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

answer

bander

banter

blunder

brander

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

cinder

concur

confer

dancer

elder

ember

esker

ester

failure

felter

fester

figure

gander

gelder

grantor

hander

havier

hector

helper

herder

hesper

hinder

hunter

incur

infer

inter

jester

junior

kelter

lancer

lander

lector

lester

mander

medlar

member

mester

mincer

minter

monsieur

nectar

nestor

painter

pander

panter

panzer

peddler

pester

planter

plunder

prancer

printer

punter

rector

santer

savior

sceptre

sector

senior

shelter

skelter

slander

smelter

spectre

splinter

sprinter

stander

sunder

swelter

temper

tester

thunder

tinder

tranter

under

vector

vesper

welder

welter

winder

windsor

winter

wonder

zander

banner

bearer

becker

beggar

better

bettor

bever

burner

cellar

checker

cheddar

clever

debtor

decker

dinner

drainer

dresser

dweller

earner

egger

emmer

error

ever

feller

ferrer

fetter

fretter

gainer

gerner

getter

guesser

gunner

haver

header

hemmer

hepper

inner

jaeger

jetter

kever

learner

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

mainor

manner

manor

never

pepper

petre

pinner

planer

planner

presser

runner

seller

setter

sever

sharer

sheller

sinner

skinner

spanner

speller

spinner

spreader

starer

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

stunner

sweater

tanner

tedder

teller

terror

thinner

trainer

tremor

turner

wearer

webber

weber

winner

wrecker

zephyr

anchor

anger

anker

banker

belcher

bunker

canker

changer

clincher

danger

drinker

dunker

finger

gesture

ginger

granger

hanker

hunger

hunker

injure

junker

lecture

linger

manger

monger

panther

pincher

plunger

rancor

ranger

ranker

rinker

shanker

shingler

sinker

stranger

thinker

tinker

welcher

winker

younger

younker

brayer

layer

mayor

payer

player

prayer

preyer

sayer

slayer

sprayer

stayer

strayer

temblor

templar

minster

feather

chandler

flesher

dexter

transfer

ganger

inure

fletcher

vintner

fresher

webster

hangar

hanger

heather

antler

hedger

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

lunger

measure

nether

pleasure

pledger

pressure

ringer

singer

one-year

stinger

stringer

treasure

wanger

whether

winger

handler

weather

wringer

spinster

slinger

springer

stretcher

swinger

tether

thresher

actor

after

amber

ampere

angler

asker

asper

aster

babbler

binder

blaster

blinder

blister

bluster

bouncer

bounder

builder

bulger

bumper

bungler

burglar

busker

buster

butler

camber

camper

captor

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

clamber

cluster

collier

conder

condor

counter

coupler

crisper

culver

cumber

cutler

damper

dinar

dumper

duster

factor

faster

filter

finder

flounder

fluster

founder

gaster

gilder

grinder

grolier

grounder

guilder

guzzler

hamper

henry

jasper

jumper

kilter

lanier

laster

laughter

launder

lifter

limber

lister

lumber

lumper

luster

lustre

manure

masker

master

minder

mister

mixer

mr.

