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

blister

builder

butler

cinder

coupler

crisper

cutler

figure

filter

gilder

guilder

guzzler

hinder

incur

infer

inter

kilter

lifter

limber

lister

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mr.

muffler

pilfer

printer

puzzler

quilter

rustler

scrivener

shifter

shrimper

silver

simper

sister

smuggler

splinter

sprinter

swifter

switzer

timber

timbre

tinder

toddler

twister

victor

whimper

whisker

whisper

winder

windsor

winter

sprinkler

bicker

bigger

bitter

breeder

brimmer

cedar

cellar

cheddar

chipper

chitter

clearer

clicker

clipper

color

colour

critter

culler

dealer

defer

demur

deter

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

duller

dweller

feeder

feeler

feller

fitter

flicker

flipper

fritter

fuller

giver

glimmer

glitter

gripper

header

healer

hitter

inner

keeler

kicker

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

leader

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

mirror

muller

nearer

nigger

nimmer

nipper

peeler

picker

pinner

puller

quitter

quiver

reader

recur

ricker

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

rudder

scissor

sealer

seller

shearer

sheller

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shudder

sicker

simmer

sinner

sitter

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slicker

slipper

sliver

snicker

speeder

speller

spinner

splitter

spreader

stealer

steeler

steller

sticker

stripper

swimmer

tedder

teller

thinner

ticker

timmer

tipper

titter

trigger

trimmer

tripper

twitter

vicar

vigor

wheeler

wicker

winner

zipper

clincher

drinker

finger

ginger

injure

linger

picture

pilcher

pincher

rinker

scripture

sinker

stricture

thinker

tinker

winker

hipster

either

butlers

minster

brother

heather

handler

weather

chandler

quipster

leather

mother

stinger

stringer

tether

thither

settlers

ringer

singer

spinster

breather

temblor

fisher

fissure

tipster

feather

nother

templar

other

pitcher

slinger

souther

springer

swinger

winger

wisher

wringer

toddlers

trickster

tumbler

vintner

neither

nether

smother

whether

babbler

bender

blender

blunder

bluster

bottler

bulger

bumper

bungler

burglar

busker

buster

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

cluster

cobbler

concur

confer

culver

cumber

dumper

duster

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

fixture

fluster

gelder

gender

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

hostler

hunter

jester

jumper

kelter

lector

lender

lester

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

member

mentor

mester

metier

mixture

monsieur

mumper

muster

nectar

nestor

number

parlor

parlour

pester

plunder

poplar

punter

rector

render

renter

sceptre

sector

sender

senior

sensor

shelter

skelter

slender

slumber

smelter

spectre

spencer

spender

sphincter

splendor

steelers

stentor

stifler

straggler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swelter

tattler

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thumper

thunder

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

vulgar

welder

welter

wonder

belcher

censure

culture

denture

dunker

junker

lecture

monger

rupture

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

bencher

gesture

hunger

tincture

plunger

bunker

hunker

quencher

welcher

younger

younker

adder

aller

bailer

bailor

beaker

bearer

beater

beaver

becker

beggar

better

bettor

bever

birder

bladder

blubber

bluffer

boiler

bolar

booker

bowler

broiler

buffer

bugger

bummer

butter

buzzer

caesar

caller

cheater

checker

chowder

cider

cleaner

cleaver

clever

clutter

collar

comer

cooker

cooler

cover

crawler

creamer

crowder

curler

cutter

debtor

decker

dieter

dollar

dreamer

dresser

drummer

ducker

duffer

eager

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

ever

fader

faller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fever

filer

flutter

fodder

footer

fowler

freezer

fretter

fucker

getter

girder

glider

glover

grader

greaser

griever

guesser

guider

gunner

gutter

hauler

haver

hearer

heater

hemmer

hepper

hider

hooker

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

jailer

jetter

juror

keener

keeper

keever

kever

ladder

lauder

