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

dekle

feral

rector

terrel

kettle

peril

beryl

ceryl

freckle

lector

burel

hector

betel

heckle

metal

mettle

nectar

sector

sterile

nettle

petal

seckel

settle

shekel

speckle

vector

healthful

dextrin

bethel

minstrel

ethel

ethyl

methyl

doctrine

austral

estrich

gambrel

helpful

lustful

westerns

tasteful

wasteful

wistful

actors

april

axle

bristol

cantle

careful

crustal

crystal

dexter

distal

dreadful

esters

factors

fateful

fitful

frontal

grateful

hateful

hurtful

jesters

kendal

lintel

mendel

neutral

pencil

mantel

mantle

mitral

pestered

pesters

pistil

pistol

prayerful

quintal

stemple

testers

tremble

victors

western

stressful

temple

tensile

vengeful

extract

carrol

bestial

carrel

carol

cattle

chattel

crackle

ester

factor

fatal

kittle

knittle

knuckle

little

muckle

myrtle

natal

nestle

nestor

bengal

chuckle

circle

fennel

fertile

jackal

jester

kennel

lester

level

mural

neural

engle

fester

fickle

kittel

pester

rebel

regel

revel

rattle

rural

lectures

ruttle

suttle

tittle

subtle

suckle

tackle

tattle

tester

tickle

treble

tressel

trestle

vessel

victor

actor

barrel

battle

bedell

bevel

brickle

brittle

buckle

cackle

devil

grackle

hackle

hegel

huckle

hurtle

medal

meddle

mester

mickle

nickel

nickle

pebble

pedal

peddle

phenol

pickle

pleural

plural

shackle

sickle

stickle

turtle

prattle

scuttle

shuttle

skittle

smittle

spittle

trickle

ural

virile

whittle

worrel

wrestle

mistrust

distrust

westwards

australs

extreme

dextrose

doctrines

nostrils

artful

astride

backdrop

bastards

boastful

cisterns

distraught

disturbs

extracts

hectares

hucksters

lecture

mustards

nostril

rostrum

scoundrel

special

squirrel

westward

dusters

dwindle

hostel

mastered

masters

sequel

shrapnel

sisters

doctors

hostile

humble

hymnal

doubtful

disturb

huckster

distrusts

painful

pimple

postel

simple

panful

pastors

postal

shindle

sinful

portal

shamble

signal

shameful

hectare

mustard

rightful

fiscal

fearful

misters

mumble

extorts

jumble

extremes

mortal

rumble

gainful

equal

frightful

fruitful

fumble

graceful

granule

gamble

grindle

grumble

handle

kindle

musters

nimble

rundle

sandal

scramble

hansel

ramble

rascal

rumple

sample

scalpel

scandal

amble

asters

custard

cheerful

chortle

cistern

crandall

cranial

cymbal

damsel

daniel

mistrusts

crumple

baleful

capsule

ample

anvil

bastard

baxter

casters

coastal

crumble

skillful

thimble

thoughtful

tindal

startle

tasters

tearful

tinsel

wasters

stumble

tramble

vandal

symbol

trample

swindle

bramble

brandle

tranquil

algal

blissful

brindle

textures

bumble

bustard

bundle

busters

cancel

trundle

umbel

dismal

candle

dimple

spaniel

spindle

spiteful

tumble

twisters

willful

windle

thankful

extort

backstroke

nostrums

backstairs

backdrops

extrude

foxtrot

angle

ankle

bangle

bashful

faithful

ingle

jungle

mingle

gestures

jangle

jingle

mangle

dangle

dingle

fangle

fungal

kinkle

lingle

nuptial

pictured

pictures

single

spangle

sprinkle

strangle

rankle

shingle

swingle

tangle

texture

tingle

tinkle

trinkle

twinkle

uncle

winkle

wishful

wrangle

wrinkle

apple

anal

annal

aster

annul

able

addle

bagel

bristle

baffle

basal

basil

babble

babel

borel

bottle

appel

aural

beetle

brutal

bubble

buccal

buster

camel

capel

cable

butyl

bustle

burble

caple

caster

castle

cockle

couple

cradle

castor

channel

chapel

chisel

choral

civil

colonel

coral

cripple

cuddle

doctor

cycle

