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

vintner

figure

lifter

swifter

shifter

scrivener

cleaner

defer

differ

diner

dinner

finer

inner

keener

liner

miner

minor

pinner

shiner

shriner

signer

sinner

skinner

spinner

thinner

viner

whiner

winner

ringer

singer

slinger

springer

stinger

stringer

swinger

wringer

winger

centner

spinster

hipster

minster

tipster

trickster

quipster

binder

blinder

blister

builder

cinder

crisper

filter

finder

fixture

gilder

grinder

guilder

hellier

hinder

incur

infer

inter

kilter

limber

lister

metier

mincer

minder

minter

mister

mixer

mixture

monsieur

mr.

muffler

pilfer

pinder

printer

quilter

riddler

scribbler

senior

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

sphincter

spinners

splinter

sprinkler

sprinter

strickler

sumner

switzer

timber

timbre

tinder

twister

victor

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

whitener

winder

windsor

winter

tincture

banner

beaker

beaver

bicker

beater

bidder

bigger

injure

biter

bitter

breeder

bluffer

brawner

brimmer

buffer

caesar

cedar

cheater

chipper

chitter

cider

drinker

clicker

finger

linger

clearer

cleaver

climber

coiner

conner

creamer

critter

crowner

dealer

dipper

diver

demur

deter

digger

ginger

clipper

diaper

dicker

dieter

donar

downer

drainer

dreamer

driller

driver

duffer

eager

eater

eger

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

fibre

fighter

filer

filler

fitter

flicker

flipper

freezer

fritter

gainer

geyser

giver

glider

glimmer

glitter

greaser

griever

gripper

guider

gunner

healer

hearer

heater

hider

hitter

honor

honour

huffer

joiner

kaiser

keeler

keeper

keever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

licker

lighter

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

mainor

manner

manor

meter

metre

miller

mirror

miser

mitre

nearer

nigger

nimmer

nipper

peeler

penner

peter

picker

pillar

piller

piper

planer

planner

pleaser

praetor

prefer

primer

puffer

quitter

quiver

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

recur

reefer

refer

reiter

renner

rhymer

ricker

ridder

rider

righter

rigor

rimer

rimmer

ripper

riser

river

runner

ryder

schemer

schiller

scissor

screamer

scriber

sealer

seeker

segar

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shriver

sicker

sider

siller

simmer

sitter

siver

sizer

skimmer

skipper

winker

skiver

sleeper

slicer

slicker

slider

slipper

sliver

sneaker

snicker

snider

snuffer

spanner

speaker

speeder

spicer

spider

spiller

splitter

squeaker

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

sticker

stiller

stiver

streamer

striker

stripper

stuffer

stunner

suffer

sweeper

swimmer

tanner

teaser

teeter

tenor

ticker

picture

pilcher

sinker

viper

rinker

scripture

shingler

vigor

stricture

vicar

clincher

tiller

pincher

twitter

tyger

tyler

visor

tighter

tripper

thinker

tiger

timer

timmer

tipper

titter

trainer

treater

trigger

trimmer

weaver

wheeler

wicker

tinker

willer

wiper

writer

zehner

zephyr

zipper

bleacher

breather

conger

dexter

huckster

creature

sumpter

either

tumbler

ether

ganger

webster

feature

fisher

fissure

sculptor

ulster

hangar

hanger

partner

templar

hither

lunger

neither

temblor

peacher

pitcher

preacher

seizure

slither

smither

teacher

thither

wanger

whither

wisher

wither

zither

briar

texture

youngster

brier

crier

choir

buyer

cryer

sculpture

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

flier

flyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

heer

higher

hire

liar

meer

bungler

mire

prier

prior

pyre

sire

squier

tire

trier

tyer

wire

after

answer

bander

banter

bender

blender

blunder

bluster

bouncer

bounder

brander

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

cluster

collier

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

counter

coupler

culver

cumber

cutler

dancer

darner

dumper

duster

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

flounder

fluster

founder

gander

garner

gelder

gender

grantor

grolier

grounder

guzzler

hander

havier

hector

helper

herder

hesper

horner

hunter

jester

jumper

kelter

lancer

lander

laughter

launder

lector

lender

lester

