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

actors

able

actor

addle

agile

annal

amble

aisle

algal

ample

anal

angle

ankle

angel

artful

annul

april

anvil

appel

apple

astride

asters

aster

arval

astray

aural

auster

camel

austral

axle

australs

awful

backdrops

backdrop

backstairs

backstroke

babble

babel

backdoor

backdoors

baleful

bangle

beryl

baffle

bengal

bagel

bashful

basal

basil

barrel

bastard

battle

bastards

baxter

bauble

beadle

bedell

beetle

beagle

betel

bestial

bestrode

bethel

bevel

bible

boastful

blissful

bistro

bodle

boggle

bogle

boodle

bookstores

bookstore

burel

brindle

brickle

bramble

brandle

bottle

bridal

bridle

bowel

bristol

brittle

buckle

bristle

booster

bundle

cackle

bumble

brutal

bubble

buccal

burble

brothel

buckthorn

bugle

bushel

bustard

boosters

busters

borel

buster

bustle

butyl

cable

austere

cancel

candle

cantle

capsule

caple

chuckle

capel

careful

carol

carrel

carrol

casters

caster

castle

castor

castrate

carpal

cattle

castrates

caudal

caudle

causal

chortle

carnal

ceryl

chattel

cheerful

channel

chapel

chisel

choral

circle

cistern

cisterns

coastal

civil

cockle

coaster

colonel

coasters

cobble

coble

coddle

consul

cornel

council

counsel

crackle

coppel

copple

cordial

couple

crandall

coral

cranial

cradle

crewel

cripple

corbel

cromwell

crucial

dangle

crustal

crystal

crumble

crumple

cuddle

cudgel

dabble

custard

cymbal

cycle

damsel

cruel

daniel

dazzle

daughters

dawdle

daughter

dekle

darnel

dermal

coster

destroyed

destroy

destroys

devil

dexter

dextrin

dextrose

dial

dibble

dimple

dingle

dismal

distal

distort

destruct

destructs

distrust

distraught

distracts

distressed

distrusts

disturb

disturbs

districts

doctor

docile

doctors

district

doctrine

doctrines

double

doleful

dorsal

doodle

doubtful

ducal

dreadful

drabble

dribble

drivel

drizzle

duffel

dual

dusters

dwindle

duster

eagle

easel

easter

eastern

duel

dowel

eisel

engle

ethel

equal

ester

estrich

esters

estrange

ethyl

evil

extract

extorts

extort

extracts

extremes

extreme

factors

factor

extrude

fable

facile

extrudes

facial

faithful

fangle

fateful

fatal

fennel

fearful

faster

fecal

faunal

feaster

feeble

feral

fertile

fester

fickle

fetal

feudal

freckle

fiddle

fitful

frontal

fipple

fissile

fizzle

fixtures

fixture

final

flannel

floral

fluegel

focal

fondle

fighters

foible

foister

forceful

formal

fossil

foster

fosters

foxtrot

fragile

fighter

frazzle

fiscal

frightful

fruitful

fumble

fungal

frizzle

fuddle

frugal

fuel

funnel

futile

gable

gaggle

gainful

gambrel

gamble

gaster

garble

gastric

gavel

genial

gesture

gestures

giggle

girdle

glottal

glacial

gleeful

global

gobble

goggle

google

goral

grateful

gospel

grackle

graceful

granule

grapple

grindle

gravel

gribble

gristle

grizzle

grovel

grumble

gurgle

guzzle

hable

hackle

handle

hansel

haggle

hamal

hamel

harle

hassle

harmful

harmel

hateful

hatchel

hazel

healthful

hazle

heckle

hector

helpful

hegel

hectares

hectare

herbal

herschel

hobble

hostel

hopeful

hopple

hostile

houseful

housel

hovel

huckle

hurtful

hurtle

hucksters

huckster

humble

hymnal

huddle

hummel

hurdle

hustle

idle

idol

distorts

ingle

jesters

jackal

jester

misters

jangle

jingle

jumble

journal

juggle

jostle

joyful

jungle

kendal

kettle

kennel

kindle

kinkle

kernel

kibble

kiddle

kittel

kittle

knittle

knuckle

label

ladle

lector

lecture

lester

laughter

laurel

lectures

level

lawful

legal

lethal

