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

ambrose

austral

central

embroil

entrail

scoundrel

spectral

tactful

temperate

ventral

ambers

april

cantle

crandall

anvil

axle

capsule

cancel

algal

corbel

brandle

candle

cromwell

crumple

cymbal

daniel

garble

granule

hamburg

handle

hansel

mantel

mantle

marble

mitral

nimble

panful

rascal

rumple

sandal

scalpel

scandal

several

shameful

shrapnel

spaniel

stemple

symbol

temple

thimble

vandal

warble

thankful

tranquil

umbrage

dangle

able

fangle

spangle

addle

strangle

amber

annal

annul

appel

apple

tangle

aural

baffle

basil

battle

bauble

beryl

bible

borel

bubble

burble

burel

castle

cattle

cable

cackle

camber

ceryl

channel

chapel

chattel

choral

cobble

coral

crackle

dazzle

dermal

double

fable

facile

feral

flannel

floral

frazzle

gable

gaggle

grapple

gravel

hable

hackle

gavel

gobble

goral

grackle

haggle

wrangle

hamal

harle

hassle

herbal

hobble

hummel

jackal

label

laurel

libel

loral

moral

oral

paddle

panel

pebble

peril

pommel

prattle

primal

ankle

pummel

quarrel

raffle

rattle

ravel

rebel

rubble

sable

saddle

shackle

sorel

spiral

squabble

sorrel

stable

stubble

straggle

mangle

sterile

straddle

angle

rankle

tackle

tassel

terrel

bangle

tattle

bashful

table

thermal

treble

travel

tribal

trouble

vassal

verbal

wobble

jangle

worrel

squirrel

embrace

fragile

hatchel

comprise

paschal

emprise

harmful

helpful

lampreys

lustful

membrane

mindful

mistral

pembroke

restful

tasteful

zestful

agile

wasteful

amperes

arval

baleful

bundle

campers

careful

carnal

carpal

chambered

chambers

chortle

consul

cornel

council

counsel

cranial

crustal

dampers

darnel

dental

dimple

dorsal

doubtful

dreadful

ductile

embers

fateful

fondle

formal

fretful

frightful

frontal

gainful

gentle

gospel

graceful

grateful

hampers

harmel

hateful

healthful

homburg

hostel

hostile

houseful

hurtful

hymnal

kendal

lamprey

larval

lentil

marvel

membered

members

mendel

mental

morsel

mortal

neutral

normal

numbers

orval

painful

pampered

pampers

parcel

pencil

pimple

portal

postel

prayerful

pretzel

rectal

rental

rightful

rundle

simple

sparkle

spiteful

startle

stressful

tensile

thoughtful

tonsil

trundle

vengeful

vestal

membranes

angel

bengal

compressed

bestial

faithful

jungle

lombards

partial

watchful

confront

engle

marshal

martial

comprint

uncle

minstrel

fungal

mongol

cordial

nuptial

ramparts

wrongful

ampere

anal

awful

bagel

basal

bedell

betel

bevel

boggle

bottle

bridal

bridle

buckle

bustle

camper

capel

caple

caudal

caudle

causal

chamber

chuckle

circle

coble

cockle

coddle

colonel

coppel

copple

couple

cradle

cuddle

cumber

cycle

damper

dawdle

dekle

devil

dibble

docile

dribble

duffel

eisel

ember

fatal

faunal

feeble

fennel

fertile

final

foible

fossil

freckle

funnel

girdle

global

glottal

goggle

gribble

grovel

gurgle

guzzle

hamper

hazel

hazle

heckle

hegel

hopple

housel

hovel

huckle

huddle

hurdle

hurtle

hustle

idle

idol

jostle

journal

juggle

kennel

kernel

kettle

kibble

knuckle

ladle

lawful

level

lumber

maple

medal

meddle

member

metal

mettle

mobile

mochel

model

muckle

muddle

muffle

mural

muscle

mussel

muzzle

myrtle

nasal

natal

naval

navel

nestle

nettle

neural

nibble

noble

novel

nozzle

number

nuzzle

pamper

papal

pedal

peddle

petal

phenol

playful

pleural

plural

popple

pottle

puddle

purple

puzzle

quibble

regel

revel

rifle

rival

roble

rouble

ruble

ruddle

ruffle

rural

rustle

ruttle