muffler

mumper

muster

number

pamper

paster

pastor

pilfer

pinder

plaster

pointer

ponder

pounder

puzzler

quilter

rafter

raptor

riddler

rounder

rustler

saunter

scalper

scamper

scribbler

scrivener

shifter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

sister

slumber

smuggler

sounder

sphincter

sponsor

sprinkler

squander

stamper

straggler

strangler

strickler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

swifter

switzer

tamper

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

texture

thruster

thumper

timber

timbre

tractor

twister

ulcer

veneer

victor

vulgar

wander

waster

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

yonder

youngster

conjure

conquer

puncture

longer

clothier

culture

launcher

picture

stricture

vulture

juncture

yonker

scripture

structure

rupture

tincture

pilcher

acer

acre

adder

agar

attar

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

batter

berber

bicker

bidder

bigger

birder

bitter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

blubber

bluffer

boner

booker

bowyer

bracer

bragger

brawner

breaker

brimmer

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

butter

buzzer

caper

capper

cater

chaser

chatter

chipper

chitter

clamor

clamour

clapper

clatter

cleaner

clearer

clicker

clipper

clutter

coiner

color

colour

comer

conner

cooker

cover

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

critter

crooner

crowner

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

dagger

dapper

defer

demur

deter

dicker

differ

digger

diner

dipper

donar

donor

downer

draper

driller

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

facer

fader

faker

favor

fervor

filler

finer

fitter

flapper

flatter

flavor

flicker

flipper

flutter

footer

framer

frater

freighter

fritter

fucker

fuller

gager

gaiter

girder

giver

glamor

glamour

glazer

glimmer

glitter

glover

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

gripper

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

herber

hitter

honor

honour

hooker

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jager

jagger

jailer

joiner

juror

keener

kercher

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

laser

later

latter

laver

lawyer

lazar

licker

limmer

liner

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

looker

lover

lubber

lunar

madder

maker

maser

masser

matter

mazer

mercer

miller

miner

minor

mirror

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nipper

nutter

occur

owner

pacer

packer

paper

passer

patter

paver

picker

pillar

piller

placer

plater

platter

plover

plucker

plumber

prater

prefer

pruner

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

putter

quaker

quaver

quitter

quiver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rapper

rater

raver

razor

recur

refer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

ripper

river

rubber

rudder

rutter

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

sapper

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scatter

schiller

schooner

scissor

scraper

scrubber

scupper

server

shader

shaker

shatter

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shiner

shipper

shiver

shriner

shudder

shutter

sicker

signer

siller

simmer

sitter

skater

skimmer

skipper

slater

slatter

slicker

slipper

sliver

slugger

smatter

snapper

snicker

snuffer

sooner

spader

spatter

spiller

splatter

splitter

sputter

stagger

stammer

stater

sticker

stiller

stoner

stripper

stuffer

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

supper

surfer

swagger

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

tamer

taper

tapper

tatter

termer

thacker

thaler

ticker

tiller

timmer

tipper

titter

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

traitor

trapper

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trucker

tucker

tuner

twitter

upper

utter

valor

vapor

verser

vicar

vigor

viner

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

whacker

whaler

whiner

wicker

willer

worker

wrapper

zipper

huckster

rambler

hipster

monster

quipster

ambler

baxter

demure

gambler

hamster

sampler

sculptor

senor

sumpter

tipster

trickster

tumbler

ulster

mother

hatcher

badger

blather

brother

major

slasher

usher

zither

butcher

conger

fisher

fissure

flasher

azure

further

gather

glacier

mather

gauger

gusher

merger

rusher

searcher

whither

wisher

wither

wager

yager

bather

crusher

catcher

dasher

hither

lasher

lather

nature

nother

nurture

other

pager

perjure

pitcher

pusher

rather

slither

smasher

smither

smother

snatcher

souther

stager

stature

thatcher

thither

boyer

briar

brier

buyer

choir

crier

cryer

dire

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

fixture

flier

flyer

foyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