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

loader

looker

lover

lubber

madder

meter

metre

moder

mugger

murder

mutter

nadir

never

nutter

occur

odor

oiler

penner

pepper

peter

petre

pleaser

plover

plucker

plumber

polar

pooler

powder

praetor

prefer

presser

prowler

pucker

puffer

putter

raider

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

refer

renner

rider

roller

rubber

ruler

runner

rutter

ryder

sadder

sailer

sailor

scalar

schemer

scholar

screamer

scrubber

scupper

seeker

segar

setter

sever

shader

sharer

shutter

sider

sleeper

slider

slugger

sneaker

snider

snuffer

soder

solar

solder

spader

speaker

spider

spoiler

sputter

squalor

squeaker

staller

starer

steamer

steeper

stemmer

stepper

streamer

stroller

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

sweater

sweeper

tailor

teaser

teeter

tenor

terror

thaler

toller

trader

trailer

trawler

treater

tremor

trucker

tucker

tudor

tyler

upper

utter

valor

wader

waller

wearer

weaver

webber

weber

whaler

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

huckster

rambler

sampler

seamster

sumpter

teamster

warbler

webster

sculptor

gambler

roadster

ulster

ambler

bottlers

centner

antler

dexter

bather

blather

bleacher

bother

butcher

creature

crusher

ether

feature

flesher

further

hedger

father

fletcher

fresher

gather

gusher

lather

lecher

leisure

ledger

lunger

leger

mather

pledger

measure

preacher

peacher

pleasure

pressure

pusher

rather

rusher

seizure

smoother

stretcher

teacher

thresher

treasure

usher

angler

freer

heer

meer

sculpture

strangler

texture

youngster

actor

after

alder

altar

answer

arbor

ardor

asker

aster

auster

alter

amber

ampere

armor

asper

balder

balter

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

binder

blaster

blinder

boarder

bolter

booster

border

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

brander

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

charmer

charter

clamber

cloister

coaster

collier

colter

conder

condor

corner

coster

coulter

counter

courser

courter

damper

dancer

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

factor

failure

falter

farmer

faster

finder

flounder

foister

folder

former

foster

founder

gander

garner

garter

gaster

golfer

grantor

grinder

grolier

grounder

halter

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

havier

holder

horner

jasper

junior

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

launder

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

minder

mortar

moulder

mourner

order

ouster

oyster

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parser

paster

pastor

pinder

planter

plaster

pointer

polder

ponder

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

prancer

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

rafter

raptor

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rounder

salter

santer

saunter

savior

scalper

scamper

sharper

shoulder

shyster

slander

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

sponsor

squander

stalder

stamper

stander

starter

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

taxer

toaster

torpor

tractor

tranter

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

waster

whitener

wilder

yonder

yorker

zander

zoster

juncture

oldster

puncture

anchor

anger

anker

farther

banker

norther

hanker

canker

clothier

conquer

longer

rancor

ranker

shanker

soldier

yonker

acer

acre

agar

attar

auger

augur

aver

backer

baker

banner

batter

baxter

berber

biter

blabber

blatter

blazer

bloomer

blotter

bobber

bolster

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowyer

bracer

bragger

brawner

breaker

broker

browser

burgher

burner

calmer

caper

capper

cater

causer

chaser

chatter

chauffeur

chopper

cipher

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

climber

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

coffer

coiner

comber

conner

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowner

cruiser

cursor

cypher

dagger

dapper

dauber

daughter

diaper

diner

diver

docker

donar

donor

doubter

downer

drainer

draper

driver

dropper

drover

duper

earner

euchre

facer

faker

favor

fervor

fibre

fifer

fighter

finer

flapper

flatter

