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3 syllable words
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2 syllable words

able

addle

amble

ample

agile

algal

aisle

anal

adroit

angel

angle

ankle

annal

annul

appel

apple

anvil

april

astral

athwart

attired

austral

axle

babel

baffle

bagel

babble

baleful

bangle

basal

basil

bauble

bashful

beadle

beagle

bedell

battered

beetle

beryl

bengal

bestial

betel

bethel

bible

bevel

boastful

bodle

bogle

boodle

blissful

bramble

brandle

bristol

bowel

bridal

brickle

bridle

brindle

bristle

brittle

bundle

bubble

bumble

buckle

burble

burel

buccal

bugle

cackle

cancel

brutal

bushel

bustle

butyl

camel

cable

candle

capel

capsule

caple

careful

castle

caudle

causal

ceryl

channel

chapel

central

cheerful

chisel

coastal

chuckle

circle

civil

coble

colonel

cordial

council

counsel

couple

crandall

cranial

crackle

cradle

crumble

crumple

crystal

cripple

crucial

cruel

cuddle

cycle

cudgel

cutthroat

cymbal

damsel

daniel

dabble

dawdle

dazzle

dangle

dekle

dental

dermal

dial

devil

dibble

dimple

dingle

dismal

distal

doleful

doodle

doubtful

double

drabble

dowel

crewel

dreadful

dribble

duffel

dwindle

drizzle

ducal

eagle

easel

dual

duel

opal

drivel

eisel

engle

entrail

ethel

equal

ethyl

evil

faithful

facial

facile

fable

fangle

fearful

fatal

fetal

fateful

fecal

feral

feeble

fennel

feudal

feathered

featured

fickle

fettered

fiddle

final

fiscal

flannel

fitful

fipple

fissile

fizzle

fluegel

focal

foible

forceful

fondle

frazzle

fragile

fretful

freckle

frightful

frizzle

fruitful

frugal

fuddle

fuel

fumble

gamble

fungal

funnel

futile

gaggle

gainful

gable

gambrel

genial

gentle

granule

gavel

grackle

girdle

grapple

gravel

giggle

gleeful

global

google

glacial

graceful

grateful

gribble

grindle

gristle

grizzle

grumble

gurgle

guzzle

handle

hansel

hackle

haggle

hamel

hassle

hable

hamal

hatchel

hateful

healthful

hazel

hazle

heckle

hegel

hatred

hatreds

helpful

herbal

herschel

hopeful

houseful

housel

hovel

huckle

howell

huddle

humble

hummel

hurtful

hurdle

hustle

hymnal

hydrate

hydride

hydrates

idle

idol

ingle

kibble

kernel

kettle

juggle

jumble

jackal

jangle

journal

jiggle

jingle

joyful

kittel

jewel

kittle

jungle

knittle

kennel

kindle

kinkle

knuckle

label

mammal

lingle

lawful

lethal

ladle

lentil

libel

lintel

legal

level

lettered

lisle

little

littered

local

lustful

loyal

mangle

kendal

kiddle

maple

muzzle

medal

matured

meddle

mendel

mental

metal

methyl

mettle

mindful

mickle

middle

mingle

minstrel

mitral

missal

missel

mistral

missile

mobile

modal

mongol

mogul

mournful

motile

mosel

muckle

muddle

muffle

mumble

mural

muscle

mussel

nasal

natal

natured

naval

navel

nettle

needful

needle

nestle

neural

paddle

neutral

nimble

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

nitrates

nitrate

nitride

neutered

noble

noodle

painful

nuzzle

nuptial

ogle

outward

outwards

oval

panful

panel

paschal

peril

papal

peaceful

pencil

pebble

pedal

peddle

penal

people

petal

phenol

petard

pickle

pimple

piddle

pistil

pistol

pleural

playful

plural

postal

prayerful

poodle

powdered

primal

pretzel

puddle

pummel

puzzle

pupil

purple

putrid

quintal

quibble

ramble

raffle

rabble

racial

rammel

rankle

rascal

ravel

rectal

rebel

regal

regel

reigle

renal

rental

rightful

restful

scornful

retards

rumble

rumple

rundle

retard

revel

retired

retread

retreads

retreats

retreat

sample

rifle

rival

rigel

shamble

riggle

ripple

roble

rouble

ruddle

ruffle

rial

ruble

rueful

sandal

rustle

scalpel

rubble

royal

rural

saddle

sable

scandal

scramble

shrapnel

