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

vintner

scrivener

switzer

figure

metier

bitter

chitter

cleaner

critter

deter

dinner

drainer

fitter

fritter

gainer

glitter

hitter

inner

keener

knitter

litter

mainor

pinner

planer

quitter

sinner

sitter

skinner

spinner

splitter

thinner

titter

trainer

twitter

winner

ringer

singer

slinger

springer

stinger

stringer

swinger

thither

winger

wringer

centner

blister

builder

butler

cinder

crisper

cutler

filter

fixture

gilder

guilder

hellier

hinder

incur

infer

inter

kilter

lifter

limber

lister

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mixture

monsieur

mr.

painter

pilfer

printer

quilter

riddler

scribbler

senior

shifter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

splinter

sprinkler

sprinter

strickler

sumner

swifter

timber

timbre

tinder

twister

victor

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

whitener

winder

windsor

winter

tincture

ginger

acre

bailer

beaker

danger

agar

banner

beater

beaver

blazer

bracer

breaker

caesar

caper

cedar

chaser

cheater

chipper

finger

clearer

cleaver

drinker

granger

bailor

brimmer

clicker

creamer

baker

better

bettor

bicker

bidder

breeder

craker

injure

acer

aver

bigger

butter

clipper

clutter

ranger

burner

coiner

rinker

scripture

shingler

sinker

craver

cutter

dealer

debtor

defer

demur

dicker

draper

driller

pilcher

dieter

differ

digger

diner

dipper

dreamer

eager

earner

feeler

picture

eater

eger

facer

fader

faker

favor

feeder

femur

fetter

pincher

fever

filler

finer

flavor

flicker

flipper

flutter

footer

framer

linger

freezer

fretter

glazer

manger

gager

gerner

getter

giver

glimmer

grader

graver

grazer

greaser

griever

gripper

gunner

gutter

healer

hearer

heater

jager

jailer

jetter

joiner

keeler

keeper

keever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

labor

labour

laker

laser

laver

lazar

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

leaver

lemur

letter

licker

limmer

liner

liqueur

liquor

liver

maker

manner

manor

maser

mazer

meter

metre

miller

miner

minor

mirror

mutter

nadir

namer

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

pacer

paper

paver

peeler

penner

peter

petre

picker

pillar

piller

planner

pleaser

praetor

putter

quaker

quaver

quiver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

raver

razor

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

recur

reefer

renner

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

runner

rutter

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

skimmer

skipper

sleeper

slicker

slipper

sliver

sneaker

spader

spanner

speaker

speeder

stealer

stripper

stunner

stutter

sweater

sweeper

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

tanner

taper

teaser

teeter

thaler

tipper

tracer

trader

trailer

treater

winker

saver

savor

scalar

schemer

schiller

scissor

scraper

screamer

sealer

seeker

segar

setter

shader

shaker

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shiner

shipper

shiver

shriner

shutter

sicker

signer

siller

simmer

snicker

spiller

sputter

squeaker

steamer

steeler

steeper

sterner

sticker

stiller

streamer

swimmer

taber

tenor

ticker

tiller

timmer

trigger

vapor

clincher

stricture

trimmer

tripper

turner

utter

vicar

vigor

viner

wader

wafer

whiner

changer

tinker

waiver

waver

weaver

whaler

wheeler

wicker

willer

stranger

zehner

zipper

thinker

hipster

bleacher

spinster

bather

trickster

breather

creature

either

ether

feature

fissure

glacier

hangar

hanger

templar

ganger

gauger

temblor

fisher

hither

nature

neither

tipster

lunger

major

pager

peacher

pitcher

preacher

seizure

slither

smither

stager

teacher

wager

wanger

whither

tumbler

wither

zither

quipster

yager

minster

partner

wisher

bungler

freer

layer

preyer

heer

player

prayer

sayer

stayer

strayer

sculpture

sphincter

texture

brayer

mayor

meer

payer

slayer

sprayer

answer

bander

bender

binder

blender

blinder

blunder

bluster

bottler

brander

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

cancer

candor

censer

censor

center

centre

chamber

cleanser

cluster

collier

concur

confer

corner

coupler

culver

cumber

dancer

darner

dumper

duster

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

failure

