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

able

addle

agile

algal

aisle

amble

ample

anal

angel

angle

ankle

annal

annul

anvil

appel

apple

april

arcane

arching

argent

argon

argonne

arraign

arson

arsons

artful

arval

astral

aural

axle

austral

awful

babble

babel

baffle

bagel

baleful

bangle

bashful

bargains

bargain

barrel

basal

basil

battle

bauble

beadle

beagle

bestial

bedell

beryl

betel

bengal

beetle

bethel

bevel

bible

boggle

bottle

boastful

blissful

brackens

borel

bracken

bowel

bodle

bogle

boodle

bracing

bubble

brakeman

brothel

bumble

bramble

brickle

breakneck

brazen

breaking

breeching

bridal

bristol

bridle

bristle

brittle

brindle

broken

brogan

broking

buckle

brandle

brougham

buccal

brutal

bugle

browsing

brushing

bundle

burel

burble

burgeon

break-in

bushel

bustle

cackle

cancel

camel

candle

cantle

carnal

careful

capel

capsule

caple

carpal

causal

carol

carrel

castle

caudal

carrol

cattle

caudle

central

ceryl

channel

chapel

chattel

cheerful

chisel

choral

chuckle

churchman

circle

cobble

civil

cockle

chortle

coddle

coastal

coble

colonel

consul

coppel

copple

cordial

corbel

cornel

coral

counsel

council

cromwell

couple

crackle

crandall

cranial

crashing

coursing

cradle

cracking

creaking

cripple

crescents

crucial

crescent

crewel

crossings

crossing

cruel

crumble

crumple

crustal

cuddle

cudgel

crystal

darnel

cycle

cymbal

darkened

damsel

daniel

darken

dangle

dabble

dawdle

dazzle

crushing

dekle

deerskin

dental

dermal

devil

dibble

dial

dimple

dingle

glacial

butyl

cable

dismal

distal

docile

dorsal

doleful

double

doodle

drachma

drachmas

ductile

doubtful

drabble

dowel

dragon

dragnet

dragging

dragnets

dribble

dragons

dressings

dressing

drivel

drizzle

dreadful

drugging

dual

ducal

duffel

dwindle

eagle

duel

easel

eisel

engle

entrail

equal

ethel

ethyl

evil

facile

facial

faithful

fable

fangle

faunal

fearsome

fecal

fateful

fearful

fatal

feeble

fennel

fickle

fiddle

fertile

feudal

fiscal

feral

final

fipple

fissile

fitful

firkins

fizzle

flannel

floral

fluegel

fetal

foible

forceful

fondle

fungal

focal

forcing

funnel

foregone

forging

forgings

formal

fossil

foursome

fragile

fragment

frazzle

fragments

freckle

frightful

foreseen

frogmouths

fumble

freshman

frequents

frogmouth

frequent

fretful

freshens

freshen

frontal

frizzle

fuddle

frugal

fruitful

fuel

frozen

garble

foreskin

freaking

freezing

gamble

foreign

gaggle

gainful

futile

gable

gambrel

gavel

genial

gentle

glottal

gobble

goggle

harken

georgian

giggle

global

harmel

jostle

google

goral

gospel

grackle

graceful

granule

grapple

gorgons

gorgon

harle

grateful

gravel

gribble

grumble

grovel

gristle

grizzle

gruesome

grindle

guzzle

hackle

hable

grecian

hansel

hamel

haggle

hamal

gurgle

handle

grazing

harkens

heckle

hassle

hatchel

hegel

herschel

hateful

hazel

hazle

helpful

herbal

healthful

hearkens

hobble

hostel

harmful

hopple

hopeful

hostile

horseman

humble

houseful

housel

hovel

howell

huckle

huddle

hummel

hymnal

hurdle

hustle

hurtful

hurtle

idle

idol

irksome

ingle

jackal

jangle

georgians

jargon

jiggle

girdle

jerking

jerkins

jewel

jingle

journal

joyful

juggle

pummel

gleeful

jumble

kennel

kettle

kibble

kiddle

kittel

kendal

kindle

kinkle

kernel

kirkman

kittle

knittle

knuckle

larval

laurel

label

ladle

krishna

lawful

legal

lentil

level

lethal

libel

little

lisle

lintel

lingle

local

lustful

loyal

lorgnette

lorgnettes