flavor

floater

forster

framer

frater

freighter

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

geyser

glamor

glamour

glazer

glosser

gomer

gopher

grabber

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

hacker

hammer

hamster

hater

hatter

hawker

heifer

herber

holster

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

humor

humour

jager

jagger

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kaiser

kercher

labor

labour

lacquer

lager

laker

laser

later

latter

laugher

laver

lawyer

lazar

learner

lighter

liner

loafer

lobster

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

mater

matter

mazer

mercer

miner

minor

miser

mitre

monster

motor

mouser

mover

murmur

namer

natter

neighbor

neuter

ochre

offer

ogre

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

partner

passer

patter

pauper

paver

pewter

piper

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plotter

poker

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powter

prater

primer

proffer

proper

pruner

purser

quaker

quaver

racer

racker

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reiter

rhymer

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

rumor

sabre

saker

sapper

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scatter

schooner

scooper

scorer

scraper

scriber

server

shaker

shatter

shaver

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

shriver

signer

siver

sizer

skater

skiver

slater

slatter

slaughter

slicer

slobber

smatter

smoker

snapper

snorer

soaker

sober

sooner

souter

spanner

spatter

spicer

splatter

spotter

squatter

stagger

stalker

stammer

stater

sterner

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

striker

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

surfer

sutor

swagger

taber

tabor

tacker

taker

talker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thacker

tiger

tighter

timer

topper

totter

tracer

tracker

trainer

traitor

transfer

trapper

trooper

trotter

tuber

tumor

tuner

turner

tutor

tyger

user

vapor

verser

viner

viper

visor

voter

wafer

waiter

waiver

walker

waltzer

water

waver

whacker

whiner

whopper

wiper

worker

wrapper

writer

yachter

zocor

author

azure

badger

catcher

closure

cloture

conger

crozier

dasher

dodger

flasher

future

ganger

gauger

glacier

gouger

hangar

hanger

hoosier

lasher

major

hatcher

kosher

merger

longspur

nature

nurture

poacher

roger

rother

searcher

smasher

pager

slasher

snatcher

perjure

thatcher

stature

voucher

wager

stager

suture

wanger

washer

watcher

yager

larkspur

archer

conjure

danger

forger

fracture

launcher

manger

marcher

panther

pasture

posture

ranger

rapture

torture

blower

bower

boyer

brayer

brewer

briar

brier

buyer

chewer

choir

cower

crier

cryer

dire

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

ewer

eyer

fire

flier

flower

fluor

flyer

foyer

flour

friar

frier

glower

fryer

goer

grower

hewer

higher

hire

hour

knower

layer

liar

lower

capture

stranger

mayor

mire

mower

barger

granger

moisture

scorcher

sparger

charger

our

oyer

payer

player

power

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

rower

sayer

scour

sewer

shower

sire

skewer

slayer

sour

sower

sprayer

squier

stayer

strayer

thrower

tire

tower

trier

wire

changer

starcher

tyer

viewer

yorkshire

3 syllable words

fiddlers

kindler

swindler

bricklayer

littler

needler

pickler

seducer

similar

stickler

desire

devour

linear

titular

issuer

bewilder

chidester

chronicler

decliner

defaulter

deflator

discolor

dissolver

distiller

endeavor

insular

kidnapper

midsummer

predictor

recliner

revolver

simpler

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

buckler

cadaver

creditor

cutlery

decider

decipher

deliver

demeanor

designer

detailer

dishonor

divider

divisor

editor

empower

entire

eraser

girdler

hinderer

idler

inhaler

juggler

listener

milliner

prisoner

producer

propeller

recover

reenter

refiner

remover

repeater

retailer

retainer

reveler

ringleader

saddler

settler

shipowner

shuffler

stiffener

supplier

tinkler

vinegar

visitor

wrestler

deflector

disclaimer

endorser

enlarger

gibraltar

indexer

inductor

midwinter

needlework

quicksilver

reflector

shipbuilder

attire

bachelor

creator

