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1 syllable words
2 syllable words

able

addle

agile

algal

aisle

blissful

ample

anal

amble

angle

annal

annul

angel

ankle

anvil

apple

appel

artful

bangle

astral

aural

babel

awful

babble

axle

austral

baffle

bagel

bashful

baleful

basal

basil

arval

battle

bauble

beadle

beagle

beetle

bengal

bestial

bible

bodle

boastful

boggle

bogle

boodle

brickle

borel

bramble

brandle

brindle

bottle

bridal

bridle

bowel

bristle

brittle

bubble

buckle

bristol

bumble

bundle

brutal

buccal

bugle

brothel

burble

bustle

cable

cackle

camel

caple

bushel

butyl

cancel

candle

capel

cantle

capsule

carnal

castle

cattle

carpal

caudal

caudle

causal

channel

chapel

chattel

chisel

choral

chortle

chuckle

circle

civil

coastal

cobble

coble

cuddle

cockle

coddle

colonel

consul

cudgel

corbel

coppel

coral

couple

copple

cordial

cornel

council

counsel

crackle

cradle

cripple

crandall

cranial

crucial

crumble

crumple

cromwell

crewel

cruel

crustal

crystal

grindle

cycle

dabble

cymbal

damsel

daniel

darnel

dangle

dawdle

dazzle

dibble

dermal

dimple

dial

dingle

dismal

distal

docile

drabble

dribble

dorsal

double

doodle

dowel

doleful

doubtful

drivel

drizzle

ductile

duffel

dwindle

ducal

eagle

easel

dual

duel

eisel

forceful

equal

engle

evil

fable

facile

fatal

faithful

facial

fangle

fateful

feeble

faunal

fecal

fiddle

fertile

fickle

fipple

fetal

feudal

final

fiscal

fissile

fizzle

flannel

floral

fluegel

fitful

focal

foible

fondle

hurdle

formal

hurtful

frazzle

frizzle

fuddle

fragile

gambrel

frontal

frugal

frightful

fruitful

fuel

fumble

funnel

gable

gaggle

gainful

gamble

futile

garble

gavel

fungal

hustle

genial

giggle

girdle

glacial

granule

gleeful

global

glottal

grapple

gobble

goggle

goral

grackle

graceful

google

gospel

grateful

gravel

gribble

gristle

grizzle

gurgle

hackle

hable

grovel

grumble

guzzle

haggle

hamal

hamel

hassle

handle

hansel

harle

harmel

harmful

hatchel

hazel

hazle

herbal

herschel

helpful

hateful

healthful

hovel

hobble

hopeful

hopple

huckle

huddle

housel

howell

hostel

hostile

houseful

hummel

humble

hurtle

hymnal

fossil

ingle

idle

idol

jackal

jiggle

jangle

jingle

jewel

jostle

journal

kernel

juggle

jumble

joyful

jungle

kibble

kiddle

kittel

kittle

knittle

knuckle

label

ladle

kindle

kinkle

larval

marvel

laurel

lawful

legal

lethal

little

lintel

lingle

local

lisle

loral

libel

loyal

maple

mantel

mangle

mammal

mantle

marble

marshal

lustful

martial

mickle

middle

mingle

mindful

missal

missel

minstrel

missile

moral

mistral

mitral

mobile

mochel

modal

model

mogul

mongol

muckle

morsel

mortal

mosel

motile

muddle

muffle

mournful

neutral

muscle

mussel

muzzle

myrtle

mumble

nasal

natal

navel

needle

needful

naval

neutrals

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

nimble

noble

nitriles

noodle

normal

nuzzle

novel

nozzle

nuptial

oral

ogle

opal

paddle

panel

parcel

orval

oval

painful

panful

papal

partial

paschal

patrol

patrols

peaceful

penal

people

pickle

piddle

petrol

playful

pimple

pistil

pistol

pommel

portal

poodle

popple

postal

prattle

pottle

postel

primal

puddle

pummel

purple

puzzle

quarrel

quibble

pupil

rabble

raffle

racial

rammel

quintal

rattle

ravel

ramble

rascal

rankle

regal

reigle

renal

restful

roble

riddle

riffle

riggle

rifle

rigel

rial

rightful

ripple

ruffle

sable

rumble

rival

rubble

ruddle

ruble

rueful

royal

rumple

rouble

rundle

rustle

ruttle

saddle

sample

sandal

scalpel

scandal

scornful

scoundrel

scrabble

scribble

scuffle

scuttle

scramble

scovel

scruple

servile

sequel

shackle

shovel

shamble

shameful

shindle

shrapnel

shingle

shrivel

shuffle

shuttle

sibyl