mammal

loral

mantel

mantle

mangle

marble

marvel

marching

marksman

markman

margined

margins

markings

marking

marshal

martial

marchman

margin

medal

meddle

mendel

mental

maple

metal

merchant

merchants

merging

merkin

mettle

mickle

methyl

mindful

jungle

middle

minstrel

model

missal

missel

mistral

mochel

mitral

missile

mobile

modal

mongol

morgans

mogul

morsel

mortal

moral

mosel

morgan

motile

mumble

muckle

muddle

muffle

muscle

mussel

mural

muzzle

needful

myrtle

nasal

natal

naval

navel

needle

mournful

nestle

nimble

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

neutral

noble

noodle

neural

normal

novel

nozzle

nuptial

nuzzle

oarsman

nursing

nettle

oral

mingle

organ

ogle

organs

orval

paddle

panful

parcel

panel

painful

papal

partial

parchment

parson

parking

parsons

oval

paschal

peaceful

pebble

pedal

peddle

pencil

peril

penal

people

percent

percents

perchance

perkin

perkins

person

persians

persian

petal

phenol

persons

phrasing

pickle

piddle

pimple

piercing

pistil

pistol

playful

pleural

pommel

popple

plural

poodle

portal

postel

postal

pottle

prattle

prayerful

preaching

precinct

precincts

pregnant

presence

present

presents

pressing

primal

pressman

pretzel

presumes

presume

prisms

prism

prisons

puzzle

opal

prussian

puddle

prison

pupil

purging

purple

quarrel

quibble

quintal

racial

rabble

rammel

raffle

rascal

rankle

rattle

ramble

ravel

rectal

rebel

regel

regal

reigle

rental

renal

restful

revel

rigel

riddle

riffle

rifle

riggle

rial

rightful

ruffle

ripple

rumble

rumple

rubble

roble

ruddle

rustle

ruttle

rundle

rural

rouble

ruble

rueful

sable

royal

sample

sandal

saddle

scalpel

rival

scandal

scorching

scornful

scoundrel

scramble

scrabble

scribble

scovel

scuffle

scuttle

sorel

sergeants

seckel

sequel

shuffle

shuttle

sergeant

servile

settle

shackle

shovel

shamble

shrapnel

shrivel

several

shameful

shindle

sharking

shingle

shekel

sibyl

simple

sickle

sidle

signal

sinful

single

sipple

smuggle

scruple

snuggle

sizzle

skittle

smittle

sniffle

skillful

social

sorghum

spacial

sparkle

spatial

special

spaniel

sorrel

spangle

speckle

spectral

startle

spinal

supple

spiteful

squabble

spiral

spittle

spousal

squiggle

sprinkle

staple

squirrel

stemple

spindle

steeple

sterile

stable

stickle

strangle

stumble

straddle

straggle

struggle

stubble

subtle

suckle

stressful

stifle

suttle

swivel

swindle

swingle

surgeons

surgeon

symbol

searching

tactful

tassel

tasteful

tangle

tattle

temple

tearful

teagle

tensile

tercel

terrel

thankful

throttle

thimble

thoughtful

thermal

thistle

tickle

thrashing

tidal

tindal

toddle

toggle

tinsel

tipple

title

tittle

tingle

tinkle

tonsil

table

topple

torsion

towel

total

trammel

tranquil

tramble

trample

tracing

tackle

travel

tremble

treble

tressel

trestle

trial

treasons

tribal

tribble

treason

trickle

trifle

trinkle

tricking

triple

trouble

truffle

trundle

trucking

trojans

twaddle

truthful

tumble

tunnel

tuneful

tussle

twiddle

twinkle

trojan

umbel

turtle

tweedle

uncle

tubal

ural

urchins

urgent

urchin

vandal

vassal

useful

vessel

urson

ventral

verbal

vernal

vengeful

versions

version

vestal

vinyl

venal

vigil

vial

virgin

virgins

virile

waddle

vital

vocal

vowel

waffle

wamble

warble

watchful

wattle

wasteful

whistle

weasel

weevil

wrongful

zestful

whittle

wiggle

wishful

wobble

wistful

winkle

workings

working

workman

windle

worsens

worrel

worsen

wrangle

wrestle