heer

higher

hire

liar

longspur

meer

mire

mixture

oyer

prier

prior

pyre

sculpture

sire

squier

tire

trier

tyer

wire

alder

altar

alter

amir

arbor

ardor

armor

auster

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barter

booster

bottler

boulder

barker

boarder

bolter

border

boulter

boxer

carder

carper

carter

carver

charmer

charter

cloister

coaster

cobbler

colter

corner

coster

coulter

courser

courter

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

easter

falter

farmer

feaster

fielder

foister

folder

former

foster

garner

garter

golfer

halter

harbor

harder

harper

holder

horner

hostler

larder

marker

martyr

marver

mortar

moulder

mourner

order

ouster

oyster

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

porker

polder

poplar

porter

poster

poulter

proctor

prosper

psalter

quarter

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

salter

sharper

shoulder

shyster

snorter

solver

stalder

sorter

starter

stifler

tartar

toaster

toddler

torpor

walter

warder

warmer

warner

whitener

wilder

yorker

zoster

capture

pasture

fracture

rapture

aller

auger

augur

beaker

beater

beaver

biter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bolster

bomber

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

breeder

broiler

broker

browser

caesar

caller

calmer

causer

cedar

chauffeur

cheater

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

cleaver

climber

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

coffer

collar

comber

cooler

cooper

cooter

copper

cotter

cougar

crawler

creamer

croaker

crocker

croker

cropper

crowder

cruiser

cypher

dauber

daughter

dealer

diaper

dieter

diver

docker

dollar

doubter

dreamer

driver

dropper

drover

duper

eager

eater

eger

euchre

faller

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

floater

fodder

forster

fowler

freezer

geyser

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

greaser

griever

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

guider

hauler

hawker

healer

hearer

heater

heifer

hider

holster

homer

hooper

hooter

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jobber

jogger

joker

kaiser

keeler

keeper

keever

lager

lauder

laugher

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

lighter

loader

loafer

lobster

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

luter

mater

meter

metre

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mover

neuter

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

over

palmer

partner

pauper

peeler

peter

pewter

piper

pleaser

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

popper

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

praetor

primer

proffer

proper

prowler

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

reefer

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

roadster

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

ruler

rumor

ryder

saucer

schemer

scholar

scooper

scorer

screamer

scriber

sealer

seamster

seeker

segar

shooter

shopper

shriver

sider

siver

sizer

skiver

slaughter

sleeper

slicer

slider

slobber

smoker

sneaker

snider

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

souter

speaker

speeder

spicer

spider

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

stalker

staller

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

stiver

stocker

stoker

stopper

storer

stover

streamer

striker

stroller

stupor

sucre

suitor

super

sutor

sweeper

talker

teamster

teaser

teeter

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

topper

totter

trawler

treater

trooper

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tutor

tyger

tyler

user

viper

visor

voter

walker

waller

waltzer

warbler

water

weaver

wheeler

whopper

wiper

writer

yachter

zocor

breather

feature

gouger

bleacher

hoosier

roger

rother

teacher

author

bother

creature

dodger

ether

father

kosher

neither

peacher

smoother

voucher

washer

watcher

closure

cloture

crozier

either

future

seizure

suture

poacher

preacher

larkspur

oldster

amour

genre

ewer

knower

archer

farther

flour

flower

fluor

mower

our

shower

skewer

soldier

sour

moisture

sparger

starcher

sower

viewer

norther

forger

brewer

scorcher

blower

posture

bower

chewer

goer

torture

dour

grower

barger

cower

charger

glower

hewer

hour

lower

power

rower

scour

sewer

thrower

tower

marcher

somewhere

yorkshire

3 syllable words

anywhere

conveyer

conveyor

empire

enamor

entire

fancier

narrator

senator

surrender

whenever

assayer

attire

barrier

brazier

carrier

desire

earlier

genera

glazier

grazier

narrower

purveyor

rapier

sapphire

satire

surveyor

denature

currier

courier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

annular

commenter

conspire

endanger

container

balancer

calendar

calender

