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

abhor

abor

acer

abra

acre

actor

adder

afar

affair

afire

after

agar

aller

alder

altar

alter

amber

anger

ambler

ampere

anker

angler

anchor

answer

appear

antler

asper

asker

arbor

armor

attar

ardor

archer

aster

auger

augur

azure

babbler

aver

backer

author

auster

badger

bailer

bailor

baker

balder

balter

bander

banner

banter

banker

barber

barbre

barger

barker

canter

batter

bather

beaker

beater

beaver

baxter

before

bender

berber

belcher

bencher

bicker

bidder

bigger

binder

birder

bitter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blather

blaster

biter

blazer

bleacher

blender

blubber

bluffer

blister

blunder

bluster

bloomer

blotter

bobber

blinder

blower

boarder

boiler

bolar

bomber

bolster

bolter

boner

booker

bother

bracer

boomer

barter

bragger

boozer

borer

booster

border

bottler

brayer

boulder

breaker

bowler

bowyer

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

boyer

brander

boulter

brawner

brier

brimmer

broker

browser

buffer

bugger

broiler

camper

breeder

breather

brewer

briar

brother

bummer

builder

bumper

burgher

bulger

bunker

burglar

bungler

burner

butter

buzzer

butcher

busker

buster

butler

caesar

buyer

caller

cancer

calmer

camber

candor

canker

cantor

captor

capture

capra

capri

carper

carder

cater

carter

catcher

caster

castor

causer

cedar

censer

censor

carver

censure

center

centre

chapter

centner

chamber

changer

chandler

charger

charmer

charter

chaser

chatter

chitter

chopper

chauffeur

cheater

chewer

choir

cutter

chowder

cider

cinder

cleanser

clamor

clamour

clatter

clearer

clamber

cleaner

cleaver

clicker

clutter

cluster

cipher

clincher

clothier

climber

clobber

closer

clover

closure

cloture

cloister

coaster

cutler

cobbler

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

collier

color

colour

comer

comber

colter

cobra

damper

concur

cougar

conder

confer

condor

coulter

conjure

conner

conger

conquer

cooker

cooper

copper

cooler

cooter

copra

corner

cotter

coster

counter

critter

courser

courter

crier

coupler

cover

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

cower

crawler

creamer

cropper

crisper

crusher

culler

crocker

croker

crooner

crowder

crowner

cruiser

creature

crozier

culver

culture

curler

cryer

cumber

cursor

croaker

dagger

cypher

dancer

danger

diner

dauber

daughter

dealer

darner

darter

defer

defray

demur

denture

dinner

dasher

digger

deter

diaper

dicker

differ

dexter

dieter

dire

lester

gopher

diver

docker

doctor

dodger

dollar

drainer

donar

donor

doubter

downer

dour

dr.

