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2 syllable words

able

addle

agile

algal

aisle

amble

angel

angle

ample

anal

annal

annul

ankle

anvil

appel

apple

april

artful

astral

arval

austral

aural

axle

awful

babble

babel

baffle

bashful

bangle

barrel

basal

basil

baleful

bagel

battle

bauble

beadle

bedell

beetle

bengal

betel

bevel

bethel

bible

beryl

bestial

beagle

boastful

bottle

boggle

blissful

borel

bogle

bramble

bowel

bodle

brandle

brindle

boodle

brickle

bridal

bridle

bristle

bristol

brothel

bubble

buckle

brutal

buccal

bugle

bumble

bundle

burel

bushel

bustle

cackle

caftan

burble

butyl

cable

caftans

cancel

camel

candle

cantle

brittle

capel

capsule

caple

captain

captains

captions

caption

carnal

carpal

castle

careful

carol

carrel

carrol

caudal

cattle

caudle

causal

central

ceryl

channel

chapel

cheerful

chortle

chattel

chieftains

chisel

choral

chieftain

chuckle

cobble

cockle

coastal

civil

circle

coble

coddle

colonel

consul

coppel

copple

coral

corbel

cordial

cornel

council

counsel

couple

crandall

crackle

cranial

cradle

cromwell

crucial

crumble

crumple

cripple

crewel

cruel

crustal

crystal

cuddle

cudgel

cymbal

cycle

dabble

damsel

darnel

daniel

dangle

dawdle

dazzle

dental

dermal

devil

dingle

dibble

dial

dimple

diphthong

dismal

dekle

distal

docile

dorsal

doleful

double

doodle

doubtful

duffel

dreadful

ductile

drabble

dribble

dowel

ducal

doubting

drivel

dual

drizzle

dwindle

duel

eagle

easel

eisel

engle

entrail

equal

ethel

ethyl

evil

facile

facial

faithful

fable

fangle

faunal

fateful

fearful

fennel

fecal

feral

feeble

fertile

fetal

feudal

fickle

fiddle

fatal

fifteen

fifteens

fifteenth

final

fitful

fipple

fiscal

flannel

grovel

fizzle

gamble

floral

forceful

fondle

fossil

formal

funnel

fragile

fretful

frightful

frazzle

freckle

frizzle

frontal

fungal

fumble

fuddle

fruitful

frugal

fuel

garble

gambrel

fluegel

gavel

foible

grumble

gaggle

futile

gable

gainful

gentle

goral

focal

glacial

giggle

girdle

gleeful

global

glottal

gobble

goggle

graceful

google

grackle

gospel

grapple

granule

gravel

grindle

gristle

genial

grizzle

grateful

hopeful

gribble

guzzle

hopple

gurgle

harmful

hackle

hansel

haggle

harmel

harle

hassle

hatchel

healthful

handle

hamel

hateful

hamal

hazel

hazle

heckle

hegel

herschel

hobble

helpful

herbal

hostel

hostile

houseful

hymnal

housel

hovel

huckle

huddle

hummel

howell

humble

hustle

hable

hurdle

hurtle

hurtful

idle

idol

fissile

ingle

jackal

jiggle

jangle

jewel

jingle

jostle

juggle

journal

joyful

jumble

jungle

kennel

kendal

kernel

kettle

kibble

kiddle

kindle

kinkle

kittel

kittle

knittle

knuckle

label

ladle

larval

laurel

lawful

left-hand

legal

lentil

level

lethal

libel

lifetimes

lintel

lingle

little

lisle

lifting

local

lifetime

loral

lustful

loyal

mangle

mammal

mantel

mantle

marshal

martial

marble

marvel

maple

medal

meddle

mendel

mental

mistral

metal

methyl

mettle

mingle

mindful

missal

missel

missile

minstrel

mickle

mitral

middle

mobile

mochel

mongol

morsel

model

mogul

muckle

muddle

mournful

mortal

moral

mosel

motile

muffle

muscle

mumble

mural

mussel

muzzle

myrtle

nasal

natal

modal

naval

navel

needful

needle

nestle

nettle

neural

neutral

neptune

nimble

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

noble

phenol

novel

nozzle

normal

nuptial

nuzzle

obtain

often

opal

ogle

obtains

orval

oral

oval

paddle

panel

panful

papal

partial

parcel

paschal

peaceful

pencil

pebble

pedal

peddle

penal

people

peril

