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2 syllable words

abele

able

ably

addle

afoul

agile

aisle

appall

algal

annul

appel

amble

ample

anal

annal

angel

angle

apple

ankle

appeal

apply

april

brickle

awful

babble

astral

aural

avail

babel

baffle

axle

barrel

basil

battle

austral

awfully

bauble

bangle

basal

bedell

baleful

bashful

beryl

betel

artful

bagel

beadle

bible

borel

beetle

befall

bengal

bestial

boggle

bottle

beagle

bethel

bridal

bowel

bridle

bristle

blissful

bodle

bogle

boodle

boastful

bramble

brandle

brittle

brindle

bristol

brothel

burel

brutal

buccal

bubbly

bugle

cabal

bushel

cackle

burble

butyl

cable

camel

cancel

candle

cantle

capelle

carol

capel

caple

capsule

carrel

careful

carrol

carnal

carpal

castle

cattle

caudal

caudle

causal

chapel

ceryl

chattel

channel

chisel

cheerful

choral

cheaply

chiefly

chortle

circle

central

coastal

cobble

cockle

coddle

coble

colonel

consul

coppel

copple

coral

corbel

cornel

cordial

crackle

council

counsel

cripple

dabble

crandall

cradle

crewel

cranial

cromwell

crystal

crucial

cruel

cymbal

cycle

damsel

daniel

dangle

dawdle

darnel

dazzle

dekle

deeply

dental

dermal

deploy

dibble

dial

dimple

dingle

wriggle

dismal

distal

docile

drabble

dribble

dowel

dorsal

doubtful

dreadful

doodle

doleful

doubly

drizzle

ducal

dual

dwindle

eagle

duel

easel

eisel

engle

entrail

faunal

fennel

fiddle

ethel

equal

feral

fickle

ethyl

evil

fable

facile

eyeball

facial

faithful

fangle

fatal

fearful

fateful

fecal

feeble

feebly

final

fertile

fetal

feudal

fipple

fissile

fizzle

fiscal

fitful

flannel

floral

fluegel

formal

fossil

fondle

focal

foible

forceful

fragile

frazzle

freckle

frizzle

fuddle

fretful

frightful

frugal

fruitful

fungal

fuel

gabel

futile

gable

gaggle

gainful

gamble

garble

genial

giggle

gentle

girdle

gleeful

glacial

global

glottal

gobble

goggle

goral

gospel

google

graceful

grackle

granule

grapple

gambrel

grateful

gribble

grindle

gristle

grizzle

gurgle

hackle

haggle

hamel

harle

hassle

hatchel

handle

hansel

harmel

hable

hamal

hazle

harmful

hazel

hateful

healthful

heckle

hegel

herbal

helpful

herschel

hobble

hopple

hopeful

hostel

hostile

houseful

housel

howell

hurdle

hurtful

hymnal

hurtle

idle

idol

kennel

ingle

jackal

jiggle

jangle

jewel

jingle

jostle

kettle

joyful

jungle

kibble

kendal

kernel

kiddle

kindle

kittel

kittle

kinkle

knittle

lapel

label

laurel

lawful

mettle

mickle

middle

journal

ladle

libel

lentil

legal

lethal

medal

lingle

lintel

metal

little

meddle

lisle

lustful

loral

local

lovely

loyal

lively

loophole

mammal

mantel

mangle

mantle

marshal

marble

maple

martial

missal

mental

moral

mendel

mingle

missel

methyl

mindful

minstrel

missile

mochel

model

mitral

mistral

mobile

stressful

modal

mogul

mongol

wrinkle

wrongful

morsel

mortal

mosel

motile

myrtle

mournful

mural

naval

nasal

natal

navel

nestle

needle

neural

nettle

nibble

neutral

nickel

nickle

nimble

nipple

noble

nobly

normal

noodle

needful

nozzle

nuptial

oral

ogle

opal

oval

panel

panful

papal

painful

ovule

paddle

paschal

parcel

partial

peaceful

peafowl

pebble

pedal

peddle

peril

piddle

pencil

penal

people

petal

pimple

pickle

phenol

pistil

rebel

pistol

playful

poodle

pleural

plural

portal

postal

pommel

popple

prattle

postel

pottle

prayerful

primal

pretzel

quarrel

pupil

purple

quibble

quintal

rabble

raffle

rammel

ramble

rankle

racial

rascal

rattle

rectal

refill

regal

regel

reigle

renal

rental

repel

reply

ruble

repeal

reveal

rial

restful

riddle

riffle

rifle

rigel

revile

riggle

ripple

rightful

roble

rouble

royal

rueful

rural

saddle

sable