scrabble

scuffle

retort

scoundrel

scovel

scribble

scattered

servile

settle

scruple

retorts

seckel

sequel

shackle

several

shameful

shovel

shindle

riddle

shekel

shingle

shuffle

riffle

skittle

shrivel

shuttered

sibyl

sidle

sickle

signal

simple

sinful

single

sipple

sizzle

skillful

spaniel

smittle

smuggle

sniffle

snuggle

southward

spacial

spangle

spinal

speckle

spectral

spiteful

spindle

spittle

special

spousal

tackle

sprinkle

squiggle

spatial

squirrel

starting

starters

starter

stemple

stable

staple

steeple

sterile

stifle

straddle

straggle

straddles

stickle

straddling

storied

stewards

steward

strangle

stratas

stratum

tactful

strata

stressful

tearful

stretches

stretchers

stretcher

stumble

stubble

suckle

swindle

strutting

sturdy

symbol

supple

sweethearts

sweetheart

sutured

swingle

swivel

table

tassel

stretching

tangle

tasteful

thoughtful

tercel

temple

teagle

tensile

terrel

thankful

tetrads

tidal

stretto

thermal

thimble

tindal

thistle

tickle

strident

tinsel

tingle

tinkle

tipple

tittle

struggle

tootle

total

towel

social

tramble

trample

trammel

tranquil

travel

trial

tremble

treble

tressel

trestle

tribal

trifle

trouble

tribble

trickle

trinkle

triple

trundle

truffle

truthful

tumble

tussle

umbel

tunnel

tuneful

tubal

tweedle

twiddle

twinkle

uncle

ural

vandal

useful

vassal

verbal

venal

ventral

vengeful

vernal

vestal

vial

vessel

vigil

vinyl

watchful

virile

vocal

vowel

wasteful

weasel

whittle

wistful

willful

windle

whistle

wiggle

winkle

wishful

worrel

weathered

wrangle

wrongful

zestful

weevil

wrestle

wriggle

wrinkle

youthful

woodward

withered

3 syllable words

abnormal

abysmal

accrual

acquittal

actual

admiral

adrenal

aerial

affable

ambrosial

ancestral

adroitly

apparel

annual

apical

apostle

arsenal

appraisal

arable

archetypal

ariel

approval

archangel

arousal

arrival

archival

astraddle

assemble

audible

auroral

attrition

animal

barnacle

axial

autumnal

backpedal

balmoral

bacchanal

baptismal

bankable

bearable

bedraggle

beautiful

bedevil

bedridden

belittle

befuddle

betrayal

bicycle

bifocal

biddable

bilingual

biblical

bimodal

boondoggle

bitterroot

bountiful

biracial

breakable

bronchial

cardinal

burial

capitol

cantonal

caboodle

callable

capable

capital

cannibal

caramel

carnival

burnable

cathartic

casual

cathedral

celestial

chargeable

cerebral

chasuble

cervical

changeable

cereal

chemical

chronicle

classical

clavicle

clerical

colorful

colloidal

coequal

colossal

committal

conical

communal

congenial

conjugal

constable

coracle

cortical

comical

corporal

coronal

commercial

countable

court-martial

commingle

doggerel

critical

crucible

cubicle

curable

cultural

culpable

cuticle

cyclical

debacle

cynical

deceitful

decimal

delightful

dehydrate

denial

criminal

digital

disable

disciple

diurnal

disdainful

dismantle

dispersal

disloyal

dishevel

disgraceful

dismissal

disposal

dissemble

distasteful

distrustful

doable

credential

domical

credible

doctrinal

durable

dutiful

eatable

drinkable

embattle

edible

embezzle

empanel

ensemble

encircle

entitle

enable

enamel

ennoble

entangle

enfeeble

orbital

errorful

epistle

epochal

equable

especial

essential

eternal

eventful

example

ethical

ethnical

fallible

farcical

factual

external

familial

fanciful

festival

feasible

fatherhood

federal

femoral

federate

fictional

filial

finagle

financial

fixable

flammable

flavorful

flexible

fluvial

fluxional

follicle

fraternal

forgetful

forcible

fractional

fusible

general

genital

gradual

granduncle

functional

graphical

funeral

guttural

gullible

helical

hitherto

horrible

hormonal

hospital

humoral

hydrated

