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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word rigor.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

blister

builder

bulger

cigar

cinder

crisper

degree

filter

gilder

guilder

hinder

incur

infer

inter

kilter

lifter

limber

lister

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mr.

pilfer

printer

quilter

riddler

scribbler

scrivener

shifter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

smuggler

splinter

sprinter

strickler

swifter

switzer

timber

timbre

tinder

twister

victor

vulgar

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

sphincter

sprinkler

agar

auger

augur

beaker

bearer

beater

beaver

becker

better

bettor

bever

blubber

bluffer

booker

bragger

breeder

buffer

bummer

burgher

butter

buzzer

caesar

cedar

cellar

cheater

checker

cheddar

cleaner

cleaver

clever

clutter

color

colour

comer

cooker

cougar

cover

creamer

culler

cutter

dagger

dealer

debtor

decker

dieter

dreamer

dresser

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

eater

emmer

error

ever

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fever

flutter

footer

freezer

fretter

fucker

fuller

gager

getter

glover

greaser

griever

guesser

gunner

gutter

haver

header

healer

hearer

heater

hemmer

hepper

hooker

hover

huffer

hummer

hussar

jager

jagger

jetter

jogger

juror

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kever

lager

leader

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

logger

looker

lover

lubber

luger

meter

metre

muller

mutter

never

nutter

occur

ogre

peeler

penner

pepper

peter

petre

pleaser

plover

plucker

plumber

praetor

prefer

presser

pucker

puffer

puller

putter

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

refer

renner

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

schemer

screamer

scrubber

scupper

sealer

seeker

seller

setter

sever

sharer

sheller

shudder

shutter

sleeper

sneaker

snuffer

speaker

speeder

speller

spreader

sputter

squeaker

stagger

starer

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

steller

stemmer

stepper

streamer

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

summer

supper

swagger

sweater

sweeper

teaser

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

terror

tiger

treater

tremor

trucker

tucker

tyger

upper

utter

wearer

weaver

webber

weber

wheeler

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

bunker

tincture

clincher

dunker

ginger

hunger

hunker

injure

junker

monger

picture

pilcher

pincher

scripture

stricture

younger

younker

bleacher

breather

brother

butcher

conger

creature

crusher

either

ether

feather

feature

flesher

fletcher

freer

fresher

ganger

gusher

hangar

hanger

heather

hedger

heer

hipster

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

measure

meer

minster

mother

neither

nether

nother

other

peacher

pleasure

pledger

preacher

pressure

pusher

quipster

rusher

seizure

smother

souther

spinster

stretcher

teacher

tether

thresher

tipster

treasure

trickster

usher

vintner

wanger

weather

whether

bungler

fixture

mixture

youngster

agree

bender

blender

blunder

bluster

bumper

burglar

busker

buster

butler

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

cluster

concur

confer

coupler

culver

cumber

cutler

decor

decree

decry

dumper

duster

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

fluster

gelder

gender

guzzler

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

hunter

jester

jumper

kelter

lector

lender

lester

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

monsieur

muffler

mumper

muster

nectar

negro

nestor

number

peddler

pester

plunder

punter

puzzler

rector

render

renter

rustler

sceptre

sector

sender

senior

sensor

shelter

skelter

slender

slumber

smelter

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

straggler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swelter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thumper