scamper

scribble

scuffle

scuttle

seckel

servile

settle

shekel

shovel

shuffle

shuttle

sibyl

sidle

smuggle

snuggle

speckle

spinal

spousal

staple

stifle

struggle

subtle

suckle

supple

suttle

tamper

tercel

throttle

tidal

title

toddle

toggle

topple

tressel

trestle

tribble

trifle

truffle

tubal

tunnel

turtle

tussle

twaddle

ural

vernal

vessel

vinyl

virile

vital

waddle

waffle

wattle

wrestle

artful

boastful

bombard

comforts

confrere

embark

forceful

rampart

inbred

lombard

mournful

scornful

sunbirds

vampires

wistful

aisle

bethel

brothel

methyl

racial

herschel

rigel

bowel

dial

confronts

dowel

spacial

towel

cudgel

howell

lisle

trial

ethel

vial

vowel

ethyl

glacial

spatial

special

rial

facial

crystal

needful

blissful

sunburn

quintal

sunbird

doleful

infra

kindle

limbers

distal

dwindle

equal

lintel

tempers

willful

windle

postal

swindle

tempered

tindal

tinsel

tuneful

dismal

jumpers

peaceful

pistil

pistol

tearful

timbers

fiscal

fearful

fruitful

shindle

bristol

bumpers

sequel

signal

fitful

sinful

vampire

skillful

brindle

cheerful

hopeful

comfrey

grindle

spindle

genial

coastal

comfort

useful

confreres

embarks

impressed

imprint

jingle

shingle

tingle

lingle

kinkle

sprinkle

truthful

winkle

twinkle

single

wishful

dingle

ingle

swingle

mingle

tinkle

trinkle

wrinkle

youthful

beadle

beagle

beetle

bodle

bogle

bombers

boodle

brickle

bristle

brittle

brutal

buccal

bugle

bumper

butyl

chisel

civil

cripple

doodle

drivel

ducal

dumper

eagle

easel

drizzle

evil

fecal

fetal

feudal

fickle

fiddle

fipple

fissile

fizzle

fluegel

focal

frizzle

fuddle

futile

frugal

giggle

gleeful

google

gristle

grizzle

jiggle

joyful

jumper

kiddle

kittel

kittle

knittle

legal

limber

little

local

lumper

mickle

middle

missal

missel

missile

modal

mogul

mosel

motile

mumper

needle

nickel

nickle

nipple

noodle

ogle

opal

oval

penal

people

pickle

piddle

poodle

pupil

regal

reigle

renal

riddle

riffle

ripple

scovel

rueful

riggle

scruple

shrivel

sickle

sipple

sizzle

skittle

smittle

sniffle

spittle

squiggle

steeple

stickle

swivel

teagle

temper

thistle

thumper

tickle

timber

timbre

tipple

tootle

tweedle

tittle

total

trickle

triple

twiddle

venal

vocal

weasel

weevil

whistle

wiggle

wriggle

whittle

imprints

mainframe

comport

inbreed

unborn

compares

improve

bushel

crucial

lethal

social

vigil

bomber

compare

crewel

cruel

dual

duel

fanfare

fuel

imparts

imports

improved

jewel

loyal

royal

snapper

snowbirds

infringe

conform

downpours

impairs

impart

import

inboard

inborn

whimper

snowbird

simper

downpour

impair

comber

converts

impure

confirms

enforced

converse

convert

unfurl

inform

enforce

snuffer

conforms

informed

informs

mainframes

unformed

confer

conferred

infirm

inverse

invert

unfair

confers

confirm

infers

converge

infer

3 syllable words

ambrosian

natural

assemble

chamberlain

embattle

cumbersome

umbrella

lumberman

masterful

affable

annual

apical

axial

bimodal

canberra

cannibal

capital

capitol

chemical

classical

clavicle

comical

committal

domical

fallible

graphical

immoral

laughable

manual

nominal

passable

pectoral

primeval

radical

sectoral

seminal

tambourine

terminal

ramshackle

federal

humoral

numeral

tempera

general

liable

liberal

pliable

viable

amperage

casual

commercial

factual

lumbering

magical

national

rational

sagittal

abnormal

transmittal

umbrellas

mayoral

gradual

backpedal

bombardier

cantonal

cerebral

communal

familial

immortal

palpable

