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

altar

alter

amber

ampere

answer

asker

asper

auster

babbler

balter

bander

barter

bluster

brander

buster

camber

camper

cancer

candor

carter

center

centre

charter

clamber

cluster

coster

counter

coupler

courter

damper

dancer

darter

doctor

dr.

duster

enter

ester

falter

felter

fester

fluster

foster

gander

garter

halter

hamper

hander

havier

hector

hunter

jasper

jester

kelter

lancer

lander

lector

lester

luster

lustre

mander

martyr

masker

mentor

mester

mortar

muster

nectar

nestor

ouster

painter

pamper

pander

panzer

pester

poplar

porter

prancer

proctor

psalter

punter

quarter

rector

renter

roster

salter

saunter

scalper

scamper

sector

shelter

shyster

skelter

slander

smelter

snorter

sorter

spatters

spectre

stamper

stander

starter

stentor

straggler

swelter

tamper

tartar

tasker

taster

tattler

taxer

tester

thruster

vector

venter

walter

waster

welter

zander

zoster

captures

adder

backer

banner

better

bettor

biter

blabber

bladder

blotter

bragger

butter

caper

cater

chopper

clamor

clamour

clutter

copper

cotter

cracker

crammer

crater

cropper

cutter

dagger

daughter

debtor

diaper

doubter

draper

dropper

fetter

fighter

flutter

frater

freighter

fretter

gaiter

getter

glamor

glamour

grabber

grammar

grammer

grater

gutter

hacker

hammer

hater

hepper

hopper

jagger

jetter

lacquer

ladder

later

leper

lepre

letter

lighter

madder

manner

manor

masser

mater

mitre

mutter

nutter

otter

outer

packer

paper

passer

pauper

pepper

petre

piper

placer

planner

plater

plotter

popper

potter

pouter

powter

prater

proper

putter

racker

rammer

rater

reiter

righter

rutter

sadder

scraper

scupper

setter

shopper

shutter

skater

slater

slaughter

spanner

spotter

sputter

squatter

stagger

stammer

stater

stepper

stopper

stutter

supper

swagger

sweater

tacker

tanner

taper

thacker

tighter

topper

totter

tracker

traitor

trotter

upper

utter

valor

vapor

viper

waiter

water

whacker

whopper

wiper

writer

yachter

anchor

anger

anker

banker

canker

fracture

hanker

pasture

rancor

ranker

rupture

shanker

upturns

azure

badger

lasher

rather

slasher

thatcher

wanger

ambler

hipster

partner

stature

centner

chandler

dexter

forster

gambler

blather

handler

huckster

lobster

monster

quipster

catcher

hangar

rambler

author

flasher

hanger

rother

tipster

dasher

templar

ganger

lather

mather

transfer

hatcher

ulster

waltzer

webster

gather

smasher

snatcher

alder

angler

arbor

ardor

armor

balder

barber

barbre

barker

bender

binder

blender

blinder

blister

blunder

boarder

bolter

booster

border

bottler

boulter

bouncer

bounder

boxer

bulger

bumper

burglar

busker

butler

carder

carper

carver

censer

censor

chamber

charmer

cleanser

cloister

coaster

cobbler

collier

colter

concur

conder

condor

confer

corner

coulter

courser

culver

cumber

cutler

darner

debtors

doubters

dumper

easter

elder

ember

ender

esker

failure

farmer

feaster

fender

filter

finder

flounder

foister

former

founder

garner

gelder

gender

golfer

grinder

grounder

guzzler

harbor

harder

harper

hellier

helper

herder

hesper

horner

hostler

inter

jumper

kilter

larder

launder

lender

lifter

lister

lumber

lumper

marker

marver

medlar

member

metier

minder

minter

mister

monsieur

mourner

mr.

