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

cinder

cleanser

crisper

figure

filter

gilder

guilder

guzzler

hinder

incur

infer

inter

kilter

lifter

limber

lister

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mr.

pilfer

printer

puzzler

quilter

riddler

scribbler

scrivener

shifter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

splinter

sprinter

strickler

swifter

switzer

timber

timbre

tinder

twister

victor

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

winter

beaker

bearer

beater

beaver

becker

beggar

better

bettor

bever

blazer

blubber

bluffer

booker

boozer

breeder

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

butter

causer

cedar

cellar

cheater

checker

cheddar

cleaner

cleaver

clever

clutter

color

colour

comer

cooker

cover

creamer

cruiser

culler

cutter

dealer

debtor

decker

dieter

dreamer

dresser

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

eager

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

ever

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fever

flutter

footer

fretter

fucker

fuller

getter

geyser

glazer

glover

grazer

greaser

griever

guesser

gunner

gutter

haver

header

healer

hearer

heater

hemmer

hepper

hooker

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

jetter

juror

kaiser

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kever

laser

lazar

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

looker

loser

lover

lubber

maser

mazer

meter

metre

miser

mouser

mugger

muller

mutter

never

nutter

occur

peeler

penner

pepper

peter

petre

plover

plucker

plumber

poser

praetor

prefer

presser

pucker

puffer

puller

putter

raiser

razor

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

refer

renner

riser

roser

rouser

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

schemer

screamer

scrubber

scupper

sealer

seeker

segar

seller

setter

sever

sharer

sheller

shudder

shutter

sizer

sleeper

slugger

sneaker

snuffer

speaker

speeder

speller

spreader

sputter

squeaker

starer

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

steller

stemmer

stepper

streamer

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

sweater

sweeper

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

terror

treater

tremor

trucker

tucker

upper

user

utter

visor

wearer

weaver

webber

weber

wheeler

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

clincher

drinker

finger

ginger

injure

linger

picture

pilcher

pincher

rinker

scripture

shingler

sinker

stricture

thinker

tinker

winker

azure

bleacher

breather

brother

butcher

closure

creature

crozier

crusher

either

ether

feather

feature

flesher

fletcher

freer

fresher

gusher

heather

hedger

heer

hipster

hoosier

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

lunger

meer

minster

mother

neither

nether

nother

other

peacher

pledger

preacher

pressure

pusher

quipster

rusher

smother

souther

spinster

stretcher

teacher

tether

thresher

tipster

trickster

usher

vintner

weather

whether

fixture

mixture

sphincter

sprinkler

bazar

bender

bizarre

blender

blunder

bluster

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

censer

censor

center

centre

cigar

cluster

concur

confer

coupler

culver

cumber

cutler

decor

decree

decry

degree

dumper

duster

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

fluster

gelder

gender

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

nestor

number

panzer

peddler

pester

plunder

punter

rector

render

renter

rustler

sceptre

sector

sender

senior

sensor

shelter

skelter

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stentor

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swelter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thumper

