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

adder

actor

after

amber

ampere

alter

aller

altar

alder

ambler

answer

anchor

anger

anker

angler

antler

augur

arbor

ardor

asker

armor

asper

aster

artwork

artworks

auger

auster

author

backer

babbler

azure

badger

balter

banner

bander

banker

balder

banter

barber

barbre

barker

barger

barter

bartram

baxter

archer

beaker

bearer

beaver

becker

beggar

berber

bender

belcher

bencher

bertram

bever

birder

bicker

binder

bidder

bigger

birders

blaster

bitter

blabber

bladder

birthrights

birthright

blather

blotter

bleacher

blender

blinder

blister

bloomer

blower

booster

blubber

bluffer

boomer

blunder

boiler

bluster

bobber

bolar

boarder

boarders

boardroom

boardrooms

bolster

bolter

bomber

boner

booker

boozer

border

bordered

borer

bragger

boyer

bottler

boulter

brander

boulder

bouncer

bounder

bower

bowler

bowyer

boxer

bratwurst

brawner

bother

borders

breather

breeder

brewer

briar

broiler

breeders

brier

brimmer

broker

brother

brothers

brethren

browser

buffer

bugger

burgher

bummer

builder

bulger

bumper

bungler

bunker

burglar

burner

catcher

butter

birthrates

buyer

butler

camber

buzzer

butcher

caesar

caller

calmer

camper

cancer

chauffeur

canter

cantor

canker

capture

candor

captor

capper

carter

carters

carder

carper

chitter

cartridge

caster

castor

centner

cellar

cedar

censer

censor

censure

causer

center

centre

chamber

chapter

changer

charter

chandler

carver

charmer

charger

checker

chartered

cheddar

charters

chartreuse

cartwright

cider

clamour

choir

chipper

chopper

chowder

chewer

cipher

cinder

clamor

clamber

clapper

cleaner

cleaver

cleanser

busker

clearer

clever

buster

clicker

birthrate

climber

cloister

clutter

clobber

closer

closure

cloture

clothier

cluster

clover

coaster

cocker

cobbler

coiner

coffer

collar

collier

colter

colour

comber

comer

coster

color

cotter

conder

cooler

condor

confer

conger

conner

cooper

copper

conjure

conquer

cooter

corner

cooker

cougar

coulter

counter

coupler

courser

courter

cover

cower

courtyard

courtyards

cracker

crammer

creamer

creature

creatures

crawler

crier

crowder

cruiser

crisper

critter

critters

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

cropper

crowner

crozier

crusher

cryer

culler

culver

cumber

culture

curler

cursor

cutter

cypher

dagger

cutler

danger

damper

dancer

dealer

dasher

daughter

darter

dauber

darner

dapper

decker

defer

faster

demur

diaper

clipper

deter

dexter

dicker

diner

dire

digger

dinner

dipper

dollar

easter

diver

doubter

doctor

docker

donar

donor

dodger

felter

dreamer

dr.

