🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Rather"
42 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "rather" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| blather | 2 | noun | (intransitive, derogatory) To talk rapidly without making much sense. |
| smother | 2 | verb | (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone. |
| other | 2 | noun | See other (determiner) below. |
| gather | 2 | verb | To collect normally separate things. |
| mother | 2 | noun | A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered). |
| lather | 2 | noun | (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water. |
| another | 3 | a Japanese mystery horror novel by Yukito Ayatsuji, published on October 29, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten. | |
| one after another | 6 | (idiomatic) Individually, in a particular sequence or chronology. | |
| suther | 2 | noun | (regional, archaic) The sighing of the wind. |
| slather | 2 | verb | To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well. |
| foster mother | 4 | noun | A female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care. |
| the other | 2 | — | |
| godmother | 3 | noun | A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child. |
| big brother | 3 | noun | Any omnipresent authority or figurehead representing oppressive control. |
| surrogate mother | 5 | noun | A woman who gives birth to a child with the intent to give this child to at least one of the biological parents (not including herself, if she is one of them) |
| nother | 2 | (chiefly US, informal) Different, other. | |
| grandmother | 3 | noun | A mother of someone's parent. |
| stepmother | 3 | noun | The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother. |
| blood brother | 3 | noun | An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures. |
| bather | 2 | noun | One who immerses oneself in water for pleasure or refreshment: one who swims (for example at a lake or beach). |
| den mother | 3 | noun | An adult (female) leader of a Cub Scout den. |
| foster brother | 4 | noun | A male foster sibling. |
| every other | 5 | Every second/two; each alternate; the second of each pair in turn. | |
| some other | 3 | any of various alternatives; some other | |
| many another | 5 | — | |
| earth mother | 3 | noun | (paganism, archaeology) The Great Goddess of the Earth and fertility. |
| queen mother | 3 | noun | A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch. |
| great grandmother | 4 | noun | Alternative spelling of great-grandmother. [The mother of one's grandparent.] |
| mather | 2 | noun | A surname originating as an occupation for someone who mowed hay. |
| little brother | 4 | noun | (informal) A younger brother. |
| brother | 2 | noun | Son of the same parents as another person. |
| cather | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| futher | 2 | — | |
| great mother | 3 | noun | (paganism, archaeology) Earth Mother |
| prather | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| sather | 2 | noun | A surname. |
| smather | 2 | — | |
| souther | 2 | noun | To move toward the south. |
| ths other | 2 | — | |
| uther | 2 | noun | (Arthurian legend) The father of King Arthur. |
| wrather | 2 | noun | — |
| yother | 2 | noun | A surname. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Rather"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| azure | 2 | noun | (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour. |
| cover | 2 | verb | A lid. |
| cadaver | 3 | noun | (literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. |
| master | 2 | noun | Someone who has control over something or someone. |
| hover | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To remain stationary or float in the air. |
| badger | 2 | noun | Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea. |
| answer | 2 | noun | A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. |
| uncover | 3 | verb | To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. |
| stature | 2 | noun | A person or animal's natural height when standing upright. |
| recover | 3 | verb | (transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body). |
| smother | 2 | verb | (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone. |
| other | 2 | noun | See other (determiner) below. |
| blabber | 2 | noun | To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently. |
| lover | 2 | noun | One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse. |
| after | 2 | noun | Behind; later in time; following. |
| suffer | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To feel pain. |
| splatter | 2 | noun | (intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess. |
| mother | 2 | noun | A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered). |
| father | 2 | noun | A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.). |
| bother | 2 | verb | (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| shatter | 2 | verb | (transitive) To violently break something into pieces. |
| madder | 2 | noun | A dye made from the plant. |
| another | 3 | a Japanese mystery horror novel by Yukito Ayatsuji, published on October 29, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten. | |
| buffer | 2 | noun | (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device. |
| flasher | 2 | noun | (automotive) An indicator or turn signal. |
| catcher | 2 | noun | (baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher. |
| undercover | 4 | noun | Performed or happening in secret. |
| batter | 2 | noun | To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. |
| smasher | 2 | noun | Something that, or someone who, smashes. |
| gusher | 2 | noun | An oil well that has a natural flow and so requires no pumping. |
| scatter | 2 | noun | (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. |
| buzzer | 2 | noun | A device that makes a buzzing sound. |
| afore | 2 | (archaic, dialect) Before, temporally. | |
| asher | 2 | noun | A male given name from Hebrew. |
| assur | 2 | noun | One of the ancient capitals of Assyria, in modern Iraq. |
| duffer | 2 | noun | (informal) An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person. |
| latter | 2 | Relating to or being the second of two items. | |
| thrasher | 2 | noun | Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak. |
| faster | 2 | noun | One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating. |
| lasher | 2 | noun | One who whips or lashes. |
| snuffer | 2 | noun | A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. |
| crusher | 2 | noun | Someone or something that crushes. |
| rediscover | 4 | verb | (transitive) To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten. |
| platter | 2 | noun | A tray for serving foods. |
| plover | 2 | noun | Any of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae. |
| placer | 2 | noun | One who places or arranges something. |
| passer | 2 | noun | (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass. |
| slasher | 2 | noun | (informal, film) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie. |
| rusher | 2 | noun | A person who rushes. |
| basher | 2 | noun | One who bashes something, figuratively or literally. |
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