willful

wrecking

wriggle

wrinkle

youthful

zircon

zircons

tootle

3 syllable words

abnormal

accrual

abysmal

actual

acquittal

admiral

adrenal

affable

ambrosial

ancestral

aerial

annual

apostle

apical

apparel

archangel

arable

arcanum

arachnid

arachnids

appraisal

approval

archangels

arousal

archetypal

archival

argentine

argentines

argument

argonaut

arguments

argonauts

ariel

arkansan

arkansans

arrival

arraignment

arraignments

arrogance

arrogant

arsonist

arsenic

arsenide

arsonists

assemble

astraddle

auroral

autumnal

backpedal

axial

bacchanal

balmoral

bankable

baptismal

bargainers

bargainer

bearable

beautiful

bedraggle

befuddle

bedevil

belittle

betrayal

biblical

bicycle

biddable

bilingual

bifocal

bimodal

biracial

bountiful

bronchial

boondoggle

breakable

brigantine

brazenly

burgundies

burgundy

burial

burnable

cantonal

callable

cannibal

capital

capable

capitol

conjugal

caramel

caressing

carousing

chargeable

casual

cathedral

celestial

chasuble

cervical

changeable

cerebral

cereal

chemical

chronicle

classical

circumcise

circumference

circumscribe

clavicle

circumvent

circumspect

circumstance

circumvents

conical

clerical

coequal

coercion

colloidal

comical

colossal

committal

commercial

communal

commingle

colorful

congenial

countable

cortical

culpable

coracle

corporal

coronal

corrosion

crucible

credential

credible

court-martial

criminal

crescendo

critical

cross-country

cultural

curable

cubicle

cyclical

cuticle

darkening

digital

cynical

debacle

deceitful

delightful

denial

derision

disable

disciple

disloyal

dishevel

disdainful

disgraceful

disposal

dismissal

dispersal

dissemble

doctoral

distasteful

doable

distrustful

diurnal

doggerel

domical

drinkable

dressmaking

dressmakers

dressmaker

durable

eatable

dutiful

edible

enamel

embattle

embezzle

encircle

empanel

enable

epochal

entitle

equable

entangle

ennoble

enfeeble

especial

epistle

example

essential

erosion

errorful

eternal

ethical

ethnical

external

eventful

eurasian

genital

fallible

factual

familial

fanciful

feasible

femoral

federal

fictional

festival

filial

finagle

flammable

financial

flavorful

fluvial

fusible

funeral

forgetful

fragmented

fraternal

functional

frequencies

frequently

frequency

garrison

foreigner

foreigners

general

caboodle

granduncle

gradual

graphical

gullible

guttural

harassment

helical

hospital

horrible

hormonal

horizons

horizon

horsemanship

humoral

hurricane

hurricanes

icicle

illegal

ignoble

imbecile

irishman

impanel

impartial

immoral

imperil

immobile

integral

informal

initial

infernal

insightful

immortal

infertile

internal

interval

jovial

judgmental

judicial

juvenile

kerosene

laudable

laughable

leasable

larceny

lateral

legible

lexical

liable

lionel

livable

liberal

lineal

literal

littoral

logical

madrigal

mandible

lovable

mackerel

low-level

magical

lyrical

organelles

manual

dismantle

manhandle

marginal

marital

marksmanship

meaningful

maternal

mayoral

medical

masterful

marconi

medial

mercantile

menial

menstrual

merchandise

merciful

metrical

orbital

minimal

miscible

miracle

ministral

mishandle

mistrustful

mistrial

moroccans

moroccan

multiple

movable

mutable

mutual

musical

national

nautical

mythical

mystical

natural

neglectful

newcastle

newfangle

nocturnal

nominal

non-verbal

nonlethal

notional

notable

nourishment

numeral

norwegians

norwegian

official

optical

oracle

orchestral

mineral

nourishing

organist

organize

organized

organics

origin

organum

origins

parable

