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2 syllable words

abele

addle

afoul

annal

annul

appall

appel

apple

aural

avail

awful

babble

babel

baffle

barrel

basil

battle

bauble

bedell

beryl

betel

bible

boggle

borel

bottle

brickle

bridal

bridle

bristle

brittle

burel

cabal

cackle

camel

capelle

carol

carrel

carrol

castle

cattle

caudal

caudle

causal

ceryl

channel

chapel

chattel

chisel

choral

cobble

cockle

coddle

coppel

copple

coral

crackle

cripple

cycle

dabble

dawdle

dazzle

dekle

dibble

docile

drabble

dribble

drizzle

eisel

evil

facile

faunal

fennel

feral

fickle

fiddle

final

fipple

fissile

fizzle

flannel

floral

fluegel

fossil

frazzle

freckle

frizzle

fuddle

gabel

gaggle

giggle

glottal

gobble

goggle

goral

grackle

grapple

gribble

gristle

grizzle

hackle

haggle

hamel

harle

hassle

heckle

hegel

hobble

hopple

housel

idle

idol

jackal

jiggle

jostle

kennel

kettle

kibble

kiddle

kittel

kittle

knittle

lapel

laurel

lawful

libel

little

loral

mammal

medal

meddle

metal

mettle

mickle

middle

missal

missel

missile

mochel

model

moral

mural

naval

navel

nestle

nettle

neural

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

nozzle

oral

oval

paddle

panel

pebble

pedal

peddle

peril

petal

phenol

pickle

piddle

pleural

plural

pommel

popple

pottle

prattle

primal

quarrel

quibble

rabble

raffle

rammel

rattle

rebel

regel

riddle

riffle

rifle

riggle

ripple

rural

saddle

scovel

scrabble

scribble

seckel

servile

settle

shackle

shekel

sibyl

sickle

sidle

sipple

sizzle

skittle

smittle

sniffle

sorel

sorrel

speckle

spinal

spiral

spittle

spousal

squabble

squiggle

sterile

stickle

stifle

straddle

straggle

tackle

tassel

tattle

terrel

thistle

throttle

tickle

tidal

tipple

title

tittle

toddle

toggle

topple

trammel

treble

tressel

trestle

tribal

tribble

trickle

trifle

triple

twaddle

twiddle

ural

vassal

vessel

vinyl

virile

vital

waddle

waffle

wattle

weevil

whistle

whittle

wiggle

wobble

wrestle

wriggle

bashful

fungal

jungle

nuptial

uncle

watchful

aisle

bowel

dial

dowel

howell

lisle

rial

towel

trial

vial

vowel

agile

bethel

brothel

bushel

ethel

ethyl

fragile

hatchel

methyl

paschal

rigel

special

vigil

lustful

algal

amble

ample

axle

blissful

bramble

brandle

brindle

bristol

cancel

candle

cantle

capsule

careful

carnal

carpal

cheerful

chortle

consul

corbel

cornel

council

counsel

crandall

cromwell

crystal

cymbal

damsel

daniel

darnel

dental

dimple

dismal

distal

dorsal

doubtful

dreadful

dwindle

fearful

fiscal

fitful

fondle

formal

fretful

frightful

gamble

garble

gentle

gospel

granule

grindle

handle

hansel

harmel

hostel

hostile

houseful

hymnal

kendal

kindle

lentil

lintel

mantel

mantle

marble

mendel

mental

mitral

morsel

mortal

nimble

normal

panful

parcel

pencil

pimple

pistil

pistol

portal

postel

prayerful

pretzel

quintal

ramble

rascal

rectal

rental

rightful

sample

sandal

scalpel

scandal

scramble

shamble

shindle

shrapnel

signal

simple

sinful

skillful

spaniel

sparkle

spindle

spiteful

startle

stemple

stressful

swindle

symbol

tearful

temple

tensile

thimble

thoughtful

tindal

tinsel

tonsil

tramble

trample

tremble

vandal

vestal

wamble

warble

willful

windle

able

anal

angle

ankle

appeal

bagel

bangle

basal

beadle

beagle

beetle

befall

bengal

bestial

bodle

bogle

boodle

brutal

buccal

bugle

burble

butyl

cable

capel

caple

circle

coble

colonel

cordial

cradle

dangle

dermal

dingle

doodle

ducal

eagle

easel

engle

eyeball

fable

faithful

fangle

fatal

fecal

feeble

fertile

fetal

feudal

focal

foible

frugal

futile

gable

girdle

gleeful

global

google

gurgle

hable

hamal

hazel

hazle

herbal

hurdle

hurtle

ingle

jangle

jingle

journal

joyful

kernel