thunder

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

vulgar

welder

welter

wonder

tincture

belcher

bencher

bunker

censure

clothier

culture

denture

dunker

gesture

hunger

hunker

junker

lecture

monger

plunger

quencher

rupture

seashore

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

younger

younker

acer

acre

adder

agar

aller

attar

auger

augur

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

berber

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bracer

bragger

brawner

breaker

broiler

broker

burgher

burner

caller

calmer

caper

capper

cater

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

cougar

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

curler

cursor

cypher

dagger

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

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

girder

glamor

glamour

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

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

jager

jagger

jailer

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kercher

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

lager

laker

later

latter

lauder

laugher

laver

lawyer

learner

lighter

liner

loader

loafer

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

luger

lunar

luter

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

masser

mater

matter

mercer

miner

minor

mitre

moder

motor

mover

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

neuter

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

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

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

purser

quaker

quaver

racer

racker

raider

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

rotor

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

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

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

stater

sterner

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

striker

stroller

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

surfer

sutor

swagger

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

tanner

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thacker

thaler

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

trawler

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

tutor

tyger

tyler

valor

vapor

verser

viner

viper

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

badger

bather

blather

bother

catcher

cloture

conger

dasher

dodger

father

flasher

further

future

ganger

gather

gauger

glacier

gouger

hangar

hanger

hatcher

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

wanger

washer

watcher

yager

bungler

mishear

sculpture

texture

youngster

accrue

actor

after

agree

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

binder

blaster

blinder

blower

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

boyer

brander

brayer

brewer

briar

brier

burglar

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

juncture

junior

knower

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

launder

layer

liar

lower

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

mayor

minder

mire

mortar

moulder

mourner

mower

negro

order

our

ouster

oyer

oyster

painter

pamper

pander

panter

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

puncture

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

straggler

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

archer

conquer

charger

farther

longer

cashier

fracture

anker

ashore

anger

forger

ajar

anchor

banker

barger

capture

assure

canker

changer

manger

conjure

danger

granger

hanker

launcher

marcher

moisture

norther

posture

panther

pasture

shanker

rapture

starcher

torture

ranker

ranger

scorcher

soldier

yonker

rancor

sparger

stranger

ambler

antler

baxter

bolster

chandler

descry

escrow

forster

gambler

hamster

handler

holster

lobster

monster

partner

rambler

roadster

sampler

transfer

waltzer

warbler

angler

longspur

strangler

yorkshire

esquire

larkspur

oldster

accra

dakar

dossier

eyesore

macro

viceroy

jaguar

magyar

okra

3 syllable words

designer

divisor

prisoner

visitor

cicero

devour

disarray

figaro

hickory

linear

theatre

vicary

widower

disaster

disposer

dissolver

fishery

incisor

issuer

treasurer

auditor

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

bricklayer

decider

decipher

deliver

demeanor

deserter

dishonor

divider

empower

entire

eraser

fiddler

hinderer

leviner

listener

littler

milliner

moniker

needler

pickler

possessor

preparer

preserver

reasoner

recover

reenter

refiner

remover

repeater

retainer

reverser

seafarer

seducer

shipowner

similar

stickler

stiffener

sweetener

trafficker

vinegar

denature

finisher

furniture

kitchener

luxury

pillager

punisher

stockinger

titular

villager

inclosure

attire

brazier

displeasure

cozier

creator

farrier

ferrier

forever

glazier

grazier

harrier

however

jeweler

meteor

narrower

perrier

quieter

exposure

rentier

retire

rioter

disclosure

rosary

rosier

sufferer

sugary

terrier

whoever

abuser

accuser

aglitter

appraiser

arbiter

armiger

banister

bargainer

barrister

bewilder

breadwinner

bulldozer

character

cheeseburger

chidester

chronicler

composer

consider

cylinder

december

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflator

destroyer

detector

dictator

discolor

discover

disfavor

disorder

dissenter

distiller

dulcimer

effector

elector

elixir

embitter

endeavor

enquire

equator

erector

familiar

hereafter

innkeeper

insider

insular

invader

kidnapper

kindler

manicure

midsummer

minister

misnomer

observer

outfitter

outrigger

painkiller

pedicure

predictor

presenter

pretender

rebuilder

recliner

recorder

recruiter

reformer

remainder

remember

reporter

restorer

revolver

simpler

sinister

swindler

whisperer

dowager

hosiery

usury

voyager

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

composure

departure

dispatcher

freeholder

inhaler

insurer

integer

prefecture

publisher

refresher

register

rejoinder

ringleader

signature

tinkler

burrower

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

abler

acquire

amateur

ammeter

assessor

attacker

beefeater

believer

bibler

buckler

cadaver

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

crabeater

creditor

crowkeeper

curator

debater

editor

posterior

degener

detailer

director

elater

emperor

gibraltar

empire

enamor

fastener

foreigner

forerunner

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

governor

havener

howitzer

idler

isomer

janitor

juggler

juniper

jupiter

latimer

lucifer

macabre

mariner

massacre

meander

monitor

monomer

narrator

newcomer

officer

oliver

opener

orator

pacesetter

polluter

polymer

precursor

producer

professor

promoter

propeller

provider

rattler

reactor

receiver

reliever

reorder

require

retailer

reveler

reviewer

saddler

senator

settler

shuffler

softener

stabler

stapler

supplier

surrender

tabler

traveler

umpire

cliffhanger

whenever

configure

whatever

absorber

deflector

disclaimer

discounter

disfigure

dishwasher

dismember

dispenser

distemper

embroider

encounter

endorser

engraver

enlarger

enquirer

wagoner

freethinker

hitchhiker

homebuilder

importer

impostor

improper

indexer

inductor

informer

inquirer

insecure

intruder

inventor

investor

wherever

wrestler

kingfisher

midwinter

quicksilver

reflector

requester

sequester

shipbuilder

shoplifter

stepsister

transistor

transmitter

achiever

another

bachelor

catheter

churchgoer

curvature

enclosure

forefinger

harbinger

indenture

injector

jayhawker

lecturer

left-winger

manager

modular

nodular

procedure

purchaser

reassure

researcher

ringmaster

singular

soothsayer

southerner

stationer

teenager

together

worshiper

explorer

exporter

fishmonger

inspector

agora

borrower

connector

connecter

daiquiri

attainder

cellular

chancellor

follower

mockery

bannister

customer

copier

harasser

easterner

hardener

islander

lavender

philander

protector

bakery

caterer

pilaster

carrier

protester

assayer

barrier

secular

successor

batterer

cottier

earlier

laborer

uncover

kayaker

marauder

balancer

almoner

calender

canister

conspire

consular

converter

employer

emptier

gamekeeper

gardener

offerer

calendar

headwater

jugular

latecomer

marketer

molester

muckraker

oppressor

popular

procurer

sunflower

purveyor

jocular

november

semester

shopkeeper

silencer

sleepwalker

supporter

suppressor

sweetwater

murderer

pannier

woodpecker

pursuer

quackery

adapter

adopter

aflutter

aggressor

adviser

announcer

annular

asunder

bellflower

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

bookseller

aquifer

circular

cocksucker

colander

rapier

vernier

collector

compiler

comforter

commander

commenter

commuter

surveyor

vagary

consumer

councilor

counsellor

doorkeeper

cucumber

dressmaker

forester

globular

housekeeper

sapphire

gunpowder

satire

container

granular

hollander

sauter

warrior

counselor

falconer

humbler

leftover

newspaper

regular

offender

peacekeeper

peacemaker

reminder

licenser

londoner

reclaimer

rescuer

retriever

stargazer

stepdaughter

trimester

trumpeter

waterer

spectator

stepladder

stonecutter

thereafter

tubular

storekeeper

westerner

adjuster

avenger

bellwether

challenger

changeover

dangler

debenture

derringer

digester

forfeiture

glandular

godmother

grasshopper

jackhammer

licensure

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

projector

questioner

recapture

reconquer

scavenger

spangler

stepfather

stepmother

tablature

wrangler

coauthor

constrictor

exchanger

gatherer

instructor

perjurer

abductor

advancer

ancestor

assembler

bandleader

bartender

bookbinder

carpenter

complainer

compressor

computer

condenser

conductor

contender

controller

detractor

encumber

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Words that rhyme with the word scissor

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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