downer

dour

dresser

feeder

drier

driver

dweller

eager

dryer

driller

dropper

drover

drummer

drinker

duster

ducker

duffer

duper

dumper

dunker

dyer

earner

duller

earthwork

earthworm

earthworms

eger

egger

either

elder

ember

emmer

ender

enter

error

ester

factor

esker

euchre

ever

ewer

eyer

failure

feaster

falter

faller

farmer

farther

father

feather

denture

feature

feeler

feller

fester

femur

ferrer

fervor

fender

fever

fibre

fifer

fielder

clincher

filer

flipper

concur

finer

fitter

filter

finder

finger

gaster

fire

flapper

flasher

fisher

fissure

fixture

flesher

fletcher

flier

flicker

floater

fluster

flutter

filler

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

flyer

fodder

foister

footer

figure

folder

forger

forster

former

foyer

foster

fowler

founder

fracture

freer

freezer

friar

fritter

fresher

frier

fryer

further

gander

fucker

furthers

fuller

gambler

ganger

future

forthright

garter

garner

garters

gather

gender

geyser

lector

girder

gelder

gerner

girders

giver

gilder

ginger

gesture

glamor

glamour

glider

glitter

glimmer

glosser

glover

gomer

glower

goer

golfer

gopher

graders

grantor

grabber

grammar

grammer

granger

gouger

greaser

griever

guesser

grinder

gripper

grocer

grolier

groomer

guider

grouper

grounder

grower

guardrails

gunner

gusher

gutter

groover

hacker

guardrail

hammer

guilder

halter

hamper

guzzler

hamster

hangar

hanger

hander

handler

hanker

hatcher

haver

harbor

harder

harper

harders

hardware

hauler

havier

header

hector

healer

hearer

heifer

heather

hedger

heer

hemmer

hawker

hellier

helper

hepper

herber

herder

higher

hire

herders

hider

hesper

hipster

hewer

hinder

hitter

hither

hooter

honor

holder

honour

hooker

hooper

holster

homer

hoosier

hoover

hopper

horror

horner

hostler

hour

hover

leader

leaguer

howler

leamer

hunter

hummer

humor

humour

hussar

hunger

hunker

jogger

incur

infer

joker

inter

inner

injure

juncture

kercher

jaeger

jester

jasper

jobber

joiner

jumper

jagger

killer

keener

kelter

keeper

keever

kever

keeler

juror

kaiser

kicker

junker

junior

knitter

kilter

kipper

kisser

kosher

knower

knicker

lacquer

ladder

lager

laster

lasher

lancer

lander

larder

larkspur

lather

laughter

lauder

laugher

launder

launcher

lawyer

learner

leaser

huckster

leaver

leather

huffer

lecher

hugger

lecture

ledger

lemur

leper

leger

leisure

lender

lepre

lesser

lester

lessor

lever

liar

licker

lifter

limmer

limber

liner

litter

looter

liqueur

lister

liquor

liver

linger

loader

loafer

manor

locker

logger

looker

looper

manner

lobster

loper

loser

longer

lubber

lower

lustre

luter

lover

luster

lunar

lunger

lumber

lumper

mander

luger

madder

manger

martyr

longspur

marker

marcher

martyrs

marver

masser

masker

master

meer

mercer

mather

mentor

measure

medlar

member

merger

mester

metier

miner

minor

miser

minder

miller

mincer

minster

murmur

minter

mire

mirror

murder

mumper

mister

moder

mixer

mixture

muller

moisture

monster

monsieur

monger

mortar

mr.

