Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word leper.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 leper.
2 syllable words

templar

ampere

asper

bender

blender

bumper

camper

captor

censer

censor

center

centre

chapter

cleanser

coupler

crisper

damper

dumper

elder

ember

ender

enter

esker

ester

felter

fender

fester

gelder

gender

hamper

hector

hellier

herder

jasper

jester

jumper

kelter

lector

lender

lester

lumper

medlar

member

mentor

mester

metier

mumper

nectar

nestor

pamper

peddler

pester

raptor

rector

render

renter

repair

scalper

scamper

sector

sender

sensor

shelter

shrimper

simper

skelter

slender

smelter

spectre

spencer

spender

splendor

stamper

stentor

stumper

swelter

tamper

tender

tensor

tenure

tester

thumper

vector

vendor

venter

welder

welter

whimper

whisper

acer

acre

adder

agar

attar

aver

backer

bailer

bailor

baker

banner

batter

berber

bicker

bidder

bigger

birder

bitter

blabber

bladder

blatter

blazer

blubber

bluffer

booker

bracer

bragger

breaker

brimmer

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

butter

buzzer

cater

chaser

chatter

chitter

chopper

clamor

clamour

clatter

clearer

clicker

clutter

color

colour

comer

cooker

cooper

copper

cover

cracker

craker

crammer

crater

craver

critter

cropper

culler

curler

cursor

cutter

dagger

defer

demur

deter

diaper

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

drainer

driller

dropper

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

duper

earner

facer

fader

faker

favor

fervor

filler

fitter

flatter

flavor

flicker

flutter

footer

framer

frater

freighter

fritter

fucker

fuller

gager

gainer

gaiter

gerner

girder

giver

glamor

glamour

glazer

glimmer

glitter

glover

grabber

grader

grammar

grammer

grater

graver

grazer

grouper

gunner

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hatter

herber

hitter

hooker

hooper

hopper

hover

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

inner

jager

jagger

jailer

juror

keeper

kercher

kicker

killer

kisser

knicker

knitter

labor

labour

lacquer

ladder

laker

laser

later

latter

laver

lazar

learner

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

litter

liver

looker

looper

loper

lover

lubber

madder

mainor

maker

manner

manor

maser

masser

matter

mazer

mercer

miller

mirror

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

mutter

nadir

namer

natter

nearer

neighbor

nigger

nimmer

nutter

occur

pacer

packer

passer

patter

pauper

paver

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

piper

placer

planer

planner

plater

platter

plover

plucker

plumber

popper

prater

prefer

proper

pucker

puffer

puller

purser

putter

quaker

quaver

quitter

quiver

racer

racker

raider

raiser

raker

rammer

rater

raver

razor

reaper

recur

refer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

river

roper

rubber

rudder

runner

rutter

sabre

sadder

sailer

sailor

saker

saver

savor

scalar

scatter

schiller

scissor

scooper

scrubber

server

shader

shaker

shatter

shaver

shearer

shimmer

shiver

shopper

shudder

shutter

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

sitter

skater

skimmer

skinner

slater

slatter

sleeper

slicker

sliver

slugger

smatter

snicker

snuffer

spader

spanner

spatter

spiller

spinner

splatter

splitter

sputter

stagger

stammer

stater

steeper

sterner

sticker

stiller

stopper

stuffer

stunner

stupor

stutter

succor

sucker

suffer

sugar

summer

super

surfer

swagger

sweeper

swimmer

taber

tabor

tacker

tailor

taker

tamer

tanner

tatter

termer

thacker

thaler

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

titter

topper

tracer

tracker

trader

trailer

trainer

traitor

trigger

trimmer

trooper

trucker

tucker

turner

twitter

utter

valor

verser

vicar

vigor

viper

wader

wafer

waiter

waiver

waver

whacker

whaler

whopper

wicker

willer

winner

wiper

worker

belcher

bencher

capture

censure

denture

gesture

lecture

quencher

rapture

scripture

trencher

rupture

venture

welcher

azure

badger

bather

blather

brayer

brother

butcher

catcher

centner

crusher

dasher

dexter

fisher

fissure

flasher

further

ganger

gather

gauger

glacier

gusher

hangar

hanger

hatcher

hipster

hither

lasher

lather

layer

lunger

major

mather

mayor

merger

mother

nature

nother

nurture

other

pager

payer

perjure

pitcher

player

prayer

preyer

pusher

quipster

rather

ringer

rusher

sampler

sayer

sculptor

searcher

singer

slasher

slayer

slinger

slither

smasher

smither

smother

snatcher

souther

sprayer

springer

stager

stature

stayer

stinger

strayer

stringer

sumpter

swinger

temblor

thatcher

thither

tipster

usher

wager

wanger

webster

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

yager

zither

sculpture

texture

actor

after

amber

answer

appear

asker

aster

babbler

bander

banter

blaster

blister

blunder

bluster

brander

builder

bulger

burglar

busker

buster

butler

camber

cancer

candor

canter

cantor

capra

capri

carper

caster

castor

chamber

cinder

clamber

cluster

concur

confer

culver

cumber

cutler

dancer

duster

factor

failure

faster

figure

filter

fluster

gander

gaster

gilder

grantor

guilder

guzzler

hander

harper

havier

hinder

hunter

incur

infer

inter

kilter

lancer

lander

laster

laughter

lifter

limber

lister

lumber

luster

lustre

mander

masker

master

mincer

minter

mister

mixer

monsieur

mr.