dazzle

dibble

dribble

dabble

dermal

double

drabble

drivel

fable

fecal

faster

fiddle

facile

fetal

fipple

fissile

frizzle

fuddle

gavel

frazzle

funnel

futile

gaster

grapple

gable

drizzle

ducal

duffel

focal

gravel

gribble

gristle

grizzle

duster

floral

fluegel

fizzle

flannel

gaggle

giggle

girdle

glottal

goral

gurgle

guzzle

hummel

hurdle

hustle

estrange

hable

hazel

hassle

hamel

harle

haggle

hamal

hazle

kernel

kibble

kiddle

herbal

hovel

huddle

jiggle

journal

juggle

label

ladle

laster

laurel

lister

local

loral

lustre

master

missal

missel

missile

laughter

luster

mammal

maple

middle

mister

moral

mussel

motile

muscle

mochel

muddle

muffle

muster

muzzle

nasal

naval

navel

nibble

nipple

nuzzle

oral

paddle

panel

papal

paster

piddle

playful

puddle

pummel

purple

pastor

pottle

puzzle

quarrel

quibble

rabble

raffle

rammel

ravel

riddle

riffle

riggle

ripple

rubble

ruddle

ruffle

rustle

sable

saddle

scrabble

scribble

scuffle

servile

shovel

shrivel

shuffle

sipple

sister

sizzle

smuggle

sorel

squiggle

sibyl

sniffle

snuggle

sorrel

spiral

stable

staple

straddle

straggle

stubble

supple

table

taster

thermal

throttle

tassel

struggle

swivel

tercel

thistle

tipple

title

tootle

total

trammel

travel

tribble

triple

trouble

truffle

tunnel

twister

tussle

twiddle

vassal

verbal

vernal

vital

vocal

waster

wattle

whistle

wiggle

wriggle

bestrode

castrate

forceful

harmful

mindful

mournful

scornful

mistreat

pastries

destroyed

destroys

agile

spacial

spatial

lethal

paschal

racial

facial

glacial

extrudes

fragile

gesture

picture

cudgel

herschel

brothel

bushel

hatchel

vigil

buckthorn

fixtures

mixtures

ostrich

shoestring

boosters

arval

astray

backdoor

bistro

carnal

carpal

consul

council

coasters

corbel

cornel

counsel

cromwell

eastern

darnel

destroy

doleful

dorsal

fondle

larval

harmel

hopeful

houseful

marble

marvel

needful

morsel

genial

gospel

formal

garble

fosters

normal

orval

oysters

parcel

pastry

peaceful

posters

roasters

roosters

toasters

tonsil

rosters

shysters

sparkle

tuneful

useful

wamble

warble

castrates

bookstores

distorts

mistreats

restraint

angel

watchful

mixture

fixture

wrongful

youthful

mongol

truthful

auster

bauble

awful

beadle

bodle

boggle

bridal

bridle

beagle

bogle

boodle

booster

caudal

bible

bugle

caudle

coaster

coble

coddle

causal

cobble

coppel

copple

coster

daughters

dawdle

docile

doodle

eagle

easel

easter

eisel

evil

faunal

feaster

feeble

feudal

fighters

final

foster

foible

foister

fossil

frugal

gleeful

gobble

idle

goggle

google

grovel

joyful

lawful

mobile

global

jostle

libel

legal

lighters

modal

model

mogul

hobble

hopple

housel

idol

mosel

ouster

needle

noodle

noble

oval

oyster

popple

rival

roaster

regal

rifle

novel

nozzle

ogle

opal

penal

people

pommel

poodle

primal

pupil

reigle

renal

poster

roble

scovel

scruple

shyster

spinal

steeple

stifle

toaster

toddle

topple

tribal

trifle

tubal

venal

vinyl

waddle

waffle

weasel

weevil

wobble

zoster

roster

ruble

rueful

roister

rooster

rouble

sidle

spousal

squabble

teagle

tidal

toggle

twaddle

tweedle

yachters

distort

bookstore

backdoors

restraints

restores

restrain

crucial

rigel

social

maestro

restrains

rightward

austere

restore

aisle

bowel

jewel

lighter

lisle

loyal

towel

trial

vial

yachter

vowel

daughter

dial

crewel

cruel

fighter

duel

dowel

dual

howell

fuel

royal

rial

righter

tighter

martial

partial

marshal

pastures

cordial