sickle

signal

simple

sinful

sidle

single

sipple

sizzle

skittle

smuggle

sniffle

snuggle

skillful

smittle

social

sorel

sorrel

spacial

spatial

spaniel

sparkle

spangle

spiral

spindle

spinal

spiteful

spittle

spousal

sprinkle

squiggle

stable

staple

squabble

starlight

starlike

startle

starling

starlit

steeple

sterling

stickle

straddle

straggle

stifle

strangle

stroller

strollers

struggle

stubble

subtle

stumble

supple

swivel

swindle

symbol

swingle

suckle

suttle

tackle

tassel

tangle

tactful

tasteful

tattle

table

teagle

tercel

travel

thermal

thistle

tickle

thimble

throttle

thankful

thoughtful

tindal

tidal

tingle

tipple

tittle

tinsel

tinkle

title

toddle

toggle

tootle

tonsil

trammel

trample

tramble

tranquil

topple

trundle

total

tribal

tribble

trial

trickle

trifle

triple

trinkle

trouble

truffle

truthful

tunnel

turtle

tussle

twiddle

tumble

tubal

twaddle

tweedle

twinkle

tuneful

umbel

uncle

wriggle

useful

vandal

vassal

vengeful

venal

verbal

vernal

vigil

vial

vinyl

waddle

warble

vital

vocal

vowel

whistle

waffle

wattle

weasel

wasteful

watchful

whittle

wiggle

wamble

weevil

willful

windle

winkle

wishful

wistful

wobble

zestful

wrangle

towel

wrinkle

wrongful

youthful

3 syllable words

abnormal

abysmal

accrual

admiral

acquittal

adrenal

affable

actual

ambrosial

animal

ancestral

annual

apical

apparel

apostle

appraisal

arable

approval

biracial

archival

balmoral

archangel

arousal

arrival

arsenal

article

assemble

astraddle

audible

auroral

backpedal

axial

bacchanal

autumnal

bankable

baptismal

barnacle

bearable

bedevil

bedraggle

beautiful

befuddle

belittle

betrayal

betrayals

biblical

bicycle

biddable

bifocal

bimodal

bilingual

bitterly

archetypal

breakable

bountiful

caramel

bronchial

caboodle

callable

cannibal

capable

capital

capitol

cantonal

burnable

cardinal

cereal

casual

caterwaul

cerebral

cathedral

celestial

cervical

changeable

clerical

chemical

carnival

chargeable

chasuble

chitterlings

classical

clavicle

chronicle

cubicle

coequal

colloidal

colorful

colossal

commercial

comical

committal

communal

commingle

congenial

conical

conjugal

constable

coronal

coracle

corporal

cortical

credible

credential

critical

crucible

criminal

boondoggle

countable

curable

cultural

culpable

cuticle

cynical

cyclical

debacle

decimal

deceitful

delightful

denial

digital

disable

disgraceful

dishevel

disloyal

disdainful

edible

dismantle

diurnal

dismissal

dispersal

dissemble

disposal

distrustful

distasteful

doable

doctoral

doggerel

domical

doctrinal

drinkable

durable

dutiful

eatable

disciple

embezzle

encircle

enable

embattle

enamel

empanel

entitle

ennoble

entangle

errorful

enfeeble

epochal

equable

epistle

ensemble

eternal

especial

essential

ethical

ethnical

eventful

example

external

factual

familial

fallible

fanciful

farcical

fatherland

feasible

featherly

federals

filial

festival

finagle

fictional

financial

flammable

flavorful

flexible

fluvial

fixable

fluxional

follicle

fatherly

forcible

forgetful

fraternal

fractional

funeral

fusible

functional

genital

gradual

granduncle

graphical

gullible

guttural

helical

horrible

hospital

humoral

hormonal

hydraulic

hydraulics

icicle

illegal

immobile

ignoble

immoral

immortal

informal

impartial

imperil

impanel

infertile

infernal

integral

imbecile

initial

insightful

internal

interval

court-martial

juvenile

judicial

jovial

judgmental

lateral

laughable

legible

lexical

laudable

leasable

liable

liberal

literal

littoral

lineal

lionel

likable

likeable

livable

logical

lyrical

marital

lovable

mackerel

magical

madrigal

mandible

manhandle

low-level

manual

marginal

masterful

maternal

meaningful

medical

merciful

menstrual

medial

menial

metrical

