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

vintner

swifter

lifter

scrivener

shifter

defer

differ

dinner

gunner

inner

runner

sinner

skinner

pinner

spinner

stunner

thinner

winner

pilcher

scripture

picture

stricture

fisher

fissure

hither

lunger

pitcher

ringer

singer

slinger

slither

smither

springer

stinger

stringer

swinger

thither

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

zither

centner

quipster

stevens

trickster

tipster

hipster

blister

blunder

builder

cinder

concur

confer

crisper

figure

filter

fixture

gilder

guilder

hinder

hunter

incur

infer

inter

kilter

limber

lister

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

mixture

mr.

muffler

pilfer

plunder

printer

punter

quilter

riddler

scribbler

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

sphincter

splinter

sprinkler

sprinter

steven

strickler

sumner

sunder

switzer

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

twister

under

victor

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

wonder

tincture

bidder

belcher

dunker

monger

banner

drinker

bicker

pincher

bigger

bitter

brimmer

buffer

bugger

bummer

chitter

clearer

clutter

color

colour

comer

cover

culler

plunger

blubber

bluffer

brawner

buzzer

chipper

clipper

conner

critter

crowner

tinker

butter

cleaner

clicker

thinker

cutter

digger

gesture

ginger

junker

lecture

demur

welcher

deter

linger

dicker

diner

winker

dipper

injure

younger

donar

downer

filler

younker

drummer

ducker

duffer

hunker

duller

hunger

driller

finer

fitter

flutter

giver

finger

flicker

flipper

fritter

fucker

glimmer

glitter

glover

gripper

gutter

hitter

honor

honour

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

keener

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

licker

limmer

liner

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

lover

lubber

manner

manor

miller

miner

minor

mirror

mugger

muller

mutter

nearer

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

occur

penner

picker

pillar

piller

planner

plover

plucker

plumber

prefer

pucker

puffer

putter

quitter

quiver

recur

reefer

refer

renner

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

rubber

rudder

rutter

schiller

scissor

scrubber

scupper

shearer

shimmer

shiner

shipper

shiver

shriner

shudder

shutter

sicker

signer

siller

simmer

sitter

skimmer

skipper

slicker

slipper

sliver

slugger

snicker

snuffer

spanner

stutter

suffer

spiller

sticker

supper

clincher

tanner

summer

tenor

splitter

stiller

swimmer

sinker

sputter

stripper

stuffer

stuffing

succor

sucker

ticker

shingler

tiller

timmer

trigger

trimmer

tripper

rinker

tucker

twitter

upper

tipper

titter

trucker

utter

vicar

vigor

willer

bunker

viner

whiner

wicker

zehner

zephyr

zipper

brother

crusher

fresher

gusher

hangar

spinster

stipend

feather

dexter

ganger

temblor

conger

butcher

minster

flesher

fletcher

teamster

seamster

hanger

heather

hedger

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

measure

mother

nether

nother

other

pleasure

pledger

pressure

pusher

rusher

smother

souther

stretcher

tether

thresher

treasure

usher

wanger

weather

whether

webster

partner

templar

bungler

youngster

texture

after

answer

bander

banter

bender

binder

blender

blinder

bluster

bouncer

bounder

brander

bulger

bumper

busker

buster

butler

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

censer

censor

center

centre

cleanser

cluster

conder

condor

corner

counter

coupler

culver

cumber

cutler

dancer

darner

dumper

duster

easter

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

feaster

felter

fender

fester

fielder

finder

flounder

fluster