pasture

destructs

distracts

districts

postures

restricts

destruct

distressed

restrict

distract

district

moisture

posture

gastric

3 syllable words

doctorate

admiral

errorful

eternal

rectangle

fraternal

maternal

paternal

liberal

mineral

rectory

visceral

ventricle

factoring

cultural

mayoral

menstrual

scriptural

sexual

natural

cerebral

dispersal

doctorates

entitle

equable

festival

flexible

infernal

infertile

lexical

metrical

mistrial

plentiful

practical

rentable

restaurant

sentinel

skeptical

tactical

technical

tentacle

testicle

tractable

turntable

wonderful

yesteryear

entangle

accrual

apparel

axial

bacchanal

betrayal

breakable

colorful

corporal

credible

decimal

edible

enable

factories

flavorful

genital

immoral

parental

retinal

reversal

seminal

skeletal

tenable

victories

vitriol

westerly

westerner

workable

yesterday

respectful

cistercian

extrovert

neglectful

orchestral

ancestral

extradite

sculptural

extricate

picturesque

vegetable

projectile

sectional

textual

auroral

burial

ariel

funeral

humoral

numeral

factory

doggerel

aerial

tracheal

varietal

victory

factual

extirpate

resentful

commercial

doctrinal

mistrials

astraddle

disturbance

successful

integral

ministral

restaurants

vegetal

extortion

rehearsal

actresses

legible

chesterfield

eventful

lecturers

sagittal

unstable

acquittal

appraisal

asterisk

balmoral

bedraggle

cantonal

dastardly

deceitful

delightful

drinkable

embattle

empanel

enfeeble

extradites

extricates

fixable

impanel

lecturer

multiple

non-verbal

pedestal

portrayal

quintuple

retrieval

sensible

sequential

taxable

uncouple

unravel

untangle

vertebral

westerlies

westerners

yesterdays

bankable

ennoble

enamel

epistle

epochal

finagle

graphical

gullible

helical

immobile

lovable

manual

masterly

minimal

illegal

actual

histories

likable

likeable

livable

marital

medical

mysteries

miscible

newcastle

essential

fictional

extremely

pivotal

removal

pitiful

revival

extirpates

parable

cathedral

resettle

extraction

retrial

fluxional

proposal

radical

reactors

rebuttal

fractional

recital

apical

annual

apostle

asteroid

belittle

biddable

capital

capitol

caramel

cervical

colloidal

colossal

clerical

clavicle

bearable

classical

befuddle

caboodle

chemical

sensual

committal

syllable

worshipful

terrible

distasteful

visible

disable

disciple

withdrawal

potential

disloyal

versatile

vertical

vesicle

criminal

unable

wearable

sisterhood

extremists

palatial

disdainful

abnormal

astronaut

baptismal

doctrinaire

example

forgetful

postnatal

vaginal

insightful

informal

mistresses

extrusion

archetypal

initial

official

astrakhan

touchable

untruthful

punctual

substantial

casual

rational

virginal

regretful

surgical

visual

remorseful

digital

ethical

magical

national

cereal

diurnal

mystery

history

mastery

denial

extractions

filial

lineal

distrustful

extremist

extrinsic

mistrustful

payable

powerful

radial

reactor

renewal

serial

trivial

bountiful

abysmal

adrenal

ignoble

imbecile

immortal

imperil

impartial

unfaithful

mishandle

uncivil

manhandle

masterpiece

masturbate

madrigal

portable

unequal

austrian

backwaters

utensil

pastrami

unsettle

optimal

panhandle

assemble

judgmental

archival

approval

unlawful

asteroids

castration

countable

culpable

equators

communal

familial

refusal

rekindle

resemble

tribunal

principle

proconsul

sigmoidal

distortion

principal

dissemble

disposal

purposeful

proximal

dismissal

virtual

gradual

ritual

disgraceful

ramshackle

westernmost