muffler

mumper

number

order

oyster

parker

parlor

parlour

parser

peddler

pinder

plunder

pointer

ponder

porker

poster

poulter

pounder

printer

prosper

puzzler

quilter

render

roaster

roister

rooster

rounder

ruptured

ruptures

rustler

savior

sculpture

sender

sensor

sharper

shifter

sister

slender

slumber

smuggler

solver

sounder

spencer

spender

splendor

splinter

sponsor

spotters

sprinter

sputters

squander

stalder

stifler

strangler

stumper

sulphur

sumner

sunder

swifter

temper

tender

tensor

tenure

thumper

thunder

toaster

toddler

torpor

twister

ulcer

under

vendor

vesper

victor

vulgar

wander

warder

warmer

warner

welder

whitener

wilder

winter

wonder

yonder

yorker

youngster

bencher

leftward

archer

barger

belcher

censure

bunker

changer

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

scorcher

scripture

sparger

starcher

stranger

structure

torture

trencher

venture

vulture

welcher

yonker

younger

younker

acer

acre

agar

aller

auger

augur

aver

bailer

bailor

baker

bearer

beater

becker

beggar

berber

bever

birder

bitter

blazer

blubber

bluffer

bobber

bomber

borer

bracer

brawner

breaker

browser

buffer

bugger

bummer

burgher

burner

buzzer

caller

calmer

causer

cellar

chaser

cheater

checker

cheddar

chipper

chitter

chowder

cider

cipher

clever

climber

clipper

clobber

cocker

coffer

collar

color

colour

comer

conner

cooper

cooter

cover

craker

craver

crawler

critter

crocker

crowder

crowner

culler

curler

cursor

cypher

dauber

decker

deter

dieter

diner

dipper

diver

docker

dollar

donar

downer

drainer

dresser

driver

drummer

ducker

duffer

duller

duper

dweller

earner

eater

egger

emmer

error

ever

facer

fader

faker

faller

favor

feller

ferrer

fervor

fibre

fifer

filer

finer

fitter

flavor

flipper

floater

fodder

footer

fowler

framer

fritter

fucker

gager

gainer

gerner

geyser

girder

glazer

glider

glitter

glosser

glover

grader

graver

grazer

gripper

grouper

guesser

guider

gunner

hauler

haver

hawker

header

heater

heifer

hemmer

herber

hider

hitter

honor

honour

hooper

hooter

horror

hover

howler

huffer

hugger

hummer

hussar

jaeger

jager

jailer

jobber

jogger

kaiser

keeper

kercher

kever

kipper

knitter

labor

labour

lager

laker

laser

lauder

laugher

laver

lawyer

lazar

learner

lesser

lessor

lever

liner

litter

locker

logger

loiter

looper

looter

loper

lover

lubber

luter

mainor

maker

maser

mazer

mercer

meter

metre

miner

minor

miser

motor

mouser

mugger

muller

murder

murmur

nadir

namer

neighbor

neuter

never

nipper

occur

offer

pacer

palmer

paver

penner

peter

pewter

planer

plover

plucker

plumber

powder

praetor

prefer

presser

primer

proffer

prowler

pucker

puffer

purser

quaker

quaver

quitter

racer

raider

raiser

raker

raver

razor

reaper

refer

renner

rhymer

rider

rimer

ripper

riser

robber

rocker

rooter

roper

rotor

rouser

router

rubber

rudder

runner

ryder

sabre

sailer

sailor

saker

saucer

saver

savor

sawyer

scalar

scholar

scooper

scorer

scriber

scrubber

seller

server

sever

shader

shaker

sharer

shaver

sheller

shiner

shipper

shooter

shriner

shriver

shudder

sider

signer

sitter

siver

sizer

skipper

skiver

sleeper

slicer

slider

slipper

slobber

slugger

snider

snorer

snuffer

solder

souter

speller

spicer

splitter

stalker

staller

starer

steeper

spader

spider

spreader

squalor

steller

stemmer

sterner

stiver

stocker

storer

striker

stripper

stuffer

stunner

stupor

succor

sucker

suffer

suitor

summer

super

surfer

sutor

sweeper

taber

tabor

tailor

taker

talker

tamer

tedder

teeter

teller

tenor

termer

terror

thaler

tiger

timer

tipper

titter

tracer

trader

trailer

trainer

trawler

treater

tremor

tripper

trooper

trucker

tucker

turner

tutor

twitter

tyger

tyler

verser

viner

visor

voter

wader

wafer

waiver

walker

waller

waver

wearer

webber

weber

whaler

whiner

worker

wrecker

zehner

zephyr

zipper

bolster

holster

lifters

minster

teamster

temblor

trickster

warbler

seamster

spinster

roadster

vintner

tumbler

bather

bother

brother

conger

crusher

dodger

ether

flesher

father

feather

fletcher

further

gauger

gouger

fresher

glacier

gusher

heather

hedger

leather

lunger

merger

nature

nether

lecher

ledger

leger

leisure

major

measure

mother

nother

nurture

other

pager

perjure

pleasure