larval

lintel

lingle

libel

lighters

lighter

lister

lisle

lustre

jiggle

little

local

loral

mammal

loyal

lustful

luster

maestro

mantle

mangle

mantel

master

metal

maple

marble

marvel

mettle

martial

medal

mendel

meddle

marshal

mester

mastered

methyl

masters

minstrel

mickle

mingle

middle

mindful

missal

missel

jewel

missile

mister

nectar

mitral

mistreat

mistrust

mistrusts

mistreats

mochel

mixtures

mixture

mobile

modal

muckle

laster

model

mortal

moral

motile

mournful

morsel

mongol

mosel

moisture

muddle

mogul

muffle

mural

mustards

mumble

mustard

musters

muscle

mussel

muster

muzzle

myrtle

natal

nasal

naval

navel

needful

needle

howell

nestle

nettle

nestor

neural

neutral

nickel

nickle

nimble

nibble

nipple

noble

nostril

noodle

normal

nostrils

nostrums

nuptial

nuzzle

novel

nozzle

ogle

opal

oral

scrabble

distract

orval

ostrich

painful

ouster

panful

oval

paddle

panel

oysters

oyster

papal

shoestring

parcel

partial

paschal

paster

pastors

pastor

pastries

pastry

pasture

pestered

pastures

pebble

pedal

peddle

peaceful

penal

petal

pencil

peril

people

pesters

pester

pickle

pistil

phenol

picture

pimple

pictured

pictures

piddle

pistol

pleural

plural

playful

portal

pommel

poodle

popple

postal

postel

poster

posters

signal

prattle

pottle

prayerful

primal

straddle

pummel

purple

pupil

quintal

puzzle

quarrel

quibble

rabble

racial

ramble

rankle

raffle

rammel

rebel

rascal

rattle

ravel

rector

regel

regal

reigle

renal

seckel

sector

shekel

settle

restores

restraint

restrain

restraints

restrains

restricts

restrict

revel

riddle

rial

riffle

rightful

riggle

ripple

roasters

rifle

rival

roaster

rigel

rightward

righter

roble

rostrum

rubble

roosters

rosters

roster

rouble

royal

ruttle

ruble

ruddle

rumble

rural

rumple

rundle

ruffle

rustle

sable

rueful

saddle

rooster

sample

sandal

scalpel

scandal

scramble

scribble

scornful

scovel

scoundrel

scruple

scuffle

scuttle

roister

sequel

shackle

restore

servile

shuttle

sickle

shamble

shameful

shindle

shrapnel

shingle

shovel

shrivel

shuffle

shyster

sibyl

shysters

sidle

zoster

posture

sinful

sisters

single

sipple

sister

sizzle

stemple

skillful

postures

smittle

smuggle

sniffle

snuggle

sorel

social

spaniel

spacial

sterile

skittle

spangle

sorrel

speckle

special

spittle

sparkle

spatial

squirrel

spindle

spiteful

startle

sprinkle

spiral

squiggle

stable

staple

spinal

spousal

squabble

steeple

stickle

stifle

stressful

stumble

strangle

struggle

stubble

subtle

suckle

swindle

puddle

suttle

supple

swingle

swivel

symbol

tangle

tasteful

tensile

terrel

table

tassel

tattle

taster

tasters

tearful

temple

teagle

tackle

tercel

tester

testers

texture

textures

thankful

simple

tickle

straggle

thimble

thoughtful

tindal

tinsel

tingle

tinkle

thermal

thistle

throttle

tipple

title

tittle

trestle

tidal

toaster

toddle

tighter

tootle

total

toasters

tonsil

toggle

topple

trammel

trample

tramble

tranquil

tremble

towel

treble

travel

tressel

trickle

trinkle

trial

tribble

triple

trifle

turtle

trouble

truffle

trundle

tribal

tumble

tunnel

tuneful

truthful

tubal

twisters

tussle

twinkle

twiddle

twister

twaddle

tweedle

victors

umbel

uncle

ural

vector

vandal

vassal

venal

vengeful

useful

verbal

vernal

vessel

victor

vial

vigil

vinyl

virile

vital

vocal

vowel

wamble

waffle

wasteful

warble

waddle

western

wasters

waster

wattle

watchful

weasel

weevil

westerns

whittle

westwards

westward