mineral

minimal

ministral

miracle

miscible

mishandle

monocle

mistrustful

mistrial

motherly

motherland

movable

mutual

musical

mutable

mystical

mythical

multiple

national

nautical

neglectful

neutralist

neutrally

newcastle

neutralize

newfangle

nocturnal

nominal

non-verbal

perusal

nonlethal

notable

numeral

notional

obstacle

official

oracle

optical

optimal

optional

orchestral

orbital

parental

palatial

parable

panhandle

palpable

particle

payable

passable

pastoral

paternal

patrolling

patrolman

peaceable

pectoral

pedestal

personal

pickerel

physical

pineapple

pineal

pinnacle

pliable

pitiful

pivotal

plausible

plentiful

proposal

pluvial

prudential

psychical

portable

portrayal

possible

powerful

practical

potential

potable

postnatal

preamble

prenatal

prefrontal

probable

principal

principle

prodigal

proconsul

primeval

projectile

provable

provincial

proximal

purposeful

punctual

quadruple

quizzical

quotable

radical

radial

quintuple

rational

ramshackle

readable

reachable

rebuttal

redouble

regretful

regional

rectangle

refusal

rehearsal

remorseful

rekindle

remodel

removal

resettle

renewal

rentable

reprisal

retrieval

retinal

resemble

retrial

resentful

respectful

resourceful

reversal

revival

ritual

ridable

salable

scalable

sagittal

scriptural

sculptural

seasonal

sectoral

sectional

tactical

serial

seminal

sensible

sentinel

sensual

sequential

sexual

sigmoidal

skeletal

skeptical

sizable

sociable

soluble

solvable

sorrowful

southerly

sterilize

spectacle

structural

terrible

recital

suitable

surgical

survival

tangible

substantial

syllable

taxable

successful

testicle

technical

temporal

tangential

teachable

teaspoonful

tenable

terminal

tentacle

textual

topical

touchable

traceable

trainable

tracheal

tractable

transmittal

treatable

tricycle

tribunal

triangle

trivial

triumphal

tropical

tunable

turntable

typical

unable

utensil

uncivil

uncouple

unequal

unshackle

unfaithful

unlawful

unsettle

ungrateful

unravel

unstable

usable

untruthful

upheaval

untangle

usual

unbundle

varietal

vegetal

valuable

vegetable

vehicle

ventricle

vertebral

versatile

vertical

vesicle

viable

virginal

virtual

visceral

vitriol

volatile

visual

voluble

wearable

vaginal

weatherly

whimsical

washable

workable

withdrawal

wonderful

visible

worshipful

utterly

townspeople

4 syllable words

abdominal

accessible

acceptable

accidental

accountable

additional

acoustical

adaptable

admirable

admissible

adoptable

adjustable

adorable

adverbial

achievable

advisable

affordable

actionable

agreeable

alkaloidal

answerable

allowable

amiable

amenable

amicable

alluvial

amendable

anarchical

anecdotal

antipodal

antisocial

apocryphal

appealable

applicable

approvable

appreciable

approachable

arboreal

arterial

arguable

atypical

asexual

attainable

artificial

available

avoidable

augmentable

bacterial

behavioral

believable

beneficial

biannual

biaxial

biennial

bilateral

binomial

bisexual

botanical

canonical

centennial

centrifugal

chimerical

charitable

circumstantial

coaxial

collectible

colonial

collegial

colloquial

contemptible

collapsible

collateral

comfortable

commendable

confirmable

comparable

conceptual

confessional

compensable

confidential

conceivable

conditional

compatible

congenital

congressional

consensual

consolable

consequential

consonantal

combinable

contestable

continental

controllable

consumable

continual

correctional

convivial

corruptible

corrigible

conventional

creditable

convertible

controversial

cylindrical

deferential

decennial

defensible

delectable

debatable

definable

deductible

delusional

demonstrable

detrimental

desirable

dependable

deplorable

departmental

describable

despicable

detachable

diagonal

devotional

differential

digestible

dimensional