pledger

pressure

roger

smother

souther

stager

stretcher

voucher

thither

thresher

treasure

wager

washer

watcher

yager

rusher

searcher

usher

weather

whether

tether

bower

brayer

briar

brier

bungler

buyer

choir

cower

crier

cryer

dire

dour

drier

dryer

dyer

eyer

fire

flier

flour

flower

flyer

friar

frier

fryer

glower

higher

hire

hour

layer

liar

longspur

mayor

mire

our

payer

player

power

prayer

preyer

prier

prior

pyre

sayer

scour

shower

sire

slayer

sour

sphincter

sprayer

squier

stayer

strayer

texture

tire

tower

trier

tyer

wire

yorkshire

boulder

builder

cinder

crisper

fielder

figure

folder

gilder

grolier

guilder

hinder

holder

incur

infer

junior

limber

mincer

moulder

pilfer

polder

scrivener

shrimper

silver

simper

spiders

mixer

scribbler

shoulder

sickler

riddler

senior

strickler

switzer

timber

timbre

tinder

whimper

whisker

whisper

whistler

winder

windsor

juncture

larkspur

obtrude

oldster

puncture

shingler

moisture

finger

injure

stricture

winker

clothier

drinker

ginger

clincher

linger

picture

sinker

thinker

pilcher

pincher

rinker

soldier

tinker

beaker

beaver

bicker

bidder

bigger

bloomer

boiler

bolar

boner

booker

boomer

boozer

bowler

bowyer

breeder

brimmer

broiler

broker

caesar

cedar

chauffeur

cleaner

clearer

cleaver

clicker

closer

clover

coiner

comber

cooker

cooler

cougar

creamer

croaker

croker

crooner

cruiser

dealer

defer

demur

dicker

differ

digger

dinner

donor

dreamer

driller

drover

eager

eger

euchre

feeder

feeler

femur

fever

filler

flicker

freezer

fuller

giver

glimmer

gomer

gopher

greaser

griever

grocer

groomer

groover

healer

hearer

homer

hooker

hoover

humor

humour

inner

joiner

joker

juror

keeler

keener

keever

kicker

killer

kisser

knicker

leader

leaguer

leamer

leaser

leaver

lemur

licker

limmer

liqueur

liquor

liver

loader

loafer

looker

loser

luger

lunar

miller

mirror

moder

mover

nearer

nigger

nimmer

obtrudes

ochre

odor

ogre

oiler

omer

over

owner

peeler

picker

pillar

piller

pinner

pleaser

poker

polar

pooler

poser

pruner

puller

quiver

reader

reamer

reaver

recur

reefer

ricker

ridder

rigor

rimmer

river

roller

roofer

rooftree

roser

rover

ruler

rumor

schemer

schiller

schooner

scissor

screamer

sealer

seeker

segar

shearer

shimmer

shiver

sicker

siller

simmer

sinner

skimmer

skinner

slicker

sliver

smoker

sneaker

snicker

soaker

sober

soder

solar

sooner

speaker

speeder

spiller

spinner

spoiler

squeaker

stealer

steamer

steeler

sticker

stiller

stoker

stoner

stover

streamer

stroller

sucre

sugar

swimmer

teaser

thinner

ticker

tiller

timmer

toller

trigger

trimmer

tuber

tudor

tumor

tuner

user

vicar

vigor

weaver

wheeler

wicker

willer

winner

zocor

zither

fixture

mixture

breather

butcher

closure

cloture

stinger

stringer

suture

swinger

teacher

whither

winger

wisher

wither

wringer

singer

fisher

fissure

pitcher

hoosier

bleacher

poacher

crozier

preacher

slinger

creature

either

feature

future

hither

kosher

neither

peacher

pusher

seizure

ringer

slither

sprinkler

smither

smoother

springer

tincture

speeders

blower

boyer

brewer

chewer

ewer

fluor

foyer

freer

goer

grower

heer

hewer

knower

lower

meer

mower

oyer

rower

sewer

skewer

sower

thrower

viewer

subtract

3 syllable words

adapter

amateur

ammeter

crabeater

janitor

plasterer

reactor

assayer

barrier

batterer

carrier

copier

pannier

quieter

rapier

rioter

sapphire

satire

lamplighter

aperture

catheter

adopter

backpacker

backwater

bagpiper

banister

bannister

barrister

campaigner

canister

collector

commenter

connecter

connector

disaster

emptier

granddaughter

pilaster

taxpayer

thereafter

transpire

hereafter

molester

protector

semester

stepdaughter

supporter

trimester

trumpeter

typewriter

auditor

bipolar

brainpower

courtier

debater

deserter

digester

director

emperor

empire

fancier

fastener

firepower

flypaper

hanover

harrower

havener

howitzer

jupiter

latimer

massacre

meander

monitor

narrator

orator

pacesetter

passover

polluter

projector

promoter

propeller

quagmire

ratepayer

rattler

recapture

repeater

saddler

safflower

saltier

slanderer

stapler

supplier

trafficker

transporter

traveler

umpire

wagoner

abductor

afternoon

afterward

ancestor

broadcaster

carpenter

computer

detractor

forecaster