founder

gander

garner

gelder

gender

grantor

grinder

grounder

guzzler

hander

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

horner

jester

jumper

kelter

lancer

lander

laughter

launder

lector

lender

lester

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

mander

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

minder

monsieur

mourner

mumper

muster

nectar

nestor

number

pander

panter

panzer

peddler

pester

pinder

planter

ponder

pounder

prancer

puzzler

rafter

rector

render

renter

rounder

rustler

santer

saunter

sceptre

sector

sender

senior

sensor

shelter

skelter

slander

slender

slumber

smelter

smuggler

sounder

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stander

stentor

stifler

stumper

sulphur

swelter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thumper

tranter

ulcer

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

vulgar

wander

warner

welder

welter

whitener

yonder

zander

bedpans

headband

juncture

puncture

stipends

anchor

anger

anker

banker

bencher

canker

censure

conjure

conquer

culture

denture

hanker

launcher

longer

panther

quencher

rancor

ranker

rupture

shanker

structure

trencher

venture

vulture

yonker

baxter

beaker

bearer

beater

becker

beggar

better

bettor

bever

boner

booker

dealer

debtor

decker

dieter

donor

drainer

dreamer

dresser

dweller

eager

earner

eater

eger

egger

error

getter

hearer

heater

heifer

emmer

gopher

healer

header

hemmer

hepper

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

leaver

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

beaver

breeder

burner

caesar

cedar

cellar

chauffeur

cheater

checker

cheddar

cipher

cleaver

clever

coffer

coiner

cooker

creamer

crooner

cypher

ever

feeder

feeler

feller

femur

ferrer

fetter

fifer

footer

freezer

fretter

forster

fever

fuller

gainer

gerner

hooker

jetter

griever

haver

monster

greaser

guesser

jaeger

joiner

juror

keeler

keeper

keever

kever

loafer

looker

bedpan

lunar

mainor

chandler

huckster

roadster

sampler

meter

metre

offer

sculptor

never

owner

peeler

pepper

holster

peter

petre

rambler

planer

pleaser

praetor

proffer

puller

reamer

pruner

sumpter

presser

reader

reaper

screamer

bolster

reaver

roofer

schemer

schooner

sealer

seeker

segar

seller

setter

sleeper

speeder

starer

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

surfer

ambler

sweater

sweeper

tuner

wafer

wearer

weaver

webber

weber

wheeler

wrecker

antler

sneaker

sooner

speaker

speller

gambler

spreader

squeaker

handler

steller

stoner

teaser

teeter

terror

tedder

teller

turner

hamster

lobster

waltzer

sharer

warbler

sever

tumbler

stemmer

ulster

sheller

stepper

sterner

streamer

sugar

trainer

treater

tremor

headbands

angler

bleacher

breather

creature

either

ether

feature

longspur

neither

peacher

preacher

sculpture

seizure

strangler

teacher

outbound

larkspur

advent

hidebound

oldster

briar

actor

ampere

bower

brier

cryer

alder

amber

pyre

sour

altar

dour

alter

drier

higher

arbor

choir

cower

crier

dryer

buyer

dire

hire

ardor

hour

power

prier

prior

scour

shower

sire

squier

trier

armor

flower

auster

eyer

flour

aster

babbler

flier

barter

boulter

camber

fire

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boxer

camper

carder

carper

carter

carver

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

charmer

cobbler

collier

colter

damper

darter

foister

folder

gaster

grolier

harder

harper

hostler

junior

martyr

flyer

marver

masker

master

friar

mire

asker

asper

balter

barber

barbre

barker

bolter

burglar

meer

tire

balder

wire

blaster

boarder

frier

captor

clamber

cloister

courser

dr.

