer

philander

presenter

protester

spectator

taxpayer

typewriter

wallflower

dowager

character

costumer

customer

forester

handover

reporter

supporter

trumpeter

westerner

highlander

manicure

sunflower

vibrator

bellflower

chancellor

commander

effector

elector

erector

glassmaker

lavender

minister

october

offender

performer

transpire

wildfire

coauthor

contractor

postmaster

taskmaster

toastmaster

transformer

transporter

wrangler

burrower

avenger

debenture

godfather

recapture

register

scavenger

challenger

glandular

matchmaker

spangler

stepfather

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

adjuster

dangler

forefather

forfeiture

grasshopper

jackhammer

passenger

tablature

acquire

assessor

attacker

believer

bibler

bipolar

blockader

buckler

cadaver

cochlear

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

corridor

creditor

crossover

curator

cynosure

decipher

degener

editor

elater

emperor

enamor

entire

eyeliner

firepower

flypaper

foreigner

forerunner

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

haymaker

idler

isomer

juggler

jupiter

launderer

lawmaker

leviner

locator

lucifer

macabre

moniker

monomer

moreover

oliver

outlier

polymer

possessor

potboiler

producer

propeller

provider

ratepayer

receiver

reenter

refiner

reorder

repeater

seafarer

senator

settler

sorcerer

stiffener

supplier

surrender

takeover

turnover

umpire

visitor

wanderer

whatever

whenever

wherever

advancer

avatars

bandleader

bartender

computer

conductor

configure

cornflower

deflector

encounter

gibraltar

impostor

inventor

nonmember

outfielder

requester

sequester

abattoir

assembler

bystander

carpenter

condenser

contender

controller

copartner

discounter

enforcer

espalier

harvester

importer

inductor

investor

posterior

reflector

sandbagger

sandpaper

september

stepsister

suspender

upholster

vascular

achiever

another

aperture

arranger

churchgoer

conjuror

conqueror

flycatcher

furniture

lecturer

modular

nodular

procedure

punisher

stockinger

together

torturer

wrongdoer

adventure

angular

enhancer

enrapture

forefinger

grandmother

injector

rathskeller

sharpshooter

laborer

abuser

accuser

aggressor

almoner

announcer

appraiser

armiger

asunder

attainder

bargainer

bloodsucker

breadwinner

breakwater

chidester

chronicler

cocksucker

colander

compiler

composer

coneflower

consider

conspire

consular

consumer

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

cylinder

december

defender

destroyer

dictator

disfavor

disorder

dissolver

distiller

doorkeeper

dressmaker

dulcimer

easterner

employer

equator

familiar

forwarder

gamekeeper

globular

hollander

humbler

jocular

jeweler

gardener

gunpowder

hardener

headwater

housekeeper

islander

kidnapper

latecomer

licenser

londoner

muckraker

november

obdurate

observer

ocular

oppressor

outrider

outrigger

outsider

pacemaker

painkiller

predictor

retire

pedicure

popular

puppetry

recorder

restorer

silencer

stepdaughter

shopkeeper

linear

sinister

marauder

meteor

murderer

rescuer

repeaters

revolver

sarcoma

stargazer

remember

reminder

remainder

reformer

recruiter

stepladder

stonecutter

successor

suppressor

sweetwater

uncover

cozier

rosier

storekeeper

whoever

widower

conjecture

exporter

extender

inspector

nonstarter

transcriber

transgressor

behavior

bellwether

changeover

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Words that rhyme with the word rafter

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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