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

captor

chamber

chapter

havier

hellier

metier

painter

raptor

sceptre

senior

taster

tenure

waster

acer

acre

agar

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

blazer

bracer

breaker

capper

cater

chaser

clapper

craker

crater

craver

dapper

diaper

drainer

facer

fader

faker

favor

flapper

flavor

framer

frater

freighter

gager

gainer

gaiter

glazer

grader

grater

graver

grazer

hater

hepper

jager

jailer

keeper

labor

labour

laker

laser

later

laver

lazar

leper

lepre

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

namer

pacer

pepper

danger

nadir

neighbor

paver

piper

planer

plater

prater

quaker

quaver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reaper

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saver

savor

scalar

shader

shaker

shaver

skater

slater

sleeper

snapper

spader

stater

steeper

stepper

sweeper

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

stranger

tapper

thaler

changer

tracer

capture

trader

trailer

granger

trainer

traitor

trapper

viper

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

whaler

wiper

wrapper

manger

ranger

rapture

bather

brayer

freer

gauger

glacier

heer

layer

major

mayor

meer

nature

pager

payer

player

prayer

preyer

sampler

sayer

slayer

sprayer

stager

stayer

strayer

templar

wager

yager

actor

after

amber

answer

appear

ampere

bender

capri

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

collier

elder

caster

ember

ender

gander

gelder

gender

grantor

jasper

jester

lander

laughter

lester

pinder

roister

santer

scalper

scamper

stentor

stifler

straggler

tamper

welder

cantor

clamber

cleanser

cloister

foister

junior

kelter

lancer

laster

lector

lender

paster

pastor

peddler

pester

planter

plaster

pointer

poplar

prancer

renter

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stamper

stander

swelter

welter

whitener

wilder

asper

brander

aster

babbler

bander

banter

burglar

camber

binder

candor

blaster

asker

cancer

blender

blinder

camper

canter

coupler

damper

enter

esker

factor

fender

fester

finder

dancer

ester

faster

felter

figure

gaster

grinder

grolier

hander

hamper

hector

helper

herder

hesper

mander

masker

master

medlar

member

mentor

mester

minder

monsieur

nectar

nestor

oyster

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

rafter

rector

render

sector

sender

sensor

shelter

shyster

skelter

slander

slender

smelter

tasker

tattler

taxer

temper

tender

tensor

tester

tractor

tranter

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

zander

anger

banker

anchor

anker

belcher

canker

bencher

censure

clothier

denture

fracture

gesture

hanker

lecture

moisture

panther

pasture

quencher

rancor

ranker

rupture

scripture

shanker

venture

welcher

trencher

adder

attar

backer

banner

batter

beaker

bearer

beater

beaver

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

boiler

bowyer

bragger

breeder

broiler

burgher

burner

caesar

cedar

cellar

chatter

cheater

checker

cheddar

chipper

chopper

cider

cipher

clamor

clamour

clatter

cleaner

cleaver

clever

climber

clipper

coiner

cooper

copper

cracker

crammer

creamer

cropper

curler

cursor

cypher

dagger

dealer

debtor

decker

dieter

diner

dipper

diver

dreamer

dresser

driver

dropper

duper

dweller

eager

earner

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

ever

feeder

feeler

femur

fervor

feller

ferrer

fetter

fever

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

flatter

flipper

freezer

fretter

gerner

getter

geyser

girder

glamor

glamour

glider

grabber

grammar

