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

colonel

fennel

journal

kennel

tunnel

kernel

phenol

vernal

funnel

merchants

versions

merchant

persians

urchins

agile

fragile

herschel

urchin

version

persian

virgin

sergeants

bundle

dental

dreadful

fretful

frontal

gentle

hurtful

hymnal

kendal

lentil

mendel

mental

merging

pencil

perkins

persons

pretzel

purging

rectal

rental

rundle

several

shrapnel

signal

stemple

stressful

temple

tensile

tremble

trundle

vestal

worsens

healthful

margined

margins

vengeful

georgians

sergeant

anal

angel

annal

annul

bashful

bedell

bengal

beryl

betel

bevel

bubble

buckle

burble

burel

bustle

ceryl

channel

chuckle

churchman

circle

cordial

couple

cuddle

dekle

dermal

devil

double

duffel

engle

faithful

faunal

feral

fertile

final

flannel

freckle

freshens

fungal

georgian

girdle

gurgle

guzzle

heckle

hegel

herbal

hovel

huckle

huddle

hummel

hurdle

hurtle

hustle

juggle

jungle

kettle

knuckle

level

margin

medal

meddle

metal

mettle

muckle

muddle

muffle

muscle

mussel

muzzle

myrtle

nestle

nettle

nuzzle

panel

pebble

pedal

peddle

perchance

peril

person

petal

puddle

pummel

purple

puzzle

rebel

regel

revel

rubble

ruddle

ruffle

rustle

ruttle

scuffle

scuttle

seckel

servile

settle

shekel

shovel

shuffle

shuttle

smuggle

snuggle

speckle

spinal

sterile

struggle

stubble

subtle

suckle

supple

suttle

tercel

terrel

thermal

treble

tressel

trestle

trojans

trouble

truffle

turtle

tussle

uncle

urson

verbal

vessel

vinyl

wishful

worrel

worsen

wrestle

zircon

entrail

bethel

zestful

cudgel

ethel

ethyl

helpful

facial

freshen

rigel

restful

glacial

racial

presents

hatchel

spacial

spatial

special

trojan

tactful

spectral

vigil

tasteful

central

crescents

krishna

methyl

percents

paschal

ventral

wasteful

squirrel

argent

ample

amble

anvil

axle

baleful

algal

blissful

brindle

brackens

brandle

bramble

bristol

bumble

cancel

candle

cantle

capsule

careful

carnal

consul

cornel

council

counsel

crandall

cranial

crescent

crumble

crumple

crustal

crystal

cymbal

damsel

daniel

darnel

dimple

dismal

distal

dragons

ductile

dwindle

fateful

firkins

fiscal

fitful

fondle

fumble

gainful

gamble

graceful

granule

grateful

grindle

grumble

handle

hansel

hateful

humble

lintel

mantel

mantle

mumble

painful

panful

percent

prayerful

jumble

kindle

kirkman

pimple

pistol

jerkins

nimble

pistil

presence

present

quintal

ramble

rascal

rumble

rumple

sample

scandal

searching

sandal

scalpel

scramble

shamble

shameful

shindle

simple

sinful

skillful

spaniel

spindle

stumble

swindle

symbol

thimble

tindal

tinsel

tonsil

tramble

trample

tumble

umbel

vandal

willful

windle

workman

zircons

fragments

bestial

dangle

marshal

martial

mingle

shingle

single

torsion

spangle

watchful

angle

ankle

dingle

freshman

ingle

jangle

jingle

kinkle

lingle

mangle

rankle

tinkle

truthful

trinkle

twinkle

bangle

fangle

partial

mongol

sprinkle

swingle

tingle

winkle

wrangle

wrongful

youthful

tangle

strangle

workings

wrinkle

appel

able

addle

brittle

capel

cable

cackle

camel

caple

carol

carrel

carrol

castle

cattle

chapel

chattel

chisel

civil

crackle

cradle

cripple

dabble

dazzle

dibble

fable

facile

fatal

fickle

fiddle

fipple

fissile

fizzle

fluegel

frazzle

frizzle

fuddle

gable

gaggle

jackal

jiggle

kibble

kiddle

kittel

kittle

knittle

label

ladle

little

mammal

maple

merkin

mickle

middle

missal

missel

missile

mural

nasal

natal