dissemble

embezzle

encircle

fanciful

hormonal

imbecile

imperil

madrigal

mandible

orbital

practical

resemble

sombrero

tactical

taxable

temperance

timberman

tractable

unburden

vertebral

valuable

accrual

actual

ancestral

animal

apostle

apparel

arable

audible

bankable

bicycle

bifocal

caboodle

callable

cathedral

chasuble

chronicle

colloidal

colossal

commingle

conical

criminal

debacle

embryo

enable

enamel

flavorful

follicle

fractional

gullible

helical

icicle

immobile

laudable

likable

likeable

lovable

lumberjack

membership

merciful

monocle

nautical

orchestral

parental

personal

plausible

possible

probable

prodigal

proposal

psychical

recital

remodel

removal

ridable

sizable

tangible

temperature

temporize

topical

triumphal

tropical

unable

unbridled

vertical

vesicle

volatile

bombardiers

ethical

diurnal

comprises

example

menstrual

remorseful

auroral

bronchial

aerial

ministral

ariel

compromise

doable

powerful

ampersand

embraces

logical

payable

ensemble

doctrinal

lionel

embarrassed

unbroken

unbundle

doggerel

pineal

radial

perusal

washable

guttural

vaginal

burial

coronal

tracheal

official

surgical

varietal

sexual

imperils

touchable

compresses

tempering

ventricle

triangle

court-martial

hospital

multiple

solvable

embryos

enfeeble

forcible

technical

whimsical

compression

granduncle

impartial

manhandle

memberships

cyclical

deceitful

judgmental

soluble

approval

sigmoidal

testicle

appraisal

tribunal

panhandle

abysmal

acquittal

adrenal

autumnal

bountiful

compressor

countable

temperatures

bombardment

dismissal

culpable

embargo

lexical

mistrial

optical

quadruple

refusal

turntable

uncivil

unlawful

non-verbal

uncouple

voluble

metrical

portable

unequal

virtual

essential

celestial

chargeable

comforting

conjugal

ethnical

ungrateful

financial

optional

provincial

projectile

potential

tangential

fluxional

temperament

textual

withdrawal

newfangle

nonlethal

upheaval

betrayal

belittle

bacchanal

bearable

biddable

breakable

burnable

capable

caramel

clerical

coequal

colorful

comforter

coracle

corporal

credible

critical

crucible

cubicle

cynical

decimal

disable

disloyal

doctoral

dutiful

eatable

edible

bombardments

emperors

epistle

errorful

fusible

horrible

miscible

ennoble

minimal

movable

oracle

paternal

peaceable

physical

pineapple

potable

quotable

salable

scalable

sorrowful

suitable

syllable

traceable

trainable

usable

visible

vitriol

workable

feasible

fraternal

illegal

leasable

livable

marital

maternal

musical

mutable

newcastle

notable

parable

provable

readable

rebuttal

redouble

retrial

tenable

terrible

treatable

tricycle

tunable

wearable

obstacle

punctual

resentful

successful

eventful

townspeople

constable

baptismal

embargoes

dismantle

embroidered

integral

unstable

imbroglio

imprison

improvise

untruthful

compressors

biracial

compartment

comportment

cultural

initial

judicial

legible

palatial

reachable

sociable

structural

teachable

temperaments

vehicle

emperor

jovial

menial

renewal

empire

bilingual

congenial

funeral

lineal

arousal

arrival

literal

entangle

littoral

medial

umpire

filial

sequential

impression

rectangle

cereal

fluvial

untangle

pickerel

mineral

pluvial

serial

trivial

unfaithful

visceral

mishandle

unabridged

cardinal

reprisal

cortical

carnival

nocturnal

unravel

comforters

delightful

disposal

drinkable

farcical

ignoble

improper

mystical

optimal

particle

purposeful

rekindle

rentable

retrieval

unsettle

wonderful

empanel

article

biblical

