Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Linger”

/ˈlɪŋɡə/

To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.

♬88 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Linger"

50 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
finger	2	noun	(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
zinger	2	noun	(informal) A surprising or unusually pointed, humorous and impressive insult or insulting quip.
ringer	2	noun	(sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
stinger	2	noun	A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
stringer	2	noun	(journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
dead ringer	3	noun	(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.
bell ringer	3	noun	(education) An assignment, done regularly at the beginning of a class, and intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities.
dinger	2	noun	(baseball) A home run.
middle finger	4	noun	An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.
minger	2	noun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, offensive) An unattractive or ugly person.
singer	2	noun	A person who sings, often professionally.
wringer	2	noun	A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
slinger	2	noun	Someone who slings or who uses a sling.
folk singer	3	noun	Alternative spelling of folksinger, someone who sings folk music. [A person who sings folk songs.]
pinger	2	noun	A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.
torch singer	3	noun	A singer, most often a woman, of torch songs.
english springer	4	noun	a breed having typically a black-and-white coat
springer	2	noun	A surname.
forefinger	3	noun	(human anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
gunslinger	3	noun	(historical) A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
index finger	4	noun	the forefinger
winger	2	noun	(sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.
ring finger	3	noun	The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
little finger	4	noun	The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
right-winger	3	noun	(politics) A person who belongs to the political right.
left-winger	3	noun	(politics) A person who espouses left-wing political views.
fish finger	3	noun	(chiefly UK, Ireland) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.
inger	2	noun	a member of western finnish people formerly living in the baltic province where saint petersburg was built
extreme right-winger	5	noun	an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
lieder singer	4	noun	a singer of lieder
schwinger	2	noun	—
leftwinger	3	noun	Alternative form of left-winger. [(politics) A person who espouses left-wing political views.]
anything her	4		—
binger	2	noun	Someone who binges.
bring her	2		—
clinger	2	noun	(informal) An emotionally clingy person.
everything her	4		—
fling her	2		—
ging er	2		—
goldfinger	3		the seventh novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series.
gumbinger	3	noun	—
herrlinger	3	noun	—
herzlinger	3	noun	—
ing her	2		—
ingar	2	noun	—
king her	2		—
klinger	2	noun	A surname.
petzinger	3	noun	—
ping her	2		—
ratzinger	3	noun	A surname from German.

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Linger"

50 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
timbre	2	noun	The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
whimper	2	noun	To cry or sob softly and intermittently.
cinder	2	noun	Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
glimmer	2	noun	(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
figure	2	noun	A drawing or diagram conveying information.
timber	2	noun	(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
ginger	2	noun	The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
tinker	2	noun	Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
beginner	3	noun	Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
shimmer	2	noun	(intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
skinner	2	noun	Someone who skins animals.
hunger	2	noun	A need or compelling desire for food.
splinter	2	noun	A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
limber	2	noun	Flexible, pliant, bendable.
skimmer	2	noun	(crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
inner	2	noun	Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
zinger	2	noun	(informal) A surprising or unusually pointed, humorous and impressive insult or insulting quip.
lingered	2	verb	(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
simmer	2	verb	(intransitive) To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
sinner	2	noun	A person who sins or has sinned.
ringer	2	noun	(sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
stinger	2	noun	A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
stringer	2	noun	(journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
thinker	2	noun	One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.
winter	2	noun	Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
spinner	2	noun	A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
dead ringer	3	noun	(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.
dinner	2	noun	The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
winder	2	noun	A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
midwinter	3	noun	The middle of winter.
bell ringer	3	noun	(education) An assignment, done regularly at the beginning of a class, and intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities.
dinger	2	noun	(baseball) A home run.
sinker	2	noun	(fishing) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
thinner	2	noun	Something that thins or thins out (another thing).
freethinker	3	noun	A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
winker	2	noun	A person or an animal that winks (“blinks with one eye; blinks with one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy”).
overwinter	4	verb	(intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).
fingers	2	noun	(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
slimmer	2	noun	A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.
minger	2	noun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, offensive) An unattractive or ugly person.
trimmer	2	noun	One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
winner	2	noun	One who has won or often wins.
singer	2	noun	A person who sings, often professionally.
drinker	2	noun	Someone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
wringer	2	noun	A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
slinger	2	noun	Someone who slings or who uses a sling.
dot matrix printer	5	noun	(computer hardware) A type of printer that prints characters using an array of small wires that produce an array of dots when striking the paper.
pinner	2	noun	A headdress like a cap, with long lappets.
pinger	2	noun	A computer program that sends a ping message over a network.
reenter	3	verb	(ambitransitive) To enter again; return into.

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