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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word theatre.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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2 syllable words

bleacher

breather

creature

either

ether

feature

neither

peacher

preacher

seizure

teacher

thither

seamster

teamster

blister

bluster

buster

butler

cloister

cluster

cutler

duster

fielder

filter

fluster

foister

hunter

inter

kilter

lifter

lister

luster

lustre

minter

mister

mr.

muster

oyster

painter

pointer

printer

punter

quilter

roister

senior

shifter

shyster

sister

splinter

sprinter

swifter

switzer

taster

thruster

twister

victor

waster

winter

attar

batter

beaker

beaver

better

bettor

bicker

bidder

bigger

biter

blatter

blotter

blubber

bluffer

breeder

brimmer

buffer

bugger

bummer

buzzer

caesar

cater

cedar

chatter

chipper

clatter

cleaner

clearer

cleaver

clicker

clipper

color

colour

comer

cotter

cover

crater

creamer

culler

daughter

dealer

debtor

defer

demur

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

doubter

dreamer

driller

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

eager

eger

feeder

feeler

femur

fetter

fever

fighter

filler

flatter

flicker

flipper

footer

frater

freezer

freighter

fretter

fucker

gaiter

getter

giver

glimmer

glover

grater

greaser

griever

gripper

gunner

hater

hatter

healer

hearer

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

inner

jetter

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

later

latter

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

letter

licker

lighter

limmer

liqueur

liquor

liver

loiter

lover

lubber

mater

matter

miller

mirror

mugger

muller

natter

nearer

nigger

nimmer

nipper

occur

otter

outer

patter

peeler

petre

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

plater

platter

pleaser

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

potter

pouter

powter

prater

prefer

pucker

puffer

quiver

rater

reader

reamer

reaper

reaver

recur

reefer

refer

reiter

ricker

ridder

ripper

rubber

righter

rigor

rimmer

river

rudder

runner

screamer

scrubber

scupper

sealer

seeker

scissor

schemer

schiller

scatter

segar

setter

shatter

shearer

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shudder

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

skater

skimmer

skinner

skipper

slater

slatter

slaughter

sleeper

slicker

slipper

sliver

slugger

smatter

sneaker

snicker

snuffer

spatter

speaker

speeder

spiller

spinner

splatter

spotter

squatter

squeaker

stater

stealer

steamer

steeler

steeper

sticker

stiller

streamer

stripper

stuffer

stunner

succor

sucker

suffer

summer

supper

sweater

sweeper

swimmer

tatter

teaser

thinner

ticker

tighter

tiller

timmer

tipper

totter

traitor

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trotter

vicar

vigor

trucker

tucker

upper

waiter

water

weaver

writer

yachter

zipper

wheeler

wicker

willer

winner

author

bather

brother

crusher

fisher

fissure

freer

gauger

glacier

gusher

heer

hipster

hither

huckster

lunger

major

meer

minster

mother

nature

nother

other

pager

pitcher

quipster

ringer

rother

rusher

sculptor

singer

slinger

slither

smither

smother

souther

spinster

springer

stager

stinger

stringer

sumpter

swinger

tipster

trickster

ulster

usher

vintner

wager

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

actor

aster

auster

booster

bumper

busker

caster

blunder

bolter

bottler

bulger

castor

center

charter

cinder

colter

concur

banter

blinder

canter

altar

balter

barter

captor

alter

chamber

coaster

betray

binder

builder

carter

centre

chapter

after

blaster

boulter

cantor

confer

coupler

courter

cumber

darter

doctor

dr.