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

medlar

member

mentor

mester

mourner

mumper

muster

nectar

nestor

number

painter

pander

panter

panzer

peddler

pester

planter

plunder

pointer

ponder

pounder

prancer

punter

puzzler

rafter

rector

render

renter

rounder

rustler

santer

saunter

sceptre

sector

sender

sensor

shelter

shyster

skelter

slander

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

sounder

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stander

stentor

stifler

stumper

sulphur

sunder

swelter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thumper

thunder

tranter

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

vulgar

wander

warner

welder

welter

wilder

wonder

yonder

zander

juncture

puncture

anchor

anger

anker

banker

belcher

bencher

bunker

canker

censure

changer

clothier

conjure

conquer

culture

danger

denture

dunker

gesture

granger

hanker

hunger

hunker

junker

launcher

lecture

longer

manger

monger

panther

plunger

quencher

rancor

ranger

ranker

rupture

shanker

stranger

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

yonker

younger

younker

acer

acre

agar

aver

bailer

bailor

bearer

beggar

better

chandler

baker

becker

bettor

bever

blazer

blubber

boiler

boner

booker

bowyer

bracer

breaker

broiler

bugger

bummer

burner

butter

buzzer

caper

cater

cellar

chaser

chauffeur

checker

cheddar

cipher

clever

clutter

coffer

color

colour

comer

cooker

cover

craker

crater

craver

crooner

antler

rambler

cutter

forster

submerse

culler

cypher

donor

draper

dresser

dweller

earner

egger

facer

fader

favor

feller

ferrer

flavor

flutter

framer

frater

freighter

fretter

fucker

fuller

gerner

glazer

glover

grader

guesser

grater

gutter

haver

header

hooker

hugger

hussar

jaeger

jager

jailer

jetter

juror

kever

labor

labour

laker

mazer

mugger

muller

mutter

nadir

pepper

namer

owner

pacer

paper

paver

petre

plater

plover

plucker

plumber

rater

raver

razor

roofer

rubber

rudder

rutter

sabre

sailer

hamster

decker

debtor

drummer

ducker

duller

emmer

error

ever

grazer

faker

fetter

fifer

footer

gager

gaiter

getter

gopher

graver

hater

hepper

handler

heifer

hemmer

hover

hummer

laser

later

laver

lawyer

lazar

learner

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

loafer

loiter

looker

lover

lubber

lunar

maker

maser

neighbor

never

nutter

occur

offer

oiler

prater

presser

proffer

pruner

pucker

puller

putter

quaker

quaver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

sailor

saver

savor

scalar

holster

schooner

scraper

setter

lobster

scrubber

scupper

seller

ambler

sawyer

bolster

saker

sever

shader

shaker

sharer

shaver

sheller

shudder

shutter

skater

slater

slugger

sooner

spader

speller

spoiler

spreader

sputter

starer

stater

stemmer

stoner

steller

stepper

sterner

stutter

succor

sucker

sugar

summer

supper

surfer

sweater

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

taper

tedder

teller

terror

thaler

tracer

trader

trailer

sophomore

spaniard

traitor

tremor

trucker

vapor

gambler

teamster

waltzer

tucker

roadster

upper

waver

warbler

tuner

turner

utter

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

wearer

webber

weber

whaler

baxter

monster

sampler

seamster

wrecker

angler

bather

brother

butcher

crusher

feather

flesher

fletcher

fresher

gauger

glacier

gusher

heather

hedger

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

longspur

major

measure

mother

nature

nether

nother

other

pager

pleasure

pledger

pressure

pusher

rusher

smother

souther

stager

strangler

stretcher

submerge

tether

thresher

treasure

usher

wager

weather

whether

yager

larkspur

oldster

spaniards

submersed

sophomores

boyer

brayer

scour

shower

sprayer

actor

alder

dour

amber

ampere

bower

asker

asper

aster

barbre

barker

barter

boarder

bolter

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

burglar

layer

alter

babbler

balder

balter

blaster

booster

boxer

camber

mayor

arbor

ardor

slayer

sour

altar

armor

auster

barber

preyer

sayer

camper

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

charmer

charter

clamber

cloister

coaster

cobbler

colter

coster

coulter

courser

courter

damper

darter

doctor

dr.