embroider

equable

fixable

pedestal

archival

arsenal

barnacle

bedraggle

flexible

impanel

portrayal

proconsul

proximal

quintuple

sensible

utensil

disgraceful

distasteful

functional

impairment

importance

important

imprisons

imprudence

imprudent

neglectful

respectful

unfriendly

compartments

changeable

credential

especial

meaningful

ritual

marginal

prudential

sculptural

vegetable

mutual

unshackle

worshipful

comprehend

substantial

snobbery

impressions

impairments

cuticle

archetypal

eternal

disdainful

imported

curable

finagle

prenatal

astraddle

genital

skeletal

imperfect

reimburse

quizzical

forgetful

impresses

teaspoonful

informal

regretful

distrustful

impressment

improvement

mistrustful

impressive

beautiful

juvenile

bedevil

befuddle

durable

epochal

low-level

lyrical

medical

miracle

pinnacle

pitiful

pivotal

retinal

typical

prefrontal

resettle

disciple

revival

seasonal

insightful

reversal

umpires

resourceful

cervical

empires

survival

versatile

archangel

comprehends

digital

dishevel

enfranchised

importing

improving

mythical

notional

regional

rehearsal

scriptural

usual

vegetal

virginal

visual

empower

hanover

impregnate

festival

spectacle

converses

dispersal

skeptical

improvements

sentinel

importer

entitle

tentacle

denial

boondoggle

conference

infernal

interval

internal

infertile

plentiful

conifer

bonfire

impromptu

informals

principal

principle

enfranchise

infraction

imprinting

conversion

sensual

sectional

fictional

conversant

external

importers

impregnates

infrequent

environs

postnatal

conifers

empowered

empowers

infractions

conversions

convergent

conformance

informant

infarction

in-person

conversely

inference

infringes

conformists

enforcement

informants

juniper

inversion

remover

enforces

informers

unapproved

cinnabar

conferees

conforming

enforcements

universe

conformist

informer

inverted

uniform

enforcer

inversely

enforcers

uniforms

conferee

infringement

infringements

inferno

bonfires

reinforce

conveyer

conveyor

whenever

converter

junipers

converted

converters

converging

4 syllable words

memorial

pyramidal

temporally

peripheral

admirable

adverbial

answerable

bacterial

comparable

polemical

tabernacle

arboreal

reassemble

raptorial

amicable

alluvial

amiable

biaxial

bilateral

coaxial

collateral

comparator

diagonal

ephemeral

fathomable

malleable

material

memorable

permeable

proverbial

trilateral

tyrannical

venereal

abdominal

biannual

pumpernickel

biennial

confirmable

disassemble

embryonic

umbilical

empirical

anarchical

symmetrical

comfortably

triennial

transferable

combinable

perennial

governmental

parochial

adorable

chimerical

emmanuel

galenical

amenable

attainable

available

botanical

emporium

fanatical

grammatical

habitable

irascible

mechanical

mercurial

navigable

homicidal

imperial

numerical

palatable

primordial

terrestrial

theatrical

sabbatical

permissible

phenomenal

terminable

satirical

inflammable

processional

professional

allowable

binomial

bisexual

colonial

behavioral

occasional

irrational

liturgical

emporia

manageable

decennial

duodenal

heretical

suicidal

eventual

maniacal

preferable

detachable

poetical

venerable

reliable

fashionable

favorable

remedial

unnatural

embarkation

adaptable

ethereal

admissible

accessible

amendable

anecdotal

apocryphal

applicable

antipodal

habitual

measurable

perpetual

pleasurable

collapsible

elemental

comparative

compatible

commendable

estimable

hexagonal

collectible

comfortable

comparison

consumable

convertible

embarrasses