farmer

fryer

charter

coaster

coster

coulter

courter

doctor

factor

failure

falter

faster

former

golfer

halter

hamper

holder

marker

tyer

foster

garter

harbor

havier

jasper

liar

larder

laster

mortar

moulder

order

ouster

oyster

painter

pamper

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

paster

pastor

plaster

pointer

polder

poplar

porker

porter

poster

poulter

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

raptor

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

salter

savior

scalper

scamper

shyster

snorter

tower

sharper

dyer

solver

freer

heer

shoulder

glower

sorter

straggler

tamper

tartar

tattler

our

stalder

stamper

starter

tasker

taster

taxer

toaster

toddler

torpor

tractor

walter

warder

warmer

waster

wilder

yorker

zoster

clothier

changer

danger

manger

granger

ranger

stranger

transfer

acer

adder

agar

aller

aver

bailer

acre

attar

auger

augur

backer

bailor

baker

batter

berber

birder

biter

blabber

bladder

blatter

bloomer

bobber

bolar

blazer

blotter

boiler

bomber

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

bracer

bragger

breaker

broiler

broker

browser

burgher

caller

calmer

caper

capper

cater

causer

chaser

chatter

chopper

chowder

cider

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

climber

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

collar

comber

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

cropper

crowder

cruiser

curler

cursor

dagger

dapper

daughter

diaper

dauber

diver

doubter

dropper

euchre

docker

dollar

draper

drover

driver

duper

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

fervor

fibre

fighter

filer

flapper

flatter

flavor

floater

fodder

fowler

gager

gaiter

framer

frater

freighter

geyser

girder

glamor

glamour

glazer

glider

glosser

gomer

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guider

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

hauler

hawker

herber

hider

homer

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jager

jagger

jailer

jobber

jogger

joker

kaiser

kercher

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

lager

laker

laser

later

latter

lauder

laugher

laver

lawyer

lazar

lighter

loader

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

luter

madder

maker

maser

masser

mater

matter

mazer

mercer

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mover

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

natter

neighbor

neuter

ochre

odor

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

over

pacer

packer

palmer

paper

passer

patter

pauper

paver

pewter

piper

placer

plater

platter

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

primer

proper

prowler

purser

quaker

quaver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

razor

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

rooter

reiter

roller

raver

roper

ruler

rumor

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

ryder

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scatter

scholar

scooper

scorer

scraper

scriber

server

shader

shaker

shatter

shaver

shooter

shopper

shriver

sider

siver

sizer

skater

skiver

slater

slatter

slaughter

slicer

slider

slobber

smatter

smoker

snapper

snider

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

souter

spader

spatter

spicer

spider

splatter

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

stagger

stalker

staller

stammer

stater

stiver

stocker

stoker

stopper

storer

striker

stroller

stupor

sucre

sutor

swagger

stover

suitor

super

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

taper

tapper

termer

thacker

thaler

tatter

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

traitor

trapper

trawler

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tutor

tyger

tyler

user

valor

vapor

verser

viper

visor

voter

wader

waiter

waiver

walker

waller

water

waver

whacker

whaler

whopper

wiper

worker

wrapper

writer

yachter

zocor

advance

author

azure

badger

bather

blather

bother

catcher

closure

cloture

crozier

dasher

dodger

father

flasher

further

future

gather

gauger

glacier

gouger

hatcher

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

major

mather

merger

nature

nurture

pager

perjure

poacher

rather

roger

rother

searcher

slasher

smasher

smoother

snatcher

stager

stature

suture

thatcher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

yager

advanced

capture

charger

scorcher

soldier

archer

barger

farther

forger

fracture

marcher

moisture

norther

pasture

posture

rapture

sparger

starcher

staving

stooping

stopping

torture

blower

boyer

brewer

chewer

brayer

ewer

fluor

foyer

grower

hewer

layer

mayor

mower

preyer

goer

knower

lower

oyer

payer

player

prayer

rower

sayer

sewer

skewer

slayer

sower

sprayer

stayer

strayer

thrower

viewer