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

finder

fluster

gander

garner

gelder

gender

grinder

grolier

guzzler

hander

havier

hector

helper

herder

hesper

horner

hunter

jester

jumper

kelter

lancer

lander

lector

lender

lester

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

medlar

member

mentor

mester

minder

mourner

muffler

mumper

muster

nectar

nestor

number

pander

panzer

peddler

pester

pinder

plunder

prancer

punter

puzzler

rector

render

renter

rustler

savior

sceptre

sector

sender

sensor

shelter

skelter

slander

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stander

steamers

stentor

stumper

sulphur

sunder

swelter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thunder

tattler

thruster

thumper

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

vulgar

warner

welder

welter

wonder

zander

puncture

juncture

anchor

anger

anker

banker

belcher

bencher

bunker

canker

censure

clothier

culture

denture

dunker

gesture

hanker

hunger

hunker

junker

lecture

monger

panther

plunger

quencher

rancor

ranker

rupture

shanker

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

younger

younker

attar

batter

bearer

becker

beggar

bever

biter

blatter

blotter

blubber

bluffer

boiler

boner

booker

bowyer

brawner

broiler

buffer

bugger

bummer

buzzer

cater

cellar

chatter

checker

cheddar

cider

cipher

clatter

clever

climber

color

colour

comer

conner

cooker

cooter

cotter

cover

crater

crooner

crowner

culler

cypher

daughter

decker

diaper

diver

donar

donor

doubter

downer

dresser

driver

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

egger

emmer

error

ever

feller

ferrer

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

floater

transfer

flatter

frater

freighter

fucker

fuller

gaiter

geyser

glider

glover

grater

guesser

guider

hater

hatter

haver

header

heifer

hemmer

hepper

hider

honor

honour

hooker

hooter

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

juror

kaiser

kever

later

latter

lawyer

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

lever

lighter

loiter

looker

looter

lover

lubber

lunar

luter

mater

matter

miser

mitre

motor

mugger

muller

natter

neuter

never

occur

oiler

otter

outer

owner

patter

pepper

pewter

piper

plater

platter

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

potter

pouter

powter

prater

prefer

presser

primer

pruner

pucker

puffer

puller

rater

refer

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

rooter

rotor

router

rubber

rudder

ryder

sawyer

scatter

schooner

scriber

scrubber

scupper

seller

sever

sharer

shatter

sheller

skiver

dexter

shooter

shriver

shudder

sider

siver

sizer

skater

slater

slatter

slaughter

slicer

slider

slugger

sampler

snuffer

sooner

antler

souter

spatter

speller

spicer

spider

spreader

stiver

striker

succor

sucker

stoner

stuffer

suffer

sugar

suitor

summer

sutor

tighter

tatter

timer

wearer

ambler

tuner

gambler

totter

tucker

upper

yachter

chandler

handler

waiter

huckster

trotter

tyler

water

rambler

tutor

tyger

zephyr

webber

sculptor

teamster

snider

splatter

sumpter

warbler

smatter

spoiler

seamster

spotter

squatter

starer

stater

steller

supper

terror

viper

visor

voter

wiper

wrecker

writer

ulster

tremor

trucker

waltzer

webster

stemmer

stepper

tedder

teller

tiger

traitor

weber

angler

author

brother

butcher

conger

crusher

feather

flesher

fletcher

fresher

gusher

heather

hedger

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

measure

mother

nether

nother

other

pleasure

pledger

pressure

pusher

rother

rusher

smother

souther

strangler

stretcher

tether

thresher

treasure

usher

weather

whether

youngster

larkspur

actor

after

eyer

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

banter

barber

barbre

dire

asper

barker

barter

blaster

boarder

bolter

booster

border

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

burglar

camber

camper

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

drier

dryer

dyer

sire

carver

caster

castor

chapter

charmer

charter

clamber

coaster

colter

conder

condor

courser

courter

choir

cobbler

hire

counter

higher

cloister

coster

coulter

damper

darter

fire

cryer

doctor

factor

falter

crier

faster

flyer

farmer

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

dr.