easterling

celestial

astronauts

prudential

gastroscope

commingle

financial

functional

provincial

changeable

ethnical

credential

tangible

upheaval

ungrateful

affable

animal

arable

backwater

beautiful

bedevil

bicycle

bimodal

burnable

cannibal

capable

castrations

chasuble

chronicle

coequal

comical

conical

court-martial

cubicle

curable

cuticle

cynical

critical

debacle

destruction

distortions

durable

easterly

dutiful

easterner

domical

eatable

equator

fallible

flammable

follicle

icicle

laughable

locators

low-level

lyrical

merciful

miracle

monocle

musical

mutable

nautical

notable

passable

personal

physical

pinnacle

potable

preamble

prenatal

primeval

psychical

quizzical

quotable

remodel

salable

scalable

sorrowful

suitable

taciturn

terminal

traceable

topical

treatable

trainable

tricycle

triumphal

tropical

typical

visitors

volatile

ostracize

resourceful

constable

castrated

unbundle

austrians

dismantle

masturbates

mistreated

transmittal

biracial

regional

logical

mistreatment

reachable

usual

washable

pasteurize

triangle

mythical

dishevel

teachable

sociable

notional

vehicle

astringent

archangel

granduncle

congenial

bilingual

ostrogoth

autumnal

backpedal

cortical

cyclical

arousal

destroyers

arrival

article

barnacle

perusal

biblical

boondoggle

visitor

easterners

doable

jovial

embezzle

hospital

lionel

locator

fanciful

mandible

menial

pluvial

farcical

hormonal

optical

orbital

pliable

mystical

palpable

coronal

fluvial

liable

quadruple

reprisal

medial

whimsical

pineal

particle

valuable

viable

tangential

australian

distracted

distribute

meaningful

mutual

nonlethal

conjugal

chargeable

newfangle

astringents

estrangement

especial

unshackle

marginal

optional

ostrogoths

audible

australians

bifocal

callable

coracle

crucible

destroyer

distributes

ensemble

feasible

fusible

horrible

juvenile

laudable

leasable

movable

nominal

obstacle

oracle

peaceable

pineapple

plausible

possible

prefrontal

probable

prodigal

provable

readable

redouble

restorer

ridable

seasonal

sizable

survival

teaspoonful

townspeople

tunable

usable

bronchial

judicial

togethers

ostriches

destructive

restrictive

voluble

basketry

austerely

forcible

arsenal

soluble

solvable

decider

cardinal

carnival

musketeer

restriction

distracting

distraction

together

musketeers

distractions

posteriors

restrictions

bigotry

ambrosial

posterior

distresses

misdirect

distressing

4 syllable words

sectarian

collateral

restaurateur

peripheral

dexterity

externally

masterfully

mesodermal

bacterial

centennial

pictorial

restaurateurs

terrestrial

epidermal

bilateral

electrical

ephemeral

inaugural

trilateral

memorable

preferable

restoration

venerable

delectable

pleasurable

accoutrement

measurable

collectible

equitable

hexagonal

hysterical

metacarpal

admirable

adverbial

amicable

answerable

bacterium

creditable

epithelial

esoteric

exothermic

extendible

extricable

mercurial

nestorian

raptorial

restorations

revocable

sister-in-law

veritable

victorian

victorias

vulnerable

material

preferential

biaxial

sentimental

bacteria

heretical

isothermal

coaxial

exterminate

reverential

favorable

respectable

extremity

liturgical

memorial

behavioral

deferential

miserable

victoria

correctional

unnatural

variable

venereal

accoutrements

directional

poetical

bisexual

proverbial

intermingle

interstitial

injectable

ethereal

accountable

acoustical

original

confirmable

parietal

parochial

masterpieces

obtainable

practicable

octagonal

observable

predictable