hydration

icicle

informal

illegal

ignoble

infernal

imbecile

immortal

impartial

immoral

immobile

impanel

imperil

infertile

initial

insightful

integral

internal

interval

jovial

judgmental

judicial

juvenile

lateral

laudable

laughable

liable

lionel

likable

likeable

liberal

lineal

leasable

legible

lexical

leatherwood

literal

littoral

literate

livable

logical

lovable

lyrical

low-level

mackerel

madrigal

magical

laterites

mandible

manhandle

marital

marginal

manual

maternal

masterful

mayoral

meaningful

medial

menial

menstrual

medical

merciful

mineral

metrical

minimal

ministral

miracle

mistrial

miscible

mistrustful

mishandle

mithridate

mithridates

monocle

moderate

moderates

movable

motherhood

multiple

musical

nocturnal

mutable

mutual

nominal

national

natural

nautical

mystical

mythical

non-verbal

neglectful

nonlethal

newcastle

newfangle

notable

numeral

notional

nutrition

nutritive

obstacle

optical

optimal

oracle

optional

orchestral

official

noteworthy

outrider

palatial

outriders

palpable

paternal

parable

panhandle

pastoral

parental

passable

pedestal

patriot

payable

pectoral

peaceable

patriots

perusal

personal

physical

pickerel

pineal

pineapple

pinnacle

pivotal

plausible

plentiful

pliable

pluvial

pitiful

portable

portrayal

possible

powerful

potential

potable

postnatal

practical

probable

preamble

prenatal

primeval

prefrontal

principal

principle

proconsul

prodigal

projectile

proposal

proximal

psychical

provincial

provable

prudential

quadruple

quadratic

punctual

purposeful

radical

quintuple

radial

quizzical

quotable

ramshackle

rational

rebuttal

recital

remodel

remorseful

redouble

rectangle

refusal

regretful

resourceful

rehearsal

regional

rekindle

removal

renewal

resettle

rentable

reprisal

resentful

resemble

respectful

retarded

retrial

reversal

retrieval

ridable

ritual

retinal

sagittal

salable

scalable

saturday

saturate

saturdays

scriptural

sculptural

serial

sectoral

revival

seasonal

sectional

seminal

sentinel

sequential

sensible

sensual

sexual

sizable

reachable

sigmoidal

skeletal

readable

skeptical

solvable

soluble

sociable

spectacle

startlingly

stewardship

stratify

strategy

stratified

strategies

strategist

strategists

structural

substantial

successful

stratagem

suitable

survival

surgical

syllable

stratagems

tactical

tangible

tangential

temporal

tenable

teachable

technical

teaspoonful

tentacle

taxable

terrible

testicle

terminal

textual

topical

touchable

townspeople

tractable

tracheal

unsettle

traceable

triumphal

treatable

tropical

triangle

tricycle

tribunal

trivial

turntable

tunable

typical

trainable

unable

unbundle

untangle

uncivil

ungrateful

transmittal

unravel

unfaithful

uncouple

unequal

unlawful

unstable

unshackle

versatile

untruthful

vaginal

valuable

upheaval

usable

usual

utensil

varietal

vegetal

vegetable

ventricle

vehicle

visual

viable

vertical

vesicle

vertebral

vitriol

visceral

virtual

visible

voluble

washable

wearable

whimsical

virginal

withdrawal

wonderful

workable

worshipful

4 syllable words

accidental

acceptable

accessible

accountable

adaptable

adjustable

acoustical

actionable

achievable

additional

admirable

adorable

adoptable

adoration

adverbial

affordable

agreeable

admissible

advisable

allowable

alkaloidal

alluvial

anarchical

adriatic

amenable

amicable

amendable

amiable

anecdotal

apocryphal

answerable

antipodal

antisocial

appealable

applicable

approachable

arboreal

arguable

approvable

arterial

appreciable

artificial

asexual

attainable

augmentable

atypical

authority

bacterial

available

avoidable

believable

beneficial

behavioral

biannual

biaxial

bilateral

biennial

binomial