naval

navel

neural

nibble

nickel

nickle

nipple

paddle

papal

penal

perkin

pickle

piddle

playful

pleural

plural

prattle

quibble

rabble

raffle

rammel

rattle

ravel

ural

venal

virile

wiggle

vassal

whistle

whittle

wriggle

apple

babble

babel

baffle

bagel

barrel

basal

basil

battle

drabble

grackle

gribble

gristle

dragon

grizzle

parchment

grapple

gravel

hable

hackle

haggle

scrabble

hamal

sable

saddle

shackle

rural

scribble

hamel

shrivel

spittle

stable

sibyl

sickle

sipple

sizzle

squiggle

smittle

skittle

sniffle

staple

tittle

stickle

straddle

straggle

tipple

trammel

travel

brazen

giggle

hazle

hazel

renal

swivel

table

tattle

tackle

tassel

thistle

triple

twiddle

bracken

brickle

bristle

gavel

dribble

drivel

drizzle

hassle

riddle

riffle

riggle

ripple

tickle

tribble

trickle

arsons

artful

bargains

darkened

harkens

harmful

fragment

gorgons

forgings

boastful

forging

hearkens

forceful

lustful

morgans

mournful

organs

parsons

pregnant

scornful

scoundrel

wistful

mistral

mindful

lethal

prussian

bushel

jerking

brothel

nursing

grecian

social

working

crucial

tranquil

thankful

aisle

dial

dowel

bowel

howell

lisle

rial

towel

trial

vial

vowel

april

frequents

arson

arval

bargain

carpal

chortle

corbel

darken

dragnet

fearful

formal

frightful

fruitful

harken

equal

genial

cheerful

cromwell

doubtful

brakeman

breakneck

doleful

dorsal

gospel

coastal

crashing

garble

gorgon

harmel

hopeful

hostel

hostile

houseful

irksome

jargon

larval

marble

marvel

morgan

morsel

mortal

needful

normal

organ

orval

parcel

parson

minstrel

peaceful

portal

postal

postel

pressman

prisons

rightful

sequel

sparkle

spiteful

startle

tearful

thoughtful

thrashing

treasons

tuneful

useful

wamble

warble

dressings

nuptial

arching

astral

aural

awful

bauble

beadle

beagle

beetle

bible

bodle

boggle

bogle

boodle

borel

bottle

break-in

bridal

bridle

brogan

broken

brutal

buccal

bugle

butyl

caudal

caudle

causal

choral

cobble

coble

cockle

coddle

coppel

copple

coral

cycle

dawdle

docile

doodle

dragnets

ducal

eagle

easel

eisel

evil

fecal

feeble

fetal

feudal

floral

focal

foible

foreign

fossil

frequent

frozen

frugal

futile

gambrel

gleeful

global

glottal

gobble

goggle

google

goral

grovel

harle

hobble

hopple

horseman

housel

idle

idol

jostle

joyful

laurel

lawful

legal

libel

local

loral

marching

marchman

markman

mobile

mochel

modal

model

mogul

moral

mosel

motile

needle

noble

noodle

novel

nozzle

oarsman

ogle

opal

oral

oval

people

pommel

poodle

popple

pottle

primal

prison

pupil

quarrel

regal

reigle

rifle

rival

roble

rouble

ruble

rueful

scorching

scovel

scruple

sidle

sorel

sorrel

spiral

spousal

squabble

steeple

stifle

teagle

throttle

tidal

title

toddle

toggle

tootle

topple

total

treason

tribal

trifle

tubal

twaddle

tweedle

vital

vocal

waddle

waffle

wattle

weasel

weevil

wobble

drugging

breaking

bracing

markings

dragging

cracking

dressing

phrasing

grazing

pressing

wrecking

tracing

trucking

precinct

argon

argonne

marksman

breeching

fearsome

foregone

foursome

mitral

neutral

preaching

prisms

sorghum

fuel

loyal

jewel

crewel

arraign

cruel

dual

duel

royal

precincts

coursing

crossings

forcing

marking

parking

piercing

sharking

deerskin

austral

foreskin

lorgnette

brougham

prism

drachma

gruesome

broking

freaking

browsing

creaking

crossing

freezing

lorgnettes

tricking

crushing

drachmas

presumes

arcane

brushing

foreseen

presume