whistle

wiggle

wistful

willful

windle

wishful

worrel

wrestle

winkle

wrangle

wrinkle

wriggle

wrongful

wobble

youthful

yachters

yachter

3 syllable words

accrual

abnormal

abysmal

actresses

acquittal

actual

admiral

adrenal

affable

aerial

ancestral

ambrosial

animal

annual

apical

apostle

apparel

appraisal

approval

arable

ariel

archetypal

archival

archangel

arousal

arrival

arsenal

article

asteroid

asterisk

astrakhan

assemble

asteroids

astraddle

astronaut

astringent

astringents

astronauts

auroral

audible

austrian

austrians

autumnal

australian

australians

axial

bacchanal

backwaters

backwater

backpedal

balmoral

bankable

baptismal

barnacle

bearable

belittle

beautiful

bedraggle

befuddle

bedevil

basketry

betrayal

biddable

bicycle

biblical

bifocal

austerely

bigotry

bimodal

bilingual

biracial

boondoggle

breakable

bountiful

burial

bronchial

burnable

caboodle

callable

cantonal

ramshackle

cannibal

capital

capitol

caramel

capable

celestial

castrated

cathedral

casual

castration

castrations

cerebral

cereal

carnival

cervical

chesterfield

chemical

changeable

chasuble

chronicle

chargeable

cistercian

colorful

clavicle

clerical

colossal

classical

comical

colloidal

commingle

commercial

committal

coequal

communal

congenial

conical

cardinal

constable

countable

corporal

conjugal

coronal

credible

cortical

coracle

court-martial

credential

criminal

critical

crucible

culpable

cubicle

cultural

curable

cuticle

cynical

cyclical

dastardly

debacle

decimal

deceitful

delightful

decider

denial

destroyers

destroyer

destructive

disable

digital

destruction

disciple

disdainful

disgraceful

dishevel

disloyal

dispersal

distasteful

dismissal

dissemble

dismantle

disposal

distortion

distortions

distracting

distraction

distractions

distresses

distressing

distribute

doctorate

disturbance

distributes

distrustful

diurnal

doable

doctorates

doctrinal

doctrinaire

doggerel

domical

drinkable

easterling

durable

dutiful

easterly

easterner

eatable

edible

easterners

enable

embattle

empanel

embezzle

enamel

entitle

entangle

enfeeble

ennoble

ensemble

eternal

equable

epistle

epochal

equators

equator

errorful

essential

especial

estrangement

ethical

ethnical

eventful

example

extirpate

extortion

extirpates

extradite

extraction

extractions

extradites

extricate

extremely

extremists

extremist

extricates

extrovert

factoring

extrusion

distracted

factories

factory

factual

familial

fallible

fanciful

farcical

feasible

fraternal

festival

fictional

fixable

flexible

finagle

filial

flammable

flavorful

fluxional

forgetful

fractional

follicle

forcible

fluvial

financial

funeral

functional

fusible

gastroscope

genital

graphical

gradual

granduncle

gullible

helical

histories

history

hormonal

horrible

hospital

extrinsic

neglectful

humoral

ignoble

illegal

imbecile

immoral

icicle

immobile

impanel

immortal

impartial

imperil

infernal

infertile

informal

initial

insightful

integral

judgmental

jovial

judicial

juvenile

lecturers

lecturer

lexical

laughable

legible

laudable

leasable

liberal

likeable

lineal

liable

likable

lionel

livable

lovable

locators

logical

locator

low-level

magical

mineral

madrigal

lyrical

maternal

manhandle

masturbates

mandible

manual

masterly

masterpiece

mastery

mayoral

marginal

menstrual

marital

medical

meaningful

medial

menial

merciful

metrical

masturbate

ministral

minimal

miscible

miracle

misdirect

mishandle

mistrials

mistresses

mistrial

mistreated

mistreatment

mistrustful

monocle