pueblo

tableau

sample

sandal

tinsel

scovel

scrabble

scribble

seckel

scalpel

scandal

scruple

scornful

scoundrel

scramble

servile

sequel

settle

shackle

shekel

shamble

shindle

shrapnel

shingle

shameful

sibyl

sickle

sidle

signal

sipple

sizzle

simple

sinful

skillful

single

skittle

smittle

sniffle

sorel

social

sorrel

safely

special

spaniel

sparkle

spangle

spatial

speckle

spinal

spiral

spindle

spectral

spittle

spiteful

savely

spousal

squabble

squiggle

sterile

stickle

startle

stemple

sprinkle

stable

squirrel

stifle

staple

straddle

steeple

straggle

strangle

tassel

swingle

tattle

tackle

symbol

shapely

table

tactful

supply

tangle

terrel

swindle

tearful

temple

tensile

teagle

tercel

tasteful

thankful

souffle

spillway

thistle

throttle

tickle

tidal

title

tittle

thimble

thoughtful

thermal

tipple

tindal

toddle

tingle

toggle

tonsil

tinkle

tootle

topple

towel

trestle

tribal

tribble

trickle

trammel

tramble

trample

tranquil

tressel

treble

total

tremble

trial

trifle

spacial

triple

trinkle

truthful

tubal

tuneful

twaddle

twiddle

turtle

tubule

tweedle

twinkle

uncle

ural

uphill

vandal

vassal

venal

vengeful

verbal

vernal

ventral

vessel

vinyl

vial

vigil

vestal

virile

vowel

vital

waddle

waffle

vocal

wamble

warble

wattle

weevil

whistle

whittle

wiggle

wobble

watchful

willful

windle

weasel

wrestle

winkle

wishful

wistful

wasteful

worrel

wrangle

useful

youthful

zestful

3 syllable words

abysmal

abnormal

accrual

acquittal

adrenal

affable

aerial

admiral

actual

apical

afl

ambrosial

animal

ancestral

annual

apostle

apollo

apparel

approval

appraisal

arable

ariel

archival

archetypal

archangel

arousal

arrival

assemble

astraddle

audible

arsenal

bacchanal

auroral

autumnal

backpedal

axial

barnacle

bankable

baptismal

balmoral

beautiful

bedevil

befuddle

bedraggle

belittle

bicycle

biddable

biblical

bountiful

betrayal

bifocal

bilingual

bimodal

biracial

boondoggle

bearable

breakable

article

bronchial

buffalo

burnable

burial

caboodle

callable

cannibal

capital

capitol

caramel

capella

cappella

cardinal

carnival

casual

cathedral

cerebral

chargeable

changeable

cervical

cereal

chasuble

chemical

chronicle

celestial

classical

clavicle

clerical

colloidal

colorful

coequal

colossal

comical

committal

commercial

communal

commingle

constable

conjugal

conical

congenial

coracle

coronal

corporal

cortical

countable

court-martial

credible

criminal

credential

critical

crucible

cubicle

cubbyhole

curable

cuticle

cultural

culpable

cyclical

cupola

cynical

capable

debacle

decimal

deceitful

delightful

denial

digital

disable

disciple

disdainful

disgraceful

dishevel

disloyal

cantonal

diurnal

dispersal

disposal

dissemble

distrustful

distasteful

doable

doggerel

domical

doctoral

doctrinal

drinkable

durable

eatable

dutiful

edible

enable

embattle

embezzle

enamel

empanel

encircle

enfeeble

ennoble

epochal

especial

epistle

errorful

essential

eternal

ethnical

eventful

example

ethical

fallible

external

factual

familial

fanciful

farcical

ensemble

feasible

entangle

federal

entitle

femoral

festival

finagle

filial

fictional

financial

fibula

equable

fixable

flammable

flavorful

flexible

fluvial

fluxional

follicle

forcible

forgetful

fractional

fraternal

funeral

functional

fusible

general

genital

gradual

graphical

granduncle

guttural

gullible

happily

heavily

helical

horrible

hospital

hormonal

humoral

icicle

dismissal

imbecile

illegal

immobile

immoral

ignoble

immortal

impanel

impartial

imperil

seminal

dismantle

infernal

infertile

initial

informal

integral

insightful

internal

interval

jovial

jubilee

judgmental

judicial

juvenile

laughable

laudable

lateral

leasable

