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

silvers

blister

builder

cinder

clippers

crisper

culver

figure

filter

flippers

gilder

guilder

hinder

incur

infer

inter

kilter

lifter

limber

lister

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mr.

pilfer

plovers

printer

quilter

riddler

scribbler

shifter

shrimper

sickler

simper

sister

slippers

splinter

sprinter

strickler

swifter

switzer

timber

timbre

tinder

twister

victor

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

aver

beaker

bearer

beater

becker

beggar

better

bettor

blubber

bluffer

booker

breeder

buffer

bugger

bummer

butter

buzzer

caesar

cedar

cellar

cheater

checker

cheddar

cleaner

clover

clutter

color

colour

comer

cooker

craver

creamer

culler

cutter

dealer

debtor

decker

dieter

diver

dreamer

dresser

driver

drover

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

eager

eater

eger

egger

emmer

error

favor

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fervor

fetter

flavor

flutter

footer

freezer

fretter

fucker

fuller

getter

graver

greaser

groover

guesser

gunner

gutter

header

healer

hearer

heater

hemmer

hepper

hooker

hoover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

jetter

juror

keeler

keener

keeper

laver

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

looker

lubber

meter

metre

mover

mugger

muller

mutter

nutter

occur

over

paver

peeler

penner

pepper

peter

petre

pleaser

plucker

plumber

praetor

prefer

presser

pucker

puffer

puller

putter

quaver

raver

reader

reamer

reaper

reefer

refer

renner

rover

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

saver

savor

schemer

screamer

scrubber

scupper

sealer

seeker

segar

seller

server

setter

sharer

shaver

sheller

shriver

shudder

shutter

siver

skiver

sleeper

slugger

sneaker

snuffer

speaker

speeder

speller

spreader

sputter

squeaker

starer

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

steller

stemmer

stepper

stiver

stover

streamer

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

sweater

sweeper

teaser

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

terror

treater

tremor

trucker

tucker

upper

utter

waiver

waver

wearer

webber

weber

wheeler

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

clincher

drinker

finger

ginger

injure

linger

picture

pilcher

pincher

rinker

scripture

shingler

sinker

stricture

thinker

tinker

winker

bleacher

breather

brother

butcher

creature

crusher

culvert

either

elvers

ether

feather

feature

filbert

flesher

fletcher

freer

fresher

gilbert

gusher

heather

hedger

heer

hipster

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

measure

meer

minster

mother

neither

nether

nother

other

peacher

pilfers

pleasure

pledger

preacher

pressure

pusher

quipster

rusher

seizure

smother

souther

spinster

stretcher

teacher

tether

thresher

tipster

treasure

trickster

usher

vintner

weather

whether

fixture

mixture

sphincter

sprinkler

bender

blender

blunder

bluster

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

carver

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

cluster

concur

confer

coupler

cumber

cutler

dumper

duster

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

flavored

flavors

fluster

gelder

gender

guzzler

havier

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

hunter

jester

jumper

kelter

lector

lender

lester

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

marver

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

monsieur

muffler

mumper

muster

nectar

nestor

number

peddler

pester

plunder

punter

puzzler

rector

render

renter

rustler

savior

sceptre

sector

sender

senior

sensor

shelter

skelter

sleepers

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

solver

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

filberts

tincture

belcher

bencher

bunker

censure

clothier

culture

denture

dunker

gesture

hunger

hunker

junker

lecture

monger

plunger

quencher

rupture

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

younger

younker

acer

acre

adder

agar

aller

attar

auger

augur

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

berber

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bracer

bragger

brawner

breaker

broiler

broker

browser

burgher

burner

caller

calmer

caper

capper

cater

causer

chaser

chatter

chauffeur

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

climber

clobber

closer

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

comber

conner

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

curler

cursor

cypher

dagger

dapper

dauber

daughter

diaper

diner

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

drainer

draper

dropper

duper

earner

euchre

facer

fader

faker

faller

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

flapper

flatter

floater

fodder

fowler

framer

frater

freighter

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

geyser

girder

glamor

glamour

glazer

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

grazer