grammer

greaser

griever

gripper

grouper

guesser

guider

hacker

hammer

hatter

haver

header

healer

hearer

heater

heifer

hemmer

herber

hider

hooper

hopper

jaeger

jagger

jetter

joiner

kaiser

keeler

keener

keever

kercher

kever

kipper

lacquer

ladder

latter

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

leaver

lemur

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

lighter

liner

loiter

looper

loper

madder

manner

manor

masser

matter

mercer

meter

metre

miner

minor

miser

mitre

murder

murmur

natter

never

nipper

oiler

packer

passer

peter

placer

patter

pauper

peeler

penner

petre

planner

platter

pleaser

popper

praetor

presser

primer

proper

purser

racker

rammer

reader

reamer

reaver

reefer

reiter

renner

rhymer

rider

righter

scupper

riser

scooper

screamer

scriber

sawyer

ripper

rimer

roper

ryder

sadder

scatter

schemer

sealer

seeker

segar

seller

server

setter

sever

sharer

shatter

sheller

shiner

shipper

shopper

shriner

shriver

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skipper

skiver

slatter

slicer

slider

slipper

smatter

sneaker

snider

spanner

spatter

speaker

speeder

speller

spicer

spider

splatter

spoiler

spreader

squeaker

stagger

stammer

starer

stealer

steeler

steller

stemmer

steamer

sterner

stiver

stopper

streamer

striker

stripper

stupor

super

supper

surfer

swagger

sweater

tacker

tanner

tatter

teaser

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thacker

tiger

tighter

timer

tipper

topper

tracker

treater

tremor

tripper

trooper

turner

tyger

tyler

upper

valor

verser

viner

weaver

webber

visor

wearer

weber

whiner

whopper

worker

writer

zehner

wheeler

whacker

wrecker

zephyr

zipper

ambler

antler

baxter

centner

chandler

dexter

gambler

hamster

handler

hipster

quipster

rambler

sculptor

sumpter

temblor

tipster

transfer

webster

creature

badger

breather

dasher

ether

flasher

azure

blather

bleacher

catcher

either

feather

feature

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

ganger

gather

hangar

hanger

hatcher

heather

hedger

lasher

lather

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

mather

measure

merger

neither

nether

nurture

peacher

perjure

pleasure

pledger

preacher

rather

searcher

pressure

seizure

slasher

smasher

snatcher

stature

stretcher

teacher

tether

thatcher

thresher

treasure

wanger

weather

whether

angler

sculpture

strangler

texture

cryer

dryer

boyer

briar

brier

drier

buyer

choir

crier

dire

dyer

eyer

fire

flier

flyer

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

higher

liar

oyer

hire

mire

prier

prior

sire

tire

pyre

squier

trier

wire

tyer

alder

altar

alter

arbor

ardor

armor

auster

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

blister

blunder

bluster

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

builder

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

capra

carder

carper

carter

carver

charmer

charter

cinder

cluster

coaster

cobbler

colter

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

coster

coulter

counter

courser

courter

crisper

culver

cumber

cutler

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

dumper

duster

easter

falter

farmer

feaster

fielder

filter

flounder

fluster

folder

former

foster

founder

garner

garter

gilder

golfer

grounder

guilder

guzzler

halter

harbor

harder

harper

hinder

holder

horner

hostler

hunter

incur

infer

inter

jumper

kilter

larder

launder

lifter

limber

lister

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

marker

martyr

marver

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mortar

moulder

mourner

mr.

