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

abrade

afraid

arcade

adores

adheres

attract

attracts

authors

badders

belgrade

brigade

betrays

batters

beaters

bathers

beadwork

betters

bettors

bridesmaid

bitters

blockade

bidders

bothers

brocade

buffeted

forbade

decayed

addressed

cascade

degrade

butters

charade

citric

cheddars

cheaters

cliched

cadres

detracts

caters

cedars

crusade

decade

detract

detours

deters

displayed

dissuade

evade

feathers

eaters

ethers

fathers

features

cutters

feeders

fetters

handmade

getters

grenade

gutters

haters

headers

gathers

guitars

heaters

heathers

hitters

invade

homemade

hydras

hooters

inlaid

ladders

lathers

futures

litters

leathers

mathers

leaders

located

man-made

matrice

looters

matrix

metrics

metric

mermaid

matters

mothers

meters

metres

matures

loaders

letters

motors

mutters

networks

network

retires

nethers

nightshade

outright

outrage

outraged

nitric

outdoors

outreach

others

otters

padres

retracts

pervade

nutters

persuade

parade

peters

potters

putters

quitters

raters

raiders

radars

readers

remade

pedros

odors

retrace

retract

repaid

riders

setters

rotors

unmade

routers

shatters

shudders

shooters

shutters

skaters

siders

sitters

southers

rooters

starcher

powders

staircase

upbraid

stairways

squatters

starcraft

stricken

starches

straggler

starchy

stearic

stragglers

storage

storehouse

straighten

stockade

straggle

strickler

straightedge

stories

straightens

stressful

stresses

tirade

starkly

stricture

sturgeon

strictly

strictures

struggles

strikeouts

struggle

structure

structured

strychnine

strikeout

sturgeons

striker

strikers

striking

stroking

structures

sweaters

theatrics

theatric

tatters

tethers

suitors

teeters

sutures

tutors

vitric

utters

waiters

weathers

voters

waters

waders

whitehorse

withers

woodwork

zithers

natures

7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word retrograde

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

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