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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word rover.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 rover.
2 syllable words

bolter

boulder

boulter

coaster

colter

coulter

folder

grolier

holder

moulder

polder

poster

poulter

roaster

shoulder

toaster

aller

auger

augur

aver

beaver

bever

bloomer

boiler

boomer

boozer

borer

brawner

broiler

browser

caller

causer

chowder

cleaver

clever

coffer

coiner

cooler

cooper

cooter

cougar

cover

craver

crawler

crooner

crowder

crowner

cruiser

dauber

daughter

diver

doubter

downer

driver

duper

euchre

ever

faller

favor

fervor

fever

flavor

fowler

giver

glosser

glover

graver

griever

groomer

grouper

hauler

haver

hawker

hooper

hooter

horror

hover

howler

humor

humour

joiner

keever

kever

lauder

laver

lawyer

leaver

lever

liver

loiter

looper

looter

loser

lover

luger

lunar

luter

mouser

neuter

never

offer

oiler

outer

pauper

paver

pewter

plover

pooler

pouter

powder

powter

prowler

pruner

quaver

quiver

raver

reaver

river

roofer

rooter

rouser

router

ruler

rumor

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

schooner

scooper

scorer

server

sever

shaver

shiver

shooter

shriver

siver

skiver

slaughter

sliver

snorer

sooner

souter

spoiler

stalker

staller

stiver

storer

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

sutor

talker

trawler

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

tutor

user

waiver

walker

waller

water

waver

weaver

clothier

soldier

author

bolster

bower

boyer

brewer

chewer

conger

cower

dour

ewer

flour

flower

fluor

foyer

future

glower

gouger

hewer

holster

hoosier

hour

our

oyer

power

roadster

rother

scour

sewer

shower

skewer

smoother

sour

suture

tower

viewer

voucher

alder

altar

alter

auster

balder

balter

boarder

booster

border

bouncer

bounder

carver

cloister

cobra

copra

corner

coster

counter

courser

courter

culver

falter

flounder

foister

former

founder

grounder

halter

havier

horner

junior

launder

louvre

marver

mortar

mourner

order

ouster

oyster

pointer

porker

porter

pounder

psalter

quarter

roister

rooster

rounder

salter

saunter

savior

scrivener

silver

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

stalder

torpor

walter

warder

warmer

warner

yorker

oldster

forger

launcher

longer

moisture

norther

scorcher

torture

acer

acre

adder

agar

attar

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

beaker

bearer

beater

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bicker

bidder

bigger

birder

biter

bitter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bomber

booker

bracer

bragger

breaker

breeder

brimmer

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

butter

buzzer

caesar

calmer

caper

capper

cater

cedar

cellar

chaser

chatter

cheater

checker

cheddar

chipper

chitter

chopper

cider

cipher

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

cleaner

clearer

clicker

climber

clipper

clobber

clutter

cocker

collar

color

colour

comer

conner

cooker

copper

cotter

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

creamer

critter

crocker

cropper

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

cypher

dagger

dapper

dealer

debtor

decker

defer

demur

deter

diaper

dicker

dieter

differ

digger

diner

dinner

dipper

docker

dollar

donar

drainer

draper

dreamer

dresser

driller

dropper

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

eager

earner

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

facer

fader

faker

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

filler

finer

fitter

flapper

flatter

flicker

flipper

flutter

fodder

footer

framer

frater

freezer

freighter

fretter

fritter

fucker

fuller

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

getter

geyser

girder

glamor

glamour

glazer

glider

glimmer

glitter

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

grazer

greaser

gripper

guesser

guider

gunner

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

header

healer

hearer

heater

heifer

hemmer

hepper

herber

hider

hitter

honor

honour

hooker

hopper

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

inner

jaeger

jager

jagger

jailer

jetter

jobber

jogger

juror

kaiser

keeler

keener

keeper

kercher

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

lager

laker

laser

later

latter

laugher

lazar

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

licker

lighter

limmer

liner

liqueur

liquor

litter

locker

logger

looker

lubber

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

mater

matter

mazer

mercer

meter

metre

miller

miner

minor

mirror

miser

mitre

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

occur

otter