enter

fester

culver

factor

failure

falter

faster

felter

foster

coster

counter

detour

ester

figure

coulter

crisper

dumper

finder

garter

gaster

grinder

halter

guilder

guitar

guzzler

hector

hinder

sphincter

gilder

grantor

jumper

incur

infer

jester

kelter

martyr

master

mentor

mester

metier

midair

mincer

minder

mitre

mixer

monsieur

mortar

muffler

mumper

nectar

nestor

nitro

pinder

riddler

roaster

rooster

roster

rustler

salter

santer

saunter

savior

sceptre

scribbler

scrivener

sector

shelter

shrimper

sickler

silver

simper

skelter

slumber

strickler

smelter

smuggler

snorter

sorter

spectre

starter

stentor

stifler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swelter

tartar

tattler

tester

thumper

thunder

timber

toaster

tractor

tranter

ulcer

under

vector

venter

whisper

zoster

laster

laughter

lector

lester

limber

lumber

lumper

number

ouster

panter

paster

pastor

pester

pilfer

planter

plaster

plunder

porter

poster

poulter

proctor

psalter

renter

puzzler

quarter

retry

youngster

rafter

raptor

rector

retire

timbre

vulgar

welter

whimper

whitener

winder

walter

whisker

whistler

wilder

tinder

windsor

wonder

bunker

changer

clincher

clothier

culture

danger

drinker

dunker

finger

ginger

granger

hunger

hunker

injure

junker

linger

manger

moisture

monger

picture

pilcher

pincher

plunger

panther

ranger

rinker

rupture

scripture

shingler

sinker

stranger

stricture

thinker

structure

tinker

vulture

winker

younger

younker

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

bearer

becker

beggar

bever

boiler

booker

bracer

breaker

broiler

caper

cellar

chaser

checker

cheddar

cider

cipher

clever

climber

error

ever

facer

fader

faker

favor

feller

ferrer

fibre

fifer

filer

finer

haver

header

heifer

hemmer

hepper

hider

hooker

hooter

jaeger

jager

jailer

joiner

juror

kaiser

kever

labor

labour

laker

laser

laver

lazar

acre

acer

agar

cooker

cooter

craker

craver

cypher

decker

diaper

diver

drainer

diner

draper

dresser

driver

flavor

framer

geyser

glazer

grader

graver

grazer

fuller

gager

gainer

glider

coiner

dweller

emmer

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

lever

blazer

liner

egger

floater

guesser

guider

looker

looter

luter

mainor

maker

presser

primer

puller

quaker

quaver

raider

raiser

raker

raver

razor

renner

rhymer

rider

rimer

racer

riser

rotor

router

sabre

scriber

scraper

ryder

savor

scalar

spoiler

sailer

sailor

saker

saver

rooter

spreader

tabor

tailor

tenor

tiger

terror

timer

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

viner

viper

visor

taker

taber

tamer

taper

tedder

teller

tremor

tutor

tyger

tyler

vapor

voter

maser

motor

never

miser

oiler

paper

mazer

miner

minor

nadir

namer

neighbor

neuter

pacer

paver

penner

shaker

pepper

pewter

piper

planer

seller

sever

shader

sharer

shaver

sheller

shiner

shooter

shriner

shriver

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skiver

slicer

slider

snider

souter

spader

speller

spicer

spider

starer

steller

stemmer

stepper

stiver

striker

sugar

suitor

sutor

thaler

wader

wafer

waiver

waver

wearer

weber

whaler

webber

whiner

wiper

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

antler

baxter

bolster

centner

dexter

forster

hamster

holster

lobster

monster

partner

roadster

tumbler

waltzer

webster

azure

badger

blather

bother

butcher

catcher

closure

cloture

crozier

dasher

dodger

father

feather

flasher

flesher

fletcher

fresher

further

future

gather

gouger

hatcher

heather

hedger

hoosier

kosher

lasher

lather

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

mather

measure

merger

nether

nurture

perjure

searcher

tether

pusher

rather

stature

stretcher

pleasure

pressure

smasher

smoother

snatcher

poacher

suture

pledger

roger

slasher

thatcher

watcher

treasure

voucher

whether

weather

thresher

washer

bungler

fixture

mixture

sculpture

sprinkler

crier

cower

dire

brayer

briar

brier

choir

dour

buyer

bower

boyer

dyer

eyer

cryer

dryer

drier

fire

flier

flour

flower

foyer

friar

frier

glower

hour

liar

mayor

fryer

higher

hire

layer

mire

our

payer

player

power

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

sayer

scour

shower

sire

slayer

sour

sprayer

squier

stayer

strayer

tire

tower

trier

wire

flyer

oyer

tyer

puncture

adar

adore

alder

amber

ampere

answer

arbor

ardor

armor

asker

asper

babbler

balder

bander

barber