frogmouth

frogmouths

3 syllable words

arsenal

cantonal

cardinal

mercantile

purposeful

sentinel

vertebral

actual

conjugal

affable

fictional

fluxional

arable

capable

bearable

merchandise

breakable

capital

sensual

chemical

clavicle

clerical

credible

decimal

epochal

flammable

laughable

marital

medical

nominal

parable

parental

passable

radical

seasonal

skeletal

terrible

traceable

caramel

criminal

fallible

optional

edible

juvenile

survival

salable

scalable

wearable

coronal

lionel

payable

logical

mythical

reachable

sociable

teachable

touchable

usual

visual

washable

arsenals

gradual

virtual

cerebral

granduncle

autumnal

arcanum

article

panhandle

cortical

equable

farcical

festival

flexible

forcible

madrigal

mandible

orbital

organum

palpable

particle

pedestal

personals

plentiful

portable

practical

rentable

sensible

skeptical

spectacle

taxable

tentacle

tractable

valuable

judgmental

manhandle

callable

durable

eatable

livable

lovable

pitiful

burgundy

feasible

helical

likable

likeable

pivotal

plausible

possible

potable

projectile

provable

probable

usable

typical

volatile

functional

bankable

audible

beautiful

befuddle

biddable

coracle

crucible

curable

cuticle

domical

follicle

fusible

gullible

horrible

laudable

leasable

merciful

miracle

miscible

movable

mutable

nautical

notable

oracle

peaceable

quizzical

quotable

readable

rebuttal

redouble

ridable

sizable

suitable

syllable

topical

treatable

vertical

vesicle

ethnical

ramshackle

visible

arousal

arrival

arsonist

auroral

diurnal

doable

doctrinal

ethical

general

liable

organelles

organist

persona

perusal

pliable

prefrontal

sexual

unbundle

varietal

vehicle

viable

embattle

drinkable

hormonal

empanel

impanel

fixable

imbecile

lexical

biblical

ritual

burgundies

progeny

saracens

solvable

soluble

voluble

presences

presently

proximal

principal

principle

proconsul

rekindle

arachnids

archival

argentine

argonaut

arrogance

arrogant

balmoral

turntable

arsenic

technical

arsenide

testicle

mishandle

optimal

organize

corrosion

countable

rectangle

culpable

metrical

multiple

derision

workmanship

parisian

circumcise

coercion

fraternal

garrison

graphical

textual

genital

horizons

arsonists

meaningful

immoral

lyrical

newfangle

nourishment

parsonage

maternal

paternal

physical

presenter

pursuant

tenable

unable

remodel

moroccans

newcastle

paragon

pineapple

revival

tricycle

triumphal

apical

axial

bacchanal

belittle

brazenly

burnable

capitol

classical

critical

disciple

darkening

bedevil

enable

epistle

eternal

argentines

commercial

baptismal

origin

argonauts

constable

dishevel

archetypal

arraignments

dismantle

triangle

integral

fragmented

eventful

obstacle

organized

regretful

factual

forgetful

resentful

workmanlike

aerial

denial

guttural

mineral

pineal

tracheal

burial

lineal

powerful

radial

renewal

trivial

filial

moroccan

ariel

horizon

arachnid

adrenal

arraignment

harassment

backpedal

enfeeble

bilingual

ignoble

portrayal

fanciful

infernal

pregnancy

norwegians

boondoggle

communal

mystical

imperil

embezzle

dissemble

organic

dismissal

nocturnal

internal

entitle

delightful

presenters

unravel

tactical

unsettle

resemble

uncivil

unequal

unlawful

whimsical

uncouple

tribunal

wonderful

utensil

proximate

circumscribe

circumspect

circumvents

ancestral

caressing

circumference

mutual

orchestral

phrygian

origins

unshackle

norwegian

mayoral

percentage

commingle

financial

accrual

animal

annual

