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

ampere

arbor

barber

barbre

blunder

bluster

bulger

busker

buster

butler

camper

chamber

cluster

concur

confer

coupler

culver

cutler

damper

duster

fluster

guzzler

hamper

harbor

hunter

luster

lustre

monsieur

muffler

muster

pamper

plumbers

plunder

punter

puzzler

rustler

scamper

shrimper

simper

smuggler

stamper

sulphur

sunder

tamper

temper

thruster

thunder

ulcer

under

vulgar

whimper

wonder

blabber

bluffer

bobber

bomber

brimmer

buffer

bugger

butter

buzzer

calmer

clamor

clamour

climber

clobber

clutter

color

colour

cover

crammer

culler

cutter

dauber

demur

ducker

duffer

duller

emmer

fibre

flutter

fucker

glamor

glamour

glimmer

glover

grabber

grammar

grammer

gunner

gutter

hammer

hemmer

hover

huffer

hugger

hussar

jobber

limmer

lover

mugger

muller

mutter

nimmer

nutter

occur

palmer

plover

plucker

prefer

primer

pucker

puffer

putter

rammer

refer

rhymer

rimer

rimmer

robber

rudder

runner

rutter

scriber

scupper

shimmer

shudder

shutter

simmer

skimmer

slobber

slugger

snuffer

sputter

stammer

stemmer

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

supper

swimmer

timer

timmer

tremor

trimmer

trucker

tucker

upper

utter

webber

weber

bunker

culture

dunker

hunger

hunker

junker

monger

plunger

rupture

structure

vulture

younger

younker

huckster

templar

brother

crusher

gusher

mother

hamster

lunger

other

warbler

nother

rusher

sampler

smother

souther

usher

sculptor

ulster

actor

after

alder

altar

alter

answer

ardor

armor

asker

asper

aster

auster

babbler

balder

balter

bander

banter

barker

barter

bender

binder

blaster

blender

blinder

blister

boarder

border

bottler

bouncer

bounder

boxer

brander

builder

bungler

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

censer

censor

center

centre

chapter

charmer

charter

cinder

cleanser

climbers

clumpy

cobbler

collier

conder

condor

corner

coster

counter

courser

courter

crisper

dancer

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

elder

ender

enter

esker

ester

factor

falter

farmer

faster

felter

fender

fester

figure

filter

finder

flounder

former

foster

founder

gander

garner

garter

gaster

gelder

gender

gilder

golfer

grantor

grinder

grounder

guilder

halter

hander

harder

harper

havier

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

hinder

horner

hostler

incur

infer

inter

jasper

jester

kelter

kilter

lancer

lander

larder

laster

laughter

launder

lector

lender

lester

lifter

lister

mander

marker

martyr

marver

masker

master

medlar

mentor

mester

metier

mincer

minder

minter

mister

mixer

mortar

mourner

mr.