barbre

barker

blender

oldster

bender

boarder

border

boulder

bouncer

bounder

boxer

brander

burglar

camber

camper

cancer

candor

carder

carper

carver

censer

censor

charmer

clamber

cleanser

cobbler

conder

condor

corner

courser

damper

dancer

darner

elder

ember

farmer

fender

folder

ender

esker

flounder

former

founder

gander

garner

gelder

gender

golfer

hamper

grounder

hander

harbor

harder

hellier

helper

juncture

herder

holder

harper

hesper

horner

jasper

lander

larder

tincture

hostler

lancer

launder

lender

mander

marker

marver

masker

medlar

member

moulder

mourner

order

pamper

pander

panzer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

peddler

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

pounder

prancer

prosper

radar

render

rounder

scalper

scamper

sender

sensor

sharper

shoulder

slander

slender

solver

sounder

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stalder

stamper

stander

straggler

tamper

tasker

taxer

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

toddler

torpor

vendor

vesper

wander

warder

warmer

warner

welder

yonder

yorker

zander

anchor

anger

anker

archer

banker

barger

belcher

bencher

canker

capture

censure

charger

conjure

conquer

denture

farther

forger

fracture

gesture

hanker

launcher

lecture

longer

marcher

mature

norther

pasture

posture

quencher

rancor

ranker

rapture

scorcher

shanker

soldier

sparger

starcher

torture

trencher

venture

welcher

yonker

bobber

bomber

ambler

temblor

birder

bolar

outdoor

banner

gambler

templar

adder

backer

berber

blabber

bladder

bloomer

boner

boomer

boozer

coffer

rambler

borer

bowler

bowyer

causer

cocker

collar

comber

transfer

conner

cursor

dagger

dapper

dauber

donor

downer

dropper

drover

duper

faller

fervor

fowler

gerner

girder

glamor

homer

honor

handler

glamour

glosser

herber

honour

warbler

aller

auger

augur

bragger

brawner

broker

browser

burgher

burner

caller

calmer

capper

clamor

chauffeur

chopper

chowder

clamour

clapper

clobber

closer

clover

cooler

cooper

copper

cougar

cracker

crammer

crawler

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowder

crowner

cruiser

curler

docker

dollar

donar

earner

euchre

flapper

fodder

gomer

gopher

grabber

grammar

grammer

grocer

groomer

groover

grouper

hacker

hammer

hauler

hawker

hooper

hoover

hopper

horror

howler

humor

humour

jagger

jobber

jogger

joker

kercher

lacquer

ladder

lager

lauder

laugher

lawyer

learner

loader

loafer

locker

logger

looper

loper

loser

luger

lunar

madder

manner

manor

masser

mercer

moder

mouser

mover

murder

murmur

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

omer

over

owner

packer

palmer

passer

pauper

placer

planner

poker

pooler

popper

polar

poser

powder

proffer

proper

prowler

pruner

purser

racker

rammer

rapper

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

roper

roser

rouser

rover

ruler

rumor

sadder

sapper

saucer

sawyer

scholar

schooner

scooper

scorer

shopper

smoker

snorer

sober

soder

solar

solder

server

slobber

snapper

sooner

chandler

soaker

spanner

squalor

stalker

sampler

stagger

staller

stammer

sterner

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

stroller

stupor

sucre

super

surfer

swagger

tacker

talker

tanner

tapper

termer

thacker

toller

topper

tracker

trapper

trawler

trooper

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

turner

user

valor

verser

walker

waller

whacker

whopper

worker

wrapper

zocor

adhere

angler

longspur

strangler

texture

yorkshire

conger

ganger

hangar

hanger

wanger

larkspur

collier

couture

grolier

havier

junior

padre

redraw

stairway

hydra

hydro

pedro

blower

brewer

chewer

ewer

fluor

goer

grower

hewer

knower

lower

mower

rower

sewer

skewer

sower

thrower

viewer

boudoir

quadra

starry

storey

story

cadre

tawdry

3 syllable words

voyager

minister

sweetwater

abler

amateur

beefeater

bibler

creditor

editor

elater

fiddler

howitzer

idler

isomer

janitor

jupiter

listener

littler

meander

monitor

orator

pacesetter

pickler

preparer

prisoner

recover

reorder

seafarer

senator

similar

stabler

stapler

stickler

stiffener

tabler

vinegar

visitor

meteor

kayaker

jittery

jeweler

buttery

attire

inductor

catheter

kitchener

detractor

stationer

titular

aflutter

annular

bannister

breakwater

canister

cellular

chidester

circular

coauthor

cylinder

defaulter

disaster

discolor

discover

dissenter

dowager

easterner