motor

mouser

mover

mortars

mother

moulder

mugger

mourner

mower

muffler

murdered

murders

mutter

muster

nectar

neither

nearer

nestor

oyster

neuter

never

nurture

nether

oiler

nigger

nimmer

nipper

number

norther

northward

northern

nother

nurtures

nutter

occur

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

omer

oldster

otter

other

order

ordered

orders

our

ouster

outer

over

owner

oyer

packer

panter

panther

pamper

pander

panzer

differ

palmer

pooler

parker

penner

parser

paster

pastor

passer

pasture

pauper

peeler

peacher

peddler

pewter

pepper

perjure

perturb

pester

perturbed

perturbs

porters

partridge

pinder

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

placer

picture

pilcher

piper

pilfer

pitcher

pincher

planner

planter

plaster

pleaser

pleasure

plotter

pointer

pledger

plover

plucker

plumber

poker

polar

poacher

plunder

plunger

popper

quarters

polder

ponder

poplar

porker

portray

portrait

pouter

potter

poster

poulter

powder

posture

powter

pounder

power

preacher

prior

rafter

prancer

prefer

printer

presser

pressure

prier

primer

proctor

proffer

proper

portraits

prosper

prowler

purser

psalter

pruner

protrude

pucker

puffer

protract

putter

puller

puncture

pusher

pyre

punter

puzzler

quarter

quitter

porter

quilter

quencher

quipster

quiver

racker

raptor

portrays

rammer

rapper

ranger

rancor

ranker

rambler

rector

renter

rapture

rather

poser

roister

reader

reamer

reaper

renner

reaver

reefer

rooter

recur

refer

rotor

render

rhymer

ricker

riser

rimer

rider

ridder

riddler

rigor

rimmer

ringer

rinker

ripper

roaster

river

robber

roadster

rocker

roger

rooster

roller

router

roofer

parlor

rother

parlour

roster

roper

roser

rouser

rounder

rover

zephyr

rower

rubber

rudder

rumor

runner

rutter

ryder

sadder

rustler

salter

santer

saunter

saucer

sampler

sapper

savior

scalper

scamper

sawyer

sceptre

schemer

server

schiller

scholar

schooner

seamster

scissor

screamer

scriber

sealer

scooper

scrubber

scupper

sculptor

scour

scribbler

scrivener

scripture

sculpture

searcher

sector

seeker

segar

seller

seizure

sender

senior

sensor

scorer

scorcher

partner

rusher

sever

shanker

slipper

sewer

shelter

sharer

shifter

shiner

shearer

sharper

sheller

shimmer

shipper

shiver

shingler

shooter

shrimper

shriner

shutter

shyster

shriver

shopper

shudder

sicker

sider

shoulder

shower

sickler

signer

siller

rupture

silver

simper

skimmer

singer

skinner

sitter

simmer

skelter

siver

sizer

sire

sister

sinner

skewer

sinker

skipper

skiver

slaughter

sleeper

slicer

slasher

slander

slender

slicker

slider

slinger

smelter

snapper

slobber

smasher

slugger

smoker

smither

smoother

smother

slumber

smuggler

sneaker

snatcher

snicker

snider

snorter

snorer

snuffer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

soldier

sooner

solver

sorter

souter

sliver

spanner

sounder

sour

sower

sparger

spectre

speeder

speller

sorters

speaker

spencer

spender

sphincter

spicer

spider

splitter

splendor

splinter

spiller

spinner

spinster

spoiler

spreader

sponsor

spotter

sputter

souther

sprinter

springer

sprinkler

squalor

squatter

squander

squeaker

suitor

squier

stagger

steamer

stammer

starer

stature

stamper

stander

starter

stalker

staller

starcher

stealer

steeler

steeper

stalder

stentor

steller

stemmer

stepper

sterner

sticker

stifler

stiller

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

stopper

storer

stover

straggler

streamer

striker

stutter

stranger

stretcher

stripper

stroller

stuffer

stunner

stringer

strangler

strickler

stumper

stricture

structure

stupor

succor

sucker

sucre

suffer

sugar

stinger

summer

slither

sulphur

zipper

sumner

sumpter

super

tuber

sunder

supper

surfer

sutor

swagger

suture

sweeper

swelter

swifter

switzer

swimmer

swinger

tacker

talker

tattler

tanner

tapper

tamper

tartar

tasker

taxer

tartars

teacher

teamster

teaser

tedder

teller

tenor

temper

tender

tensor

temblor

templar

tenure

termer

tester

terror

thacker

tether

thatcher

texture

thither

tiger

thresher

thruster

thinner

ticker

thrower

thumper

thunder

thinker

tiller

timber

timbre

timer

titter

tire

timmer

toaster

tipper

toller

tipster

tinder

toddler

tinker

tincture

tractor

traders

totter

tracker

torpor

tower

torture

tortures

tranter

trapper

treasure

treaters

topper

trawler

transfer

tremor

trotter

trier

trencher

trigger

trimmer

tripper

trooper

trickster

trucker

tucker

tudor

turner

tutor

twitter

tyger

tyler

tyer

tumor

tuner

tumbler

twister

ulcer

ulster

warmer

wearer

utter

valor

upper

user

usher

under

vector

weather

venter

verser

venture

vesper

viner

victor

vicar

vigor

viewer

vintner

viper

visor

voter

walker

wanger

voucher

vulgar

vulture

waller

walter

waltzer

wander

warbler

warder

warders

welder

washer

water

watcher

warner

wicker

vendor

welter

weaver

webber

weber

whacker

webster

welcher

wheeler

wilder

whiner

whitener

whether

whopper

whither

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

willer

wire

winter

wiper

winger

winner

wisher

wither

windsor

wonder

winker

worker

wrapper

wrecker

zehner

wringer

writers

yachter

yonder

yonker

yorker

yorkshire

younger

youngster

younker

zander

winder

wardrobe

wardrobes

zither

zocor

zoster

ruler

3 syllable words

abductor

abler

achiever

abuser

accuser

acquire

absorber

adapter

ammeter

admirer

adopter

aflutter

advancer

adventure

aggressor

almoner

amateur

aglitter

adjuster

ancestor

annular

angular

announcer

another

adviser

aperture

arbiter

armiger

assayer

appraiser