presentable

preventable

unmerciful

reputable

symmetrical

asexual

estimable

anecdotal

identical

impersonal

receptacle

applicable

triennial

excitable

lamentable

deductible

impeccable

perceptible

susceptible

sustainable

transferable

biennial

perennial

victorians

residential

presidential

centrifugal

exterminates

hydrothermal

demonstrable

exportable

extremities

extricated

obstetrical

digestible

noncommercial

sensational

masturbation

imperial

oriental

amenable

adorable

imitable

mechanical

posterity

universal

palatable

inedible

ineffable

arterial

attainable

motorcycle

navigable

permissible

personable

desirable

discernible

existential

colloquial

comparable

genocidal

returnable

tabernacle

terminable

historian

primordial

reversible

circumstantial

serviceable

exponential

extrication

sartorial

debatable

satirical

enviable

custodial

extortionate

extradition

habitable

contestable

detrimental

controllable

acceptable

discountable

augmentable

disturbances

encyclical

execrable

enforceable

intestinal

incurable

industrial

nontechnical

pentecostal

retractable

taxidermist

untreatable

detachable

decennial

enjoyable

disrespectful

alluvial

millennial

extravagance

manageable

allowable

duodenal

extravagant

eligible

illegible

fashionable

eventual

fathomable

colonial

pitiable

tolerable

beneficial

operable

daughter-in-law

reliable

remedial

tyrannical

occasional

processional

perishable

honorable

professional

mosaical

suicidal

tutorial

vestigial

accessible

adaptable

adoptable

affordable

amendable

antipodal

apocryphal

astronomer

astronomy

comfortable

commendable

compatible

consensual

continual

convertible

octahedral

defensible

deplorable

dependable

tetrahedral

despicable

disapproval

gastrulation

intangible

intentional

elemental

employable

episcopal

equivocal

exteriors

exceptional

extortionist

forgettable

gastronomy

governmental

historians

immutable

impassable

incapable

indelible

infallible

marketable

matriarchal

patriarchal

prejudicial

reciprocal

remarkable

reportable

restorative

supportable

disentangle

unsalable

inflexible

expandable

perpetual

impractical

habitual

explainable

explicable

residual

inscrutable

contemptible

intramural

temperamental

taxidermists

collegial

intractable

issuable

spiritual

unsuccessful

biannual

transitional

consequential

questionable

astrology

proportional

unshakable

astrologer

regimental

actionable

adjustable

confessional

congenital

antisocial

conceptual

dimensional

insatiable

sacrificial

negligible

dispensable

disputable

fundamental

improbable

insensible

agreeable

describable

incidental

appealable

astronautic

compensable

implacable

arboreal

inflatable

atypical

continental

invaluable

profitable

incredible

grammatical

heritable

accidental

homicidal

inflammable

polygonal

monumental

available

avoidable

chimerical

ostensible

austerity

believable

botanical

convivial

definable

divisible

ornamental

emmanuel

erasable

extortionists

occidental

fanatical

nontaxable

galenical

polemical

quadrennial

reasonable

reassemble

receivable

redeemable

redoubtable

reducible

removable

repairable

sabbatical

seasonable

sinusoidal

taxidermy

theatrical

patrimonial

immiscible

immovable

inaudible

irascible

sacramental

medicinal

mollycoddle

unspeakable

municipal

numerical

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Words that rhyme with the word pectoral

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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:

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