nectar

nestor

order

ouster

pander

panter

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

peddler

pester

pilfer

pinder

planter

plaster

ponder

poplar

porker

porter

pounder

prancer

printer

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

quilter

rafter

raptor

rector

render

renter

riddler

roster

rounder

salter

santer

saunter

scalper

sceptre

scribbler

scrivener

sculpture

sector

sender

sensor

sharper

shelter

shifter

shyster

sickler

silver

sister

skelter

slander

slender

smelter

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sponsor

sprinter

squander

stalder

stander

starter

stentor

stifler

straggler

strickler

swelter

swifter

switzer

tartar

tasker

tattler

taxer

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

tinder

toddler

torpor

tractor

tranter

twister

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

victor

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

welder

welter

whisker

whisper

whistler

whitener

wilder

winder

windsor

winter

yonder

yorker

youngster

zander

zoster

juncture

anchor

anger

anker

banker

belcher

bencher

canker

censure

clincher

conquer

denture

drinker

finger

gesture

ginger

hanker

injure

lecture

linger

longer

picture

pilcher

plumbing

quencher

rancor

ranker

rinker

scripture

pincher

shanker

shingler

sinker

thinker

tinker

stricture

puncture

trencher

venture

welcher

yonker

winker

adder

aller

attar

auger

augur

backer

banner

batter

bearer

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

bicker

bidder

bigger

biter

bitter

bladder

blatter

bloomer

blotter

booker

boomer

borer

bragger

brawner

browser

caller

capper

causer

cellar

chatter

checker

cheddar

chipper

chitter

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clapper

clatter

clearer

clever

clicker

clipper

cocker

coffer

collar

comber

conner

cooker

copper

cotter

cracker

crawler

creamer

critter

crocker

cropper

crowder

crowner

cypher

dagger

dapper

daughter

debtor

decker

defer

deter

diaper

dicker

differ

digger

diner

dinner

dipper

diver

docker

dollar

donar

doubter

downer

dreamer

dresser

driller

driver

dropper

dweller

egger

error

ever

faller

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fifer

fighter

filer

filler

finer

fitter

flapper

flatter

flicker

flipper

fodder

footer

fowler

framer

fretter

fritter

fuller

getter

geyser

giver

glider

glitter

glosser

gomer

gripper

groomer

guesser

guider

hacker

hatter

hauler

haver

hawker

header

heifer

hepper

herber

hider

hitter

homer

honor

honour

hooker

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

inner

jaeger

jagger

jetter

jogger

juror

kaiser

kever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

lager

latter

lauder

laugher

lawyer

leamer

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

licker

lighter

liner

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

locker

logger

looker

madder

manner

manor

masser

mater

matter

miller

miner

minor

mirror

miser

mitre

mouser

murmur

namer

natter

nearer

neighbor

never

nigger

nipper

offer

omer

otter

outer

packer

passer

patter

pauper

penner

pepper

petre

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

piper

placer

planner

platter

plotter

popper

potter

pouter

powder

powter

presser

proffer

proper

prowler

puller

quitter

quiver

racker

rapper

reamer

recur

reiter

renner

ricker

ridder

rider

righter

rigor

ripper

riser

river

rocker

rouser

rumor

ryder

sabre

sadder

sapper

saucer

sawyer

scatter

schemer

schiller

scholar

scissor

scorer

screamer

seller

setter

sever

sharer

shatter

shearer

sheller

shiner

shipper

shiver

shopper

shriner

shriver

sicker

sider

signer

siller

sinner

sitter

siver

sizer

skinner

skipper

skiver

slatter

slaughter

slicer

slicker

slider

slipper

sliver

smatter

snapper

snicker

snider

snorer

sober

solder

spanner

spatter

speller

spicer

spider

spiller

spinner

splatter

splitter

spotter

spreader

squalor

squatter

stagger

stalker

staller

starer

steamer

steller

stepper

sticker

stiller

stiver

stocker

stopper

storer

streamer

striker

stripper

sugar

swagger

sweater

taber

tabor

tacker

talker

tamer

tanner

tapper

tatter

tedder

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thacker

thinner

ticker

tiger

tighter

tiller

tipper

titter

topper

totter

tracker

trapper

trawler

trigger

tripper

trotter

tuber

tumor

twitter

tyger

tyler

valor

vicar

vigor

viner

viper

visor

walker

waller

water

wearer

whacker

whiner

whopper

wicker

willer

winner

wiper

wrapper

wrecker

writer

yachter

zehner

zephyr

zipper

partner

minster

lobster

monster

centner

chandler

baxter

antler

dexter

quipster

forster

handler

hipster

seamster

spinster

teamster

tipster

