Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Afire”

♬100 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Afire"

50 words

These words rhyme exactly with "afire" — same ending sound.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
inquire	2	verb	(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
spire	1	noun	(architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
esquire	2	noun	(usually US, law) A lawyer.
fire	1	noun	(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
twire	1	verb	(intransitive) To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.
require	2	verb	Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
squire	1	noun	A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
inspire	2	verb	(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
aspire	2	verb	(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
expire	2	verb	(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
quire	1	noun	One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
perspire	2	verb	(ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
backfire	2	verb	(idiomatic, transitive) To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
hellfire	2	noun	(uncountable) The fire of Hell.
retire	2	verb	(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
haywire	2	noun	Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.
brushfire	2	noun	A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which occurs in forests.
wire	1	noun	(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
lyre	1	noun	(music) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
crossfire	2	noun	The danger to a third party passing between two belligerents firing at one another.
foxfire	2	noun	(mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.
gunfire	2	noun	Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
white squire	2	noun	a white knight that buys less than a majority interest
rehire	2	verb	(transitive) To hire again.
gire	1	noun	An anglicized version of Geier or Guyer, a common family name of German roots.
gyr	1	noun	Abbreviation of gigayear (“a billion years”). [A billion years: a thousand million years, that is, a thousand thousand thousand years.]
untermeyer	3	noun	united states writer (1885-1977)
newswire	2	noun	A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public.
reacquire	3	verb	(transitive) To acquire again.
wyre	1	noun	A river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood.
guire	1	noun	—
sunfire	2	noun	—
abshire	2	noun	A surname.
admire	2	verb	(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
alkire	2	noun	A surname.
barbed-wire	2		—
barkshire	2	noun	—
beijer	1	noun	—
berkshire	2	noun	An inland county of England, , bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
biedermeier	3	noun	(historical) A period in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle class grew in number and the arts appealed to common sensibilities and a sense of parochialism, starting with the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and ending with the onset of the Revolutions of 1848.
blackshire	2	noun	A surname.
dannemeyer	2	noun	—
darbyshire	3	noun	A surname.
devonshire	3	noun	(uncountable) A placename:
dire	1	noun	Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
dwire	1	noun	A surname.
eir	1	noun	(US, law) Initialism of establishment inspection report: a report issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following the inspection of a facility where goods under the authority of the agency are manufactured, held, or sold.
elvire	2	noun	—
fesmire	2	noun	A surname.
foxmeyer	2	noun	—

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Afire"

50 words

These words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
obscure	2	verb	Difficult to understand; abstruse.
austere	2		Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
sneer	1	noun	A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
dour	1	noun	Stern, harsh and forbidding.
despair	2	noun	(intransitive) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of]
jeer	1	verb	(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.
lour	1	noun	(intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.
glare	1	noun	(intransitive) To stare angrily.
debonair	3	noun	(especially of men) Charming, confident, and carefully dressed.
cavalier	3	noun	Lacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
clear	1	verb	Transparent in colour.
implore	2	verb	(transitive) To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
assure	2	verb	(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
procure	2	verb	(transitive) To acquire or obtain.
core	1	noun	In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
severe	2	noun	Very bad or intense.
demure	2	verb	(chiefly of a woman) Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
infer	2	verb	(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
allure	2	noun	The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
concur	2	verb	To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
secure	2	verb	Free from attack or danger; protected.
endure	2	verb	(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
bare	1	noun	Naked, uncovered.
peer	1	noun	Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
declare	2	verb	(transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
affair	2	noun	An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
flare	1	noun	A sudden bright light.
char	1	noun	(computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).
stir	1	verb	(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
queer	1	noun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
abhor	2	verb	(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
fair	1	noun	Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
pure	1	noun	Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
bar	1	noun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
whore	1	noun	Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
premier	2	noun	(politics, UK, Westminster system) The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.
chevalier	3	noun	(historical) cavalier; knight
score	1	noun	The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
ensure	2	verb	(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
defer	2	verb	(transitive) To delay or postpone.
aware	2	verb	Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.
gore	1	noun	Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
scour	1	noun	(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
incur	2	verb	(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
air	1	noun	(uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
square	1	noun	(geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
transfer	2	noun	(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
sore	1	noun	Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
lore	1	noun	All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
slur	1	noun	An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).