movable

multiple

musical

mutable

musketeer

musketeers

mutual

natural

mysteries

national

mystery

nautical

mythical

mystical

newcastle

newfangle

nominal

non-verbal

nonlethal

notable

notional

numeral

obstacle

orchestral

official

optimal

optical

optional

oracle

orbital

ostracize

ostrogoth

ostrogoths

ostriches

palatial

panhandle

palpable

parable

parental

particle

passable

pastrami

pasteurize

paternal

pedestal

payable

peaceable

personal

postnatal

perusal

physical

picturesque

pinnacle

pineal

pineapple

pitiful

pivotal

plentiful

pliable

pluvial

portrayal

portable

possible

plausible

posterior

posteriors

practical

potential

powerful

potable

preamble

prefrontal

prenatal

primeval

projectile

proposal

principal

principle

proconsul

probable

prodigal

provable

proximal

provincial

prudential

psychical

punctual

purposeful

quintuple

quizzical

quadruple

quotable

radical

radial

reactors

rational

reactor

reachable

readable

rebuttal

resentful

recital

resettle

rectangle

rectory

redouble

refusal

rehearsal

regretful

regional

rekindle

rentable

removal

remorseful

renewal

remodel

reprisal

resemble

resourceful

respectful

restaurant

restaurants

retinal

sexual

retrieval

restorer

retrial

reversal

revival

ridable

ritual

sagittal

scriptural

salable

scalable

sculptural

seasonal

sentinel

seminal

sectional

sensible

sensual

sequential

serial

restriction

restrictions

sigmoidal

restrictive

skeletal

sisterhood

sizable

skeptical

sociable

soluble

solvable

sorrowful

substantial

successful

surgical

suitable

survival

syllable

tactical

tentacle

testicle

taxable

taciturn

technical

tenable

teachable

teaspoonful

terrible

terminal

tangential

textual

tangible

typical

tractable

touchable

topical

trainable

togethers

townspeople

tracheal

together

traceable

transmittal

treatable

tribunal

tricycle

triumphal

turntable

trivial

tropical

triangle

tunable

victory

unable

uncouple

uncivil

unequal

unfaithful

ungrateful

unravel

unbundle

unlawful

unsettle

unstable

untangle

unshackle

untruthful

victories

upheaval

vegetable

vaginal

utensil

usual

valuable

varietal

vegetal

vehicle

ventricle

versatile

vertebral

vesicle

vertical

viable

usable

visceral

visible

virtual

visitors

visitor

visual

volatile

voluble

vitriol

washable

westerly

westerlies

wearable

westerner

westerners

whimsical

wonderful

workable

virginal

withdrawal

worshipful

westernmost

yesteryear

yesterday

yesterdays

4 syllable words

accoutrements

accountable

acceptable

accessible

acoustical

accidental

achievable

accoutrement

adverbial

actionable

admirable

abdominal

adorable

adaptable

adoptable

adjustable

additional

admissible

actuaries

actuary

affordable

agreeable

advisable

allowable

alluvial

amicable

amendable

amiable

anarchical

alkaloidal

anecdotal

amenable

answerable

antipodal

apocryphal

antisocial

applicable

appealable

appreciable

approvable

arboreal

approachable

arterial

atypical

arguable

asexual

astrologer

astrology

attainable

artificial

astronomer

astronomy

astronautic

astronautics

astronomers

astrologers

augmentable

austerity

available

avoidable

bacterial

bacteria

bacterium

beneficial

behavioral

believable

biaxial

biennial

bilateral

bisexual

binomial

botanical

biannual

centennial

centrifugal

chimerical

charitable

circumstantial

coaxial

collateral

collectible

colloquial

colonial

collegial

comfortable

commendable

compensable

collapsible

confirmable

combinable

comparable

compatible

conceptual

confessional

congenital

conceivable

conditional