kinkle

label

ladle

legal

lingle

local

lovely

mangle

maple

marshal

martial

mingle

mobile

modal

mogul

mongol

mosel

motile

myrtle

nasal

natal

needle

noble

noodle

ogle

opal

papal

partial

penal

people

playful

poodle

pupil

purple

rankle

regal

reigle

renal

repel

reveal

revile

roble

rouble

ruble

rueful

sable

scruple

shingle

single

spangle

sprinkle

stable

staple

steeple

strangle

swingle

table

tangle

teagle

tercel

thermal

tingle

tinkle

tootle

total

trinkle

truthful

tubal

turtle

tweedle

twinkle

uphill

venal

verbal

vernal

vocal

weasel

winkle

wishful

worrel

wrangle

wrinkle

wrongful

youthful

artful

crucial

central

zestful

facial

astral

austral

restful

ventral

glacial

harmful

helpful

lethal

spectral

herschel

forceful

mistral

racial

scornful

scoundrel

social

entrail

mindful

spacial

spatial

gambrel

mournful

tactful

wistful

crewel

cruel

dual

duel

fuel

jewel

loyal

royal

squirrel

april

coastal

baleful

cranial

thankful

tranquil

equal

fruitful

vengeful

fateful

doleful

gainful

genial

graceful

grateful

hateful

hopeful

hurtful

needful

neutral

postal

sequel

painful

peaceful

shameful

healthful

tuneful

useful

minstrel

angel

refill

repeal

tableau

supply

apply

bubbly

doubly

lively

peafowl

boastful

tasteful

wasteful

ovule

awfully

deploy

nobly

pueblo

reply

savely

tubule

loophole

ably

cheaply

chiefly

deeply

feebly

safely

shapely

souffle

spillway

3 syllable words

lovable

arrival

buffalo

doable

guttural

heavily

liable

lionel

payable

pliable

reveille

tivoli

trivial

viable

gradual

approval

carnival

festival

uncivil

natural

unravel

accrual

affable

animal

apical

apostle

apparel

arable

audible

bacchanal

bearable

beautiful

bedevil

befuddle

bicycle

biddable

breakable

burnable

caboodle

callable

cannibal

capable

capital

capitol

caramel

chemical

chronicle

classical

clavicle

clerical

colloidal

colorful

colossal

comical

committal

conical

coracle

credible

criminal

crucible

curable

cuticle

debacle

decimal

domical

durable

eatable

edible

epochal

fallible

feasible

finagle

flammable

follicle

fraternal

fusible

genital

graphical

gullible

horrible

icicle

laudable

laughable

leasable

likable

likeable

livable

low-level

marital

maternal

medical

minimal

miracle

miscible

monocle

mutable

nominal

parable

upheaval

nautical

notable

oracle

passable

paternal

peaceable

pinnacle

pitiful

pivotal

plausible

possible

potable

primeval

probable

prodigal

proposal

psychical

quizzical

quotable

radical

readable

rebuttal

recital

redouble

removal

retinal

reversal

revival

ridable

salable

scalable

seasonal

seminal

sizable

skeletal

suitable

survival

syllable

tenable

terminal

terrible

topical

traceable

trainable

treatable

triumphal

tropical

tunable

typical

unable

usable

versatile

visible

wearable

provincial

volatile

workable

aerial

apollo

ariel

arousal

auroral

bronchial

burial

casual

cereal

commercial

cultural

denial

digital

dishevel

diurnal

doggerel

factual

federal

femoral

filial

fluvial

general

happily

jovial

lateral

legible

liberal

lineal

literal

littoral

logical

mackerel

magical

mineral

mythical

national

nepali

notional

official

palatial

pickerel

pineal

pluvial

powerful

rational

reachable

regional

renewal

sagittal

serial

sociable

structural

teachable

touchable

usual

vaginal

vegetal

virginal

visceral

visual

washable

abysmal

adrenal

archival

acquittal

appraisal

arsenal

article

assemble

autumnal

backpedal

barnacle

biblical

bountiful

cantonal

cardinal

cerebral

communal

cortical

cyclical

deceitful

countable

culpable

drinkable

equable

familial

fanciful

farcical

fixable

flexible

forcible

hospital

imbecile

interval

madrigal

mandible

multiple

non-verbal

optical

optimal

orbital

palpable

