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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word sleeper.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

clippers

crisper

easter

feaster

fielder

flippers

senior

shrimper

simper

slippers

whimper

whisper

acer

acre

agar

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

bicker

bidder

bigger

biter

bitter

blazer

boiler

bracer

breaker

brimmer

broiler

capper

cater

chaser

chitter

chopper

cider

cipher

clapper

clearer

clicker

climber

coiner

cooper

copper

craker

crater

craver

critter

cropper

cypher

dapper

defer

demur

deter

dicker

differ

digger

diner

dinner

diver

drainer

driller

driver

dropper

duper

facer

fader

faker

favor

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

filler

finer

fitter

flapper

flavor

flicker

framer

frater

freighter

fritter

gager

gainer

gaiter

geyser

giver

glazer

glider

glimmer

glitter

grader

grater

graver

grazer

grouper

guider

hater

heifer

hepper

hider

hitter

hooper

hopper

inner

jager

jailer

joiner

kaiser

kicker

killer

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

laker

laser

later

laver

lazar

leper

lepre

licker

lighter

limmer

liner

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loiter

looper

loper

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

miller

miner

minor

mirror

miser

mitre

nadir

namer

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

oiler

pacer

pauper

paver

pepper

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

planer

plater

popper

prater

primer

proper

quaker

quaver

quitter

quiver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

rapper

rater

raver

razor

recur

reiter

rhymer

ricker

ridder

rider

righter

rigor

rimer

rimmer

riser

river

roper

ryder

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saver

savor

scalar

schiller

scissor

scooper

scriber

scupper

shader

shaker

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shiner

shiver

shopper

shriner

shriver

sicker

sider

signer

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

siver

sizer

skater

skimmer

skinner

skiver

slater

slicer

slicker

slider

sliver

snapper

snicker

snider

spader

spicer

spider

spiller

spinner

splitter

spoiler

stater

stepper

sticker

stiller

stiver

stopper

striker

stupor

super

supper

swimmer

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

tamer

tapper

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiger

tighter

tiller

timer

timmer

titter

topper

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trapper

trigger

trimmer

trooper

twitter

tyger

tyler

upper

vicar

vigor

viner

visor

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

whaler

whiner

whopper

wicker

willer

winner

wrapper

writer

scripture

bather

boyer

brayer

briar

brier

buyer

choir

crier

cryer

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

fisher

fissure

flier

flyer

foyer

friar

frier

fryer

gauger

glacier

higher

hipster

hire

hither

layer

liar

major

mayor

mire

nature

oyer

pager

payer

pitcher

player

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

quipster

ringer

sayer

seamster

singer

sire

slayer

slinger

slither

smither

sprayer

springer

squier

stager

stayer

stinger

strayer

stringer

swinger

teamster

thither

tipster

tire

trier

tyer

wager

whither

winger

wire

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

ampere

asper

binder

blinder

blister

builder

bumper

camper

captor

carper

chamber

chapter

cinder

cloister

coupler

damper

dumper

failure

figure

filter

finder

flappers

flavored

flavors

foister

gilder

grinder

guilder

hamper

harper

helper

hesper

hinder

incur

infer

inter

jasper

jumper

kilter

lifter

limber

lister

lumper

mincer

minder

minter

mister

mixer

mr.