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

passer

patter

peeler

penner

pepper

peter

petre

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

piper

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

pleaser

plotter

plucker

plumber

popper

potter

praetor

prater

prefer

presser

primer

proffer

proper

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

putter

quaker

quitter

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

razor

reader

reamer

reaper

recur

reefer

refer

reiter

renner

rhymer

ricker

ridder

rider

righter

rigor

rimer

rimmer

ripper

riser

robber

rocker

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

ryder

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

scalar

scatter

schemer

schiller

scholar

scissor

scraper

screamer

scriber

scrubber

scupper

sealer

seeker

segar

seller

setter

shader

shaker

sharer

shatter

shearer

sheller

shimmer

shiner

shipper

shopper

shriner

shudder

shutter

sicker

sider

signer

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

sizer

skater

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slater

slatter

sleeper

slicer

slicker

slider

slipper

slobber

slugger

smatter

snapper

sneaker

snicker

snider

snuffer

solder

spader

spanner

spatter

speaker

speeder

speller

spicer

spider

spiller

spinner

splatter

splitter

spotter

spreader

sputter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

stagger

stammer

starer

stater

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

sticker

stiller

stocker

stopper

streamer

striker

stripper

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

surfer

swagger

sweater

sweeper

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

teaser

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thacker

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiger

tighter

tiller

timer

timmer

tipper

titter

topper

totter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

treater

tremor

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trotter

trucker

tucker

turner

twitter

tyger

tyler

upper

utter

valor

vapor

verser

vicar

vigor

viner

viper

visor

wader

wafer

waiter

wearer

webber

weber

whacker

whaler

wheeler

whiner

whopper

wicker

willer

winner

wiper

worker

wrapper

wrecker

writer

yachter

zehner

zephyr

zipper

forster

waltzer

warbler

azure

badger

bather

blather

bleacher

bother

breather

brother

butcher

catcher

creature

crusher

dasher

dodger

either

ether

father

feather

feature

fisher

fissure

flasher

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

ganger

gather

gauger

glacier

gusher

hangar

hanger

hatcher

heather

hedger

hither

lasher

lather

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

major

mather

measure

merger

mother

nature

neither

nether

nother

nurture

other

pager

peacher

perjure

pitcher

pleasure

pledger

preacher

pressure

pusher

rather

ringer

roger

rusher

searcher

seizure

singer

slasher

slinger

slither

smasher

smither

smother

snatcher

souther

springer

stager

stature

stinger

stretcher

stringer

swinger

teacher

tether

thatcher

thither

thresher

treasure

usher

wager

wanger

washer

watcher

weather

whether

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

longspur

yorkshire

actor

affair

after

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

babbler

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

bender

binder

blaster

blender

blinder

blister

blunder

bluster

bottler

boxer

brander

brayer

briar

brier

builder

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

buster

butler

buyer

camber

camper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

caster

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

chamber

chapter

charmer

charter

choir

cinder

clamber

cleanser

cluster

cobbler

collier

concur

conder

condor

confer

coupler

crier

crisper

cryer

cumber

cutler

damper

dancer

darner

darter

dire

doctor

dr.

drier

dryer

dumper

duster

dyer

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

eyer

factor

failure

farmer

faster

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

figure

filter

finder

fire

flier

fluster

flyer

foster

freer

friar

frier

fryer

gander

garner

garter

gaster

gelder

gender

gilder

golfer

grantor

grinder

guilder

guzzler

hamper

hander

harbor

harder

harper

hector

heer

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

higher

hinder

hire

hostler

hunter

incur

infer

inter

jasper

jester

jumper

kelter

kilter

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

layer

lector

lender

lester

liar

lifter

limber

lister

livor

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

marker

martyr

masker

master

mayor

medlar

meer

member

mentor

mester

metier

mincer

minder

minter

mire

mister

mixer

monsieur

mr.