chronicle

cannibal

chasuble

apostle

caboodle

comical

apparel

bifocal

bicycle

colorful

colossal

bimodal

coequal

colloidal

committal

conical

larceny

disloyal

dutiful

errorful

hurricanes

foreigners

icicle

low-level

minimal

monocle

manual

preamble

prescient

prodigal

proposal

psychical

recital

removal

resettle

retrial

reversal

trainable

tropical

cubicle

cynical

debacle

flavorful

immobile

pinnacle

primeval

prisoners

nourishing

disable

enamel

ennoble

finagle

illegal

musical

sarasin

horsemanship

sorrowful

disdainful

circumvent

ensemble

mistrustful

arguments

example

external

frequently

menstrual

organics

postnatal

pragmatist

pregnancies

punctual

teaspoonful

distrustful

transmittal

ventricle

unstable

warehousing

biracial

bronchial

cultural

rehearsal

structural

erosion

prescience

palatial

ambrosial

congenial

unfaithful

archangel

marksmanship

untangle

entangle

literal

foreigner

brigantine

disgraceful

lateral

abysmal

bargainers

liberal

deceitful

doggerel

frequency

reprisal

argument

refusal

cereal

federal

femoral

mistrial

neglectful

fluvial

funeral

non-verbal

quintuple

jovial

disposal

humoral

hospital

interval

quadruple

hurricane

dispersal

littoral

menial

acquittal

appraisal

visceral

mackerel

approval

serial

bedraggle

preconceive

pickerel

cyclical

infertile

optical

pragmatists

sigmoidal

medial

bountiful

numeral

barnacle

respectful

ungrateful

assemble

prisoner

tangential

carnival

pluvial

familial

circumstance

encircle

retrieval

tiresome

worrisome

masterful

archangels

carousing

cathedral

celestial

credential

especial

essential

irishman

natural

potential

prudential

sculptural

untruthful

upheaval

withdrawal

temporal

vitriol

ministral

remorseful

successful

frequencies

tunable

astraddle

presumptive

admiral

prenatal

kerosene

doctoral

pectoral

sectoral

cross-country

resourceful

betrayal

bargainer

abnormal

corporal

insightful

informal

pastoral

townspeople

sequential

impartial

crescendo

eurasian

initial

official

scriptural

judicial

arkansans

distasteful

presentment

immortal

court-martial

presumptions

substantial

truism

provincial

nonlethal

arkansan

presumption

marconi

wearisome

dressmaking

pyroxene

prognoses

pragmatic

dressmakers

dressmaker

sarcoma

4 syllable words

permissible

personable

personalize

terminable

veritable

permeable

pyramidal

regimental

diagonal

heretical

variable

corrigible

enjoyable

fashionable

eligible

illegible

professional

relational

manageable

irrational

liturgical

occasional

perishable

processional

sacramental

perennial

peripheral

virginity

perpetual

impersonal

perceptible

personalized

prejudicial

originate

negligible

nutritional

serviceable

sensational

polygonal

actionable

confessional

orthogonal

reversible

proportional

questionable

dimensional

transitional

amicable

medicinal

venerable

delusional

honorable

divisional

personify

additional

amiable

favorable

malleable

detachable

devotional

preferable

emotional

miserable

operable

provisional

traditional

tolerable

fissionable

arizonan

knowledgeable

mercenary

merchandiser

merchandising

fathomable

memorable

originates

abdominal

accessible

antipodal

argentinas

arrogantly

comfortable

congressional

conventional

elemental

exceptional

forgettable

forgivable

governmental

hexagonal

intangible

intentional

issuable

measurable

observable

octagonal

paranormal

parishioners

parochial

patentable

persuadable

pleasurable

spiritual

extricable

divisible

enviable

epidermal

erasable

heritable

insatiable

