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

ambler

gambler

hamster

rambler

sampler

actor

after

answer

armor

asker

asper

aster

babbler

bander

banter

blaster

brander

bumper

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

captor

caster

castor

chamber

chapter

charmer

cumber

dancer

dumper

ember

factor

farmer

faster

former

gander

gaster

grantor

hander

havier

jasper

jumper

lancer

lander

laster

laughter

lumber

lumper

mander

masker

master

member

mumper

number

pander

panter

panzer

paster

pastor

planter

plaster

prancer

rafter

raptor

santer

scalper

slander

slumber

stander

straggler

stumper

sumner

tasker

tattler

taxer

temper

thumper

tractor

tranter

warmer

zander

acer

acre

agar

aller

auger

augur

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

bearer

becker

beggar

berber

better

bettor

bever

birder

biter

blazer

bloomer

blotter

blubber

bluffer

bobber

boomer

borer

bracer

brawner

breaker

brimmer

browser

buffer

bugger

burgher

burner

butter

buzzer

caller

caper

cater

causer

cellar

chaser

checker

cheddar

chopper

chowder

cider

cipher

clever

clobber

clutter

cocker

coffer

collar

color

colour

comber

conner

copper

cotter

cover

craker

crater

craver

crawler

creamer

crocker

cropper

crowder

crowner

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

cypher

dauber

daughter

debtor

decker

demur

diaper

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

doubter

downer

drainer

draper

dreamer

dresser

driver

dropper

ducker

duffer

duller

dweller

earner

egger

error

ever

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

feller

femur

ferrer

fervor

fetter

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

flavor

flutter

fodder

fowler

frater

freighter

fretter

fucker

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

getter

geyser

girder

glazer

glider

glimmer

glosser

glover

gomer

grader

grater

graver

grazer

groomer

guesser

guider

gunner

gutter

hater

hauler

haver

hawker

header

heifer

hepper

herber

hider

homer

honor

honour

hopper

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

humor

humour

hussar

jaeger

jager

jailer

jetter

jobber

jogger

kaiser

kercher

kever

labor

labour

lager

laker

laser

later

lauder

laugher

laver

lawyer

lazar

leamer

learner

lemur

leper

lepre

lesser

lessor

letter

lever

lighter

limmer

liner

locker

logger

lover

lubber

mainor

maker

maser

mater

mazer

mercer

miner

minor

miser

mitre

mouser

mugger

muller

murder

mutter

nadir

neighbor

never

nimmer

nutter

occur

offer

omer

otter

outer

pacer

paper

pauper

paver

penner

pepper

petre

piper

planer

plater

plotter

plover

plucker

popper

potter

pouter

powder

powter

prater

prefer

presser

proffer

proper

prowler

pucker

puffer

purser

putter

quaker

quaver

racer

raider

raiser

raker

rater

raver

razor

reamer

refer

reiter

renner

rider

righter

rimmer

riser

robber

rocker

rouser

rubber

rudder

rumor

runner

rutter

ryder

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

schemer

scholar

scorer

scraper

screamer

scriber

scrubber

scupper

seller

server

setter

sever

shader

shaker

sharer

shaver

sheller

shimmer

shiner

shopper

shriner

shriver

shudder

shutter

sider

signer

simmer

siver

sizer

skater

skimmer

skiver

slater

slaughter

slicer

slider

slobber

slugger

snider

snorer

snuffer

solder

spader

speller

spicer

spider

spotter

spreader

sputter

squalor

squatter

stalker

staller

starer

stater

steamer

steller

stepper

sterner

stiver

stocker

stopper

storer

streamer

striker

stuffer

stunner

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

supper

surfer

sweater

swimmer

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

talker

taper

tedder

teller

tenor

terror

thaler

tiger

tighter

timmer

topper

totter

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trawler

trimmer

trotter

trucker

tucker

tumor

turner

tyger

tyler

upper

utter

vapor

verser

viner

viper

visor

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

walker

waller

water

waver

wearer

webber

weber

whaler

whiner

whopper

wiper

worker

wrecker

writer

yachter

zehner

zephyr

anchor

anger

anker

banker

canker

capture

fracture

hanker

panther

pasture

rancor

ranker

rapture

shanker

antler

author

bather

baxter

bother

bower

brayer

briar

brier

brother

buyer

chandler

choir

conger

cower

crier

crusher

cryer

dire

dodger

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

father

feather

fire

flesher

fletcher

flier

flour

flower

flyer

fresher

friar

frier

fryer

further

gauger

glacier

glower

gouger

gusher

handler

heather

hedger

higher

hire

hour

layer

leather

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

liar

lunger

major

mayor

measure

merger

mire

mother

nature

nether

nother

nurture

other

our

pager

payer

perjure

player

pleasure

pledger

power

prayer

pressure

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

roger

rother

rusher

sayer

scour

searcher

shower

sire

slayer

smother

somewhere

sour

souther

sprayer

squier

stager

stayer

strayer

stretcher

sumpter

temblor

templar

tether

thresher

tire

tower

transfer

treasure

trier

tumbler

tyer

usher

voucher

wager

washer

watcher

weather

whether

wire

yager

angler

strangler

alder

altar

alter

amir

amour

arbor

ardor

auster

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

bender

binder

blender

blinder

blunder

bluster

boarder

border

bottler

bouncer

bounder

boxer

bulger

burglar

busker

buster

butler

carder

carper

carter

carver

censer

censor

center

centre

charter

cleanser

cluster

cobbler

collier

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

coster

counter

coupler

courser

courter

culver

cutler

darner

darter

doctor

dr.