lancaster

manslaughter

newscaster

prospector

refractor

sandpaper

schoolmaster

september

shoplifter

stepsister

tormentor

transistor

translator

transmitter

upholster

attire

borrower

manager

brazier

caterer

cottier

creator

earlier

farrier

ferrier

follower

forever

glazier

grazier

harasser

harrier

however

kayaker

narrower

perrier

pursuer

purveyor

rentier

sauter

surveyor

terrier

theatre

vernier

warrior

waterer

hangover

bachelor

aftermath

afterthought

enchanter

enrapture

frankfurter

objector

ringmaster

sharpshooter

admirer

coauthor

dowager

gatherer

aflutter

adviser

aglitter

appraiser

arbiter

balancer

chancellor

annular

aquifer

avatar

calendar

calender

ballplayer

character

comforter

commander

commuter

compiler

composer

conspire

container

converter

costumer

customer

debaters

defaulter

detector

dissenter

effector

elector

embitter

employer

erector

falconer

forester

glassmaker

granular

gunpowder

handover

highlander

kidnapper

landowner

lavender

leftover

manicure

marketer

minister

october

offender

oppressor

outfitter

philander

popular

presenter

protester

puppetry

repeaters

reporter

shopkeeper

spectator

suppressor

vibrator

westerner

afternoons

aftertaste

afterwards

contractor

postmaster

taskmaster

toastmaster

burrower

courier

currier

challenger

matchmaker

composure

furrier

dangler

debenture

jackhammer

scavenger

passenger

wrangler

spangler

stepfather

stepmother

avenger

spurrier

worrier

adjuster

glandular

grasshopper

register

tablature

acquire

aftermaths

afterthoughts

assessor

attacker

beefeater

believer

bibler

blockader

bonfire

buckler

cadaver

cochlear

collider

commoner

conifer

connoisseur

coroner

corridor

creditor

crossover

curator

cynosure

degener

editor

elater

empower

enamor

entire

eyeliner

foreigner

forerunner

gobbler

gossamer

gossiper

haymaker

highflier

idler

isomer

juggler

juniper

launderer

lawmaker

leviner

locator

macabre

moniker

monomer

moreover

officer

oliver

opener

outlier

polymer

possessor

potboiler

preparer

producer

professor

provider

receiver

reenter

reorder

senator

settler

shipowner

shuffler

softener

sorcerer

surrender

takeover

turnover

visitor

wanderer

whatever

whenever

wherever

abattoir

advancer

assembler

avatars

bandleader

bartender

bystander

complainer

compressor

condenser

conductor

contender

controller

copartner

deflector

discounter

encounter

espalier

gibraltar

harvester

importer

impostor

inductor

inventor

investor

loudspeaker

nonmember

posterior

reflector

requester

sandbagger

sequester

skyscraper

suspender

vascular

aftertastes

achiever

another

arranger

churchgoer

conjuror

conqueror

flycatcher

furniture

lecturer

modular

nodular

procedure

punisher

stockinger

together

torturer

worshiper

wrongdoer

angular

grandfather

grandmother

left-winger

rathskeller

temperature

adventure

enhancer

injector

pathfinder

murderer

retire

abuser

accuser

aggressor

almoner

widower

announcer

armiger

asunder

attainder

bargainer

bloodsucker

breadwinner

breakwater

chidester

chronicler

colander

consular

consumer

laborer

cocksucker

consider

councilor

counsellor

counselor

cucumber

cylinder

december

defender

deflator

destroyer

dictator

disorder

disposer

dissolver

distiller

doorkeeper

dressmaker

dulcimer

easterner

equator

familiar

forwarder

gamekeeper

gardener

meteor

globular

hardener

headwater

hollander

housekeeper

humbler

islander

jocular

latecomer

licenser

londoner

muckraker

newspaper

november

obdurate

observer

ocular

outrider

outrigger

outsider

pacemaker

painkiller

pedicure

performer

predictor

remainder

reminder

recorder

recruiter

reformer

remember

rescuer

restorer

revolver

sarcoma

silencer

simpler

marauder

sinister

sleepwalker

woodpecker

sunflower

stepladder

stonecutter

wallflower

whisperer

linear

sweetwater

cozier

jeweler

stargazer

successor

offerer

storekeeper

rosier

sufferer

whoever

uncover

wildfire

conjecture

exporter

extender

inspector

nonstarter

transcriber

transformer

transgressor

behavior

bellwether

changeover

departure

derringer

dispatcher

forefather

forfeiture

godfather

godmother

integer

issuer

landholder

licensure

messenger

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Words that rhyme with the word raptor

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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