muffler

muster

number

painter

pander

panter

panzer

paster

pastor

pilfer

planter

plaster

plunder

poplar

prancer

printer

prosper

punter

puzzler

quilter

rafter

riddler

rustler

santer

savior

scribbler

scrivener

sharper

shifter

sickler

silver

sister

slander

slumber

smuggler

splinter

sprinter

stander

straggler

strickler

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swifter

switzer

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

thruster

thunder

timber

timbre

tinder

torpor

tractor

tranter

twister

ulcer

under

victor

vulgar

waster

whisker

whistler

winder

windsor

winter

wonder

zander

anger

anker

anchor

banker

bunker

canker

changer

clincher

clothier

culture

danger

drinker

dunker

finger

fracture

ginger

granger

hanker

hunger

hunker

injure

linger

manger

monger

panther

junker

pasture

picture

pilcher

pincher

plunger

rancor

ranger

ranker

shanker

shingler

rinker

sinker

stranger

stricture

structure

thinker

tinker

vulture

winker

younger

younker

aller

auger

augur

beaker

beater

beaver

biter

bloomer

blotter

bobber

boiler

bolar

bomber

boner

boomer

boozer

borer

bowler

bowyer

brawner

breeder

broiler

broker

browser

caesar

caller

calmer

causer

cedar

chauffeur

cheater

chowder

cider

cipher

cleaner

cleaver

climber

clobber

closer

clover

cocker

coffer

coiner

collar

comber

conner

cooler

cooter

cotter

cougar

crawler

creamer

croaker

crocker

croker

crooner

crowder

crowner

cruiser

cypher

dauber

daughter

dealer

dieter

diner

diver

docker

dollar

donar

donor

doubter

downer

dreamer

driver

drover

eager

eater

eger

euchre

faller

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

fibre

fifer

fighter

filer

finer

floater

fodder

fowler

freezer

geyser

glider

glosser

gomer

gopher

greaser

griever

grocer

groomer

groover

guider

hauler

hawker

healer

hearer

heater

heifer

hider

homer

honor

honour

hooter

hoover

horror

howler

humor

humour

jobber

jogger

joiner

joker

kaiser

keeler

keener

keever

lager

lauder

laugher

lawyer

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

lighter

liner

loader

loafer

locker

logger

loiter

looter

loser

luger

lunar

luter

mater

meter

metre

miner

minor

miser

mitre

moder

motor

mouser

mover

neuter

ochre

odor

offer

ogre

oiler

omer

otter

outer

over

owner

palmer

peeler

peter

pewter

pleaser

plotter

poker

polar

pooler

poser

potter

pouter

powder

powter

praetor

primer

proffer

prowler

pruner

reader

reamer

reaver

reefer

reiter

rhymer

rider

righter

rimer

riser

robber

rocker

roller

roofer

rooter

roser

rotor

rouser

router

rover

ruler

rumor

ryder

saucer

sawyer

schemer

scholar

schooner

scorer

screamer

scriber

sealer

seeker

segar

shiner

shooter

shriner

shriver

sider

signer

siver

sizer

skiver

slaughter

slicer

slider

slobber

smoker

sneaker

snider

snorer

soaker

sober

soder

solar

solder

sooner

souter

sparrow

speaker

speeder

spicer

spider

spoiler

spotter

squalor

squatter

squeaker

stalker

staller

stealer

steamer

steeler

stiver

stocker

stoker

stoner

storer

stover

streamer

striker

stroller

sucre

suitor

sutor

talker

teaser

teeter

tiger

tighter

timer

toller

totter

trawler

treater

trotter

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

tutor

tyger

tyler

user

viner

visor

voter

walker

waller

water

weaver

wheeler

whiner

writer

yachter

zocor

ambler

antler

baxter

chandler

gambler

hamster

handler

huckster

minster

rambler

spinster

transfer

trickster

tumbler

ulster

vintner

author

bleacher

bother

breather

closure

cloture

conger

creature

crozier

dodger

either

ether

father

feature

future

gouger

hoosier

kosher

neither

peacher

poacher

preacher

roger

rother

seizure

smoother

suture

teacher

voucher

washer

watcher

bungler

abhor

angler

fixture

mixture

longspur

sphincter

sprinkler

strangler

youngster

abor

afar

affair

afire

alder

altar

alter

arbor

ardor

armor

auster

balder

balter

barber

barbre

barker

barter

before

binder

blinder

blower

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulder

boulter

bouncer

bounder

bower

boxer

boyer

brewer

briar

brier

buyer

carder

carter

carver

charmer

charter

chewer

choir

cloister

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

conder

condor

copra

corner

coster

coulter

counter

courser

courter

cower

crier

cryer

darner

darter

defray

dire

doctor

dour

dr.