grocer

groomer

grouper

guider

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

hauler

hawker

heifer

herber

hider

homer

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jager

jagger

jailer

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kaiser

kercher

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

lager

laker

laser

later

latter

lauder

laugher

lawyer

lazar

learner

lighter

liner

loader

loafer

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

mater

matter

mazer

mercer

miner

minor

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

neuter

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

owner

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

passer

patter

pauper

pewter

piper

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

purser

quaker

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

razor

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

ruler

rumor

ryder

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saucer

sawyer

scalar

scatter

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

scraper

scriber

shader

shaker

shatter

shiner

shooter

shopper

shriner

sider

signer

sizer

skater

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

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

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

user

valor

vapor

verser

viner

viper

visor

voter

wader

wafer

waiter

walker

waller

water

whacker

whaler

whiner

whopper

wiper

worker

wrapper

writer

yachter

zocor

centner

dexter

helpers

huckster

sculptor

seamster

solvers

sumpter

teamster

telford

temblor

templar

tumbler

ulster

webster

welfare

author

azure

badger

bather

blather

bother

catcher

closure

cloture

conger

crozier

dasher

dodger

father

flasher

further

future

ganger

gather

gauger

glacier

gouger

hangar

hanger

hatcher

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

major

mather

merger

nature

nurture

pager

perjure

rather

roger

rother

poacher

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

snatcher

stager

stature

suture

thatcher

voucher

wager

wanger

washer

watcher

yager

bungler

texture

sculpture

youngster

actor

after

alder

altar

alter

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

bander

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

billboard

binder

blabbers

blaster

blinder

blower

bluebird

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

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

charmer

charter

chewer

choir

clamber

clipboard

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

ewer

eyer

factor

failure

falter

farmer

faster

finder

fire

flappers

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

hewer

higher

hire

holder

horner

hostler

hour

jasper

juncture

junior

knower

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

launder

layer

liar

lower

mander

marker

martyr

masker

master

mayor

minder

mire

mortar

moulder

mourner

mower

order

our

ouster

oyer

oyster

painter

pamper

pander

panter

panzer

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

sayer

scalper

scamper

scour

sewer

sharper

shoulder

shower

shyster

sire

skewer

slander

slayer

snorter

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

scorcher

hanker

capture

yonker

canker

torture

shanker

anchor

anger

anker

banker

barger

changer

charger

conjure

conquer

danger

farther

forger

fracture

granger

launcher

longer

manger

marcher

moisture

norther

panther

pasture

posture

rancor

ranger

ranker

rapture

soldier

sparger

starcher

stranger

billboards

ambler

antler

baxter

belfry

bluebirds

bolster

chandler

forster

gambler

golfers

hamster

handler

holster

lobster

monster

partner

rambler

roadster

sampler

scalpers

transfer

waltzer

warbler

angler

longspur

yorkshire

strangler

blueprint

bullfrog

larkspur

oldster

wolfram

blueprints

bullfrogs

culprits

bluebeard

clapboard

jailbreak

culprit

clapboards

palfrey

3 syllable words

deliver

divider

divisor

recover

remover

reverser

silvery

desire

forever

however

linear

slippery

theatre

whoever

widower

delivers

discover

disfavor

dissolver

endeavor

invader

issuer

revolver

beleaguer

auditor

beginner

belabor

believer

bricklayer

cadaver

cleverly

conveyer

conveyor

decider

decipher

demeanor

designer

dishonor

empower

entire

eraser

fiddler

governor

hinderer

leviner

listener

littler

milliner

moniker

needler

oliver

pickler

preparer

preserver

prisoner

provider

reasoner

receiver

reenter

refiner

reliever

repeater

retainer

reveler

seafarer

seducer

shipowner

similar

stickler

stiffener

sweetener

trafficker

vinegar

behavior

reviewer

visitor

whatever

whenever

wherever

achiever

denature

finisher

furniture

kitchener

investor

pillager

stockinger

villager

engraver

quicksilver

punisher

inventor

silverware

titular

attire

creator

farrier

ferrier

harrier

jeweler

meteor

narrower

perrier

purveyor

quieter

rentier

retire

rioter

slavery

sufferer

surveyor

terrier

aglitter

arbiter

armiger

banister

bargainer

barrister

belabors