duster

elder

ender

enter

esker

ester

failure

falter

felter

fender

fester

finder

flounder

fluster

foster

founder

garner

garter

gelder

gender

golfer

grinder

grounder

guzzler

halter

harbor

harder

harper

hector

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

horner

hostler

hunter

jester

kelter

larder

launder

lector

lender

lester

limber

luster

lustre

marker

martyr

marver

medlar

mentor

mester

metier

minder

monsieur

mortar

mourner

muffler

muster

nectar

nestor

order

ouster

painter

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

peddler

pester

pinder

plunder

ponder

poplar

porker

porter

pounder

proctor

prosper

psalter

punter

puzzler

quarter

rector

render

renter

roster

rounder

rustler

salter

saunter

savior

sceptre

sector

sender

sensor

sharper

shelter

shrimper

shyster

simper

skelter

slender

smelter

smuggler

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

sponsor

squander

stalder

starter

stentor

stifler

sulphur

sunder

swelter

tartar

taster

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thruster

thunder

timber

timbre

toddler

torpor

ulcer

under

vector

vendor

venter

vesper

vulgar

walter

wander

warder

warner

waster

welder

welter

whimper

whitener

wilder

wonder

yonder

yorker

zoster

archer

belcher

bencher

bunker

changer

barger

censure

charger

conjure

conquer

culture

danger

denture

dunker

farther

forger

gesture

granger

hunger

hunker

junker

launcher

lecture

longer

manger

marcher

monger

norther

plunger

posture

quencher

ranger

rupture

scorcher

sparger

starcher

stranger

structure

torture

trencher

venture

welcher

vulture

yonker

younger

younker

beaker

beater

beaver

bicker

bidder

bigger

bitter

boiler

bolar

boner

booker

boozer

bowler

bowyer

breeder

broiler

broker

caesar

cedar

chauffeur

cheater

chipper

chitter

cleaner

clearer

cleaver

clicker

clipper

closer

clover

coiner

cooker

cooler

cooper

cooter

cougar

critter

croaker

croker

crooner

cruiser

dealer

defer

deter

dicker

dieter

differ

digger

dinner

dipper

donor

driller

drover

duper

eager

eater

eger

euchre

feeder

feeler

fever

filler

fitter

flicker

flipper

floater

footer

freezer

fritter

fuller

giver

glitter

gopher

greaser

griever

gripper

grocer

groover

grouper

healer

hearer

heater

hitter

hooker

hooper

hooter

hoover

inner

joiner

joker

juror

keeler

keener

keeper

keever

kicker

killer

kipper

kisser

knicker

knitter

leader

leaguer

leaser

leaver

licker

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

loader

loafer

loiter

looker

looper

looter

loper

loser

luger

lunar

luter

meter

metre

miller

mirror

moder

motor

mover

nearer

neuter

nigger

nipper

ochre

odor

ogre

oiler

over

owner

peeler

peter

pewter

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

pleaser

poker

polar

pooler

poser

praetor

pruner

puller

quitter

quiver

reader

reaper

reaver

recur

reefer

ricker

ridder

rigor

ripper

river

roller

roofer

rooter

roper

roser

rotor

router

rover

ruler

schiller

schooner

scissor

scooper

sealer

seeker

segar

shearer

shipper

shiver

shooter

sicker

siller

sinner

sitter

skinner

skipper

sleeper

slicker

slipper

sliver

smoker

sneaker

snicker

soaker

sober

soder

solar

sooner

souter

speaker

speeder

spiller

spinner

splitter

spoiler

squeaker

stealer

steeler

steeper

sticker

stiller

stoker

stoner

stover

stripper

stroller

stupor

sucre

sugar

suitor

super

sutor

sweeper

teaser

teeter

thinner

ticker

tiller

tipper

titter

toller

treater

trigger

tripper

trooper

tuber

tudor

tuner

tutor

twitter

user

vicar

vigor

voter

weaver

wheeler

wicker

willer

winner

zipper

zocor

centner

dexter

forster

huckster

lobster

monster

partner

sculptor

seamster

teamster

ulster

waltzer

warbler

webster

bleacher

breather

butcher

closure

cloture

creature

crozier

either

ether

feature

fisher

fissure

future

hither

hoosier

kosher

neither

peacher

pitcher

poacher

preacher

pusher

ringer

seizure

singer

slinger

slither

smither

smoother

springer

stinger

stringer

suture

swinger

teacher

thither

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

zither

bungler

longspur

sculpture

texture

yorkshire

youngster

blister

blower

bolter

booster

boulder

boulter

boyer

brewer

builder

chewer

cinder

cloister

coaster

colter

coulter

crisper

easter

ewer

feaster

fielder

figure

filter

fluor

foister

folder

foyer

freer

genre

gilder

goer

grolier

grower

guilder

heer

henry

hewer

hinder

holder

incur

infer

inter

juncture

junior

kilter

knower

lanier

larkspur

lifter

lister

lower

manure

meer

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

moulder

mower

mr.