enter

dreamer

driller

drinker

ducker

dumper

drier

dropper

drummer

duffer

duller

duper

duster

dunker

driver

drover

dryer

dyer

eager

earner

eater

eger

either

elder

ember

easter

ender

esker

ester

euchre

ether

ewer

harder

hauler

facer

fader

faker

factor

failure

faller

eyer

falter

favor

frater

faster

feeder

father

feature

farmer

feaster

farther

felter

finger

feeler

filter

femur

fender

fester

fervor

fever

fibre

filler

figure

fifer

fighter

filer

fielder

finder

finer

fire

fisher

fitter

fissure

fixture

flatter

flasher

flavor

flicker

floater

flier

flounder

fluster

flutter

flour

flower

fluor

footer

framer

flyer

foister

folder

fracture

fodder

fowler

former

foster

founder

foyer

forger

forster

freezer

freer

freighter

fritter

fucker

fuller

friar

frier

fryer

further

future

gager

gainer

gaiter

ganger

gander

gambler

gabbro

garner

garter

gather

gaster

gelder

gender

gerner

gesture

girder

giver

glamor

geyser

glacier

glamour

glazer

gilder

ginger

glimmer

glitter

gauger

glider

glover

hammer

hamper

glosser

grammer

gouger

gomer

goer

golfer

grabber

grader

grammar

grater

glower

granger

grantor

graver

griever

eyebrow

grazer

greaser

grocer

guider

grinder

grouper

groover

guilder

grolier

groomer

grounder

gunner

gutter

hacker

gusher

guzzler

grower

halter

hamster

hander

handler

harper

hanger

hater

hanker

harbor

hatcher

hatter

havier

hawker

healer

hearer

heater

hector

hellier

heifer

heer

hebrew

herder

herber

hinder

hider

hewer

higher

hitter

hither

hire

holder

hooker

holster

hooper

homer

honor

honour

hoosier

hoover

hopper

hooter

horror

hover

huffer

howler

huckster

horner

hostler

hour

hugger

hummer

hussar

hangar

hunter

inter

hunger

hunker

humor

humour

infer

incur

inner

injure

jasper

jester

hipster

jager

jagger

jailer

jobber

jumper

keeper

jogger

joiner

joker

juncture

kelter

junior

juror

kercher

junker

keeler

keener

keever

kicker

kaiser

killer

kilter

kisser

laughter

lender

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

lager

laser

later

lancer

lasher

laster

lather

kosher

larder

larkspur

latter

lander

lauder

knower

laugher

laver

lazar

layer

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leamer

learner

leaser

launder

lector

lecture

leaver

lemur

launcher

saver

licker

limmer

litter

lubber

lifter

limber

lighter

libra

liqueur

linger

liner

liquor

lister

liver

lumper

loader

looker

looper

loafer

locker

loiter

lobster

logger

longspur

loper

looter

loser

lover

longer

louvre

lower

luger

mayor

livor

lumber

luster

lustre

manner

lunar

madder

mainor

maker

major

mander

manger

manor

masser

lunger

martyr

marcher

maser

matter

mazer

mather

luter

masker

master

mater

motor

mouser

marker

mourner

medlar

member

mentor

meer

mercer

minter

mester

metier

meter

metre

mirror

miller

merger

minder

mincer

miner

minor

minster

mire

mister

mixer

miser

mitre

moder

mixture

monsieur

monger

moisture

monster

mother

mortar

mr.