particle

pedestal

plentiful

portable

practical

principal

principle

proximal

purposeful

refusal

rentable

retrieval

sensible

sentinel

skeptical

soluble

solvable

spectacle

tactical

taxable

tentacle

tractable

tribunal

uncouple

unequal

unlawful

unsettle

valuable

vertebral

voluble

wonderful

virtual

ritual

mayoral

mutual

actual

bankable

cathedral

celestial

changeable

chargeable

commingle

conjugal

especial

fictional

financial

fluxional

fractional

marginal

optional

potential

projectile

ramshackle

sculptural

sectional

sensual

tangible

unshackle

vegetable

worshipful

parental

pastoral

pectoral

pineapple

lyrical

nebula

manual

merciful

movable

musical

newcastle

personal

preamble

provable

critical

cubicle

cynical

corporal

disable

disciple

disloyal

doctoral

enable

enamel

ennoble

epistle

errorful

eternal

fibula

flavorful

helical

illegal

immobile

immoral

physical

scapula

sectoral

sorrowful

temporal

tricycle

resettle

vertical

vesicle

juvenile

vitriol

annual

admiral

axial

bifocal

bimodal

cervical

chasuble

remodel

belittle

betrayal

astraddle

baptismal

constable

doctrinal

eventful

forgetful

integral

ministral

obstacle

prefrontal

punctual

successful

transmittal

unbundle

unstable

biracial

ethical

initial

judicial

cubbyhole

rehearsal

scriptural

sexual

surgical

triangle

vehicle

afl

bilingual

capella

cappella

congenial

coronal

cupola

funeral

granduncle

humoral

jubilee

judgmental

manhandle

medial

menial

numeral

panhandle

perusal

radial

sabella

sequential

tracheal

tupelo

unfaithful

untangle

varietal

balmoral

bedraggle

boondoggle

delightful

dismissal

dispersal

disposal

dissemble

embattle

embezzle

empanel

encircle

enfeeble

entitle

hormonal

ignoble

immortal

impanel

imperil

infernal

infertile

internal

lexical

masterful

metrical

mistrial

mystical

nocturnal

portrayal

proconsul

quadruple

quintuple

rekindle

reprisal

resemble

sigmoidal

technical

testicle

utensil

whimsical

ancestral

functional

orchestral

tangential

ungrateful

credential

meaningful

ethnical

essential

textual

prudential

newfangle

substantial

withdrawal

untruthful

nonlethal

coequal

dutiful

prenatal

retrial

informal

insightful

resourceful

archetypal

abnormal

example

external

ensemble

townspeople

distrustful

disdainful

resentful

remorseful

mistrustful

dismantle

regretful

ventricle

menstrual

ambrosial

archangel

entangle

impartial

mishandle

rectangle

turntable

distasteful

disgraceful

neglectful

respectful

reapply

naively

rubella

court-martial

postnatal

teaspoonful

4 syllable words

proverbial

biennial

parietal

triennial

believable

available

avoidable

convivial

universal

eventual

provisional

achievable

allowable

alluvial

amiable

collateral

colonial

decennial

diagonal

duodenal

favorable

honorable

malleable

maniacal

material

memorable

memorial

miserable

operable

permeable

pitiable

preferable

pyramidal

reliable

renewable

repayable

suicidal

tolerable

tyrannical

variable

venerable

venereal

approvable

advisable

conceivable

convertible

disapproval

forgivable

governmental

observable

collegial

habitual

issuable

measurable

original

pleasurable

biannual

perennial

peripheral

admirable

adorable

adverbial

agreeable

amenable

amicable

answerable

appealable

arterial

attainable

bacterial

botanical

canonical

charitable

chimerical

colloquial

comparable

corruptible

creditable

custodial

debatable

definable

desirable

discernible

divisible

enviable

epidermal

erasable

fanatical

foreseeable

galenical

genocidal

grammatical

habitable

heritable

homicidal

honeysuckle

imitable

immiscible

immovable

inaudible

inedible

ineffable

ironical

irritable

mechanical

medicinal

mesodermal

municipal

navigable

noticeable

numerical

oriental

palatable

permissible

personable

phenomenal