squier

flounder

foister

folder

former

foster

founder

garter

gaster

golfer

grantor

grounder

halter

hamper

harbor

harder

harper

holder

hostler

jasper

junior

larder

laster

laughter

launder

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

mortar

moulder

order

ouster

oyster

pamper

panter

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

planter

plaster

pointer

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

rafter

raptor

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rounder

salter

santer

saunter

scalper

scamper

sharper

shoulder

shyster

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

sponsor

squander

stalder

tamper

tartar

tasker

flier

stamper

starter

stifler

straggler

taster

taxer

buyer

liar

mire

oyer

prier

walter

wander

warder

boyer

briar

brier

prior

tire

toaster

toddler

torpor

tractor

tyer

tranter

pyre

trier

warmer

waster

yorker

wire

wilder

yonder

zoster

conjure

conquer

moisture

longer

launcher

yonker

admire

baxter

bolster

hamster

lobster

holster

monster

forster

roadster

stoneware

auger

backer

adder

berber

augur

bladder

bloomer

aller

birder

blabber

bobber

borer

bolar

bomber

boomer

boozer

bowler

broker

browser

bragger

burgher

caller

calmer

capper

causer

chauffeur

chopper

clamor

clamour

clapper

clobber

closer

chowder

clover

cocker

coffer

collar

comber

cooler

cooper

copper

cougar

cracker

crammer

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

cropper

crowder

cruiser

curler

cursor

dagger

dapper

dauber

docker

dollar

dropper

drover

duper

euchre

fowler

faller

fervor

flapper

fodder

girder

glamor

glamour

glosser

gomer

gopher

grabber

grammar

grammer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

hacker

hammer

hauler

hawker

herber

homer

hooper

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jagger

jobber

jogger

joker

kercher

lacquer

ladder

lauder

laugher

loafer

locker

logger

looper

lager

loader

loper

loser

luger

madder

masser

mercer

moder

mouser

mover

murder

murmur

odor

placer

ogre

over

packer

palmer

omer

passer

ochre

offer

pauper

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

powder

proffer

proper

prowler

purser

racker

rammer

rapper

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

roper

roser

rouser

rover

ruler

sadder

scorer

rumor

sapper

saucer

scooper

server

shopper

slobber

scholar

smoker

snapper

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

squalor

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

stocker

stopper

storer

stover

stroller

sucre

super

surfer

stoker

stupor

swagger

tacker

talker

tapper

termer

thacker

toller

topper

tracker

trapper

trawler

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

user

valor

verser

walker

waller

whacker

whopper

worker

wrapper

zocor

longspur

admires

azure

badger

blather

bother

catcher

closure

cloture

crozier

dasher

dodger

father

flasher

further

future

gather

gouger

hatcher

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

mather

merger

nurture

oldster

perjure

poacher

rather

roger

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

snatcher

stature

suture

thatcher

voucher

washer

watcher

archer

barger

capture

farther

forger

marcher

charger

fracture

norther

pasture

posture

rapture

scorcher

soldier

sparger

starcher

torture

bower

blower

brewer

chewer

cower

knower

power

grower

our

ewer

dour

flower

fluor

glower

goer

hewer

hour

mower

rower

flour

lower

scour

shower

sewer

skewer

sour

sower

thrower

tower

viewer

yorkshire

3 syllable words

decliner

defender

detector

disfavor

easterner

invader

pretender

recliner

spectator

westerner

attacker

beginner

beleaguer

bricklayer

decider

decipher

degener

dishonor

divider

divisor

entire

governor

listener

littler

milliner

prisoner

whatever

shipowner

stiffener

sweetener

behavior

inhaler

rejoinder

attire

desire

southerner

linear

meteor

rentier

retire

sauter

kitchener

cliffhanger

complainer

contender

disclaimer

dispenser

distemper

engraver

appraiser

bookmaker

campaigner

commander

cylinder

december

destroyer

distiller

dressmaker

endeavor

incisor

innkeeper

insider

muckraker

offender

peacemaker