muffler

mumper

muster

nectar

nestor

number

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

payer

peddler

pester

pilfer

pinder

planter

plaster

player

plunder

ponder

poplar

prancer

prayer

preyer

prier

printer

prior

proctor

prosper

punter

puzzler

pyre

quilter

rafter

raptor

rector

render

renter

repair

revere

riddler

roster

rustler

santer

sayer

scalper

scamper

sceptre

scribbler

sector

sender

senior

sensor

severe

sharper

shelter

shifter

shrimper

shyster

sickler

simper

sire

sister

skelter

slander

slayer

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sponsor

sprayer

sprinter

squander

squier

stamper

stander

starter

stayer

stentor

stifler

straggler

strayer

strickler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

supra

swelter

swifter

switzer

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thumper

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

tire

toddler

tractor

tranter

trier

twister

tyer

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

victor

vulgar

wander

waster

welder

welter

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

whitener

wilder

winder

windsor

winter

wire

wonder

yonder

zander

zoster

archer

anker

banker

barger

canker

capture

censure

changer

charger

clincher

conjure

conquer

culture

danger

denture

drinker

dunker

farther

finger

fracture

gesture

ginger

granger

hanker

junker

lecture

linger

manger

marcher

pasture

pilcher

pincher

posture

plunger

quencher

rancor

ranger

ranker

rapture

rinker

rupture

scripture

shanker

shingler

stricture

tinker

sinker

sparger

starcher

structure

thinker

stranger

trencher

welcher

venture

vulture

panther

anchor

younger

anger

belcher

bencher

bunker

hunger

injure

monger

hunker

picture

winker

yonker

younker

ambler

antler

baxter

centner

chandler

dexter

gambler

hamster

handler

hipster

huckster

lobster

minster

monster

partner

quipster

rambler

sampler

sculptor

seamster

spinster

sumpter

teamster

temblor

templar

tipster

transfer

trickster

tumbler

ulster

vintner

webster

angler

bungler

fixture

mixture

sculpture

sphincter

sprinkler

strangler

texture

youngster

juncture

larkspur

puncture

tincture

before

capra

afar

afire

capri

defray

zebra

abor

abra

appear

libra

opera

abhor

sparrow

gabbro

eyebrow

hebrew

3 syllable words

crossover

hanover

moreover

passover

takeover

turnover

cozier

rosier

hangover

however

whoever

overture

burrower

coauthor

handover

holdover

leftover

november

bipolar

coworker

crowkeeper

harrower

locator

opener

promoter

remover

shipowner

changeover

sojourner

borrower

devour

every

follower

forever

ivory

jeweler

livery

marauder

narrower

offerer

purveyor

sauter

savory

surveyor

thievery

warrior

waterer

widower

bulldozer

composer

coneflower

disposer

homeworker

landowner

misnomer

october

ocular

procurer

protester

sarcoma

stonecutter

dowager

voyager

beachcomber

beholder

composure

freeholder

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

acquire

auditor

believer

cadaver

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

upholster

courtier

controller

copartner

crusader

cynosure

deliver

dewberry

divider

divisor

foreigner

forerunner

governor

havener

howitzer

juniper

jupiter

launderer

lawmaker

leviner

lucifer

newcomer

nuclear

officer

oliver

orator

outlier

polluter

potboiler

preserver

producer

provider

receiver

recover

reliever

reorder

require

reveler

reverser

reviewer

riviere

saltier

seducer

shoemaker

softener

sorcerer

survivor

traveler

homebuilder

whatever

whenever

wherever

homesteader

stockbroker

achiever

churchgoer

curvature

disclosure

enclosure

exposure

foreclosure

householder

inclosure

jayhawker

shareholder

soothsayer

stakeholder

stockholder

torturer

wrongdoer

postmaster

toastmaster

breadwinner