foreseeable

ineffable

habitable

immiscible

grammatical

inedible

digestible

corruptible

numerical

oriental

agreeable

palatable

comparable

admirable

charitable

chimerical

personifies

polemical

phenomenal

answerable

appreciable

approachable

argentina

debatable

mercenaries

mercurial

mesodermal

available

atypical

creditable

navigable

municipal

motorcycle

political

parishioner

conditional

congenital

reasonable

terrestrial

merchandisers

repairable

revocable

seasonable

vulnerable

tabernacle

adjustable

accidental

detrimental

intestinal

acceptable

enforceable

incredible

patrimonial

sentimental

millennial

parisians

poetical

methodical

archenemy

marijuana

pitiable

reliable

renewable

tyrannical

strategical

illogical

achievable

repayable

negotiable

punishable

zoological

allowable

duodenal

amendable

approvable

applicable

arguable

dependable

despicable

employable

episcopal

equitable

equivocal

forfeitable

formidable

hierarchical

horizontal

hospitable

impassable

impeccable

incapable

infallible

invisible

lamentable

marketable

pontifical

practicable

predictable

presentable

preventable

receptacle

remarkable

replaceable

reportable

reputable

transferable

supportable

susceptible

affordable

compatible

participle

exchangeable

commendable

patriarchal

organizes

occipital

organism

adaptable

collectible

admissible

injectable

defensible

delectable

estimable

matriarchal

intermingle

metacarpal

collapsible

biannual

biennial

circumstances

exportable

instructional

demonstrable

temperamental

transcendental

transportable

progenitor

triennial

explicable

chrysanthemum

logistical

impeachable

amenable

appealable

arizonans

burgomaster

carcinoma

desirable

irritable

noticeable

organizer

profitable

quadrennial

adorable

definable

satirical

imitable

sartorial

emmanuel

immovable

believable

redoubtable

arterial

homicidal

redeemable

arboreal

reorganize

avoidable

receivable

reducible

removable

theatrical

augmentable

dysfunctional

compensable

pentecostal

bisexual

execrable

nontaxable

ostensible

consonantal

continental

monumental

occidental

organisms

laryngeal

departmental

describable

implacable

improbable

inflammable

inflatable

insensible

retractable

isothermal

dispensable

invincible

respectable

invaluable

suicidal

chrysanthemums

proverbial

disentangle

colonial

alluvial

venereal

tetrahedral

mosaical

maniacal

decennial

adoptable

advisable

asexual

burgomasters

organically

reciprocal

combinable

subliminal

accountable

apocryphal

anarchical

pragmatism

organizers

pumpernickel

deductible

inscrutable

intractable

expandable

deplorable

inflexible

excitable

hysterical

nonvolatile

extendible

impractical

disposable

impregnable

fragmentary

disassemble

immutable

incremental

infeasible

noncommittal

empirical

disapproval

impossible

collegial

epithelial

residual

parisienne

adverbial

botanical

fanatical

galenical

discountable

disputable

canonical

honeysuckle

rabbinical

responsible

rhetorical

organismic

paraguayan

returnable

unreasonable

centennial

convivial

genocidal

attainable

implausible

irascible

incurable

marsupial

disrespectful

ironical

reassemble

nontechnical

mollycoddle

electrical

insoluble

mechanical

industrial

instrumental

discernible

eventual

superficial

carcinogens

preferential

unusual

deferential

reverential

octahedral

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Words that rhyme with the word virginal

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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