muffler

mumper

muster

number

order

ouster

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

pilfer

plunder

polder

ponder

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

printer

proctor

prosper

psalter

punter

puzzler

quarter

quilter

repair

revere

riddler

roaster

rooster

roster

rounder

rustler

salter

saunter

scribbler

scrivener

severe

sharper

shifter

shoulder

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

slumber

smuggler

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

splinter

sponsor

sprinter

squander

stalder

starter

strickler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swifter

switzer

tartar

thruster

thumper

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

toaster

toddler

torpor

twister

ulcer

under

victor

vulgar

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

wonder

yonder

yorker

zoster

archer

barger

bunker

charger

clincher

conjure

conquer

culture

drinker

dunker

farther

finger

forger

ginger

hunger

hunker

injure

junker

launcher

linger

longer

marcher

monger

norther

picture

pilcher

pincher

plunger

posture

rinker

scorcher

shingler

sinker

soldier

sparger

starcher

stricture

structure

thinker

tinker

torture

vulture

winker

yonker

younger

younker

aller

bolster

spinster

seamster

auger

augur

bicker

bidder

bigger

bitter

bloomer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bolar

bomber

boner

booker

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

brawner

brimmer

broker

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

butter

buzzer

caller

calmer

causer

chauffeur

chitter

clearer

clicker

clobber

closer

color

comber

comer

cotter

cougar

cover

crawler

critter

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

crowder

crowner

cruiser

culler

deter

dicker

chowder

clover

clutter

cocker

coffer

collar

colour

conner

cooker

cooler

cooter

cutter

dauber

daughter

teamster

digger

dinner

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

roadster

defer

demur

differ

forster

downer

driller

drover

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

euchre

faller

filler

fitter

flicker

floater

flutter

monster

fodder

footer

fowler

fritter

fucker

huckster

fuller

giver

glimmer

glitter

glosser

glover

gomer

gopher

grocer

groomer

groover

gunner

gutter

hauler

hawker

hitter

homer

honor

honour

hoover

howler

warbler

hooker

hooter

horror

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

humor

humour

hussar

inner

jobber

jogger

joker

juror

kicker

killer

kisser

knicker

knitter

lager

lauder

laugher

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loader

loafer

locker

logger

looker

looter

loser

lover

lubber

luger

lunar

luter

mater

miller

mirror

moder

motor

mouser

mover

mugger

muller

mutter

nearer

neuter

nigger

nimmer

nutter

occur

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

palmer

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

poker

polar

pooler

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prefer

proffer

prowler

pruner

pucker

puffer

puller

putter

quitter

quiver

recur

refer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

river

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

rubber

rudder

ruler

rumor

runner

rutter

saucer

schiller

scholar

schooner

scissor

scorer

scrubber

shearer

shimmer

shiver

shooter

shudder

shutter

sicker

siller

simmer

slicker

vintner

waltzer

sinner

sitter

skimmer

skinner

slaughter

sliver

slobber

slugger

smoker

snicker

snorer

snuffer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

spiller

spinner

minster

souter

splitter

partner

ulster

spotter

sputter

squalor

squatter

stalker

staller

stiller

stocker

stover

stuffer

trickster

sticker

tumbler

stoker

stoner

storer

stroller

stunner

lobster

stutter

succor

sucker

sucre

suffer

sugar

suitor

summer

sutor

swimmer

talker

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

titter

toller

totter

trawler

trigger

trimmer

trotter

trucker

tuber

tucker

tudor

tutor

twitter

user

utter

holster

tumor

tuner

vicar

vigor

voter

walker

waller

water

wicker

willer

winner

yachter

zocor

abhor

bungler

fixture

longspur

mixture

sphincter

sprinkler

yorkshire

youngster

author

bother

brother

butcher

closure

cloture

conger

crozier

crusher

dodger

father

fisher

fissure

future

gouger

gusher

hither

hoosier

kosher

lunger

mother

nother

other

pitcher

poacher

pusher

ringer

roger

rother

rusher

singer

slinger

slither

smither

smoother

smother

souther

springer

stinger

stringer

suture

swinger

thither

usher

voucher

washer

watcher

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

zither

juncture

larkspur

oldster

puncture

tincture

afar

abor

affair

before

copra

eyebrow

gabbro

hebrew

libra

livor

opera

supra

zebra

blower

bower

brewer

chewer

cower

dour

ewer

flour

flower

fluor

glower

goer

grower

hewer

hour

knower

lower

mower

our

power

rower

scour

sewer

shower

skewer

sour

sower

thrower

tower

viewer

sparrow

abra

afire

cobra

louvre

defray

3 syllable words

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

emptier

ammeter

brainpower

fancier

beefeater

crabeater

degener

empire

havener

haymaker