petal

painful

pickle

piddle

pimple

pistil

pistol

pleural

plural

playful

pommel

popple

postel

portal

postal

poodle

pottle

prayerful

prattle

pretzel

primal

puddle

pummel

pupil

purple

racial

quintal

quibble

rabble

puzzle

ramble

raffle

rafting

rammel

rankle

quarrel

rascal

rattle

ravel

rectal

noodle

rebel

rental

renal

tearful

regal

restful

regel

terrel

riddle

rial

reigle

riffle

rigel

rightful

rifle

riggle

ripple

rival

ruddle

tickle

rundle

rustle

ruttle

rumble

rumple

rural

saddle

sable

sample

sandal

revel

scuffle

scuttle

scoundrel

scramble

scrabble

scovel

roble

scribble

scruple

seckel

scalpel

scandal

scornful

sequel

servile

settle

several

shamble

shindle

shackle

shekel

shameful

shafting

shrapnel

shingle

shovel

shrivel

shuffle

rouble

signal

shuttle

smuggle

sibyl

sickle

sidle

simple

sinful

single

skillful

sipple

sizzle

skittle

smittle

sniffle

snuggle

social

tindal

royal

sparkle

rubble

squabble

spacial

softens

spaniel

spangle

sorel

sorrel

ruble

spatial

special

spinal

spindle

spiteful

sprinkle

speckle

spectral

spiral

spittle

spousal

squiggle

rueful

startle

ruffle

stressful

strangle

steeple

sterile

stickle

stifle

straddle

straggle

stemple

struggle

stubble

subtle

suckle

stumble

supple

suttle

swindle

swingle

swivel

tackle

table

tactful

symbol

tasteful

tangle

tassel

shifting

tattle

squirrel

temple

tensile

tercel

teagle

thankful

tumble

soften

sputum

throttle

thimble

thoughtful

thistle

tidal

stable

toddle

toggle

tinsel

tinkle

tipple

title

tittle

tonsil

topple

towel

tootle

total

tramble

trample

trammel

staple

travel

treble

tranquil

tremble

tressel

thermal

tribal

tribble

trickle

trifle

trial

trinkle

trestle

trouble

truffle

triple

truthful

tubal

tunnel

tussle

twaddle

twinkle

twiddle

tuneful

turtle

tweedle

trundle

umbel

uncle

tingle

uptown

useful

ural

vassal

venal

vandal

ventral

vengeful

verbal

vernal

vinyl

vestal

vessel

vigil

vial

virile

vital

vocal

vowel

waddle

waffle

wamble

watchful

wattle

wasteful

warble

wistful

willful

wishful

wobble

windle

winkle

wrangle

whistle

whittle

wiggle

weasel

weevil

worrel

zestful

wrestle

wriggle

wrinkle

wrongful

youthful

3 syllable words

abatements

abdomen

abiding

abnormal

accrual

abysmal

actual

affable

adrenal

admiral

aerial

acquittal

article

ancestral

animal

annual

apical

apostle

apparel

archival

arable

approval

appraisal

archetypal

archangel

ariel

arousal

ambrosial

arrival

audible

assemble

astraddle

capital

backpedal

autumnal

axial

bacchanal

avoidance

bilingual

bankable

baptismal

balmoral

barnacle

bearable

beautiful

biblical

befuddle

bedevil

bedraggle

befitting

cantonal

belittle

betrayal

bicycle

biddable

bifocal

biracial

bountiful

bimodal

breakable

boondoggle

bronchial

buffeting

caboodle

callable

burnable

burial

cannibal

capable

auroral

capitol

casual

caramel

carnival

cervical

cathedral

cerebral

celestial

cereal

changeable

chronicle

chasuble

chemical

classical

clavicle

clerical

coequal

comical

colossal

colloidal

colorful

commercial

communal

commingle

committal

congenial

conical

coracle

coronal

corporal

cortical

countable

court-martial

credential

credible

criminal

crucible

critical

cubicle

culpable

decimal

curable

cuticle

cyclical

cynical

cultural

debacle

debutantes

deceitful

debutante

debating

denial

delightful

devotion

digital

dishevel

disdainful

disciple

disgraceful

disable

disloyal

dismantle

dismissal

dispersal

disposal

dissemble

distrustful

distasteful

diurnal

dividend

dividends

doctoral

doable

domical

doggerel

dividing