thunder

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

welder

welter

wonder

juncture

puncture

banker

canker

conquer

hanker

plunger

seashore

shanker

trencher

yonker

anchor

anger

anker

belcher

bencher

censure

clothier

culture

denture

gesture

lecture

longer

quencher

rancor

ranker

rupture

structure

venture

vulture

welcher

acer

acre

adder

aller

attar

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

berber

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bracer

brawner

breaker

broiler

broker

browser

burner

caller

calmer

caper

capper

cater

causer

chaser

chatter

chauffeur

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

climber

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

comber

conner

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

curler

cursor

cypher

dapper

dauber

daughter

diaper

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

drainer

draper

driver

dropper

drover

duper

earner

euchre

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

fervor

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

flapper

flatter

flavor

floater

fodder

fowler

framer

frater

freighter

gainer

gaiter

gerner

geyser

girder

glamor

glamour

glazer

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guider

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

hauler

hawker

heifer

herber

hider

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jailer

jobber

joiner

joker

kaiser

kercher

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

laser

later

latter

lauder

laugher

laver

lawyer

lazar

learner

lighter

liner

loader

loafer

locker

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

lunar

luter

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

mater

matter

mazer

mercer

miner

minor

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mover

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

neuter

ochre

odor

offer

oiler

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

passer

patter

pauper

paver

pewter

piper

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

purser

quaker

quaver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

ruler

rumor

ryder

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scatter

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

scraper

scriber

server

shader

shaker

shatter

shaver

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

shriver

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skater

skiver

slater

slatter

slaughter

slicer

slider

slobber

smatter

smoker

snapper

snider

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

souter

spader

spanner

spatter

spicer

spider

splatter

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

stalker

staller

stammer

stater

sterner

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

striker

stroller

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

surfer

sutor

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thacker

thaler

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

trawler

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

tutor

tyler

user

valor

vapor

verser

viner

viper

visor

voter

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

walker

waller

water

waver

whacker

whaler

whiner

whopper

wiper

worker

wrapper

writer

yachter

zocor

centner

cookware

dexter

huckster

neckwear

sculptor

seamster

secure

sumpter

teamster

temblor

templar

tumbler

ulster

webster

author

azure

blather

crozier

badger

bather

bother

closure

catcher

cloture

dasher

dodger

father

flasher

further

future

gather

gauger

glacier

gouger

hatcher

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

major

mather

merger

nature

nurture

pager

perjure

poacher

rather

roger

rother

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

snatcher

stager

stature

suture

thatcher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

yager

mishear

sculpture

strangler

texture

angler

longspur

accrue

actor

after

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

bazar

binder

bizarre

blaster

blinder

blower

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

boyer

brander

brayer

brewer

briar

brier

buyer

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

charmer

charter

chewer

choir

clamber

cloister

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

conder

condor

corner

coster

coulter

counter

courser

courter

cower

crier

cryer

damper

dancer

darner

darter

dire

doctor

dour

dr.