panhandle

palatial

palpable

paragon

parsonage

parental

parisian

pastoral

peaceable

payable

pectoral

paternal

pedestal

percentage

personal

persona

personals

personnel

perusal

phrygian

physical

pickerel

pineal

plausible

plentiful

pineapple

pinnacle

pitiful

pivotal

portable

pliable

portrayal

pluvial

potable

postnatal

potential

powerful

pragmatic

pragmatist

pragmatists

preamble

preconceive

prefrontal

prenatal

pregnancy

pregnancies

presences

prescience

prescient

presentment

principle

presently

presenter

presumption

presumptions

presumptive

principal

primeval

proconsul

prodigal

prisoner

prisoners

punctual

progeny

prognoses

projectile

psychical

provable

prudential

provincial

proposal

quadruple

purposeful

presenters

pyroxene

pursuant

radical

quizzical

quotable

readable

radial

rational

ramshackle

reachable

rebuttal

recital

rectangle

redouble

regional

refusal

regretful

rehearsal

rekindle

remodel

remorseful

rentable

removal

renewal

reprisal

resettle

retinal

retrial

resourceful

respectful

resemble

retrieval

resentful

ridable

sagittal

revival

reversal

ritual

salable

sarcoma

saracens

sarasin

scalable

quintuple

scriptural

sectional

sensible

sensual

sentinel

sequential

seasonal

sectoral

seminal

serial

sexual

sizable

sigmoidal

sociable

skeptical

skeletal

sorrowful

sculptural

spectacle

structural

successful

suitable

substantial

syllable

survival

surgical

tactical

tangible

tangential

technical

tentacle

textual

tenable

teachable

teaspoonful

temporal

terrible

terminal

testicle

organic

tiresome

touchable

townspeople

traceable

trainable

triumphal

tracheal

transmittal

treatable

triangle

tricycle

tribunal

tropical

truism

uncouple

tunable

turntable

trivial

typical

uncivil

unbundle

unable

unsettle

unequal

unravel

ungrateful

unlawful

unshackle

unfaithful

unstable

vegetal

valuable

untangle

usual

vaginal

vegetable

utensil

viable

upheaval

urgency

usable

urgently

untruthful

varietal

versatile

vertebral

vertical

vesicle

ventricle

vehicle

virginal

virtual

visible

visual

vitriol

wearable

visceral

wearisome

whimsical

warehousing

worshipful

workable

withdrawal

wonderful

worrisome

workmanship

workmanlike

4 syllable words

accessible

acceptable

accidental

accountable

achievable

acoustical

actionable

additional

adaptable

admissible

adoptable

admirable

adorable

adjustable

adverbial

advisable

affordable

agreeable

amicable

allowable

amiable

alluvial

alkaloidal

amenable

amendable

anarchical

anecdotal

apocryphal

answerable

appealable

applicable

appreciable

arboreal

approvable

approachable

archenemy

argentinas

argentina

arguable

arizonan

arizonans

arrogantly

arterial

antipodal

artificial

antisocial

attainable

atypical

augmentable

available

avoidable

bacterial

asexual

beneficial

behavioral

believable

biannual

biaxial

bilateral

binomial

biennial

bisexual

botanical

broken-winded

burgomaster

burgomasters

canonical

carcinoma

carcinogen

carcinogens

charismatic

centennial

centrifugal

charismatics

charitable

chimerical

chrysanthemum

circumcision

chrysanthemums

circumstantial

circumvention

circumspection

circumstances

collapsible

collectible

coaxial

collateral

compensable

colloquial

collegial

comparable

colonial

combinable

comfortable

commendable

compatible

conceivable

conditional

conceptual

confessional

confidential

congenital

confirmable

congressional

consolable

consonantal

consequential

consensual

contestable

continental

controversial

conventional

convertible

controllable