mumper

oyster

painter

pamper

pilfer

pinder

pointer

poplar

printer

prosper

quilter

raptor

riddler

roister

savior

scalper

scamper

sceptre

scribbler

scrivener

sharper

shifter

shyster

sickler

silver

sister

slivers

splinter

sprinter

stamper

stifler

strickler

stumper

swifter

switzer

tamper

taster

temper

thumper

timber

timbre

tinder

torpor

twister

vesper

victor

waster

whisker

whistler

whitener

wilder

winder

windsor

winter

capture

changer

clincher

danger

drinker

finger

ginger

granger

injure

linger

manger

moisture

picture

pilcher

pincher

ranger

rapture

rinker

rupture

shingler

sinker

stranger

stricture

thinker

tinker

winker

adder

aller

attar

auger

augur

backer

banner

batter

bearer

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

birder

blabber

bladder

blatter

bloomer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bolar

bomber

boner

booker

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bragger

brawner

broker

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

butter

buzzer

caller

calmer

causer

cellar

chatter

chauffeur

checker

cheddar

chowder

clamor

clamour

clatter

clever

clobber

closer

clover

clutter

cocker

coffer

collar

color

colour

comber

comer

conner

cooker

cooler

cooter

cotter

cougar

cover

cracker

crammer

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

crowder

crowner

cruiser

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

dagger

dauber

daughter

debtor

decker

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

dresser

drover

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

earner

egger

emmer

error

euchre

ever

faller

feller

ferrer

fervor

fetter

flatter

floater

flutter

fodder

footer

fowler

fretter

fucker

fuller

gerner

getter

girder

glamor

glamour

glosser

glover

gomer

gopher

grabber

grammar

grammer

grocer

groomer

groover

guesser

gunner

gutter

hacker

hammer

hatter

hauler

haver

hawker

header

hemmer

herber

homer

honor

honour

hooker

hooter

hoover

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

humor

humour

hussar

jaeger

jagger

jetter

jobber

jogger

joker

juror

kercher

kever

lacquer

ladder

lager

latter

lauder

laugher

lawyer

learner

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

loader

loafer

locker

logger

looker

looter

loser

lover

lubber

luger

lunar

luter

madder

manner

manor

masser

mater

matter

mercer

moder

motor

mouser

mover

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

mutter

natter

neuter

never

nutter

occur

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

packer

palmer

passer

patter

penner

petre

pewter

placer

planner

platter

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

poker

polar

pooler

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prefer

presser

proffer

prowler

pruner

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

putter

racker

rammer

refer

renner

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

rubber

rudder

ruler

rumor

runner

rutter

sadder

saucer

sawyer

scatter

scholar

schooner

scorer

scrubber

seller

server

setter

sever

sharer

shatter

sheller

shooter

shudder

shutter

slatter

slaughter

slobber

slugger

smatter

smoker

snorer

snuffer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

souter

spanner

spatter

speller

splatter

spotter

spreader

sputter

squalor

squatter

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

starer

steller

stemmer

sterner

stocker

stoker

stoner

storer

stover

stroller

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

sucre

suffer

sugar

suitor

summer

surfer

sutor

swagger

sweater

tacker

talker

tanner

tatter

tedder

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thacker

toller

totter

tracker

trawler

tremor

trotter

trucker

tuber

tucker

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

tutor

user

utter

valor

verser

voter

walker

waller

water

wearer

webber

weber

whacker

worker

wrecker

yachter

zehner

zephyr

zocor

filbert

gilbert

helpers

minster

pilfers

sampler

scalpers

sculptor

silvers

spinster

sumpter

templar

trickster

vintner

author

azure

badger

blather

bother

brother

butcher

catcher

closure

cloture

conger

crozier

crusher

dasher

dodger

father

feather

flasher

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

future

ganger

gather

gouger

gusher

hangar

hanger

hatcher

heather

hedger

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

mather

measure

merger

mother

nether

nother

nurture

other

perjure

pleasure

pledger

poacher

pressure

pusher

rather

roger

rother

rusher

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

smother

snatcher

souther

stature

stretcher

suture

tether

thatcher

thresher

treasure

usher

voucher

wanger

washer

watcher

weather

whether

fixture

longspur

mixture

sculpture

sprinkler

sphincter

actor

after

alder

altar

alter

amber

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

bender

blabbers

blaster

blender

blower

bluebird

blunder

bluster

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

brander

brewer

bulger

burglar

busker

buster

butler

camber

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

carder

carter

carver

caster

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

charmer

charter

chewer

clamber

cleanser

clipboard

cluster

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

coster

coulter

counter

courser

courter

cower

culver

cumber

cutler

dancer

darner

darter

doctor

dour

dr.