drier

dryer

dyer

ecru

ewer

eyer

factor

failure

falter

farmer

faster

finder

fire

flier

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

flyer

foister

folder

former

foster

founder

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

gander

garner

garter

gaster

glower

goer

golfer

grantor

grinder

grolier

grounder

grower

halter

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

havier

hewer

higher

hire

holder

horner

hostler

hour

jasper

junior

knower

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

launder

layer

liar

lower

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

mayor

minder

mire

mortar

moulder

mourner

mower

order

our

ouster

oyer

oyster

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

payer

pinder

planter

plaster

player

pointer

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

power

prancer

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

proctor

prosper

psalter

pyre

quarter

rafter

raptor

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rounder

rower

salter

santer

saunter

savior

sayer

scalper

scamper

scour

sewer

sharper

shoulder

shower

shyster

sire

skewer

slander

slayer

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

sour

sower

sponsor

sprayer

squander

squier

stalder

stamper

stander

starter

stayer

stifler

strayer

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

thrower

tire

toaster

toddler

torpor

tower

tractor

tranter

trier

tyer

viewer

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

waster

whitener

wilder

wire

yonder

yorker

zander

zoster

assure

farther

starcher

ajar

danger

manger

moisture

archer

launcher

norther

conjure

marcher

scorcher

ashore

soldier

sparger

barger

cashier

capture

changer

forger

granger

pasture

posture

fracture

panther

ranger

rapture

stranger

charger

torture

ambler

antler

baxter

bolster

chandler

descry

escrow

forster

gambler

hamster

handler

holster

jaguar

lobster

magyar

monster

partner

rambler

roadster

sampler

transfer

waltzer

warbler

yorkshire

esquire

larkspur

oldster

dakar

accra

dossier

eyesore

macro

viceroy

okra

3 syllable words

beginner

beleaguer

vinegar

cicero

stockinger

desire

devour

disarray

hickory

linear

misery

sugary

theatre

vicary

widower

armiger

fishery

issuer

outrigger

auditor

belabor

bricklayer

decider

decipher

degener

deliver

demeanor

designer

dishonor

divider

divisor

empower

entire

eraser

fiddler

hinderer

juggler

leviner

listener

littler

milliner

moniker

needler

pickler

preparer

prisoner

reasoner

recover

reenter

refiner

remover

repeater

retainer

ringleader

reverser

seafarer

seducer

shipowner

sweetener

visitor

tinkler

stickler

stiffener

trafficker

signature

similar

churchgoer

denature

finisher

furniture

kitchener

pillager

enlarger

luxury

punisher

cliffhanger

configure

disfigure

freethinker

together

engraver

kingfisher

titular

villager

attire

forever

harrier

however

meteor

forefinger

agora

ringmaster

singular

creator

farrier

ferrier

jeweler

left-winger

narrower

perrier

quieter

rentier

retire

rioter

sufferer

terrier

vagary

whoever

aggressor

aglitter

arbiter

banister

bargainer

barrister

bewilder

breadwinner

character

cheeseburger

chidester

chronicler

consider

cylinder

december

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflator

destroyer

detector

dictator

disaster

discolor

discover

disfavor

disorder

disposer

dissenter

dissolver

distiller

dulcimer

effector

elector

elixir

embitter

endeavor

enquire

equator

erector

familiar

hereafter

incisor

innkeeper

insider

insular

invader

kidnapper

kindler

manicure

midsummer

minister

misnomer

outfitter

painkiller

pedicure

predictor

pretender

rebuilder

recliner

recorder

recruiter

reformer

regular

remainder

remember

reporter

restorer

revolver

simpler

sinister

swindler

whisperer

fishmonger

dowager

treasurer

voyager

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

departure

dispatcher

freeholder

inhaler

insurer

integer

prefecture

publisher

reconquer

refresher

register

rejoinder

currier

burrower

courier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

monitor

monomer

newcomer

deflector

narrator

officer

oliver

opener

orator

pacesetter

polluter

polymer

possessor

precursor

preserver

producer

professor

promoter

propeller

provider

quagmire

rattler

reactor

receiver

reliever

reorder

require

retailer

reveler

reviewer

saddler

senator

settler

shuffler

softener

stabler

stapler

supplier

surrender

tabler

traveler

umpire

wagoner

whatever

whenever

wherever

disclaimer

wrestler

discounter

encounter

inquirer

believer

inventor

beefeater

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

coroner

embroider

conveyor

importer

impostor

assessor

abler

acquire

shipbuilder

amateur

ammeter

attacker

bibler

buckler

quicksilver

cadaver

collider

commoner

sequester

shoplifter

corridor

crabeater

curator

deserter

detailer

insecure

requester

creditor

director

stepsister

debater

investor

crowkeeper

editor

elater

enquirer

posterior

emperor

empire

enamor

fastener

foreigner

gobbler

endorser

gossamer

transmitter

forerunner

girdler

gossiper

dishwasher

dismember

dispenser

hitchhiker

improper

reflector

transistor

governor

homebuilder

indexer

inductor

havener

howitzer

distemper

idler

isomer

mariner

massacre

midwinter

janitor

juniper

jupiter

latimer

lucifer

macabre

meander

gibraltar

informer

intruder

achiever

another

bachelor

catheter

conqueror

curvature

disclosure

displeasure

exposure

hangover

harbinger

inclosure

indenture

injector

jayhawker

lecturer

manager

modular

nodular

procedure

purchaser

reassure

researcher

soothsayer

southerner

stationer

teenager

worshiper

wrongdoer

explorer

inspector

exporter

assayer

almoner

daiquiri

accuser

aflutter

satire

abuser

adopter

laborer

rosier

adapter

offerer

rosary

sapphire

sauter

announcer

cottier

cozier

earlier

marauder

mockery

bagpiper

copier

bulldozer

balancer

murderer

warrior

attainder

waterer

asunder

bookseller

vernier

annular

appraiser

aquifer

bannister

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

bellflower

calendar

commenter

batterer

carrier

calender

barrier

cellular

chancellor

caterer

conspire

borrower

canister

brazier

consular

consumer

container

converter

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

customer

doorkeeper

dressmaker

easterner

emptier

granular

gunpowder

hardener

bakery

employer

globular

headwater

hollander

lavender

leftover

marketer

molester

philander

pilaster

reclaimer

secular

semester

shopkeeper

silencer

spectator

successor

sweetwater

woodpecker

housekeeper

humbler

licenser

londoner

muckraker

popular

presenter

procurer

protector

protester

sleepwalker

sunflower

supporter

suppressor

thereafter

westerner

colander

collector

surveyor

circular

cocksucker

comforter

commander

commuter

compiler

composer

connecter

connector

follower

grazier

pannier

rapier

falconer

latecomer

november

observer

offender

oppressor

peacekeeper

reminder

retriever

stepdaughter

stepladder

storekeeper

trumpeter

tubular

trimester

glazier

harasser

kayaker

quackery

forester

gamekeeper

islander

jocular

rescuer

stonecutter

uncover

purveyor

peacemaker

stargazer

pursuer

gardener

jugular

adjuster

avenger

bellwether

challenger

changeover

composure

dangler

debenture

derringer

digester

forfeiture

glandular

godmother

grasshopper

jackhammer

licensure

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

projector

questioner

recapture

scavenger

spangler

stepfather

stepmother

tablature

wrangler

coauthor

constrictor

exchanger

gatherer

hosiery

instructor

perjurer

usury

abductor

absorber

advancer

ancestor

assembler

bandleader

bartender

bookbinder

carpenter

complainer

compressor

computer

condenser

conductor

contender

controller

detractor

encumber

enforcer

espalier

hairdresser

hardcover

harvester

homesteader

loudspeaker

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4 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word rigor

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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