contemptible

continual

convivial

correctional

corrigible

corruptible

creditable

diagonal

consumable

directional

custodial

digestible

cylindrical

debatable

delectable

decennial

devotional

defensible

deductible

delusional

desirable

dependable

deplorable

departmental

describable

detachable

demonstrable

despicable

detrimental

deferential

dimensional

definable

discernible

differential

disapproval

disassemble

discountable

disentangle

dispensable

disposable

disputable

disrespectful

divisible

divisional

draconian

dysfunctional

duodenal

emotional

erasable

excitable

elliptical

emmanuel

enforceable

employable

empirical

enviable

exceptional

enjoyable

equitable

ephemeral

encyclical

epidermal

episcopal

epithelial

equivocal

estimable

excusable

expandable

ethereal

eventual

exchangeable

electrical

explainable

elemental

explicable

execrable

exportable

genocidal

exponential

eligible

extendible

existential

extricable

fanatical

fashionable

fathomable

favorable

fissionable

foreseeable

forfeitable

forgettable

forgivable

formidable

fragmentary

fragmentation

fundamental

galenical

gargantuan

abdominal

isothermal

grammatical

governmental

gorgonian

habitable

habitual

hexagonal

hierarchical

honeysuckle

heretical

heritable

heroism

honorable

historical

homicidal

hospitable

horizontal

hydrothermal

immiscible

illegible

illogical

hysterical

identical

imitable

immutable

impossible

impassable

impersonal

impeccable

impeachable

imperial

implacable

implausible

impractical

incremental

improbable

impregnable

inaudible

incapable

incidental

incredible

inaugural

inedible

indelible

industrial

insatiable

infallible

incurable

ineffable

injectable

insensible

insoluble

instructional

infeasible

inflexible

inimical

inflammable

inflatable

influential

inferential

inscrutable

ironical

instrumental

insubstantial

intangible

intentional

intermingle

interstitial

intestinal

intractable

invaluable

intramural

irascible

invincible

invisible

irrational

issuable

immovable

irritable

knowledgeable

lamentable

laryngeal

liturgical

logistical

malleable

manageable

maniacal

marsupial

marginally

marketable

marijuana

material

matriarchal

medicinal

mechanical

measurable

maraschino

memorable

memorial

mercenary

mercenaries

merchandiser

merchandisers

mercurial

mesodermal

metacarpal

merchandising

methodical

miserable

mollycoddle

monumental

mosaical

monolingual

motorcycle

municipal

navigable

negligible

negotiable

neonatal

nontaxable

noncommittal

noncommercial

nonessential

nonsensical

nontechnical

nonvolatile

numerical

occidental

octagonal

occasional

observable

obtainable

nutritional

obstetrical

octahedral

noticeable

operable

zoological

millennial

organismic

organizer

organizers

organisms

organism

organizes

ornamental

original

orthogonal

oriental

originals

originate

originates

palatable

paraguayan

paranormal

ostensible

parietal

parishioners

parishioner

parisians

parsimony

parsonages

parochial

parisienne

participle

patrimonial

patentable

patriarchal

perishable

perceptible

perennial

pentecostal

percentages

peripheral

permissible

permeable

personable

personalize

personalized

perpetual

personally

pictorial

persuadable

personify

personifies

phenomenal

pitiable

pleasurable

pontifical

political

polygonal

polemical

poetical

practicable

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7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word proximal

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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