marver

mover

moulder

mower

muffler

mumper

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

muster

nectar

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

nearer

nature

neighbor

nestor

nigger

nimmer

neuter

neither

nutter

nother

nurture

number

norther

occur

pamper

other

odor

offer

oiler

omer

oldster

ogre

opera

order

our

ouster

packer

outer

over

owner

pacer

oyer

oyster

pager

painter

otter

palmer

panter

panzer

pander

ochre

panther

peddler

passer

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

partner

paster

patter

pauper

paver

payer

pastor

pasture

peacher

peeler

pester

liar

perjure

peter

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

pilfer

picture

pilcher

pincher

pinder

pinner

piper

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

pitcher

player

planter

plaster

pleaser

plotter

plover

plucker

plumber

plunder

plunger

poker

polar

pooler

poacher

pointer

polder

popper

ponder

poplar

poser

porker

porter

proper

pucker

poster

posture

potter

prater

prefer

prayer

powter

prancer

praetor

power

preacher

preyer

primer

prier

printer

prior

powder

proctor

proffer

poulter

puffer

pounder

prosper

prowler

pruner

psalter

puller

punter

pouter

puncture

ricker

ridder

putter

pusher

puzzler

pyre

quaker

rhymer

purser

quaver

quencher

quitter

quiver

racer

quipster

quilter

racker

rafter

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rancor

ranger

rambler

ranker

raptor

rapture

rater

raver

rather

razor

reader

reaper

reamer

reaver

quarter

rector

refer

reefer

render

reiter

renter

repair

recur

revere

rigor

riddler

rider

righter

rimer

rimmer

spader

spanner

ringer

river

sailer

riser

robber

roaster

roadster

sailor

rocker

roller

roper

roofer

rooter

roser

roger

roister

rooster

rother

roster

rotor

rubber

rudder

router

rover

rower

ruler

rumor

runner

rutter

sabre

sadder

rupture

rusher

rustler

rouser

ryder

rounder

saker

salter

sampler

santer

savor

scalper

scalar

sayer

saunter

sector

scamper

savior

sawyer

scatter

schiller

scooper

scribbler

scrubber

schemer

scissor

scholar

schooner

screamer

scriber

scour

scripture

scorcher

scrivener

scorer

sculptor

sculpture

sealer

seamster

searcher

sender

seeker

segar

seizure

senior

sensor

server

saucer

shader

shaker

severe

sewer

shelter

shatter

shaver

shearer

sharper

rinker

shifter

shimmer

shopper

shrimper

shiver

shudder

shingler

shiner

shooter

shoulder

shower

shutter

shriner

shriver

shyster

sicker

siller

sickler

sider

signer

silver

simmer

simper

singer

sire

skelter

sinner

sitter

skater

skimmer

skinner

slugger

sister

smatter

shanker

sinker

siver

sizer

skewer

smelter

skiver

slobber

slander

slasher

slater

slatter

sleeper

slayer

slaughter

slender

slicker

slinger

slither

slicer

slider

sliver

slumber

smasher

snicker

smither

snuffer

smother

snatcher

smuggler

smoker

sneaker

smoother

snider

snorer

snorter

souther

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

souter

sooner

solver

sorter

sounder

sour

sower

soldier

spatter

sparrow

speaker

sparger

spectre

speeder

spencer

spender

spicer

sphincter

spiller

spider

spinner

tighter

spinster

splendor

splitter

splinter

spoiler

sponsor

titter

sprayer

toddler

splatter

sputter

sprinter

squalor

sprinkler

stammer

squander

squatter

stagger

stager

stamper

squeaker

stalder

staller

squier

stander

stalker

starcher

stater

steeper

stature

stayer

stealer

steamer

steeler

stinger

stiver

starter

stentor

sterner

sticker

stiller

stifler

toller

strayer

stumper

stopper

stranger

stoker

stoner

storer

stover

streamer

stringer

straggler

stuffer

stricture

striker

structure

stroller

strangler

stunner

stupor

strickler

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sucre

sugar

swelter

summer

super

sweeper

sumpter

sulphur

sumner

sunder

suitor

surfer

swagger

swimmer

sutor

suture

supra

taber

swinger

swifter

switzer

tabor

tacker

tailor

tamper

taker

tamer

spotter

talker

tanner

tasker

taster

tartar

tatter

taxer

teaser

teacher

teamster

tattler

teeter

temblor

templar

tender

tensor

tenure

termer

tester

thacker

thaler

thatcher

texture

thinker

thinner

thither

tiller

thumper

thruster

thunder

timber

timbre

tiger

timer

thrower

ticker

timmer

tincture

tinder

tinker

tipster

tire

toaster

zoster

topper

springer

torpor

totter

torture

tower

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

tractor

transfer

trencher

stocker

trigger

tranter

trawler

treater

trimmer

trickster

trooper

trucker

tucker

twister

trier

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumbler

twitter

tumor

turner

tuner

tutor

ulcer

tyger

tyler

ulster

utter

user

usher

under

valor

vector

vendor

venter

venture

tyer

verser

vicar

vigor

victor

viewer

viper

viner

vintner

visor

voter

wader

wafer

wager

vulgar

vulture

waiter

waiver

wanger

walker

waller

voucher

walter

wander

waltzer

warbler

warder

warmer

waster

waver

water

weaver

washer

watcher

webster

welcher

welder

welter

whacker

whaler

wheeler

whimper

whisper

whopper

whiner

whisker

whither

whistler

whitener

wicker

winder

windsor

warner

willer

winger

winker

winner

wiper

worker

wisher

wither

winter

wonder

wire

wringer

yager

writer

yachter

wilder

yonder

younger

zander

younker

youngster

yorker

yonker

yorkshire

zebra

zither

zocor

3 syllable words

abler

abductor

abuser

accuser

acquire

achiever

absorber

adapter

adjuster

adopter

admirer

adventure

adviser

advancer

aggressor

aglitter

almoner

amateur

ammeter

ancestor

angular

announcer

annular

another

aflutter

aperture

appraiser

aquifer

arbiter

arranger

armiger

assessor

assayer

assembler

attacker

asunder

attainder

attire

auditor

avenger

bachelor

backpacker

backwater

bagpiper

balancer

ballplayer

banister

bannister

bandleader