directional

discernible

custodial

disassemble

discountable

disentangle

dispensable

divisible

disposable

disrespectful

disputable

divisional

disapproval

duodenal

dysfunctional

electrical

eligible

elemental

empirical

employable

equitable

emmanuel

encyclical

emotional

enforceable

enjoyable

enviable

epithelial

epidermal

episcopal

ephemeral

estimable

erasable

ethereal

equivocal

eventual

exceptional

excitable

excusable

exchangeable

execrable

existential

expandable

explainable

explicable

extendible

federalize

elliptical

extricable

fanatical

fashionable

exponential

exportable

federalist

favorable

federalists

fathomable

fissionable

foreseeable

forgettable

forfeitable

forgivable

galenical

fundamental

genocidal

formidable

governmental

grammatical

habitable

habitual

heritable

heretical

hexagonal

hierarchical

historical

homicidal

honeysuckle

horizontal

hospitable

honorable

hydrothermal

hysterical

identical

influential

illegible

imitable

immiscible

illogical

immovable

inflammable

inflatable

impeccable

impersonal

impassable

impeachable

imperial

impractical

impossible

implacable

implausible

impregnable

improbable

immutable

inaudible

inaugural

incurable

incidental

incapable

incredible

incremental

indelible

inedible

ineffable

industrial

inferential

infallible

infeasible

inflexible

inimical

injectable

inscrutable

insatiable

insensible

instrumental

insoluble

instructional

intangible

insubstantial

receptacle

intentional

intestinal

intermingle

interstitial

irascible

irrational

intractable

intramural

invisible

invaluable

invincible

ironical

isothermal

issuable

irritable

lamentable

knowledgeable

laterally

laryngeal

literally

liturgical

logistical

malleable

manageable

maniacal

marketable

marsupial

material

materials

matriarchal

materiel

materiels

measurable

mechanical

memorable

mercurial

mesodermal

memorial

metacarpal

medicinal

receivable

methodical

millennial

miserable

mollycoddle

monolingual

monumental

mosaical

motorcycle

municipal

naturally

naturalize

naturalist

naturalized

naturalists

navigable

negligible

negotiable

neonatal

neutralism

neutralizes

noncommercial

noncommittal

nonessential

neutrality

nonsensical

nontaxable

nontechnical

nonvolatile

noticeable

numerical

observable

nutritional

obstetrical

occidental

occasional

obtainable

occipital

operable

octagonal

octahedral

original

ornamental

ostensible

orthogonal

palatable

paranormal

parietal

parochial

oriental

patentable

patriarchal

patrimonial

participle

pentecostal

perennial

peripheral

perishable

permeable

perpetual

permissible

personable

persuadable

pictorial

perceptible

petrology

petroleum

phenomenal

pleasurable

pitiable

poetical

proverbial

polemical

pontifical

practicable

predictable

preferable

preferential

prejudicial

presentable

presidential

preventable

primordial

processional

polygonal

professional

profitable

proportional

political

providential

provisional

pyramidal

pumpernickel

punishable

quadrennial

questionable

quintessential

raptorial

rabbinical

reassemble

reasonable

reciprocal

redeemable

redoubtable

reducible

regimental

relational

reliable

remarkable

remedial

removable

renewable

repairable

repayable

replaceable

reportable

returnable

reputable

residual

respectable

retractable

responsible

reverential

residential

reversible

revocable

rhetorical

sabbatical

satirical

sartorial

sacrificial

seasonable

sacramental

sensational

sentimental

serviceable

sinusoidal

spiritual

statistical

sterilizer

sterilizers

sterility

sterilizes

strategical

superficial

suicidal

supportable

susceptible

symmetrical

sustainable

tabernacle

terrestrial

terminable

temperamental

theatrical

tetrahedral

tolerable

transferable

transitional

traditional

transcendental

transportable

subliminal