factor

failure

falter

farmer

faster

garter

gaster

halter

harbor

flour

harder

harper

flower

foster

foister

folder

former

golfer

hamper

holder

foyer

hostler

jasper

junior

larder

laster

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

mortar

moulder

order

ouster

oyster

pamper

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

plaster

polder

poplar

porker

porter

poster

poulter

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

raptor

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

salter

savior

scalper

hour

strayer

scamper

sharper

stayer

shoulder

snorter

solver

sorter

stalder

stamper

starter

tamper

tasker

taster

glower

tartar

tower

straggler

tattler

toaster

toddler

torpor

tractor

walter

warder

warmer

taxer

waster

yorker

zoster

cower

our

oyer

payer

player

power

prayer

moisture

transfer

adder

aller

attar

auger

augur

backer

batter

berber

birder

blabber

bladder

blatter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

bolar

bomber

borer

broker

boomer

boozer

bowler

bragger

browser

calmer

burgher

caller

capper

causer

chatter

chopper

chowder

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

cooter

copper

collar

comber

cooler

cooper

cotter

cougar

croaker

crocker

croker

cruiser

dauber

cracker

crammer

crawler

cropper

dagger

crowder

curler

cursor

dapper

daughter

docker

dollar

doubter

dropper

drover

duper

euchre

faller

fervor

flapper

flatter

floater

fodder

fowler

girder

glamor

glamour

glosser

gomer

grabber

grammar

grammer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

hacker

hammer

hatter

hauler

hawker

herber

homer

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jagger

jobber

jogger

joker

kercher

lacquer

ladder

lager

latter

lauder

laugher

loader

locker

logger

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

luter

madder

masser

mater

matter

mercer

moder

motor

mouser

mover

murder

murmur

natter

neuter

ochre

odor

ogre

omer

otter

outer

over

packer

palmer

passer

patter

pauper

pewter

placer

platter

plotter

poker

pooler

popper

potter

pouter

proper

polar

poser

powder

powter

prowler

purser

racker

rammer

rapper

robber

rocker

roller

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

ruler

rumor

sadder

sapper

saucer

scatter

scholar

scooper

scorer

server

shatter

shooter

shopper

slatter

slaughter

slobber

smatter

smoker

snapper

snorer

soaker

sober

splatter

spotter

squalor

squatter

soder

solar

solder

souter

spatter

stagger

stammer

stalker

staller

stocker

stoker

stopper

stroller

stupor

sucre

super

storer

stover

suitor

sutor

swagger

tacker

thacker

talker

tapper

tatter

termer

toller

topper

totter

tracker

trapper

trawler

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tutor

user

valor

verser

voter

walker

waller

water

whacker

whopper

wrapper

yachter

zocor

worker

author

azure

badger

blather

bother

catcher

closure

cloture

crozier

dasher

dodger

father

flasher

further

future

gather

gouger

hatcher

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

mather

merger

nurture

perjure

poacher

rather

roger

rother

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

snatcher

stature

suture

thatcher

voucher

washer

watcher

archer

barger

capture

charger

forger

marcher

farther

fracture

norther

pasture

posture

rapture

soldier

sparger

scorcher

starcher

torture

fluor

knower

rower

chewer

hewer

mower

skewer

sower

brewer

ewer

goer

grower

lower

sewer

thrower

viewer

blower

yorkshire

3 syllable words

cliffhanger

defaulter

cylinder

defender

deflator

reminder

disfavor

insider

reformer

incisor

remainder

beefeater

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

collider

degener

entire

eraser

eyeliner

fiddler

littler

mariner

milliner

pickler

provider

reasoner

recover

repeater

shipowner

shuffler

similar

softener

stickler

sweetener

vinegar

pathfinder

rejoinder

attire

devour

linear

titular

retire

sapphire

bookbinder

discounter

encounter

enquirer

hitchhiker

informer

inquirer

aflutter

asunder

attainder

commander

compiler

container

debonair

dictator

disaster

discolor

discover

disorder

dissenter

dissolver

effector

enquire

equator

innkeeper