bargainer

barrier

batterer

bedchamber

beachcomber

beefeater

behavior

bellflower

bellwether

beginner

belabor

beleaguer

believer

beholder

bewilder

bibler

bipolar

birdwatcher

blockader

bloodsucker

bondholder

bookbinder

bonfire

bookkeeper

borrower

brainpower

brazier

breadwinner

bricklayer

broadcaster

buckler

breakwater

bulldozer

calendar

calender

burrower

cadaver

bystander

campaigner

bookmaker

bookseller

canister

bartender

barrister

carpenter

carrier

catheter

caterer

cellular

chancellor

character

challenger

changeover

chidester

cheeseburger

chronicler

churchgoer

circular

cliffhanger

coauthor

collector

collider

cocksucker

colander

commenter

commoner

comforter

commander

commuter

cochlear

compiler

composer

complainer

composure

compressor

computer

condenser

conductor

conifer

conjecture

configure

connector

connoisseur

conveyor

conjuror

coneflower

connecter

conqueror

conspire

conveyer

consumer

container

constrictor

constructor

converter

copier

coppery

consider

copartner

contractor

coroner

corridor

cottier

costumer

cornflower

councilor

counsellor

courier

counselor

crabeater

cozier

coworker

creditor

creator

crossover

crowkeeper

crusader

cucumber

curator

courtier

currier

curvature

customer

cylinder

cynosure

consular

dangler

contender

debater

debenture

december

decider

decipher

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflector

degener

deliver

demeanor

deflator

denature

departure

deserter

desire

detector

derringer

designer

detailer

destroyer

detractor

devour

digester

dictator

dewberry

disaster

director

discolor

disclaimer

disclosure

discounter

discover

disfavor

controller

disfigure

dishonor

dispatcher

dismember

disposer

dissenter

gossiper

dispenser

displeasure

distemper

divider

divisor

distiller

disorder

dowager

doorkeeper

dressmaker

dulcimer

earlier

editor

effector

elater

elector

embitter

elixir

embroider

emperor

empire

employer

emptier

empower

enamor

enchanter

enclosure

encounter

encumber

endanger

endeavor

enforcer

engender

enhancer

endorser

engraver

enlarger

enquire

enquirer

enrapture

entire

governor

eraser

erector

dissolver

equator

espalier

every

handover

exchequer

easterner

exposure

explorer

exporter

extender

harvester

falconer

eyeliner

familiar

farrier

fastener

fancier

ferrier

fiddler

finisher

firepower

fishmonger

flypaper

foreigner

forerunner

forever

flycatcher

follower

forecaster

forefinger

forefather

foreclosure

forester

forfeiture

forwarder

frankfurter

freeholder

freethinker

furniture

furrier

gamekeeper

gardener

gatherer

girdler

gibraltar

glandular

glassmaker

glazier

globular

exchanger

gossamer

grasshopper

granular

gobbler

grandmother

godmother

granddaughter

godfather

grazier

grandfather

gunpowder

hairdresser

havener

harrier

harasser

hanover

harrower

hangover

harbinger

hardener

hardcover

instructor

headwater

haymaker

hereafter

highlander

highflier

hinderer

hollander

hitchhiker

holdover

homebuilder

homesteader

homeworker

however

howitzer

hornblower

householder

housekeeper

humbler

icebreaker

idler

inclosure

importer

impostor

improper

indexer

indenture

incisor

inductor

informer

insular

inhaler

innkeeper

injector

inspector

insider

inquirer

insecure

insurer

integer

isomer

inventor

islander

intruder

issuer

invader

ivory

jackhammer

janitor

investor

jayhawker

jeweler

juggler

jugular

juniper

jocular

jupiter

kidnapper

kayaker

kindler

kingfisher

kitchener

laborer

lamplighter

lancaster

latecomer

latimer

landholder

landowner

lavender

lawmaker

lecturer

leftover

left-winger

launderer

hindquarter

leviner

licenser

licensure

linear

listener

littler

livery

locator

londoner

loudspeaker

lucifer

manager

mariner

marauder

macabre

manicure

massacre

matchmaker

mayflower

manslaughter

meander

marketer

messenger

meteor

midsummer

midwinter

milliner

minister

minesweeper

misnomer

modular

molester

moniker

monitor

monomer

moreover

murderer

muscular

narrower

narrator

needler

newspaper

newcomer

newscaster

nodular

november

nonmember

objector

norlander

nutcracker

nuclear

northerner

nonstarter

observer

muckraker

offender

officer

offerer

ocular

oliver

oppressor

opener

orator

outfitter

outnumber

outlier

pacesetter

october

outrigger

outrider

outsider

ovary

outfielder

overture

pacemaker

painkiller

pannier

papery

passenger

passover

pathfinder

peacekeeper

peacemaker

peculiar

pedicure

dishwasher

perrier

perjurer

pensioner

performer

sunflower

philander

pickler

pillager

pilaster

plasterer

possessor

polluter

polymer

propeller

popular

posterior

potboiler

postmaster

predictor

prefecture

precursor

presenter

preparer

prescriber

preserver

pretender

professor

prisoner

producer

procedure

procurer

projector

promoter

puffery

protector

protester

provider

publisher

prospector

punisher

purchaser

pursuer

purveyor

quagmire

questioner

recruiter

rapier

ratepayer

rattler

rathskeller

reactor

recapture

reappear

reasoner

rebuilder

receiver

reclaimer

recliner

quicksilver

quieter

recover

reconquer

referee

reenter

refiner

reflector

recorder

reformer

refractor

refresher

regular

remember

rejoinder

reliever

remover

remainder

rentier

reorder

repeater

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wildfire

warmonger

4 syllable words

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actuator

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integrator

great-grandfather

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ulterior

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ventilator

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ventricular

vestibular

vindicator

violator

vehicular

whatsoever

whomsoever

whosoever

womanizer

Words that rhyme with the word leper

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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