philander

protector

reclaimer

remember

reminder

restorer

retriever

sweeteners

endanger

exchanger

indenture

assessor

avenger

believer

blockader

cadaver

collider

conveyer

conveyor

crusader

debenture

deliver

dispatcher

empower

extender

eyeliner

fiddler

flypaper

haymaker

integer

lawmaker

mariner

matchmaker

meander

pickler

possessor

professor

propeller

provider

ratepayer

receiver

recover

refresher

remover

ringleader

seducer

settler

shoemaker

similar

stickler

vinegar

wherever

advancer

achiever

bystander

september

arranger

enquirer

hitchhiker

indexer

inquirer

suspender

intruder

finisher

bookbinder

dismember

embroider

nutcracker

bartender

pillager

procedure

sojourner

soothsayer

titular

together

villager

assayer

batterer

devour

farrier

ferrier

harrier

purveyor

satire

waterer

widower

perrier

surveyor

caterer

cottier

terrier

theatre

bedchamber

displeasure

pathfinder

singular

abuser

accuser

aggressor

asunder

bewilder

bookseller

cellular

compiler

bookkeeper

customer

discolor

discover

disorder

disposer

dissolver

elixir

emptier

enquire

familiar

glassmaker

highlander

insular

kidnapper

kindler

leftover

londoner

manicure

midsummer

misnomer

newspaper

oppressor

outrider

outsider

pacemaker

pedicure

protester

recorder

reformer

regular

rescuer

revolver

secular

simpler

stargazer

stepladder

successor

suppressor

swindler

whisperer

woodpecker

issuer

fishmonger

beachcomber

beholder

bellwether

departure

derringer

freeholder

insurer

messenger

northerner

pensioner

questioner

signature

tinkler

acquire

auditor

latimer

leviner

plasterer

rattler

reenter

shuffler

brainpower

buckler

courtier

havener

hinderer

empire

howitzer

juggler

macabre

outlier

potboiler

producer

reasoner

repeater

reveler

saltier

supplier

surrender

survivor

visitor

umpire

wrestler

admirers

assembler

compressor

configure

controller

disfigure

dishwasher

endorser

enlarger

espalier

hairdresser

homesteader

icebreaker

improper

informer

insecure

kingfisher

muscular

outfielder

peculiar

posterior

quicksilver

sandpaper

shipbuilder

sidewinder

skyscraper

stockinger

stationer

teenager

adventure

disclosure

exchequer

exposure

inclosure

rathskeller

brazier

creator

glazier

grazier

laborer

narrower

pannier

quieter

rapier

rioter

sapphire

vernier

admired

admirer

adviser

aglitter

arbiter

backpacker

bagpiper

ballplayer

banister

bargainer

barrister

bellflower

bloodsucker

breadwinner

bulldozer

character

chidester

chronicler

composer

costumer

defaulter

deflator

employer

subscriber

disaster

dissenter

effector

elector

embitter

equator

erector

hereafter

humbler

landowner

october

ocular

explorer

latecomer

minister

outfitter

painkiller

predictor

rebuilder

recruiter

reporter

sinister

taxpayer

changeover

composure

prefecture

reconquer

register

stepfather

stepmother

abler

absorber

amateur

ammeter

beefeater

commoner

copartner

coroner

courier

crabeater

creditor

crossover

crowkeeper

curator

currier

cynosure

debater

deflector

deserter

director

discounter

editor

elater

emperor

enamor

encounter

fancier

fastener

foreigner

forerunner

freethinker

furrier

gibraltar

hanover

harrower

homebuilder

importer

impostor

inductor

inventor

investor

janitor

jupiter

mayflower

midwinter

moniker

monitor

moreover

narrator

needler

opener

orator

outnumber

pacesetter

passover

polluter

precursor

preparer

preserver

promoter

quagmire

reactor

reflector

reliever

reorder

requester

require

reverser

reviewer

safflower

seafarer

senator

sequester

sharecropper

shoplifter

slanderer

softener

spurrier

stabler

stapler

stepsister

tabler

takeover

trafficker

transistor

transmitter

turnover

wagoner

whenever

worrier

bachelor

catheter

hangover

lecturer

manager

punisher

purchaser

researcher

churchgoer

furniture

jayhawker

nodular

worshiper

forefinger

harbinger

householder

modular

injector

left-winger

ringmaster

shareholder

another

stockholder

temperature

warmonger

adopter

aflutter

almoner

adapter

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Words that rhyme with the word retainer

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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