duster

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

ewer

factor

falter

farmer

faster

felter

fender

fester

filberts

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

fluster

folder

former

foster

founder

gander

garner

garter

gaster

gelder

gender

glower

goer

golfer

grantor

grolier

grounder

grower

guzzler

halter

hander

harbor

harder

havier

hector

hellier

herder

hewer

holder

horner

hostler

hour

hunter

jester

junior

kelter

knower

lancer

lander

larder

larkspur

laster

laughter

launder

lector

lender

lester

lower

lumber

luster

lustre

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

monsieur

mortar

moulder

mourner

mower

muffler

muster

nectar

nestor

number

order

our

ouster

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

peddler

pester

planter

plaster

plovers

plunder

polder

ponder

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

power

prancer

proctor

psalter

punter

puzzler

quarter

rafter

rector

render

renter

roaster

rooster

roster

rounder

rower

rustler

salter

santer

saunter

scour

sector

sender

sensor

sewer

shelter

shoulder

shower

skelter

skewer

slander

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

sour

sower

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stalder

stander

starter

stentor

straggler

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swelter

tartar

tasker

tattler

taxer

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thrower

thruster

thunder

tincture

toaster

toddler

tower

tractor

tranter

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

viewer

vulgar

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

welder

welter

wonder

yonder

yorker

zander

zoster

barger

banker

anchor

anger

anker

belcher

bencher

charger

clothier

conjure

conquer

culture

denture

dunker

farther

gesture

fracture

forger

hanker

posture

rancor

ranker

quencher

scorcher

trencher

yonker

shanker

torture

venture

vulture

welcher

younger

younker

lecture

archer

canker

bunker

launcher

longer

pasture

panther

monger

sparger

marcher

norther

starcher

structure

hunker

plunger

junker

soldier

censure

hunger

ambler

antler

baxter

bluebeard

bluebirds

bolster

centner

chandler

culvert

dexter

elvers

forster

gambler

golfers

hamster

handler

holster

huckster

lobster

monster

partner

rambler

roadster

solvers

telford

temblor

transfer

tumbler

ulster

waltzer

warbler

webster

welfare

angler

bungler

strangler

texture

yorkshire

youngster

billboard

blueprint

clapboard

culprit

jailbreak

juncture

oldster

puncture

billboards

blueprints

clapboards

culprits

wolfram

bullfrog

bullfrogs

belfry

palfrey

3 syllable words

crowkeeper

preparer

creator

meteor

rapier

retire

slippery

theatre

bookkeeper

courier

currier

doorkeeper

furrier

gamekeeper

housekeeper

innkeeper

peacekeeper

shopkeeper

sleepwalker

spurrier

storekeeper

worrier

ammeter

beefeater

belabor

beleaguer

believer

bipolar

brainpower

crabeater

decider

decipher

recapture

degener

demeanor

designer

detailer

divider

divisor

empower

eraser

firepower

flypaper

havener

meander

needler

precursor

preserver

ratepayer

reactor

reasoner

receiver

reenter

refiner

reliever

reorder

repeater

require

retailer

retainer

reviewer

seafarer

shipowner

stapler

sweetener

minesweeper

achiever

denature

procedure

researcher

teenager

barrier

brazier

carrier

caterer

copier

cottier

cozier

desire

devour

earlier

farrier

ferrier

glazier

grazier

harrier

kayaker

laborer

linear

pannier

perrier

quieter

rentier

rioter

rosier

slavery

terrier

vernier

warrior

widower

bagpiper

belabors

believers

cheeseburger

decliner

deflator

dictator

disfavor

disposer

easterner

equator

incisor

insider

invader

kidnapper

newspaper

peacemaker

pretender

rebuilder

reclaimer

recliner

relievers

remainder

reminder

reporter

retriever

simpler

sweetwater

typewriter

wheelbarrow

whisperer

issuer

voyager

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

departure

dispatcher

freeholder

inhaler

prefecture

reconquer

rejoinder

ringleader

burrower

loudspeaker

shipbuilder

abler

auditor

beginner

bibler

blockader

bricklayer

cochlear

collider

courtier

crusader

curator

cynosure

debater

deliver

dishonor

emperor

empire

entire

eyeliner

fancier

fiddler

gossiper

haymaker

highflier

hinderer

idler

isomer

juniper

jupiter

lawmaker

leviner

listener

littler

locator

mayflower