ensemble

drinkable

durable

dutiful

eatable

enfeeble

edible

embattle

empanel

embezzle

enable

enamel

encircle

ennoble

entitle

entangle

imbecile

epistle

epochal

equable

especial

essential

errorful

eternal

ethical

ethnical

eventful

evidence

evident

example

external

fallible

factual

familial

fanciful

feasible

festival

federal

femoral

filial

financial

impanel

finagle

fixable

flexible

flammable

forcible

follicle

forgetful

fraternal

funeral

fusible

flavorful

general

fluvial

granduncle

gradual

genital

graphical

gullible

hormonal

guttural

helical

horrible

hospital

humoral

icicle

ignoble

illegal

immoral

immortal

immobile

impartial

initial

infernal

infertile

informal

insightful

integral

internal

interval

abatement

judicial

judgmental

jovial

juvenile

lateral

laudable

laughable

leasable

legible

left-handed

left-wingers

left-winger

liable

lexical

logical

liberal

likable

livable

likeable

lineal

literal

littoral

lionel

lovable

low-level

lyrical

mackerel

madrigal

manhandle

magical

mandible

medical

marital

maternal

masterful

manual

mayoral

meaningful

medial

merciful

menial

menstrual

mistrustful

metrical

miracle

miscible

mishandle

mineral

minimal

ministral

mistrial

nautical

movable

monocle

multiple

musical

mutable

mythical

mystical

mutual

natural

neglectful

nocturnal

imperil

nevadans

nevadan

newfangle

newcastle

non-verbal

nonlethal

notable

numeral

official

optimum

optical

optimize

optimist

optimists

oracle

orbital

orchestral

ovations

ovation

palpable

panhandle

parable

palatial

particle

parental

passable

pastoral

paternal

payable

peaceable

pectoral

pedestal

personal

perusal

primeval

physical

pitiful

pineapple

plausible

pickerel

pineal

pinnacle

pivotal

pliable

plentiful

pluvial

portable

prefrontal

portrayal

postnatal

potable

practical

potential

powerful

preamble

prenatal

probable

principal

principle

prodigal

proposal

proconsul

provable

projectile

psychical

provincial

prudential

punctual

purposeful

quizzical

quotable

quintuple

ramshackle

radical

radial

quadruple

reachable

readable

redouble

rectangle

recital

refusal

tactical

regional

teachable

rebuttal

rekindle

rentable

reprisal

remorseful

remodel

removal

renewal

resemble

resettle

resentful

retinal

respectful

retrial

resourceful

regretful

rehearsal

revival

ridable

ritual

reversal

riveting

sagittal

salable

scalable

sculptural

seasonal

scriptural

sensible

sectoral

repeating

seminal

sensual

sociable

sentinel

sequential

serial

september

sexual

retrieval

sigmoidal

skeptical

sizable

skeletal

soluble

solvable

sorrowful

softening

softener

spectacle

structural

suitable

substantial

surgical

successful

survival

syllable

textual

tangible

tangential

teaspoonful

technical

taxable

terminal

tentacle

terrible

temporal

tenable

testicle

touchable

traceable

townspeople

tracheal

tractable

trainable

treatable

transmittal

tropical

triangle

tribunal

tricycle

triumphal

trivial

typical

unbundle

tunable

turntable

uncivil

unable

uncouple

ungrateful

unequal

unfaithful

unlawful

unravel

unsettle

unshackle

upheaval

unstable

untangle

untruthful

vaginal

usual

usable

valuable

utensil

versatile

vegetal

vegetable

varietal

vehicle

ventricle

vertebral

vertical

vesicle

voluble

volatile

virginal

viable

visible

visceral

visual

vitriol

virtual

worshipful

wearable

workable

whimsical

wonderful

withdrawal

4 syllable words

abdominal

achievable

accessible

accidental

accountable

acceptable

acoustical

actionable

adaptable

advisable

admirable

adjustable

adoptable

admissible

adorable

adverbial