transfer

trickster

vintner

waltzer

webster

author

azure

badger

blather

bother

catcher

butcher

conger

dasher

dodger

father

feather

fisher

fissure

flasher

flesher

fletcher

fresher

ganger

gather

gouger

hangar

hedger

hither

lasher

hatcher

hanger

heather

lather

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

mather

measure

nether

pitcher

pleasure

pledger

pressure

pusher

rather

ringer

roger

rother

singer

slasher

slinger

slither

smasher

smither

snatcher

springer

stature

stinger

stretcher

stringer

swinger

tether

thatcher

thither

voucher

wanger

thresher

treasure

washer

watcher

weather

whether

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

zither

angler

bower

briar

brier

buyer

choir

cower

crier

cryer

dire

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

fixture

flier

flour

flower

flyer

friar

frier

fryer

glower

higher

hire

hour

liar

longspur

mire

mixture

our

power

prier

prior

pyre

scour

shower

sire

sour

sphincter

sprinkler

squier

strangler

texture

tire

tower

trier

tyer

wire

bolter

booster

boulder

boulter

burglar

cloister

coaster

colter

coulter

easter

failure

feaster

fielder

foister

folder

grolier

holder

junior

moulder

oyster

painter

pointer

polder

poster

poulter

roaster

roister

rooster

savior

senior

shoulder

taster

toaster

waster

flimflam

larkspur

tincture

archer

charger

farther

forger

fracture

rapture

scorcher

capture

clothier

conjure

climbing

torture

starcher

sparger

barger

panther

pasture

posture

launcher

marcher

norther

acer

acre

agar

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

beaker

beater

beaver

birder

blazer

boiler

bolar

bolster

boner

boozer

bowler

bowyer

bracer

breaker

breeder

broiler

broker

burgher

burner

caesar

caper

cater

cedar

chaser

chauffeur

cheater

cleaner

cleaver

closer

clover

coiner

cooler

cooper

cooter

cougar

craker

crater

craver

croaker

croker

crooner

cruiser

curler

cursor

dealer

dieter

donor

drainer

draper

drover

duper

eager

earner

eater

eger

euchre

facer

fader

faker

favor

feeder

feeler

fervor

fever

flavor

floater

frater

freezer

freighter

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

girder

glazer

gopher

grader

grater

graver

grazer

greaser

griever

grocer

groover

grouper

hater

healer

hearer

heater

holster

hooper

hooter

hoover

jager

jailer

joiner

joker

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kercher

laker

laser

later

laver

lazar

leader

leaguer

learner

leaser

leaver

loader

loafer

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

mercer

meter

metre

moder

motor

mover

murder

nadir

neuter

ochre

odor

ogre

oiler

over

owner

pacer

paper

paver

peeler

peter

pewter

planer

plater

pleaser

poker

polar

pooler

poser

praetor

prater

pruner

purser

quaker

quaver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

rater

raver

razor

reader

reaper

reaver

reefer

roadster

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

router

rover

ruler

sailer

sailor

saker

saver

savor

scalar

schooner

scooper

scraper

sealer

seeker

segar

server

shader

shaker

shaver

shooter

skater

slater

sleeper

smoker

sneaker

soaker

soder

solar

sooner

souter

spader

speaker

speeder

spoiler

squeaker

stater

stealer

steeler

steeper

sterner

stoker

stoner

stover

stroller

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

surfer

sutor

sweeper

tailor

taker

taper

teaser

teeter

thaler

toller

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

treater

trooper

tudor

tuner

turner

tutor

user

vapor

verser

voter

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

weaver

whaler

wheeler

worker

zocor

yorkshire

bather

bleacher

breather

cloture

closure

creature

crozier

either

ether

feature

further

future

gauger

glacier

hoosier

kosher

major

merger

nature

neither

nurture

pager

peacher

perjure

poacher

preacher

searcher

seizure

smoother

stager

suture

teacher

wager

yager

clampdown

glimpses

oldster

manger

moisture

blower

boyer

brayer

brewer

chewer

ewer

fluor

foyer

freer

goer

grower

heer

hewer

layer

lower

stranger

knower

mayor

meer

danger

soldier

mower

ranger

payer

player

prayer

preyer

changer

oyer

rower

sayer

skewer

sower

sprayer

strayer

thrower

viewer

granger

sewer

slayer

stayer

3 syllable words

cucumber

humbler

macabre

promoter

umpire

attire

assembler

encumber

nonmember

outnumber

comforter

commander

commuter

compiler

composer

december

embitter

familiar

november

remember

semester

trumpeter

acquire

ammeter

assessor

attacker

belabor

believer

buckler

cadaver

collider

composure

conveyer

conveyor

debater

demeanor

emperor

empire

empower

gossamer

howitzer

isomer

juggler

latimer

lawmaker

matchmaker

