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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word shepherd.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 shepherd.
2 syllable words

aboard

abrade

abroad

abridged

abort

aborts

abrades

absurd

abridge

anchored

antlered

bollard

afford

afraid

affords

apart

averts

awkward

avert

battered

bayard

blizzard

armored

backward

bastard

billiard

blackbird

bluebird

brassard

buffered

buzzard

catchword

bustard

catbird

chambered

byword

byard

chartered

cavort

colored

clustered

collard

collared

chipboard

cloistered

chevrette

coloured

covered

cupboard

bordered

crawford

concord

conferred

cowherd

coward

cupboards

cornered

covert

cultured

custard

defraud

depart

bolstered

departs

deport

littered

effort

divert

efforts

drunkard

downward

diverts

everts

evert

favored

figured

fevered

featured

fibroid

fibroids

fingered

flavored

flowered

foreword

forward

gaillard

gizzard

gabert

haggard

hansard

hayward

hartford

hazard

hundred

honored

hired

homeward

hybrid

hybrids

izard

izzard

injured

inward

keyword

keyboard

keyboards

kingbird

labored

laggard

lanyard

landward

layered

leeward

leftward

liveried

lizard

mallard

mannered

wondered

lollard

mirrored

murdered

niggard

natured

miniard

mustard

mopboard

neutered

nephrite

one-third

northward

onward

outward

orchard

ordered

reynard

overt

password

oxford

perjured

pillared

placard

pictured

pollard

powdered

punctured

rapport

revert

reports

report

reword

reverts

scabbard

ruptured

mastered

lowered

rightward

scattered

woodward

robert

seaboard

whiskered

seaport

shuttered

seaward

skyward

shipboard

shipyard

shoreward

shouldered

shipyards

snowbird

standard

spaniard

southward

spirit

spirits

subverts

spearhead

spartans

spreader

wizard

sporting

sportsman

spheroid

starboard

structured

steward

subvert

spartan

sugared

sunbird

sutured

support

supports

tankard

upwards

sunward

upbraid

tired

unheard

windward

towered

uproot

westward

vibrate

wayward

vineyard

watchword

vibrates

withered

seaports

roberts

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word shepherd

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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