consensual

compromiser

employable

forgettable

formidable

identical

impassable

infallible

impersonal

lamentable

noncommittal

patentable

subliminal

collegial

receptacle

metacarpal

octagonal

remarkable

observable

practicable

presentable

susceptible

sustainable

unmerciful

unsalable

actionable

anaphora

intramural

antisocial

conceptual

temperamental

confirmation

congenital

contemptible

confessional

digestible

demonstrable

embarrassing

impartially

noncommercial

parietal

proportional

regimental

sacrificial

transitional

unshakable

agreeable

avoidable

atypical

colloquial

custodial

appealable

believable

canonical

centennial

charitable

convivial

creditable

debatable

definable

honeysuckle

immiscible

imitable

genocidal

embroiderer

epidermal

foreseeable

embroidery

immovable

inimical

personable

rabbinical

reasonable

redeemable

reimburses

revocable

removable

profitable

redoubtable

seasonable

inaudible

reducible

quadrennial

sinusoidal

noticeable

medicinal

mesodermal

mollycoddle

political

serviceable

polygonal

acceptable

accidental

augmentable

comparisons

compensable

compromises

contestable

convertibles

cylindrical

departmental

electrical

execrable

fundamental

industrial

implacable

invaluable

improbable

monumental

nonsensical

nontaxable

ostensible

ornamental

patrimonial

retractable

reimbursement

sacramental

sentimental

nontechnical

achievable

additional

beneficial

deferential

differential

eligible

emotional

fissionable

octahedral

illogical

isothermal

knowledgeable

methodical

negotiable

preferential

provisional

punishable

reverential

tetrahedral

strategical

superficial

traditional

unusual

vestigial

zoological

confirmations

congressional

controversial

conventional

intangible

intermingle

honorable

imperia

inaugural

millennial

mosaical

operable

pitiable

renewable

repayable

tolerable

tutorial

variable

embroiderers

expandable

pontifical

asexual

equitable

transportable

forfeitable

prejudicial

transcendental

impersonate

importantly

impeccable

imperative

statistical

intractable

consolable

deductible

disapproval

excitable

indelible

reportable

reputable

supportable

centrifugal

approvable

conceivable

affordable

alkaloidal

forgivable

omnipresent

advisable

adoptable

obstetrical

accountable

acoustical

impractical

arguable

impregnable

continual

hospitable

embarrassment

immutable

reimbursements

impossible

improperly

impurity

marketable

matriarchal

nonvolatile

obtainable

occipital

patriarchal

reciprocal

impeachable

information

presidential

conditional

inferential

conversation

hydrothermal

providential

questionable

adjustable

issuable

appreciable

approachable

dimensional

logistical

negligible

nonessential

residual

epithelial

residential

arterial

comprehension

consonantal

continental

controllable

describable

desirable

detrimental

discernible

discountable

divisible

embarrassments

empiricist

encyclical

enforceable

enviable

erasable

heritable

impersonates

impertinent

implausible

improvises

impurities

incurable

inedible

ineffable

insoluble

invertebrate

ironical

marsupial

nonpartisan

occidental

oriental

pentecostal

pictorial

receivable

repairable

responsible

returnable

reversible

rhetorical

sartorial

temporaries

universal

unparalleled

unprincipled

unreasonable

unspeakable

untreatable

veritable

vulnerable

confidential

corrigible

conversations

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Words that rhyme with the word gambrel

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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