botanical

bisexual

authorities

canonical

centennial

centrifugal

charitable

chimerical

coaxial

circumstantial

collateral

colonial

collapsible

collectible

comfortable

collegial

colloquial

comparable

compatible

confirmable

compensable

confidential

conditional

confessional

congenital

conceivable

congressional

conceptual

convertible

consonantal

consolable

continental

controversial

continual

contestable

controllable

consumable

contemptible

consequential

conventional

consensual

convivial

commendable

combinable

corrigible

corruptible

correctional

custodial

cylindrical

debatable

decennial

deductible

dehydrated

definable

deferential

delectable

dehydration

defensible

delusional

demonstrable

departmental

diagonal

desirable

deplorable

detrimental

describable

despicable

detachable

devotional

digestible

differential

dimensional

disapproval

discernible

discountable

disassemble

disentangle

disposable

dispensable

disputable

disrespectful

directional

dependable

divisible

divisional

creditable

laryngeal

abdominal

duodenal

elemental

emmanuel

eligible

elliptical

electrical

emotional

empirical

dysfunctional

enjoyable

employable

enforceable

ephemeral

enviable

epithelial

episcopal

equivocal

erasable

equitable

estimable

ethereal

eventual

excitable

exceptional

exchangeable

execrable

excusable

expandable

existential

explainable

explicable

exponential

fanatical

extricable

exportable

fashionable

fathomable

favorable

federated

federation

federations

federative

extendible

fissionable

forgivable

forfeitable

forgettable

foreseeable

formidable

epidermal

galenical

governmental

genocidal

grammatical

fundamental

habitable

habitual

heritable

heretical

heterodox

hexagonal

hierarchical

historical

homicidal

honeysuckle

horizontal

hospitable

honorable

hydrothermal

hysterical

identical

illegible

illogical

imitable

impassable

immiscible

immovable

impeachable

immutable

impeccable

imperial

impossible

improbable

impersonal

impractical

implacable

implausible

impregnable

inaugural

inaudible

industrial

incredible

incurable

incremental

indelible

infallible

incapable

inedible

ineffable

infeasible

inferential

incidental

inflammable

inflatable

influential

inflexible

inimical

injectable

insoluble

instrumental

instructional

insubstantial

intangible

intentional

intermingle

interstitial

intractable

intestinal

invaluable

intramural

invisible

invincible

irascible

ironical

isothermal

irritable

issuable

iterations

iterative

iteration

irrational

knowledgeable

malleable

encyclical

lamentable

liturgical

literature

literati

logistical

manageable

maniacal

inscrutable

marketable

marsupial

material

maturation

maturity

maturities

mechanical

measurable

memorial

memorable

medicinal

mesodermal

mercurial

metacarpal

meteorite

methodical

millennial

miserable

moderated

moderately

moderating

moderation

mollycoddle

monumental

moderators

moderator

monolingual

motorcycle

mosaical

municipal

matriarchal

navigable

neonatal

negligible

negotiable

noncommittal

nonvolatile

nontaxable

nontechnical

oriental

noncommercial

nonessential

ornamental

ostensible

nonsensical

numerical

nutritional

nutritionist

nutritionists

observable

occidental

occasional

occipital

noticeable

obstetrical

operable

octagonal

octahedral

obtainable

original

orthogonal

insatiable

insensible

palatable

sinusoidal

patriarchal

parietal

participle

parochial

patentable

patrimonial

paranormal

patriotic

pentecostal

perceptible

perennial

phenomenal

peripheral

perishable

permeable

perpetual

permissible

personable

persuadable

pictorial

pitiable

pleasurable

poetical

polemical

political

polygonal

practicable

primordial

preferable

presentable