drier

dryer

dyer

easter

ewer

eyer

falter

farmer

feaster

fielder

finder

fire

flier

flounder

flour

flower

fluor

flyer

foister

folder

former

foster

founder

foyer

freer

friar

frier

fryer

gabbro

garner

garter

glower

goer

golfer

grinder

grolier

grounder

grower

halter

harbor

harder

heer

hewer

higher

hire

holder

horner

hostler

hour

juncture

junior

knower

larder

larkspur

launder

liar

livor

lower

marker

martyr

marver

meer

minder

mire

mortar

moulder

mourner

mower

opera

order

our

ouster

oyer

oyster

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

pinder

pointer

polder

ponder

porker

porter

poster

poulter

pounder

power

prier

prior

proctor

psalter

puncture

pyre

quarter

revere

roaster

roister

rooster

roster

rounder

rower

salter

saunter

scour

senior

severe

sewer

shoulder

shower

shyster

sire

skewer

snorter

solver

sorter

sounder

sour

sower

sponsor

squander

squier

stalder

starter

stifler

supra

tartar

thrower

tincture

tire

toaster

toddler

tower

trier

tyer

viewer

walter

wander

warder

warmer

warner

whitener

wilder

wire

yonder

yorker

zoster

farther

sparger

norther

charger

launcher

moisture

soldier

archer

barger

conquer

forger

longer

marcher

starcher

torture

posture

yonker

scorcher

conjure

bolster

forster

holster

lobster

monster

partner

roadster

seamster

teamster

waltzer

warbler

yorkshire

oldster

eyebrow

libra

hebrew

abra

cobra

louvre

zebra

3 syllable words

emperor

empire

every

farrier

ferrier

forever

harrier

however

narrower

papery

perrier

rapier

referee

rentier

terrier

worshiper

whoever

burrower

courier

currier

employer

emptier

furrier

spurrier

stepdaughter

stepladder

treasurer

worrier

stepmother

abler

amateur

grasshopper

assessor

brainpower

creditor

degener

deserter

director

editor

empower

enamor

fastener

girdler

janitor

juniper

latimer

stepfather

elater

flypaper

gossiper

leviner

mariner

massacre

narrator

pacesetter

possessor

professor

propeller

ratepayer

rattler

repeater

reveler

saddler

seafarer

senator

settler

shipowner

stabler

stapler

supplier

surrender

tabler

trafficker

traveler

umpire

wagoner

whatever

whenever

wherever

wrestler

catheter

sharecropper

bachelor

curvature

distemper

stepsister

aperture

churchgoer

furniture

jayhawker

lecturer

manager

purchaser

stationer

espalier

september

together

assayer

attire

barrier

batterer

brazier

carrier

caterer

copier

coppery

creator

desire

devour

earlier

glazier

grazier

harasser

jeweler

kayaker

laborer

linear

murderer

temperature

livery

marauder

pannier

puffery

pursuer

purveyor

quieter

sapphire

enrapture

rioter

satire

savory

sufferer

surveyor

theatre

vernier

widower

adapter

adopter

aggressor

annular

appraiser

aquifer

backpacker

bagpiper

balancer

banister

bannister

barrister

bellflower

bookkeeper

bookseller

breadwinner

calendar

calender

campaigner

canister

cellular

chancellor

character

circular

collector

commenter

compiler

composer

connecter

connector

conspire

december

defender

detector

disposer

dissenter

dressmaker

effector

elector

embitter

endeavor

erector

falconer

gamekeeper

granular

gunpowder

headwater

innkeeper

kidnapper

latecomer

lavender

leftover

manicure

molester

newspaper

november

offender

oppressor

painkiller

pedicure

presenter

pretender

protector

protester

regular

remember

reporter

rescuer

secular

semester

simpler

spectator

successor

supporter

suppressor

taxpayer

thereafter

transpire

trimester

trumpeter

westerner

whisperer

woodpecker

dowager

gatherer

issuer

perjurer

voyager

avenger

bellwether

challenger

changeover

composure

