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

battered

blizzard

brassard

buffered

buzzard

colored

coloured

covered

cupboard

effort

favored

flavored

gaillard

gizzard

haggard

hayward

hazard

hundred

izard

izzard

labored

laggard

littered

lizard

mallard

mannered

mirrored

murdered

niggard

pillared

placard

reynard

scabbard

scattered

shuttered

sugared

wayward

wizard

catchword

ruptured

bayard

layered

spreader

natured

perjured

withered

leftward

upwards

westward

absurd

backward

bastard

billiard

blackbird

bustard

catbird

chambered

clustered

conferred

cupboards

custard

efforts

everts

figured

hansard

inward

lanyard

mastered

miniard

mustard

password

spaniard

standard

sunbird

sunward

vineyard

whiskered

wondered

woodward

anchored

avert

bluebird

bollard

byword

collard

collared

crawford

cultured

drunkard

evert

fevered

fingered

gabert

honored

injured

keyword

kingbird

leeward

lollard

neutered

one-third

pictured

pollard

powdered

revert

reword

seaward

skyward

snowbird

southward

structured

tankard

unheard

watchword

cowherd

antlered

chipboard

landward

shipboard

featured

shipyard

sutured

upbraid

windward

byard

coward

flowered

hired

lowered

steward

tired

towered

abrade

abroad

afford

afraid

apart

concord

cornered

defraud

depart

deport

forward

aboard

chartered

cloistered

northward

armored

averts

awkward

bordered

downward

foreword

homeward

liveried

ordered

outward

nephrite

onward

reverts

rightward

shoreward

starboard

subvert

support

shouldered

uproot

punctured

shipyards

orchard

covert

overt

divert

rapport

robert

spheroid

abrades

affords

bolstered

departs

hartford

mopboard

oxford

reports

subverts

supports

abridged

abort

cavort

diverts

fibroid

keyboard

report

roberts

seaboard

seaport

abridge

aborts

fibroids

keyboards

seaports

spirit

spirits

vibrate

spearhead

vibrates

hybrid

chevrette

hybrids

spartans

spartan

sporting

sportsman

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word shepherd

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

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