affordable

agreeable

appreciable

alluvial

allowable

alkaloidal

amiable

amicable

amendable

anecdotal

answerable

appealable

anarchical

antipodal

antisocial

apocryphal

applicable

approachable

approvable

arguable

arboreal

arterial

amenable

artificial

attainable

asexual

atypical

augmentable

available

avoidable

aviation

bacterial

believable

behavioral

beneficial

biaxial

biannual

biennial

bilateral

bisexual

botanical

binomial

canonical

centennial

centrifugal

chimerical

charitable

coaxial

circumstantial

collapsible

collateral

collectible

confessional

commendable

conditional

comfortable

combinable

colonial

colloquial

congenital

comparable

compensable

compatible

conceivable

conceptual

confidential

confirmable

congressional

consonantal

consequential

consensual

consolable

conventional

continental

controversial

convivial

continual

convertible

collegial

contestable

controllable

contemptible

consumable

correctional

corrigible

corruptible

creditable

defensible

cylindrical

custodial

debatable

decennial

deductible

dispensable

deferential

definable

delusional

dependable

departmental

deplorable

demonstrable

devotional

despicable

detachable

desirable

detrimental

describable

deviations

deviation

diagonal

directional

dimensional

delectable

digestible

differential

disentangle

disapproval

disassemble

discernible

discountable

disposable

zoological

disputable

divisional

divisible

dysfunctional

enforceable

duodenal

elemental

electrical

eligible

elliptical

emotional

empirical

employable

emmanuel

encyclical

enjoyable

episcopal

enviable

epidermal

ephemeral

epidemic

epidemics

epitomize

epitome

equitable

equivocal

erasable

epithelial

estimable

ethereal

exceptional

exchangeable

execrable

evidences

evidently

eventual

excitable

excusable

existential

expandable

explicable

exportable

extendible

exponential

extricable

fanatical

fashionable

fathomable

favorable

explainable

fissionable

immutable

foreseeable

forgettable

forfeitable

formidable

forgivable

fundamental

genocidal

grammatical

galenical

governmental

habitable

horizontal

hierarchical

honorable

homicidal

hexagonal

heretical

heritable

honeysuckle

historical

hospitable

hysterical

identical

hydrothermal

illegible

illogical

habitual

imitable

immiscible

immovable

impersonal

impassable

impeccable

impeachable

imperial

implacable

implausible

impossible

improbable

impractical

impregnable

inaudible

incapable

inaugural

incidental

inedible

incredible

incremental

ineffable

incurable

indelible

industrial

infallible

infeasible

inflexible

inflammable

inflatable

inferential

influential

inimical

insatiable

injectable

insensible

insoluble

knowledgeable

instructional

instrumental

intentional

intangible

insubstantial

intestinal

intractable

invisible

interstitial

intermingle

invaluable

invincible

intramural

irascible

ironical

irrational

issuable

isothermal

irritable

inscrutable

lamentable

laryngeal

leviathan

liturgical

lobotomy

logistical

malleable

manageable

maniacal

marketable

marsupial

material

matriarchal

measurable

mechanical

medicinal

memorable

methodical

millennial

mercurial

mesodermal

metacarpal

negotiable

miserable

mollycoddle

monumental

motorcycle

mosaical

monolingual

municipal

navigable

memorial

negligible

neonatal

neptunium

nonsensical

nontaxable

disrespectful

noncommittal

noncommercial

nonessential

nonvolatile

nontechnical

nutritional

numerical

observable

obedience

obedient

obstetrical

obtainable

occipital

occasional

occidental

octagonal

octahedral

obviating

optimism

optimistic

optometrist

optometry

optometrists

original

ostensible