polemical

political

polygonal

profitable

quadrennial

rabbinical

reasonable

reassemble

receivable

redeemable

redoubtable

reducible

removable

repairable

returnable

reversible

revocable

sabbatical

satirical

seasonable

sinusoidal

terminable

theatrical

veritable

vulnerable

additional

beneficial

correctional

corrigible

behavioral

bisexual

delusional

detachable

devotional

directional

divisional

eligible

enjoyable

emotional

fashionable

fathomable

fissionable

illegible

irrational

isothermal

knowledgeable

laryngeal

liturgical

manageable

methodical

negotiable

occasional

processional

punishable

relational

reverential

strategical

traditional

unnatural

perishable

professional

unusual

vestigial

zoological

controversial

conventional

acoustical

adoptable

affordable

trilateral

abdominal

accessible

accountable

adaptable

admissible

amendable

anarchical

anecdotal

tutorial

applicable

arguable

comfortable

antipodal

apocryphal

collapsible

collectible

combinable

commendable

compatible

confirmable

consensual

consolable

consumable

continual

deductible

defensible

delectable

dependable

deplorable

despicable

disassemble

disposable

elemental

employable

coaxial

estimable

excitable

forfeitable

forgettable

formidable

remedial

episcopal

equitable

equivocal

hexagonal

impossible

infeasible

heretical

hierarchical

horizontal

hospitable

identical

immutable

impassable

impeccable

incapable

infallible

impersonal

invisible

ephemeral

lamentable

marketable

metacarpal

noncommittal

nonvolatile

obtainable

occipital

octagonal

paranormal

participle

patentable

perceptible

persuadable

pontifical

practicable

predictable

prejudicial

presentable

preventable

pumpernickel

receptacle

reciprocal

remarkable

inaugural

replaceable

binomial

poetical

reportable

statistical

reputable

subliminal

bilateral

supportable

mosaical

susceptible

sustainable

symmetrical

umbilical

unmerciful

millennial

unsalable

biaxial

transferable

actionable

adjustable

antisocial

appreciable

approachable

residual

artificial

congenital

perpetual

conditional

confessional

ethereal

conceptual

digestible

dimensional

hydrothermal

impeachable

insatiable

logistical

negligible

noncommercial

nonessential

nutritional

orthogonal

presidential

providential

proportional

questionable

sacrificial

regimental

transitional

spiritual

sensational

unshakable

acceptable

accidental

arboreal

atypical

augmentable

centennial

compensable

consonantal

contestable

continental

controllable

cylindrical

describable

detrimental

discountable

dispensable

disputable

emmanuel

enforceable

execrable

fundamental

imperial

implacable

implausible

improbable

incredible

incurable

industrial

inflammable

inflatable

inimical

insensible

insoluble

intestinal

invaluable

invincible

irascible

marsupial

mercurial

mollycoddle

monumental

motorcycle

nonsensical

nontaxable

nontechnical

occidental

ornamental

ostensible

parochial

patrimonial

pentecostal

pictorial

primordial

raptorial

respectable

responsible

retractable

rhetorical

sacramental

sartorial

sentimental

serviceable

tabernacle

terrestrial

unreasonable

unspeakable

untreatable

confidential

congressional

disentangle

exceptional

deferential

differential

superficial

injectable

intangible

intentional

octahedral

preferential

tetrahedral

illogical

contemptible

demonstrable

excusable

expandable

explainable

explicable

exportable

extricable

impractical

impregnable

incremental

inflexible

inscrutable

intractable

intramural

obstetrical

temperamental

transcendental

transportable

unsuccessful

alkaloidal

asexual

empirical

hysterical

indelible

elliptical

historical

matriarchal

patriarchal

neonatal

violable

inferential

residential

circumstantial

consequential

epithelial

dysfunctional

exchangeable

instrumental

electrical