liable

likable

likeable

legible

liberal

lineal

lexical

lionel

livable

literal

littoral

lovable

low-level

logical

mackerel

madrigal

lyrical

mandible

manhandle

marital

marginal

manual

maternal

mayoral

masterful

meaningful

medical

magical

medial

merciful

menial

menstrual

metrical

minimal

miracle

miscible

mineral

ministral

redouble

mistrial

mistrustful

monocle

mishandle

mutable

multiple

movable

natural

mythical

mystical

musical

naively

national

nautical

mutual

nebula

neglectful

nepali

newcastle

newfangle

nominal

nocturnal

non-verbal

nonlethal

notable

notional

obstacle

numeral

orbital

official

optical

optimal

optional

oracle

orchestral

payable

peaceable

parental

palatial

palpable

panhandle

parable

passable

paternal

particle

pastoral

recital

pectoral

pedestal

perusal

pickerel

physical

personal

pineal

pineapple

pinnacle

pivotal

plausible

pliable

pitiful

pluvial

plentiful

portable

portrayal

possible

potable

powerful

potential

practical

preamble

postnatal

primeval

probable

principal

principle

prenatal

proconsul

prodigal

proposal

provincial

proximal

projectile

provable

prudential

psychical

prefrontal

purposeful

punctual

quadruple

quizzical

quotable

radical

ramshackle

quintuple

radial

rational

readable

reachable

rebuttal

reapply

rectangle

refusal

regional

rehearsal

rekindle

regretful

remodel

removal

renewal

rentable

remorseful

reprisal

resemble

resentful

resettle

revival

retinal

retrieval

retrial

reveille

reversal

ridable

resourceful

ritual

rubella

respectful

sabella

salable

sculptural

scapula

scriptural

seasonal

serial

sectional

sectoral

sensible

sentinel

sensual

sequential

sizable

skeletal

skeptical

sigmoidal

sociable

soluble

sexual

solvable

tivoli

sorrowful

sagittal

spectacle

tricycle

structural

suitable

successful

substantial

survival

surgical

syllable

tactical

tangential

tangible

scalable

taxable

tenable

terminal

teachable

tentacle

temporal

technical

teaspoonful

terrible

testicle

textual

topical

townspeople

trainable

transmittal

treatable

touchable

traceable

triangle

tracheal

tribunal

trivial

tractable

triumphal

tropical

unfaithful

tunable

unable

tupelo

turntable

typical

unbundle

uncivil

unlawful

uncouple

unequal

ungrateful

unravel

upheaval

unsettle

unshackle

unstable

untangle

untruthful

usable

usual

vaginal

vegetal

valuable

vegetable

varietal

utensil

vehicle

versatile

vertebral

vertical

ventricle

vesicle

viable

virginal

visible

volatile

visceral

visual

voluble

virtual

vitriol

washable

wearable

whimsical

withdrawal

wonderful

workable

worshipful

4 syllable words

abdominal

acceptable

accessible

achievable

accountable

acoustical

accidental

actionable

advisable

additional

admirable

adorable

adverbial

admissible

adoptable

affordable

adjustable

adaptable

alluvial

amicable

alkaloidal

amiable

anecdotal

anarchical

answerable

antipodal

antisocial

agreeable

apocryphal

appealable

allowable

approvable

applicable

appreciable

approachable

amenable

arguable

arboreal

amendable

attainable

atypical

augmentable

available

avoidable

bacterial

believable

behavioral

beneficial

biennial

biannual

biaxial

bilateral

binomial

botanical

bisexual

arterial

artificial

asexual

canonical

charitable

centennial

centrifugal

chimerical

circumstantial

collateral

collegial

collapsible

colloquial

collectible

colonial

combinable

comfortable

commendable

comparable

compatible

convertible

compensable

conceivable

confirmable

consensual

conceptual

conditional

confessional

confidential

congenital

congressional

consolable

consequential

consonantal

controversial

coaxial

consumable

continual

contestable

continental

controllable

contemptible

conventional

convivial