milliner

moniker

narrator

nuclear

opener

pacesetter

pickler

potboiler

prisoner

propeller

provider

recover

remover

reverser

saltier

silvery

detractor

dispenser

sandpaper

seducer

disclaimer

shoemaker

similar

stabler

stiffener

distemper

embroider

engraver

enquirer

outfielder

wheelbarrows

stickler

supplier

bandleader

inquirer

vinegar

freethinker

prescriber

visitor

importer

survivor

hitchhiker

impostor

improper

trafficker

skyscraper

tabler

takeover

umpire

aperture

arranger

displeasure

exposure

finisher

flavoring

flycatcher

furniture

jayhawker

kitchener

pillager

punisher

singular

stationer

stockinger

titular

villager

worshiper

explorer

exporter

inspector

abuser

accuser

adapter

appraiser

backpacker

breadwinner

breakwater

cellular

character

bargainer

batterer

annular

ballplayer

borrower

armiger

adviser

campaigner

follower

barrister

forever

aglitter

harasser

sapphire

admirer

bewilder

pursuer

purveyor

adopter

sauter

attainder

satire

arbiter

waterer

banister

bookmaker

whoever

chidester

circular

commuter

compiler

attire

chronicler

composer

assayer

dressmaker

dulcimer

effector

elector

elixir

embitter

employer

emptier

endeavor

enquire

erector

familiar

flavorful

glassmaker

globular

islander

jocular

jugular

latecomer

licenser

oppressor

outfitter

outrider

outrigger

outsider

pacemaker

painkiller

recorder

recruiter

reformer

regular

remember

restorer

revolver

rescuer

container

consider

conspire

cylinder

defaulter

murderer

december

defender

delivers

destroyer

detector

disaster

disorder

surveyor

discolor

discover

dissenter

dissolver

insular

distiller

granular

gunpowder

hereafter

highlander

kindler

manicure

muckraker

ocular

pedicure

popular

procurer

secular

marauder

midsummer

minister

misnomer

silencer

narrower

offerer

sufferer

predictor

sinister

supporter

however

spectator

stargazer

stepdaughter

suppressor

stepladder

swindler

taxpayer

jeweler

transpire

trimester

trumpeter

tubular

vibrator

wildfire

woodpecker

changeover

composure

digester

flavorings

grasshopper

insurer

integer

licensure

matchmaker

pilfering

publisher

refresher

register

signature

stepfather

stepmother

tinkler

coauthor

dowager

exchanger

gatherer

perjurer

treasurer

all-purpose

bookbinder

bystander

carpenter

cliffhanger

complainer

compressor

computer

configure

copartner

deflector

discounter

disfigure

dishwasher

dismember

elaborate

encounter

endorser

enlarger

espalier

gibraltar

homebuilder

icebreaker

indexer

inductor

informer

insecure

intruder

inventor

investor

kingfisher

lamplighter

midwinter

muscular

peculiar

posterior

prospector

quicksilver

reflector

requester

september

sequester

sharecropper

shoplifter

sidewinder

silverware

stepsister

suspender

transistor

translator

transmitter

upholster

vascular

acquire

amateur

assessor

attacker

bonfire

buckler

cadaver

calvary

cleverly

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

coworker

creditor

crossover

deserter

director

editor

elater

enamor

fastener

foreigner

forerunner

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

governor

hanover

harrower

howitzer

janitor

juggler

latimer

launderer

lucifer

macabre

mariner

massacre

monitor

monomer

moreover

newcomer

officer

oliver

orator

outlier

passover

plasterer

polluter

polymer

possessor

producer

promoter

quagmire

rattler

professor

reveler

saddler

safflower

senator

settler

shuffler

softener

sorcerer

slanderer

surrender

traveler

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wrestler

angular

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forefinger

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left-winger

pathfinder

ringmaster

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temperature

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together

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wolverine

elbowroom

boulevard

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celebrant

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celebrants

blueberry

mulberry

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half-hearted

4 syllable words

aviator

gladiator

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alexander

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Words that rhyme with the word sleeper

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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