believers

bewilder

breadwinner

character

chidester

chronicler

consider

converter

cylinder

december

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflator

destroyer

detector

dictator

disaster

discolor

disorder

disposer

dissenter

distiller

dulcimer

effector

elector

elixir

embitter

enquire

equator

erector

familiar

hereafter

incisor

innkeeper

insider

insular

kidnapper

kindler

leftover

manicure

midsummer

minister

misnomer

observer

outfitter

outrigger

painkiller

pedicure

predictor

pretender

pulverize

rebuilder

recliner

recorder

recruiter

reformer

relievers

remainder

remember

reporter

restorer

retriever

simpler

sinister

swindler

tilbury

uncover

whisperer

wolverine

dowager

treasurer

voyager

avenger

beachcomber

beholder

changeover

departure

dispatcher

freeholder

inhaler

insurer

integer

pilfering

prefecture

publisher

refresher

register

rejoinder

ringleader

signature

tinkler

burrower

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

abler

acquire

amateur

bibler

midwinter

requester

ammeter

assessor

attacker

cliffhanger

encounter

beefeater

buckler

endorser

shipbuilder

shoplifter

calvary

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

corridor

crabeater

creditor

crossover

crowkeeper

curator

debater

degener

enquirer

sequester

detailer

enlarger

deserter

reflector

director

configure

dishwasher

elater

empire

disfigure

emperor

enamor

fastener

foreigner

forerunner

discounter

girdler

editor

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

hanover

havener

howitzer

idler

isomer

janitor

juggler

jupiter

lucifer

mariner

massacre

meander

disclaimer

juniper

latimer

macabre

monitor

deflector

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dispenser

distemper

elaborate

embroider

posterior

transistor

monomer

stepsister

moreover

impostor

newcomer

precursor

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narrator

producer

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softener

gibraltar

professor

promoter

rattler

reactor

reorder

saddler

hardcover

improper

propeller

retailer

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stapler

advancer

importer

inductor

informer

intruder

turnover

hitchhiker

homebuilder

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insecure

survivor

kingfisher

officer

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orator

pacesetter

passover

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polluter

polymer

senator

settler

shuffler

supplier

surrender

tabler

takeover

traveler

umpire

wagoner

wrestler

transmitter

another

bachelor

catheter

churchgoer

culverhouse

curvature

disclosure

displeasure

exposure

flavoring

forefinger

hangover

harbinger

inclosure

indenture

injector

jayhawker

lecturer

left-winger

manager

modular

nodular

overture

procedure

purchaser

researcher

ringmaster

singular

soothsayer

southerner

stationer

teenager

together

worshiper

explorer

exporter

fishmonger

inspector

abuser

accuser

adapter

adopter

adviser

aflutter

aggressor

almoner

announcer

annular

appraiser

aquifer

attainder

bannister

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookmaker

harasser

sauter

asunder

balancer

bellflower

bookseller

bulldozer

calendar

calender

brazier

calvaries

canister

colander

cellular

chancellor

cheeseburger

circular

cloverleaf

cocksucker

collector

comforter

commander

commenter

compiler

carrier

connecter

connector

caterer

commuter

composer

conspire

consular

consumer

container

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

customer

doorkeeper

dressmaker

easterner

employer

emptier

falconer

flavorful

forester

gamekeeper

gardener

globular

granular

gunpowder

handover

hardener

headwater

holdover

hollander

housekeeper

humbler

islander

jocular

jugular

latecomer

lavender

licenser

londoner

marketer

molester

muckraker

mulberry

november

offender

oppressor

peacekeeper

peacemaker

philander

pilaster

popular

procurer

protester

presenter

protector

reclaimer

regular

reminder

rescuer

secular

semester

shopkeeper

silencer

sleepwalker

spectator

stepdaughter

stepladder

stonecutter

storekeeper

successor

sunflower

supporter

suppressor

sweetwater

assayer

barrier

batterer

borrower

copier

cottier

cozier

earlier

follower

glazier

grazier

kayaker

laborer

marauder

murderer

offerer

pannier

pursuer

rapier

westerner

sapphire

trimester

woodpecker

rosier

thereafter

trumpeter

tubular

satire

vernier

warrior

waterer

adjuster

bellwether

challenger

composure

dangler

debenture

derringer

digester

flavorings

forfeiture

glandular

godmother

grasshopper

jackhammer

licensure

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

projector

questioner

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spangler

stepfather

stepmother

tablature

wrangler

coauthor

constrictor

exchanger

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Words that rhyme with the word sliver

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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