cellular

defender

dissenter

dressmaker

employer

emptier

enquire

granular

incisor

innkeeper

insider

invader

lavender

manicure

offender

pedicure

penury

presenter

pretender

regular

rescuer

secular

spectator

transpire

acquire

ammeter

avenger

belabor

beleaguer

believer

bonfire

brainpower

bricklayer

challenger

collider

crabeater

creditor

curator

debater

debenture

decider

decipher

degener

derringer

director

divider

divisor

editor

elater

emperor

eraser

fastener

hanover

haymaker

hinderer

inhaler

janitor

leviner

mariner

matchmaker

meander

messenger

passenger

pensioner

provider

quagmire

ratepayer

receiver

reenter

repeater

reveler

ringleader

scavenger

settler

slanderer

supplier

survivor

turnover

umpire

vinegar

wagoner

wherever

wrestler

bandleader

bartender

condenser

configure

contender

dispenser

encumber

enforcer

enquirer

espalier

insecure

engraver

inquirer

inventor

sandpaper

suspender

tormentor

translator

cottier

cozier

arranger

finisher

cannery

catheter

copier

forever

another

furniture

gunnery

bachelor

hangover

memory

procedure

devour

emery

harasser

marauder

meteor

soothsayer

nunnery

punisher

purchaser

stationer

however

retire

achiever

churchgoer

jayhawker

warrior

lecturer

worshiper

pursuer

rosier

whoever

manager

widower

teenager

adventure

angular

bedchamber

enchanter

enclosure

engender

enhancer

enrapture

indenture

pathfinder

singular

abuser

accuser

admirer

adviser

announcer

bookkeeper

bookmaker

chancellor

character

circular

colander

collector

commander

commuter

compiler

connecter

connector

consider

consumer

converter

cylinder

december

deflator

destroyer

detector

dictator

disfavor

islander

kidnapper

kindler

landowner

leftover

licenser

londoner

minister

misnomer

molester

muckraker

november

pacemaker

painkiller

philander

swindler

taxpayer

thereafter

trimester

unaware

uncover

issuer

westerner

unwary

asunder

attainder

banister

bannister

barrister

breadwinner

canister

equator

erector

falconer

familiar

gamekeeper

gunpowder

handover

headwater

highlander

hollander

protector

protester

remainder

remember

semester

silencer

sinister

stepdaughter

treasurer

stepladder

sunflower

appraiser

bagpiper

bellflower

effector

elector

embitter

endeavor

glassmaker

granddaughter

insular

extender

transcriber

behavior

bellwether

changeover

digester

glandular

grasshopper

insurer

integer

jackhammer

licensure

prefecture

projector

questioner

burrower

rejoinder

stepmother

stepfather

register

signature

tinkler

abler

amateur

assessor

attacker

beefeater

beginner

buckler

cadaver

cochlear

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

courtier

crowkeeper

cynosure

deliver

demeanor

deserter

designer

dishonor

empower

fiddler

foreigner

forerunner

girdler

governor

harrower

havener

highflier

howitzer

juggler

juniper

latimer

launderer

listener

littler

macabre

massacre

mayflower

milliner

moniker

monitor

monomer

nuclear

opener

outlier

pacesetter

passover

pickler

pioneer

plasterer

polluter

possessor

potboiler

preparer

prisoner

producer

professor

promoter

propeller

rattler

reactor

reasoner

recover

refiner

reliever

remover

require

retainer

reviewer

saddler

safflower

saltier

seafarer

seducer

shipowner

shuffler

similar

softener

stabler

stapler

stickler

stiffener

sweetener

tabler

takeover

trafficker

traveler

visitor

wanderer

whatever

abductor

advancer

ancestor

assembler

bookbinder

bystander

carpenter

computer

conductor

controller

deflector

disclaimer

discounter

disfigure

dismember

distemper

embroider

encounter

endorser

enlarger

freethinker

hairdresser

hitchhiker

indexer

inductor

informer

intruder

investor

lamplighter

lancaster

manslaughter

midwinter

kingfisher

minesweeper

muscular

nonmember

norlander

peculiar

posterior

prospector

reflector

requester

sandbagger

september

sequester

sharecropper

stepsister

transistor

transmitter

vascular

conjuror

conqueror

curvature

kitchener

modular

nodular

pillager

sojourner

southerner

stockinger

titular

together

villager

wrongdoer

forefinger

exchequer

frankfurter

grandfather

grandmother

harbinger

inclosure

objector

ringmaster

stakeholder

shareholder

temperature

injector

left-winger

batterer

finery

almoner

borrower

backpacker

backwater

breakwater

bulldozer

defaulter

disaster

rioter

bloodsucker

decliner

mammary

bargainer

discolor

honoree

distiller

doorkeeper

caterer

jeweler

joinery

disorder

discover

follower

disposer

dissolver

binary

kayaker

quieter

dulcimer

easterner

gardener

hardener

laborer

murderer

elixir

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Words that rhyme with the word tenure

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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