corruptible

correctional

corrigible

creditable

custodial

cylindrical

decennial

debatable

definable

deductible

defensible

delectable

deferential

delusional

dependable

deplorable

demonstrable

departmental

describable

desirable

despicable

detachable

devotional

detrimental

diagonal

digestible

dimensional

disapproval

directional

disassemble

discernible

differential

discountable

disentangle

divisible

disposable

disputable

disrespectful

divisional

duodenal

dysfunctional

eligible

elemental

elliptical

electrical

emmanuel

emotional

empirical

employable

encyclical

enforceable

enviable

enjoyable

ephemeral

episcopal

erasable

equitable

equivocal

estimable

ethereal

eventual

excitable

exceptional

exchangeable

excusable

execrable

expandable

explainable

explicable

extricable

existential

exportable

extendible

exponential

fanatical

fashionable

fathomable

favorable

epidermal

epithelial

fissionable

forgivable

foreseeable

forfeitable

forgettable

formidable

fundamental

galenical

genocidal

governmental

grammatical

habitable

habitual

heritable

heretical

hexagonal

hierarchical

historical

honorable

homicidal

honeysuckle

horizontal

hospitable

hydrothermal

hysterical

identical

illegible

illogical

imitable

immiscible

immovable

immutable

impassable

impeachable

impeccable

imperial

impersonal

impossible

dispensable

improbable

impregnable

inaudible

inaugural

incapable

incidental

incredible

incurable

inedible

ineffable

incremental

indelible

industrial

infallible

infeasible

inflammable

inferential

inflatable

inflexible

insatiable

inimical

injectable

influential

inscrutable

insensible

insoluble

intangible

instrumental

instructional

insubstantial

intentional

intestinal

intermingle

interstitial

intractable

intramural

irrational

invaluable

ironical

invisible

invincible

irascible

issuable

irritable

isothermal

impractical

knowledgeable

laryngeal

lamentable

liturgical

logistical

malleable

manageable

maniacal

measurable

marketable

material

marsupial

matriarchal

mechanical

memorable

memorial

medicinal

mesodermal

metacarpal

mercurial

methodical

implacable

miserable

millennial

implausible

monumental

municipal

navigable

motorcycle

negotiable

negligible

neonatal

mosaical

noncommercial

noncommittal

nonessential

nonsensical

nontaxable

nonvolatile

observable

numerical

nutritional

obstetrical

obtainable

occasional

operable

noticeable

original

occidental

octahedral

occipital

octagonal

oriental

orthogonal

ornamental

ostensible

palatable

paranormal

parietal

parochial

participle

patentable

patriarchal

patrimonial

perennial

peripheral

perishable

pentecostal

permeable

perceptible

permissible

persuadable

phenomenal

perpetual

personable

pictorial

pitiable

pleasurable

polemical

political

polygonal

poetical

pontifical

practicable

predictable

preferable

prejudicial

presentable

preventable

presidential

primordial

processional

proverbial

provisional

monolingual

profitable

professional

proportional

providential

nontechnical

pyramidal

quadrennial

punishable

questionable

rabbinical

mollycoddle

raptorial

pumpernickel

reasonable

reassemble

preferential

receivable

receptacle

reciprocal

sabbatical

quintessential

redeemable

reducible

regimental

reliable

relational

remarkable

remedial

renewable

removable

repairable

repayable

replaceable

reportable

reputable

residual

returnable

retractable

reversible

reverential

revocable

responsible

rhetorical

residential

respectable

sacramental

sacrificial

sartorial

satirical

seasonable

sensational

sentimental

serviceable

sinusoidal

spiritual

statistical

strategical

suicidal

subliminal

superficial

supportable

susceptible

sustainable

symmetrical

tabernacle

terminable

temperamental

terrestrial