yorkshire

3 syllable words

cliffhanger

aflutter

asunder

kindler

decliner

defaulter

discolor

discover

dissenter

effector

insular

londoner

midsummer

minister

offender

presenter

recliner

reformer

simpler

swindler

whisperer

buckler

commoner

coroner

creditor

decider

decipher

deliver

demeanor

divider

divisor

editor

elater

fastener

foreigner

forerunner

juggler

leviner

needler

officer

opener

professor

retainer

reveler

seafarer

senator

settler

shipowner

visitor

wagoner

wrestler

derringer

integer

messenger

pensioner

questioner

refresher

signature

stiffening

tinkler

desire

pillager

devour

villager

theatre

stationer

deflector

discounter

disfigure

dispenser

inductor

informer

insecure

kingfisher

midwinter

reflector

balancer

almoner

bewilder

bloodsucker

breadwinner

calendar

calender

cellular

december

deflator

detector

disaster

disfavor

disorder

colander

chidester

customer

dissolver

distiller

elector

elixir

erector

falconer

gardener

hardener

hollander

humbler

islander

lavender

licenser

predictor

pretender

recorder

regular

remainder

remember

reminder

reporter

issuer

restorer

revolver

secular

silencer

trumpeter

left-winger

pathfinder

singular

abler

adjuster

amateur

avenger

beefeater

belabor

beleaguer

bibler

bricklayer

challenger

connoisseur

corridor

debenture

degener

departure

dispatcher

empower

eraser

eyeliner

fishmonger

forfeiture

girdler

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

governor

idler

isomer

janitor

juniper

jupiter

latimer

licensure

massacre

meander

monitor

monomer

newcomer

oliver

orator

passenger

polymer

prefecture

rattler

reconquer

reenter

rejoinder

remover

repeater

saddler

scavenger

seducer

stabler

stapler

stepfather

stepmother

tabler

traveler

wherever

bachelor

purchaser

curvature

modular

muscular

catheter

manager

nodular

bookbinder

southerner

requester

encumber

shipbuilder

enforcer

norlander

sequester

worshiper

dishwasher

hitchhiker

importer

impostor

improper

quicksilver

suspender

carpenter

dismember

distemper

gibraltar

refractor

linear

jeweler

widower

retire

quieter

sapphire

sufferer

rioter

instructor

displeasure

exchanger

ringmaster

temperature

annular

bannister

bellflower

bookseller

canister

chancellor

circular

cocksucker

comforter

commenter

consular

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

destroyer

dictator

disposer

easterner

equator

forester

globular

granular

headwater

hereafter

highlander

jocular

jugular

kidnapper

latecomer

leftover

marketer

misnomer

performer

popular

recruiter

sleepwalker

stepdaughter

stepladder

stonecutter

sweetwater

tubular

westerner

woodpecker

explorer

exporter

extender

dowager

voyager

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

bellwether

dangler

forefather

freeholder

glandular

godfather

godmother

recapture

ringleader

spangler

tablature

wrangler

bonfire

howitzer

hinderer

safflower

highflier

mayflower

detailer

reviewer

entire

reactor

retailer

surrender

survivor

require

conveyer

conveyor

curator

empire

narrator

reliever

reorder

abductor

bartender

bystander

complainer

copartner

detractor

disclaimer

embroider

espalier

hairdresser

hardcover

harvester

outnumber

prescriber

september

sharecropper

shoplifter

sidewinder

tormentor

vascular

finisher

another

flycatcher

denature

furniture

lecturer

sojourner

stockinger

punisher

adventure

angular

bedchamber

disclosure

exchequer

exposure

grandfather

grandmother

rathskeller

shareholder

warmonger

attire

creator

farrier

ferrier

harasser

harrier

kayaker

marauder

meteor

narrower

offerer

pannier

perrier

rentier

satire

terrier

admirer

adviser

announcer

attainder

backpacker

backwater

bagpiper

banister

bargainer

barrister

bookkeeper

bookmaker

breakwater

transformer

bulldozer

campaigner

character

chronicler

commander

coneflower

connecter

connector

consider

conspire

consumer

container

converter

dressmaker

employer

emptier

enquire

endeavor

familiar

gunpowder

innkeeper

invader

landowner

incisor

insider

manicure

peacemaker

outrider

outsider

peacekeeper

pedicure

philander

rebuilder

reclaimer

spectator

rescuer

retriever

sinister

sunflower

thereafter

typewriter

uncover

wallflower

wildfire

coauthor

treasurer

digester

adventures

northerner

register

publisher

matchmaker

birdwatcher

inhaler

insurer

acquire

advancer

assessor

attacker

auditor

believer

bipolar

blockader

broadcaster

cadaver

collider

condenser

conductor

configure

conifer

contender

controller

cornflower

crossover

crusader

cynosure

debater

director

emperor

enamor

encounter

endorser

engraver

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Words that rhyme with the word stiffener

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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