confidential

congressional

consensual

consequential

consolable

consonantal

contestable

controllable

continual

contemptible

continental

controversial

consumable

conventional

convertible

canonical

correctional

convivial

corrigible

creditable

custodial

cylindrical

daughter-in-law

debatable

decennial

deferential

deductible

defensible

definable

delectable

delusional

demonstrable

corruptible

dependable

deplorable

digestible

desirable

despicable

dimensional

detachable

detrimental

departmental

dexterity

diagonal

devotional

differential

directional

discernible

discountable

describable

disapproval

disassemble

disentangle

disrespectful

dispensable

disputable

disposable

distributed

distributing

distributor

distribution

distributions

disturbances

divisible

divisional

distributive

distributors

docudrama

duodenal

dysfunctional

electrical

eligible

elemental

emmanuel

emotional

empirical

employable

elliptical

enforceable

enjoyable

epidermal

ephemeral

epithelial

enviable

episcopal

equitable

esoteric

equivocal

estimable

erasable

estuaries

estuary

ethereal

exothermic

existential

execrable

exportable

eventual

exceptional

exchangeable

excitable

expandable

explainable

excusable

explicable

exponential

encyclical

externally

extendible

exterminates

exterminate

extortionate

extortionist

extortionists

exterior

exteriors

extradition

extravagance

extricable

extravagant

extremities

extremity

extricated

extrication

fanatical

fashionable

favorable

fathomable

fissionable

forgettable

forfeitable

forgivable

foreseeable

formidable

fundamental

galenical

gastronomy

gastrulation

genocidal

governmental

grammatical

habitable

habitual

heretical

heritable

hexagonal

historian

historians

homicidal

honeysuckle

hierarchical

historical

honorable

horizontal

hospitable

hydrothermal

hysterical

imitable

illegible

identical

illogical

immiscible

immutable

immovable

impassable

impeachable

impeccable

imperial

impersonal

implacable

implausible

impractical

improbable

impregnable

impossible

inaudible

inaugural

incapable

incidental

incredible

incurable

incremental

isothermal

indelible

inedible

ineffable

industrial

infallible

infeasible

inferential

inflexible

inflammable

inflatable

influential

insoluble

injectable

inscrutable

insatiable

insensible

inimical

intangible

instrumental

instructional

insubstantial

intentional

intermingle

interstitial

intestinal

intractable

intramural

invaluable

irascible

irrational

invisible

invincible

ironical

irritable

issuable

lamentable

knowledgeable

liturgical

logistical

malleable

manageable

material

masterfully

masterpieces

marketable

maniacal

marsupial

masturbation

memorable

measurable

memorial

mechanical

medicinal

mercurial

mesodermal

matriarchal

mesothorax

metacarpal

methodical

millennial

miserable

laryngeal

mosaical

motorcycle

mollycoddle

monumental

monolingual

municipal

navigable

negligible

negotiable

nestorian

noncommercial

nontechnical

nontaxable

noncommittal

nonessential

nonsensical

nonvolatile

observable

numerical

nutritional

noticeable

nugatory

obstetrical

obtainable

occasional

octagonal

operable

octahedral

occidental

occipital

original

oriental

ornamental

ostensible

ostracism

palatable

parietal

parochial

participle

pasteurizes

patentable

personable

patriarchal

permissible

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9 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word pectoral

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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