oyer

oyster

pilfer

pointer

polder

poster

poulter

printer

puncture

quilter

riddler

roaster

roister

rooster

rower

scribbler

scrivener

senior

sewer

shifter

shoulder

sickler

silver

sister

skewer

sower

splinter

sprinter

strickler

swifter

switzer

thrower

tinder

toaster

twister

veneer

victor

viewer

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

drinker

ginger

soldier

clincher

clothier

finger

injure

linger

sinker

stricture

tinker

thinker

winker

pilcher

pincher

moisture

picture

rinker

scripture

shingler

bolster

demure

hipster

holster

minster

one-year

quipster

roadster

spinster

tipster

trickster

vintner

mixture

sphincter

fixture

sprinkler

oldster

tincture

dinar

inure

senor

3 syllable words

amateur

ammeter

enamor

latimer

quagmire

assayer

barrier

batterer

cannery

carrier

emery

harasser

however

kayaker

memory

pannier

sapphire

satire

summary

admirer

burrower

campaigner

courier

currier

furrier

gatherer

glassmaker

spurrier

worrier

assessor

attacker

blockader

cadaver

commoner

crabeater

jackhammer

matchmaker

debater

emperor

empire

fancier

fastener

flypaper

gossamer

hanover

harrower

havener

haymaker

isomer

janitor

lawmaker

massacre

meander

monomer

newcomer

passover

possessor

plasterer

polymer

professor

promoter

propeller

rattler

reactor

saddler

safflower

samurai

slanderer

trafficker

traveler

umpire

wagoner

whatever

bachelor

hangover

together

lamplighter

aperture

flycatcher

assembler

transmitter

catheter

manager

grandmother

attire

binary

brazier

caterer

borrower

copier

cottier

creator

earlier

farrier

ferrier

finery

follower

forever

genera

glazier

grazier

gunnery

harrier

honoree

jeweler

laborer

marauder

murderer

narrower

nunnery

offerer

perrier

pursuer

purveyor

quieter

rapier

rentier

rioter

sauter

sufferer

surveyor

terrier

waterer

theatre

vernier

warrior

whoever

winery

adapter

adviser

aggressor

almoner

annular

appraiser

aquifer

armiger

attainder

backpacker

backwater

bagpiper

balancer

banister

bannister

barrister

calendar

calender

canister

chancellor

collector

comforter

commander

commenter

commuter

compiler

composer

connecter

connector

consumer

container

costumer

cucumber

customer

december

disaster

dressmaker

dulcimer

embitter

employer

emptier

falconer

familiar

gamekeeper

granddaughter

granular

handover

hereafter

highlander

humbler

kidnapper

landowner

latecomer

lavender

manicure

midsummer

molester

muckraker

november

offender

oppressor

pacemaker

performer

philander

pilaster

protector

reclaimer

reformer

sarcoma

semester

stargazer

stepladder

successor

suppressor

taxpayer

thereafter

transpire

trimester

trumpeter

vibrator

taskmaster

transformer

coauthor

dowager

perjurer

treasurer

voyager

avenger

challenger

composure

dangler

debenture

digester

dispatcher

glandular

godmother

grasshopper

passenger

projector

recapture

scavenger

spangler

stepmother

tablature

wrangler

abler

acquire

auditor

belabor

believer

bibler

bipolar

bonfire

buckler

camorra

canary

chimera

cochlear

collider

conifer

connoisseur

conveyer

conveyor

coroner

corridor

courtier

creditor

crossover

crusader

curator

cynosure

decider

decipher

degener

demeanor

deserter

designer

detailer

director

dishonor

divider

divisor

editor

elater

empower

eraser

abductor

eyeliner

fiddler

firepower