reliever

repeater

stapler

purveyor

surveyor

cottier

papery

cozier

assayer

linear

retire

rosier

sapphire

satire

warrior

employer

manicure

pacemaker

painkiller

pedicure

retriever

taxpayer

transpire

typewriter

behavior

abler

courtier

beleaguer

bipolar

believer

cochlear

emperor

demeanor

eyeliner

firepower

flypaper

mayflower

highflier

nuclear

pacesetter

quagmire

reappear

riviere

saltier

receiver

stabler

supplier

trafficker

umpire

tabler

leviner

require

preparer

takeover

bandleader

espalier

lamplighter

loudspeaker

stepsister

procedure

attire

stationer

caterer

furniture

desire

forever

achiever

arranger

harasser

kayaker

laborer

marauder

narrower

pursuer

quieter

rioter

savory

aperture

jayhawker

embitter

popular

gamekeeper

latecomer

granular

familiar

newspaper

regular

remainder

stepdaughter

stepladder

conspire

annular

compiler

sleepwalker

breadwinner

breakwater

adapter

attainder

barrister

backpacker

bagpiper

ballplayer

banister

cellular

character

wildfire

circular

secular

voyager

changeover

recapture

register

ringleader

stepfather

stepmother

burrower

acquire

amateur

auditor

beginner

belabor

bibler

blockader

bonfire

creditor

crowkeeper

crusader

curator

cynosure

debater

deliver

detailer

director

editor

elater

empower

enamor

entire

eraser

fastener

girdler

hanover

harrower

idler

isomer

janitor

jupiter

latimer

lawmaker

locator

mariner

massacre

milliner

moniker

narrator

opener

outlier

passover

plasterer

propeller

rattler

retailer

retainer

reveler

saddler

safflower

senator

settler

shipowner

shoemaker

slanderer

surrender

survivor

traveler

turnover

visitor

wagoner

whenever

wherever

wrestler

sandpaper

september

transmitter

disfigure

outfielder

transistor

computer

peculiar

sidewinder

shoplifter

vascular

skyscraper

configure

posterior

shipbuilder

lecturer

villager

worshiper

manager

pillager

punisher

purchaser

stockinger

teenager

bachelor

catheter

churchgoer

curvature

denature

finisher

flycatcher

hangover

angular

bedchamber

endanger

enrapture

left-winger

pathfinder

stakeholder

temperature

abuser

accuser

admirer

adopter

adviser

aglitter

appraiser

aquifer

arbiter

armiger

backwater

balancer

bannister

bargainer

batterer

bellflower

bewilder

bookkeeper

bookmaker

borrower

calendar

calender

campaigner

canister

chancellor

chidester

chronicler

collector

commander

commenter

commuter

composer

connecter

connector

consider

container

coppery

creator

december

defender

deflator

destroyer

detector

devour

dictator

disaster

disfavor

disposer

dissenter

distiller

doorkeeper

dressmaker

dulcimer

effector

elector

elixir

enquire

equator

erector

every

falconer

follower

glassmaker

globular

granddaughter

gunpowder

handover

headwater

hereafter

highlander

housekeeper

however

innkeeper

invader

islander

ivory

jeweler

jocular

jugular

kidnapper

landowner

lavender

leftover

licenser

molester

muckraker

murderer

november

ocular

offender

oppressor

outfitter

outrigger

peacekeeper

peacemaker

performer

philander

pilaster

predictor

presenter

procurer

protector

protester

reclaimer

referee

remember

reporter

rescuer

sauter

semester

shopkeeper

silencer

simpler

sinister

spectator

stargazer

storekeeper

supporter

suppressor

theatre

thereafter

thievery

transporter

trimester

trumpeter

tubular

vibrator

westerner

whisperer

whoever

widower

woodpecker

avenger

bellwether

birdwatcher

challenger

composure

dangler

debenture

departure

derringer

digester

dispatcher

glandular

grasshopper

inhaler

jackhammer

licensure

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

projector

publisher

tablature

wrangler

spangler

questioner

scavenger

rejoinder

coauthor

gatherer

perjurer

dowager

treasurer

issuer

abductor

advancer

ancestor

assembler

bartender

bookbinder

broadcaster

bystander

carpenter

complainer

compressor

condenser

contender

copartner

disclaimer

deflector

dismember

dispenser

distemper

encumber

enforcer

engraver

forecaster

hairdresser

homebuilder

icebreaker

importer

impostor

improper

indexer

insecure

inventor

investor

kingfisher

lancaster

manslaughter

midwinter

minesweeper

muscular

newscaster

nonmember

prospector

quicksilver

reflector

refractor

requester

sandbagger

schoolmaster

sequester

sharecropper

suspender

tormentor

translator

exchanger

upholster

assessor

bricklayer

attacker

buckler

cadaver

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

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4 syllable words

aviary

aviator

radiator

baby-sitter

gladiator

mediator

mediocre

overseer

superior

topiary

alveolar

anterior

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caterpillar

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imitator

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alexander

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candlemaker

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great-grandmother

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literature

kindergartner

firecracker

knickerbocker

motherfucker

Words that rhyme with the word rapier

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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