encyclical

incidental

instructional

insubstantial

departmental

influential

quintessential

monolingual

intermingle

interstitial

centrifugal

extendible

existential

exponential

disrespectful

5 syllable words

recoverable

discoverable

unavoidable

unfavorable

biochemical

biomedical

diabolical

esophageal

ceremonial

classifiable

inadvisable

curatorial

deliverable

dishonorable

editorial

geophysical

ungovernable

immaterial

immemorial

innumerable

irreparable

myocardial

professorial

pseudopodial

unequivocal

senatorial

verifiable

aberrational

aboriginal

actuarial

individual

managerial

operational

supernatural

abominable

aeronautical

allegorical

anatomical

attitudinal

bicentennial

biographical

categorical

considerable

determinable

developable

diacritical

dictatorial

disagreeable

economical

equatorial

geometrical

eradicable

geographical

indefeasible

theoretical

inevitable

inexorable

inimitable

invariable

inseparable

insufferable

intolerable

inviolable

irreversible

irrevocable

justifiable

lackadaisical

latitudinal

matrilineal

matrimonial

metaphorical

metaphysical

multilateral

neoclassical

oratorical

patrilineal

periodontal

philosophical

nonrenewable

photochemical

unanswerable

testimonial

puritanical

secretarial

semiannual

undeniable

inconceivable

unreliable

connotational

gravitational

hypothetical

imaginable

ineffectual

ineligible

magisterial

mathematical

navigational

pedagogical

directorial

territorial

alphabetical

asymmetrical

coincidental

exercisable

hypercritical

hypocritical

inaccessible

inadmissible

incomparable

heterocercal

periodical

communicable

peritoneal

educational

egotistical

imponderable

inalienable

inapplicable

indefinable

interminable

invulnerable

irrefutable

irresistible

paradoxical

pharmaceutical

problematical

reportorial

indivisible

indomitable

inequitable

inescapable

irrepressible

prosecutable

recognizable

unaccountable

polynomial

typographical

unforeseeable

unforgettable

acknowledgeable

agricultural

antithetical

architectural

conversational

evangelical

horticultural

incorrigible

inheritable

inspirational

intelligible

interdigital

international

invitational

longitudinal

nomenclatural

observational

occupational

unimpeachable

disreputable

immeasurable

astronautical

astronomical

attributable

developmental

impenetrable

incompatible

indefensible

inexhaustible

insupportable

insurmountable

intracranial

irresponsible

nondeductible

nonelectrical

unacceptable

uncomfortable

unmistakable

unsupportable

analytical

analyzable

ministerial

computational

constitutional

impressionable

inhospitable

institutional

jurisdictional

nonprofessional

reprehensible

unconditional

unconscionable

congregational

chronological

constantinople

environmental

impracticable

endothelial

metallurgical

parenthetical

incompressible

indispensable

neurological

indescribable

indisputable

inexcusable

inextricable

interchangeable

objectionable

parimutuel

inexplicable

uncontrollable

understandable

psychological

artiodactyl

comprehensible

ecumenical

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intramarginal

jurisprudential

mythological

nonpolitical

pathological

unquestionable

distinguishable

indestructible

transcontinental

intellectual

morphological

ontological

technological

unilateral

seismological

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biological

dialectical

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experiential

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ecological

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phonological

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geological

theological

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word shovel

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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