foreigner

girdler

detractor

forerunner

gobbler

gossiper

governor

highflier

howitzer

idler

juggler

juniper

jupiter

launderer

leviner

listener

littler

locator

lucifer

macabre

mariner

moniker

monitor

moreover

narrator

needler

officer

prospector

oliver

opener

orator

outlier

pacesetter

pickler

polluter

potboiler

preparer

prisoner

producer

provider

ratepayer

reasoner

receiver

recover

refiner

remarry

remover

reorder

retailer

retainer

saltier

seafarer

senator

settler

espalier

reveler

shoemaker

complainer

similar

advancer

ancestor

compressor

computer

condenser

contender

disclaimer

distemper

encumber

refractor

sandbagger

sandpaper

schoolmaster

september

skyscraper

suspender

tormentor

transistor

softener

translator

vascular

shuffler

sorcerer

stabler

stapler

stickler

supplier

surrender

bandleader

bystander

cliffhanger

newscaster

nonmember

nutcracker

stiffener

survivor

informer

sweetener

tabler

takeover

bartender

broadcaster

forecaster

icebreaker

lancaster

manslaughter

outnumber

tomorrow

turnover

vinegar

wanderer

whenever

wherever

wrestler

achiever

adventure

angular

another

arranger

bedchamber

churchgoer

conjuror

conqueror

curvature

denature

enchanter

enhancer

enrapture

frankfurter

furniture

grandfather

jayhawker

kitchener

lecturer

modular

nodular

objector

pathfinder

procedure

punisher

purchaser

rathskeller

ringmaster

southerner

stationer

stockinger

teenager

temperature

titular

torturer

warmonger

worshiper

wrongdoer

conjecture

contractor

postmaster

toastmaster

transporter

transcriber

transgressor

abuser

accuser

adopter

aflutter

aglitter

announcer

anywhere

arbiter

asunder

ballplayer

bargainer

bloodsucker

bookmaker

bookseller

breadwinner

breakwater

cellular

character

chronicler

circular

cocksucker

colander

consider

conspire

consular

converter

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cylinder

decliner

defaulter

defender

deflator

detector

dictator

discolor

discover

disfavor

disorder

dissenter

dissolver

doorkeeper

effector

elector

endeavor

forester

forwarder

gardener

gunpowder

hardener

housekeeper

globular

erector

hollander

incisor

meteor

equator

headwater

insider

homeworker

insular

invader

islander

jocular

jugular

kindler

misnomer

outrider

minister

newspaper

outrigger

outsider

painkiller

peacemaker

pedicure

presenter

outfitter

cozier

devour

londoner

marketer

observer

popular

desire

joinery

leftover

linear

october

ocular

widower

licenser

pretender

regular

reporter

secular

protester

revolver

shopkeeper

sleepwalker

stepdaughter

sunflower

supporter

sweetwater

swindler

tubular

unwary

wildfire

woodpecker

retire

recliner

reminder

recorder

remainder

rescuer

remember

restorer

typewriter

wallflower

whisperer

silencer

spectator

stonecutter

scenery

simpler

storekeeper

unaware

uncover

rosier

westerner

landholder

adjuster

beachcomber

behavior

bellwether

birdwatcher

changeover

departure

derringer

forefather

forfeiture

godfather

inhaler

integer

licensure

messenger

northerner

pensioner

prefecture

publisher

questioner

reconquer

refresher

register

signature

stepfather

tinkler

issuer

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Words that rhyme with the word hammer

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

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