🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Inquiry"
15 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "inquiry" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| spiry | 2 | Like or resembling a spire. | |
| diary | 2 | noun | A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer. |
| expiry | 3 | noun | (British, New Zealand, Australia) End; termination; expiration. |
| dire e | 2 | — | |
| ire he | 2 | — | |
| irey | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| lancashire he | 4 | — | |
| lyre he | 2 | — | |
| quiry | 2 | noun | — |
| retire he | 3 | — | |
| ryrie | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| shirey | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| squire he | 2 | — | |
| tirey | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| tyre he | 2 | — |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Inquiry"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| bleary | 2 | Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion. | |
| eerie | 2 | noun | Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird. |
| leery | 2 | Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns. | |
| contrary | 3 | noun | Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. |
| hoary | 2 | White or grey with age. | |
| quarry | 2 | noun | (mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate. |
| auxiliary | 4 | noun | Helping; giving assistance or support. |
| sorry | 2 | noun | (of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions. |
| weary | 2 | verb | Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued. |
| wary | 2 | verb | Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent |
| tarry | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. |
| carry | 2 | verb | (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| jittery | 3 | nervy, jumpy, on edge | |
| flurry | 2 | noun | A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow. |
| airy | 2 | noun | Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. |
| worry | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. |
| chary | 2 | Careful, cautious, shy, wary. | |
| theory | 2 | noun | (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc. |
| dreary | 2 | noun | Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. |
| glory | 2 | noun | Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown. |
| misery | 3 | noun | Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. |
| contradictory | 5 | noun | That contradicts something, such as an argument. |
| canary | 3 | noun | A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands. |
| fairy | 2 | noun | (mythology) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism. |
| mystery | 3 | noun | Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. |
| periphery | 4 | noun | The outside boundary, parts or surface of something. |
| bury | 2 | verb | To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb. |
| slurry | 2 | noun | Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid. |
| trickery | 3 | noun | (countable, uncountable) Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior. |
| inventory | 4 | noun | (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business. |
| merry | 2 | noun | Jolly and full of high spirits; happy. |
| artillery | 4 | noun | Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery. |
| slippery | 3 | Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. | |
| scary | 2 | noun | (now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety |
| eyrie | 2 | noun | The nest of a bird of prey. |
| history | 3 | noun | The aggregate of past events. |
| cherry | 2 | noun | A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem. |
| story | 2 | noun | An account of real or fictional events. |
| hurry | 2 | noun | (intransitive) To do things quickly. |
| wiry | 2 | Thin, muscular and flexible. | |
| benignly | 3 | In a benign manner. | |
| injury | 3 | noun | Damage to the body of a living thing. |
| actuary | 4 | noun | A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions. |
| very | 2 | noun | To a great extent or degree. |
| valedictory | 5 | noun | An address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company. |
| livery | 3 | noun | Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants. |
| victory | 3 | noun | (uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this. |
| nary | 2 | (somewhat dated) Not any. | |
| erie | 2 | noun | Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes of North America. |
| inquirer | 3 | noun | One who inquires. |
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