dangler

debenture

departure

derringer

digester

dispatcher

glandular

jackhammer

matchmaker

messenger

passenger

pensioner

prefecture

projector

questioner

recapture

refresher

register

scavenger

spangler

tablature

wrangler

ammeter

belabor

beleaguer

bipolar

buckler

cadaver

collider

commoner

conveyer

coroner

corridor

importer

acquire

attacker

auditor

beginner

believer

bibler

blockader

bricklayer

conifer

conveyor

crabeater

crowkeeper

impostor

connoisseur

crusader

reflector

curator

decipher

deliver

shipbuilder

debater

decider

assembler

demeanor

divider

foreigner

bartender

contender

dispenser

hairdresser

requester

dismember

firepower

homesteader

gossamer

enforcer

sequester

skyscraper

suspender

designer

detailer

dishonor

divisor

entire

eraser

fancier

fiddler

forerunner

gobbler

governor

harrower

haymaker

hinderer

howitzer

isomer

juggler

jupiter

lawmaker

lucifer

mayflower

meander

complainer

hanover

littler

macabre

investor

locator

compressor

idler

milliner

upholster

vascular

havener

listener

improper

moniker

monitor

monomer

needler

officer

preparer

abductor

polymer

computer

polluter

condenser

pickler

inventor

nonmember

oliver

deflector

encumber

opener

sandpaper

newcomer

orator

passover

plasterer

prisoner

recover

indexer

receiver

tormentor

promoter

provider

reasoner

transistor

reappear

transmitter

producer

quagmire

reactor

reenter

lamplighter

refiner

ancestor

remover

retailer

retainer

reverser

safflower

seducer

shoemaker

shuffler

similar

slanderer

softener

stickler

stiffener

survivor

sweetener

takeover

turnover

vinegar

visitor

achiever

adventure

angular

another

arranger

bedchamber

denature

displeasure

enchanter

enclosure

endanger

engender

enhancer

exchequer

exposure

finisher

flycatcher

grandmother

hangover

indenture

injector

kitchener

left-winger

modular

nodular

objector

pathfinder

pillager

procedure

punisher

rathskeller

shareholder

soothsayer

southerner

stakeholder

stockinger

teenager

titular

villager

conjecture

explorer

exporter

extender

inspector

transgressor

transporter

cottier

admirer

arbiter

offerer

abuser

accuser

adviser

aflutter

aglitter

announcer

borrower

almoner

armiger

backwater

attainder

bookmaker

chidester

commuter

cozier

bargainer

comforter

commander

asunder

ballplayer

bewilder

bloodsucker

breakwater

bulldozer

chronicler

cocksucker

colander

consider

converter

counselor

consular

consumer

container

decliner

deflator

dictator

disfavor

disorder

dissolver

distiller

doorkeeper

enquire

familiar

forester

counsellor

follower

customer

meteor

councilor

cucumber

ovary

cylinder

defaulter

discolor

dulcimer

equator

disaster

thievery

destroyer

discover

elixir

gardener

glassmaker

globular

granddaughter

handover

hardener

hereafter

highlander

hollander

housekeeper

humbler

incisor

insider

insular

invader

islander

jocular

jugular

kindler

landowner

licenser

londoner

marketer

retire

midsummer

observer

outfitter

peacekeeper

minister

misnomer

muckraker

outrigger

pacemaker

peacemaker

performer

robbery

sauter

philander

pilaster

popular

predictor

procurer

rebuilder

reclaimer

recliner

recorder

recruiter

reformer

remainder

restorer

revolver

shopkeeper

silencer

rosier

waterer

sinister

sleepwalker

stonecutter

swindler

warrior

stargazer

storekeeper

sunflower

tubular

typewriter

uncover

vibrator

ivory

landholder

adjuster

beachcomber

behavior

beholder

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Words that rhyme with the word leper

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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