oriental

orthogonal

ornamental

paranormal

participle

parietal

parochial

patentable

patriarchal

patrimonial

palatable

pentecostal

perishable

perennial

peripheral

perpetual

perceptible

permissible

personable

permeable

persuadable

phenomenal

noticeable

polygonal

pictorial

pitiable

poetical

pleasurable

polemical

political

pontifical

presentable

preferable

practicable

predictable

preferential

prejudicial

preventable

presidential

profitable

punishable

primordial

provisional

pumpernickel

pyramidal

providential

questionable

rabbinical

quintessential

quadrennial

raptorial

proverbial

reasonable

reducible

receptacle

reciprocal

receivable

redeemable

redoubtable

regimental

relational

reliable

remarkable

removable

reassemble

repairable

renewable

repayable

replaceable

reportable

remedial

reputable

responsible

respectable

retractable

reversible

revocable

rhetorical

tetrahedral

reverential

residential

residual

returnable

sacramental

sartorial

sacrificial

sabbatical

satirical

seasonable

sensational

serviceable

sentimental

sinusoidal

spiritual

triennial

strategical

statistical

supportable

susceptible

subliminal

superficial

suicidal

tabernacle

sustainable

symmetrical

theatrical

temperamental

terrestrial

terminable

tolerable

transcendental

transitional

transferable

transportable

trilateral

tutorial

tyrannical

umbilical

unreasonable

unnatural

unmerciful

unsalable

unusual

untreatable

unsuccessful

unshakable

unspeakable

variable

veritable

venerable

venereal

vestigial

violable

vulnerable

universal

5 syllable words

aberrational

abominable

aboriginal

acknowledgeable

actuarial

aeronautical

alphabetical

allegorical

agricultural

analytical

analyzable

antithetical

architectural

attitudinal

astronautical

astronomical

attributable

artiodactyl

asymmetrical

astrological

anatomical

bicentennial

biochemical

biomedical

biographical

biological

categorical

ceremonial

chronological

classifiable

coincidental

computational

comprehensible

communicable

congregational

connotational

considerable

constantinople

constitutional

conversational

curatorial

deliverable

determinable

developable

developmental

diabolical

diacritical

dictatorial

dialectical

directorial

disagreeable

discoverable

dishonorable

distinguishable

educational

editorial

ecumenical

egotistical

economical

endothelial

ecological

environmental

epitomizes

equatorial

esophageal

eradicable

evangelical

exercisable

experiential

experimental

imaginable

geophysical

geometrical

geological

gravitational

geographical

heterocercal

horticultural

hypercritical

hypothetical

hypocritical

immaterial

immemorial

immeasurable

nonprofessional

imperceptible

impenetrable

imponderable

impressionable

impracticable

inalienable

inaccessible

inadmissible

inadvisable

inapplicable

incalculable

incomparable

incorrigible

inconceivable

incompatible

incompressible

inconsequential

individual

inevitable

indomitable

indispensable

indescribable

indisputable

indestructible

indivisible

inexorable

indefinable

ineligible

ineffectual

inequitable

inescapable

indefeasible

inimitable

inhospitable

indefensible

inexcusable

inexhaustible

inextricable

inheritable

inexplicable

innumerable

inspirational

institutional

inseparable

insufferable

intelligible

insupportable

insurmountable

intellectual

interchangeable

invitational

international

interdigital

interminable

intolerable

intramarginal

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8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word optional

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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