preferential

predictable

prejudicial

preventable

presidential

profitable

processional

professional

proverbial

pontifical

providential

provisional

quadrennial

pumpernickel

punishable

pyramidal

questionable

proportional

rabbinical

quintessential

raptorial

reasonable

receptacle

reassemble

reciprocal

receivable

redoubtable

reducible

redeemable

remarkable

reliable

regimental

remedial

relational

reiterate

reiterates

removable

renewable

reportable

repairable

repayable

residual

replaceable

residential

revocable

responsible

retractable

respectable

retardation

returnable

reversible

sartorial

sabbatical

sacramental

sacrificial

satirical

saturated

saturation

reverential

seasonable

sentimental

serviceable

sensational

rhetorical

reputable

spiritual

statistical

stereotype

stereotyped

stewardesses

stereotypes

strategical

subliminal

suicidal

supportable

susceptible

sustainable

superficial

tabernacle

symmetrical

temperamental

terrestrial

terminable

tetrahedral

tetrahedron

theatrical

tolerable

zoological

transcendental

transferable

traditional

transportable

trilateral

triennial

tutorial

tyrannical

umbilical

transitional

universal

unnatural

unmerciful

unreasonable

unsalable

unsuccessful

unshakable

unusual

variable

venereal

venerable

veritable

vestigial

unspeakable

untreatable

vulnerable

violable

5 syllable words

aberrational

aboriginal

abominable

actuarial

acknowledgeable

agricultural

aeronautical

allegorical

alphabetical

anatomical

analytical

analyzable

antithetical

architectural

artiodactyl

asymmetrical

astronautical

astronomical

astrological

attributable

attitudinal

biochemical

bicentennial

biological

biomedical

biographical

authoritative

categorical

ceremonial

classifiable

chronological

coincidental

communicable

comprehensible

computational

congregational

connotational

considerable

constantinople

constitutional

conversational

curatorial

deliverable

diabolical

determinable

developable

diacritical

developmental

dictatorial

dialectical

directorial

disagreeable

discoverable

dishonorable

disreputable

distinguishable

editorial

economical

educational

egotistical

endothelial

environmental

eradicable

equatorial

esophageal

evangelical

exercisable

experiential

experimental

geographical

geometrical

geological

geophysical

gravitational

heterocercal

heterodoxy

horticultural

hypercritical

hydrotherapy

hypocritical

immaterial

immemorial

immeasurable

inadvisable

impenetrable

imperceptible

imponderable

indomitable

impermissible

impracticable

impressionable

inaccessible

inadmissible

inalienable

incomparable

inapplicable

incompatible

incorrigible

incompressible

inconceivable

inconsequential

indefeasible

incalculable

indestructible

indefinable

individual

indescribable

indisputable

indivisible

indefensible

inexhaustible

inevitable

inexorable

ineffectual

inequitable

inexplicable

inextricable

ineligible

inexcusable

imaginable

inheritable

inhospitable

inimitable

hypothetical

inseparable

inspirational

institutional

insufferable

insurmountable

intellectual

intelligible

interchangeable

interminable

insupportable

interdigital

intolerable

intramarginal

invariable

international

invitational

intracranial

inviolable

invulnerable

irreparable

irresistible

irresponsible

irreversible

irrepressible

irrevocable

justifiable

jurisprudential

irrefutable

jurisdictional

lackadaisical

longitudinal

latitudinal

magisterial

managerial

innumerable

matrilineal

matrimonial

metaphorical

metallurgical

metaphysical

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7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word startle

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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