effector

elector

erector

forester

globular

granular

hereafter

insular

islander

jocular

jugular

kindler

latecomer

licenser

marketer

midsummer

popular

predictor

presenter

rebuilder

regular

reminder

reporter

secular

silencer

simpler

singular

sinister

sleepwalker

stonecutter

swindler

trimester

trumpeter

tubular

typewriter

whisperer

adjuster

beachcomber

beholder

digester

freeholder

integer

licensure

prefecture

recapture

reconquer

signature

tinkler

dishonor

eyeliner

director

entire

forerunner

foreigner

fastener

girdler

gossiper

gossamer

gobbler

juggler

lucifer

massacre

mariner

latimer

juniper

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

corridor

poetry

polluter

polymer

promoter

rattler

reliever

repeater

require

whatever

wagoner

attacker

auditor

buckler

retailer

settler

shuffler

saddler

ammeter

retainer

reviewer

reveler

softener

traveler

cynosure

crabeater

debater

opener

oliver

monomer

wrestler

detailer

officer

newcomer

abductor

carpenter

conductor

deflector

discounter

encounter

freethinker

gibraltar

harvester

importer

impostor

insecure

inventor

investor

midwinter

muscular

prescriber

reflector

requester

sequester

vascular

batterer

battery

caterer

desire

worshiper

devour

teenager

forever

harasser

however

instructor

lottery

marauder

modular

nodular

pottery

manager

procedure

purchaser

rentier

jayhawker

satire

flycatcher

another

bachelor

sauter

denature

sufferer

curvature

waterer

watery

whoever

widower

angular

injector

ringmaster

bloodsucker

calender

cheeseburger

character

chancellor

calendar

collector

colander

cocksucker

comforter

connector

connecter

commenter

commuter

consular

container

converter

councilor

counsellor

dictator

counselor

cucumber

customer

deflator

destroyer

detector

disorder

dissolver

distiller

embitter

equator

falconer

kidnapper

lavender

londoner

molester

outfitter

painkiller

peacekeeper

peacemaker

pilaster

pretender

procurer

protector

protester

reclaimer

recorder

recruiter

restorer

reformer

remainder

retriever

revolver

semester

aglitter

backwater

humbler

highlander

almoner

banister

balancer

barrister

granddaughter

hollander

hardener

adapter

aquifer

stepdaughter

asunder

adopter

attainder

headwater

gardener

arbiter

supporter

thereafter

vibrator

uncover

exporter

inspector

issuer

dangler

behavior

challenger

changeover

derringer

forfeiture

departure

glandular

godmother

dispatcher

messenger

passenger

pensioner

projector

questioner

register

rejoinder

scavenger

spangler

stepmother

tablature

wrangler

courier

currier

furrier

spurrier

worrier

acquire

assessor

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

believer

bipolar

brainpower

bricklayer

cadaver

collider

conveyer

conveyor

crowkeeper

curator

datura

decider

decipher

degener

deliver

demeanor

deserter

designer

divider

divisor

empower

enamor

eraser

firepower

flypaper

governor

havener

haymaker

highflier

hinderer

locator

macabre

mayflower

milliner

moniker

narrator

outlier

patera

plasterer

possessor

precursor

preserver

producer

professor

propeller

provider

ratepayer

receiver

refiner

remover

reverser

seducer

shipowner

supplier

surrender

takeover

trafficker

umpire

waterway

ancestor

broadcaster

bystander

cliffhanger

computer

contender

controller

copartner

dishwasher

endorser

hardcover

refractor

schoolmaster

lamplighter

lancaster

prospector

shoplifter

distemper

encumber

forecaster

improper

informer

intruder

manslaughter

sidewinder

constructor

stepsister

tormentor

transistor

transmitter

upholster

enlarger

nutcracker

outfielder

newscaster

hindquarter

norlander

outnumber

punisher

finisher

stockinger

achiever

researcher

villager

churchgoer

furniture

soothsayer

southerner

arranger

pillager

together

grandmother

objector

enchanter

sharpshooter

stakeholder

temperature

abuser

accuser

aggressor

announcer

appraiser

armiger

backpacker

bargainer

barrier

bewilder

bookkeeper

borrower

brazier

carrier

chronicler

commander

compiler

composer

consider

conspire

consumer

contractor

copier

costumer

coterie

cottier

cozier

december

decliner

defender

disfavor

disposer

doorkeeper

dulcimer

earlier

elixir

endeavor

enquire

explorer

familiar

farrier

ferrier

fishmonger

follower

gamekeeper

glazier

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Words that rhyme with the word theatre

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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