Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Fire”
/ˈfɑeə(ɹ)/
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.
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Fire"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "fire" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| desire | 3 | noun | To want; to wish for earnestly. |
| 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. |
| acquire | 3 | verb | (transitive) To get. |
| esquire | 2 | noun | (usually US, law) A lawyer. |
| pyre | 2 | noun | A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. |
| prior | 2 | noun | Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous. |
| sire | 2 | noun | A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign. |
| quagmire | 3 | noun | (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. |
| enquire | 3 | verb | British English form of inquire. [(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).] |
| 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. |
| satire | 3 | noun | (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change or highlighting a shortcoming in the work of another. Imitation, humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this. |
| 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. |
| transpire | 3 | verb | (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy. |
| aspire | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something. |
| expire | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid. |
| attire | 3 | noun | (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. |
| 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. |
| bonfire | 3 | noun | A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal. |
| wildfire | 3 | noun | A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area. |
| flyer | 2 | noun | That which flies, as a bird or insect. |
| entire | 3 | noun | (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete. |
| perspire | 2 | verb | (ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. |
| conspire | 3 | verb | (intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot. |
| town crier | 3 | noun | (British, historical) A person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets |
| identifier | 5 | noun | Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else. |
| supplier | 3 | noun | One who supplies; a provider. |
| 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. |
| liar | 2 | noun | A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie. |
| misfire | 3 | noun | (firearms) To fail to discharge properly. |
| haywire | 2 | noun | Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process. |
| brier | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| afire | 2 | On fire (often metaphorically). | |
| magnifier | 4 | noun | A magnifying glass. |
| plier | 2 | noun | One who plies. |
| 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. |
| tire | 2 | noun | (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary. |
| 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. |
| highflier | 3 | noun | (figurative) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle. |
| cease-fire | 3 | noun | Alternative spelling of ceasefire. [In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).] |
| foxfire | 2 | noun | (mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood. |
| wyer | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| amplifier | 4 | noun | (electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal. |
| buyer | 2 | noun | A person who makes one or more purchases. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Fire"
50 wordsThese 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.). |
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