londoner

insular

invader

kindler

midsummer

minister

presenter

recorder

restorer

offender

philander

reporter

revolver

shipowners

simpler

swindler

whisperer

acquire

attacker

behavior

believer

bonfire

bricklayer

buckler

cadaver

commoner

coroner

creditor

curator

debater

deliver

departure

derringer

dispatcher

editor

elater

empire

empower

fastener

fishmonger

foreigner

forerunner

governor

highflier

inhaler

integer

juggler

macabre

meander

messenger

narrator

officer

opener

pensioner

professor

questioner

receiver

reconquer

refresher

remover

require

reveler

ringleader

seafarer

seducer

settler

stepfather

supplier

survivor

tinkler

umpire

visitor

wagoner

wrestler

advancer

complainer

deflector

disfigure

dishwasher

embroider

endorser

dispenser

disclaimer

enforcer

achiever

engraver

enlarger

pillager

procedure

importer

villager

gibraltar

impostor

inductor

stationer

improper

insecure

finisher

southerner

inventor

midwinter

reflector

kingfisher

prescriber

refractor

sidewinder

widower

farrier

ferrier

harrier

perrier

rentier

satire

sufferer

terrier

endanger

indenture

left-winger

ringmaster

singular

exchanger

abuser

accuser

adapter

admirer

adopter

adviser

almoner

appraiser

bagpiper

balancer

bellflower

bewilder

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

calendar

calender

campaigner

cellular

chidester

colander

comforter

commuter

conspire

customer

december

destroyer

detector

disposer

distiller

dressmaker

easterner

elector

elixir

endeavor

erector

falconer

familiar

gardener

hardener

headwater

hereafter

hollander

humbler

kidnapper

lavender

leftover

manicure

misnomer

muckraker

openers

outrider

outsider

pedicure

performer

pilaster

predictor

recruiter

regular

remember

rescuer

secular

sinister

sleepwalker

spectator

stepdaughter

stepladder

sunflower

supporter

sweetwater

trumpeter

typewriter

weaponry

westerner

wildfire

explorer

issuer

exporter

subscriber

adjuster

avenger

beachcomber

beholder

challenger

debenture

forefather

forfeiture

freeholder

godfather

insurer

matchmaker

passenger

prefecture

recapture

scavenger

signature

stepmother

shoemaker

polluter

possessor

mayflower

potboiler

wherever

lawmaker

leviner

whatever

outlier

locator

reactor

reenter

havener

hinderer

reorder

safflower

quagmire

producer

promoter

propeller

blockader

crusader

cynosure

assessor

absorber

carpenter

computer

configure

copartner

detractor

dismember

distemper

espalier

indexer

intruder

investor

lamplighter

muscular

norlander

nutcracker

openwork

outfielder

peculiar

posterior

quicksilver

requester

sequester

sharecropper

shipbuilder

shoplifter

suspender

instructor

sojourner

soothsayer

stockinger

arranger

denature

teenager

together

bedchamber

disclosure

displeasure

exposure

grandfather

inclosure

injector

temperature

warmonger

assayer

creator

harasser

kayaker

marauder

meteor

narrower

offerer

pannier

purveyor

quieter

rioter

sauter

surveyor

theatre

aggressor

backpacker

backwater

banister

bargainer

barrister

bookseller

breadwinner

breakwater

bulldozer

character

chronicler

composer

employer

emptier

inspector

collector

coneflower

transcriber

glassmaker

highlander

islander

landowner

licenser

molester

newspaper

oppressor

transformer

ocular

pretender

semester

silencer

successor

suppressor

wallflower

protector

stargazer

extender

rebuilder

thereafter

transpire

woodpecker

coauthor

birdwatcher

composure

bellwether

register

licensure

projector

northerner

ammeter

assembler

auditor

bibler

bipolar

brainpower

broadcaster

bystander

compressor

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

cornflower

courier

crabeater

crossover

crowkeeper

currier

detailer

director

emperor

enamor

fancier

firepower

flypaper

forecaster

freethinker

furrier

hairdresser

hanover

harrower

homebuilder

howitzer

idler

isomer

janitor

launderer

lucifer

minesweeper

moniker

monitor

monomer

moreover

needler

newscaster

passover

precursor

preparer

preserver

reliever

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Words that rhyme with the word refiner

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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