tetrahedral

theatrical

tolerable

transferable

transitional

transcendental

transportable

triennial

trilateral

traditional

tutorial

tyrannical

umbilical

universal

unnatural

unmerciful

unusual

unsalable

unshakable

unreasonable

unspeakable

untreatable

unsuccessful

variable

venereal

venerable

veritable

vestigial

violable

vulnerable

redoubtable

zoological

5 syllable words

aberrational

aboriginal

abominable

acknowledgeable

actuarial

aeronautical

allegorical

alphabetical

analytical

analyzable

anatomical

antithetical

agricultural

architectural

astrological

bicentennial

biochemical

biomedical

biographical

biological

artiodactyl

astronautical

astronomical

asymmetrical

attitudinal

attributable

categorical

ceremonial

chronological

classifiable

coincidental

communicable

computational

connotational

congregational

considerable

comprehensible

constantinople

constitutional

conversational

curatorial

deliverable

diabolical

developable

developmental

diacritical

determinable

dialectical

dictatorial

disagreeable

directorial

discoverable

dishonorable

disreputable

distinguishable

ecological

economical

educational

egotistical

ecumenical

editorial

endothelial

environmental

esophageal

equatorial

eradicable

evangelical

exercisable

experiential

experimental

geophysical

geographical

geometrical

geological

gravitational

heterocercal

horticultural

hypothetical

hypercritical

hypocritical

immemorial

imaginable

immaterial

immeasurable

impenetrable

imperceptible

impermissible

inadvisable

inaccessible

inadmissible

inalienable

impressionable

inapplicable

incomparable

incompatible

incalculable

incorrigible

incompressible

inconsequential

individual

inconceivable

indefeasible

indescribable

indispensable

indisputable

indestructible

indivisible

indomitable

indefensible

inevitable

ineffectual

ineligible

inexorable

indefinable

inequitable

inescapable

inexhaustible

inexcusable

inexplicable

inextricable

innumerable

inimitable

inheritable

inseparable

insufferable

inspirational

insupportable

insurmountable

institutional

intellectual

irreparable

intelligible

intolerable

interminable

interdigital

international

intracranial

intramarginal

invariable

inviolable

invulnerable

invitational

irrefutable

interchangeable

irrepressible

irresistible

inhospitable

justifiable

jurisdictional

jurisprudential

lackadaisical

latitudinal

longitudinal

managerial

matrilineal

matrimonial

mathematical

magisterial

metaphorical

metaphysical

metallurgical

ministerial

imponderable

impracticable

multilateral

myocardial

mythological

navigational

neoclassical

neurological

nomenclatural

nondeductible

nonelectrical

nonprofessional

nonpolitical

nonrenewable

observational

objectionable

operational

ontological

oratorical

occupational

parimutuel

patrilineal

pathological

paradoxical

parenthetical

periodontal

periodical

peritoneal

philosophical

photochemical

pharmaceutical

phonological

polynomial

problematical

professorial

pseudopodial

irreversible

puritanical

pedagogical

prosecutable

irresponsible

reportorial

reprehensible

morphological

recognizable

secretarial

realizable

senatorial

semiannual

seismological

recoverable

psychological

supernatural

technological

testimonial

territorial

transcontinental

theoretical

typographical

unacceptable

unavoidable

unanswerable

unaccountable

uncomfortable

unconscionable

unfavorable

ungovernable

undeniable

unforeseeable

unforgettable

uncontrollable

understandable

unequivocal

unilateral

unimpeachable

unconditional

unmistakable

unquestionable

unreliable

unsupportable

verifiable

theological

irrevocable

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word shovel

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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