monomer

newcomer

polluter

polymer

possessor

producer

professor

propeller

provider

quagmire

receiver

remover

shuffler

similar

supplier

whatever

absorber

complainer

compressor

computer

dismember

embroider

september

assayer

barrier

borrower

carrier

copier

cottier

desire

devour

farrier

ferrier

follower

harrier

however

jeweler

kayaker

linear

narrower

pannier

perrier

quieter

rentier

rioter

sapphire

satire

sauter

another

warrior

punisher

sufferer

terrier

theatre

procedure

achiever

together

widower

bedchamber

abuser

accuser

adapter

admirer

adopter

aflutter

aggressor

aglitter

announcer

appraiser

arbiter

asunder

attainder

balancer

banister

bannister

issuer

armiger

barrister

bloodsucker

bookmaker

calendar

calender

campaigner

canister

chronicler

colander

collector

colombo

columba

columbo

commenter

connecter

connector

consider

conspire

converter

consumer

container

customer

cylinder

dressmaker

dulcimer

employer

emptier

forester

glassmaker

hollander

islander

latecomer

lavender

licenser

londoner

manicure

midsummer

minister

molester

muckraker

observer

october

offender

oppressor

philander

pilaster

silencer

simpler

sunflower

supporter

suppressor

trimester

uncover

remainder

successor

gunpowder

presenter

protector

dowager

voyager

subscriber

scavenger

grasshopper

jackhammer

publisher

licensure

avenger

challenger

derringer

digester

projector

debenture

adjuster

messenger

passenger

abler

alhambra

amateur

auditor

beginner

beleaguer

bibler

bipolar

blockader

bonfire

bricklayer

cochlear

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

corridor

courtier

crabeater

creditor

crossover

curator

cynosure

decider

decipher

degener

deliver

designer

director

dishonor

divider

divisor

editor

elater

enamor

entire

eraser

eyeliner

fancier

fastener

fiddler

firepower

flypaper

foreigner

forerunner

girdler

gobbler

gossiper

governor

hanover

harrower

havener

haymaker

highflier

hinderer

idler

janitor

juniper

jupiter

launderer

leviner

listener

littler

lucifer

mariner

massacre

meander

milliner

moniker

monitor

moreover

narrator

needler

officer

oliver

opener

orator

outlier

passover

pickler

plasterer

potboiler

prisoner

rattler

reactor

reasoner

recover

reenter

refiner

reorder

repeater

retainer

reveler

saddler

safflower

saltier

seducer

senator

settler

shipowner

shoemaker

slanderer

softener

sorcerer

stabler

stapler

stickler

stiffener

surrender

sweetener

tabler

trafficker

traveler

vinegar

visitor

wagoner

wanderer

whenever

wherever

wrestler

abductor

advancer

ancestor

bartender

bookbinder

carpenter

columbine

condenser

conductor

configure

contender

controller

distemper

harvester

homebuilder

hornblower

icebreaker

importer

impostor

improper

inductor

insecure

lamplighter

muscular

norlander

nutcracker

peculiar

posterior

prospector

refractor

sandbagger

shipbuilder

shoplifter

stockbroker

suspender

tormentor

transistor

transmitter

upholster

bachelor

catheter

churchgoer

conqueror

curvature

denature

finisher

hangover

jayhawker

kitchener

lecturer

manager

modular

nodular

pillager

purchaser

soothsayer

southerner

stationer

stockinger

titular

villager

worshiper

wrongdoer

adventure

forefinger

harbinger

householder

objector

ringmaster

temperature

pathfinder

rathskeller

sharpshooter

stockholder

warmonger

backwater

bagpiper

ballplayer

backpacker

forever

glazier

grazier

harasser

pursuer

purveyor

rosier

adviser

rapier

waterer

almoner

annular

aquifer

whoever

bargainer

bellflower

bookkeeper

bookseller

cocksucker

brazier

breadwinner

bulldozer

consular

surveyor

cellular

chancellor

character

chidester

circular

cozier

cheeseburger

creator

bewilder

costumer

batterer

earlier

councilor

counsellor

counselor

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflator

destroyer

detector

dictator

disaster

discolor

discover

disfavor

disorder

disposer

dissenter

dissolver

distiller

doorkeeper

effector

elector

elixir

endeavor

enquire

equator

erector

falconer

forwarder

vernier

gamekeeper

gardener

globular

granddaughter

granular

handover

hardener

headwater

hereafter

highlander

homeworker

housekeeper

incisor

innkeeper

insider

insular

invader

jocular

jugular

kidnapper

kindler

landowner

leftover

marketer

ocular

outfitter

popular

recruiter

reformer

regular

reminder

reporter

rescuer

restorer

revolver

stargazer

stepdaughter

stepladder

stonecutter

meteor

storekeeper

swindler

taxpayer

whisperer

marauder

offerer

thereafter

misnomer

outrider

outrigger

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Words that rhyme with the word slumber

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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