triennial

trilateral

tutorial

tutorials

tyrannical

umbilical

universal

unmerciful

unnatural

unreasonable

unsalable

unshakable

unspeakable

unsuccessful

untreatable

unusual

variable

venerable

venereal

veritable

vestigial

violable

vitriolic

vulnerable

zoological

5 syllable words

aberrational

aboriginal

abominable

actuarial

aeronautical

acknowledgeable

agricultural

allegorical

alphabetical

anatomical

antithetical

analytical

biomedical

analyzable

architectural

asymmetrical

attitudinal

astronautical

astronomical

attributable

astrological

artiodactyl

bicentennial

biochemical

biographical

biological

categorical

ceremonial

classifiable

chronological

communicable

computational

comprehensible

coincidental

considerable

connotational

constantinople

congregational

constitutional

conversational

deliverable

determinable

developable

diacritical

diabolical

dialectical

developmental

dictatorial

directorial

disagreeable

dishonorable

discoverable

disreputable

distinguishable

ecological

economical

ecumenical

editorial

educational

egotistical

curatorial

endothelial

equatorial

environmental

eradicable

esophageal

evangelical

exercisable

experiential

experimental

federalism

geographical

geophysical

gravitational

geometrical

heterocercal

horticultural

hypercritical

hypothetical

hypocritical

immeasurable

immaterial

immemorial

impenetrable

imperceptible

impermissible

imponderable

impracticable

impressionable

inaccessible

inadmissible

inadvisable

inalienable

inapplicable

incomparable

incompressible

incompatible

inconceivable

inconsequential

incorrigible

incalculable

indefensible

indescribable

indispensable

indefinable

indestructible

indisputable

ineligible

indefeasible

ineffectual

inequitable

indivisible

indomitable

inescapable

individual

inevitable

inexorable

inextricable

inexhaustible

inexcusable

inexplicable

imaginable

innumerable

inheritable

inimitable

inhospitable

inseparable

insufferable

inspirational

insupportable

insurmountable

intellectual

institutional

intelligible

geological

interminable

interdigital

international

intolerable

intracranial

invariable

intramarginal

invulnerable

inviolable

invitational

irrefutable

irreparable

irrepressible

irreversible

irrevocable

irresistible

irresponsible

justifiable

jurisprudential

lackadaisical

latitudinal

longitudinal

managerial

magisterial

materially

materialize

materialist

matrilineal

matrimonial

mathematical

metallurgical

metaphorical

metaphysical

ministerial

morphological

myocardial

naturalistic

multilateral

naturalism

naturalizes

neoclassical

navigational

neurological

mythological

nomenclatural

interchangeable

photochemical

nonrenewable

objectionable

observational

operational

oratorical

occupational

ontological

paradoxical

parimutuel

parenthetical

pathological

patrilineal

pedagogical

neutralization

peritoneal

nonprofessional

philosophical

pharmaceutical

phonological

nonelectrical

polynomial

problematical

professorial

prosecutable

periodical

periodontal

pseudopodial

nondeductible

puritanical

nonpolitical

psychological

realizable

recoverable

recognizable

reportorial

reprehensible

secretarial

jurisdictional

senatorial

sterilization

sterilizations

supernatural

technological

territorial

semiannual

theoretical

testimonial

transcontinental

theological

typographical

unanswerable

uncomfortable

undeniable

uncontrollable

understandable

unconditional

unconscionable

unequivocal

unilateral

unaccountable

unfavorable

unforgettable

ungovernable

unquestionable

unimpeachable

unmistakable

unreliable

unforeseeable

unacceptable

unavoidable

unsupportable

verifiable

seismological

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word sterile

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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