artery

arteries

assessor

assembler

arthropod

attacker

arthropods

asunder

attainder

attire

auditor

bachelor

backpacker

avenger

backwater

bagpiper

banister

bandleader

aquifer

ballplayer

bannister

barrier

balancer

bargainer

barrister

bartender

behavior

batterer

beefeater

bedchamber

beginner

beholder

belabor

beleaguer

believer

bellflower

bellwether

beachcomber

arranger

bibler

bipolar

bewilder

birdwatcher

blockader

bloodsucker

bookkeeper

bookbinder

bonfire

bondholder

bookmaker

bookseller

breadwinner

brainpower

brazier

breakwater

bricklayer

broadcaster

brotherhood

brotherly

buckler

bulldozer

borrower

bystander

calendar

calender

campaigner

canister

carrier

carpenter

catheter

cellular

cartridges

character

changeover

chancellor

challenger

charterhouse

churchgoer

cheeseburger

chidester

chronicler

circular

burrower

cliffhanger

coauthor

cochlear

cocksucker

colander

collector

collider

comforter

commenter

commuter

commoner

complainer

commander

compiler

computer

compressor

composer

composure

coneflower

connector

conifer

connoisseur

conjecture

conjuror

conqueror

consider

configure

conveyer

conveyor

contractor

converter

container

contender

controller

consular

constructor

copier

copartner

corduroy

conspire

constrictor

consumer

coroner

corridor

corridors

cornflower

costumer

cottier

courier

councilor

counsellor

counselor

crabeater

courtier

courtiers

cozier

coworker

creators

creditor

crossover

crowkeeper

crusader

curator

cucumber

curators

currier

cynosure

curvature

customer

cylinder

degener

debater

debenture

decider

decipher

decliner

defaulter

deflator

defender

december

deflector

dangler

deliver

demeanor

denature

desire

deserter

dictator

derringer

departure

detailer

detector

detractor

devour

dissolver

director

disaster

disfavor

digester

disclaimer

discolor

discover

disclosure

discounter

dissenter

dismember

dispatcher

dispenser

dishonor

displeasure

disorder

disposer

disfigure

dishwasher

divider

divisor

distiller

doorkeeper

dressmaker

dowager

distemper

dulcimer

earlier

easterner

editor

elater

elector

embitter

embroider

emperor

elixir

empire

employer

empower

emptier

enamor

enchanter

encounter

enclosure

encumber

endanger

endeavor

engraver

enforcer

engender

enhancer

endorser

enlarger

enquire

enquirer

enrapture

equator

eraser

effector

entire

eritreans

erector

espalier

exchanger

exchequer

explorer

exporter

exposure

extender

eyeliner

falconer

farrier

familiar

fancier

fastener

designer

destroyer

ferrier

fiddler

finisher

fishmonger

firepower

flycatcher

flypaper

forecaster

follower

foreclosure

forefather

forester

forever

foreigner

forerunner

forfeiture

forefinger

forwarder

fortresses

freeholder

frankfurter

fraternize

fraternal

fratricide

fratricides

furrier

furniture

furtherance

furthermore

freethinker

gamekeeper

condenser

gardener

conductor

gatherer

connecter

girdler

gibraltar

glazier

globular

gobbler

godfather

godmother

granddaughter

granular

grasshopper

gossamer

gossiper

governor

grandfather

grandmother

grazier

gridiron

gunpowder

hairdresser

hairdressers

hairdressing

handover

hangover

hanover

harasser

harrier

cadaver

glassmaker

harrower

harvester

hardener

hardworking

havener

haymaker

headwater

hereafter

highflier

highlander

hindquarter

hitchhiker

hinderer

homesteader

hollander

homeworker

homebuilder

however

holdover

hornblower

householder

housekeeper

harbinger

hardcover

howitzer

icebreaker

idler

glandular

impostor

jocular

humbler

incisor

importer

indexer

inductor

indenture

injector

inspector

insider

inquirer

innkeeper

insular

instructor

improper

insurer

integer

insecure

inclosure

informer

invader

inhaler

inventor

investor

isomer

islander

issuer

jackhammer

janitor

jayhawker

jeweler

juggler

jugular

kayaker

jupiter

kidnapper

intruder

juniper

kitchener

kindler

kingfisher

laborer

lamplighter

latecomer

landowner

landholder

latimer

lavender

launderer

lawmaker

lancaster

lecturer

leftover

leviner

licenser

licensure

linear

locator

littler

listener

londoner

loudspeaker

lucifer

manager

manicure

macabre

marauder

manslaughter

marauders

mariner

marketer

martyrdom

mayflower

matchmaker

messenger

meteor

minister

midwinter

minesweeper

milliner

midsummer

massacre

misnomer

molester

monitor

moniker

monomer

moreover

muckraker

modular

murderer

murderers

meander

muscular

narrator

narrators

narrower

needler

newspaper

nonmember

nodular

nonstarter

norlander

november

northerly

nuclear

northwardly

northerner

northerners

northernmost

newscaster

objector

october

ocular

offender

observer

offerer

nutcracker

orator

officer

oliver

opener

oppressor

newcomer

orators

orderly

ordering

outlier

outfitter

outrider

outrigger

outsider

outfielder

outnumber

overture

pacemaker

pacesetter

painkiller

pannier

passover

pathfinder

passenger

peacemaker

peacekeeper

pedicure

pensioner

peculiar

partridges

perjurer

performer

perrier

philander

pilaster

pickler

pillager

plasterer

polluter

popular

polymer

procurer

possessor

postmaster

posterior

potboiler

precursor

predictor

prefecture

preparer

pretender

preserver

prescriber

procedure

prisoner

professor

presenter

protector

protester

projector

promoter

propeller

prospector

quarterly

producer

provider

prudery

publisher

protracted

pursuer

purchaser

punisher

purveyor

quagmire

quarterback

quarterbacks

prothorax

portrayal

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4 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word traitor

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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