denature

meteor

murderer

narrower

rentier

retire

terrier

theatre

finisher

farrier

ferrier

jeweler

modular

pillager

harrier

kitchener

perrier

villager

nodular

disclosure

displeasure

inclosure

indenture

middle-earth

singular

adapter

adopter

aflutter

banister

barrister

bloodsucker

bookseller

breadwinner

bulldozer

cellular

character

compiler

consider

cylinder

december

defender

destroyer

detector

dictator

disaster

discover

disfavor

disorder

disposer

enquire

equator

humbler

dissenter

effector

elixir

incisor

elector

employer

erector

familiar

hereafter

innkeeper

headwater

insider

manicure

invader

londoner

minister

misnomer

painkiller

pedicure

pretender

rebuilder

reclaimer

recorder

recruiter

reformer

regular

remainder

reporter

sinister

stepdaughter

remember

restorer

retailers

secular

sunflower

whisperer

woodpecker

explorer

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

signature

glandular

dispatcher

freeholder

departure

insurer

prefecture

refresher

register

rejoinder

integer

abler

acquire

assessor

attacker

auditor

beefeater

believer

bibler

bipolar

cochlear

collider

conveyer

conveyor

corridor

curator

debater

degener

director

elater

emperor

empire

enamor

gobbler

highflier

howitzer

launderer

leviner

macabre

mariner

mayflower

meander

moniker

narrator

nuclear

outlier

polluter

possessor

potboiler

preparer

professor

promoter

provider

rattler

reactor

reasoner

receiver

reliever

reorder

require

reverser

reviewer

safflower

seafarer

senator

slanderer

stabler

stapler

surrender

sweetener

tabler

trafficker

traveler

umpire

wanderer

whatever

whenever

wherever

advancer

assembler

bandleader

cliffhanger

complainer

condenser

conductor

configure

controller

discounter

disfigure

dishwasher

dismember

dispenser

distemper

embroider

encounter

engraver

enquirer

espalier

freethinker

hairdresser

hitchhiker

homebuilder

importer

impostor

improper

informer

inquirer

insecure

intruder

inventor

investor

kingfisher

muscular

peculiar

posterior

requester

sequester

shoplifter

stepsister

transistor

upholster

achiever

another

catheter

churchgoer

furniture

jayhawker

lecturer

procedure

punisher

purchaser

soothsayer

southerner

stationer

stockinger

together

worshiper

wrongdoer

bedchamber

enclosure

endanger

exposure

forefinger

harbinger

injector

rathskeller

ringmaster

armiger

asunder

attainder

ballplayer

bannister

bargainer

bellflower

bookkeeper

bookmaker

calendar

calender

canister

chancellor

cheeseburger

circular

abuser

arbiter

composer

connecter

assayer

accuser

admirer

coneflower

adviser

follower

aggressor

forever

aglitter

announcer

annular

appraiser

colander

comforter

commander

commenter

commuter

collector

harasser

connector

councilor

counsellor

counselor

november

observer

offender

stepladder

borrower

container

ocular

reminder

rescuer

uncover

earlier

consumer

however

conspire

consular

muckraker

popular

westerner

protester

wildfire

protector

retriever

kayaker

molester

oppressor

marauder

pursuer

converter

outfitter

outliers

outrigger

purveyor

quieter

peacekeeper

peacemaker

philander

pilaster

presenter

semester

sleepwalker

spectator

supporter

suppressor

sweetwater

thereafter

tubular

rioter

successor

trimester

trumpeter

sapphire

cucumber

dressmaker

dulcimer

easterner

embitter

emptier

forester

gardener

globular

granddaughter

granular

gunpowder

islander

jocular

jugular

landowner

lavender

leftover

licenser

satire

handover

hardener

holdover

hollander

sauter

sufferer

surveyor

whoever

customer

exporter

fishmonger

inspector

adjuster

avenger

bellwether

birdwatcher

bondholder

changeover

composure

dangler

debenture

derringer

digester

dowager

gatherer

godfather

godmother

grasshopper

jackhammer

landholder

licensure

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

projector

publisher

questioner

reconquer

scavenger

spangler

stepfather

stepmother

tablature

treasurer

voyager

wrangler

absorber

ancestor

bartender

bookbinder

compressor

computer

contender

abductor

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Words that rhyme with the word riddler

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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