breakwater

attire

adviser

barrier

batterer

carrier

caterer

copier

coppery

cottier

creator

desire

earlier

farrier

ferrier

glazier

grazier

harasser

harrier

kayaker

laborer

linear

meteor

puffery

ballplayer

bewilder

consumer

converter

costumer

pursuer

abuser

quieter

rapier

referee

rentier

retire

rioter

robbery

sapphire

satire

accuser

aquifer

sufferer

terrier

theatre

announcer

backwater

commuter

vernier

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

defaulter

discover

disfavor

disorder

dissolver

doorkeeper

endeavor

enquire

equator

forester

forwarder

granddaughter

gunpowder

headwater

housekeeper

invader

jugular

lavender

observer

newspaper

outfitter

outrider

outrigger

outsider

performer

recorder

recruiter

reformer

reporter

restorer

brazier

papery

perrier

retriever

sleepwalker

stepdaughter

revolver

storekeeper

supporter

assayer

murderer

sweetwater

wallflower

pannier

tubular

uncover

bondholder

landholder

avenger

behavior

bellwether

birdwatcher

forefather

forfeiture

northerner

reconquer

rejoinder

scavenger

gatherer

issuer

perjurer

treasurer

absorber

advancer

broadcaster

computer

cornflower

discounter

dishwasher

embroider

encounter

endorser

enforcer

engraver

enquirer

forecaster

gibraltar

hardcover

harvester

hornblower

importer

impostor

informer

inquirer

intruder

inventor

investor

loudspeaker

manslaughter

midwinter

minesweeper

newscaster

norlander

outfielder

outnumber

peculiar

posterior

prospector

quicksilver

requester

schoolmaster

sequester

sidewinder

tormentor

abler

amateur

ammeter

assessor

attacker

beefeater

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

bibler

blockader

bonfire

brainpower

bricklayer

buckler

cochlear

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

crabeater

creditor

curator

debater

decider

decipher

degener

demeanor

deserter

designer

detailer

director

dishonor

editor

elater

emperor

empire

empower

enamor

entire

eraser

eyeliner

fancier

fastener

fiddler

firepower

flypaper

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

haymaker

highflier

hinderer

idler

isomer

janitor

juggler

latimer

listener

littler

macabre

mariner

massacre

mayflower

meander

milliner

moniker

monitor

monomer

narrator

needler

pacesetter

pickler

plasterer

polymer

possessor

precursor

preparer

prisoner

professor

propeller

quagmire

ratepayer

rattler

reactor

reasoner

reenter

refiner

repeater

retailer

retainer

saddler

safflower

seafarer

senator

settler

shuffler

similar

slanderer

stabler

stapler

stickler

stiffener

supplier

surrender

sweetener

tabler

trafficker

umpire

vinegar

visitor

wagoner

wanderer

wrestler

adventure

forefinger

left-winger

sharpshooter

warmonger

another

aperture

arranger

bachelor

catheter

conjuror

conqueror

denature

explorer

exporter

finisher

flycatcher

furniture

kitchener

lecturer

manager

modular

nodular

pillager

procedure

punisher

purchaser

researcher

southerner

stationer

stockinger

teenager

titular

together

transformer

transporter

villager

worshiper

adapter

admirer

adopter

aflutter

aggressor

aglitter

almoner

annular

appraiser

arbiter

armiger

asunder

attainder

backpacker

bagpiper

balancer

banister

bannister

bargainer

barrister

bellflower

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

bookseller

calendar

calender

campaigner

canister

cellular

chancellor

character

cheeseburger

chidester

circular

chronicler

cocksucker

colander

collector

comforter

commander

commenter

compiler

connecter

connector

consider

conspire

consular

container

customer

cylinder

december

decliner

defender

deflator

destroyer

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Words that rhyme with the word rover

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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