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Words That Rhyme With Mother

9 words rhyme with mother, from 2 to 3 syllables: brother, other, smother, another, godmother and more, the everyday words first. Then 21 near rhymes, like bluffer, buffer, cover, discover.

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2 syllables5 words

  • brother
  • other
  • smother

Rare: nother, souther

3 syllables4 words

  • another
  • godmother
  • grandmother
  • stepmother

Near rhymes21 words

The same vowel, consonants that sound alike: close enough for songs and poems.

  • bluffer
  • buffer
  • cover
  • discover
  • hover
  • lover
  • puffer
  • recover
  • rediscover
  • rougher
  • snuffer
  • suffer
  • tougher
  • uncover
  • undercover
  • duffer
  • hardcover
  • plover

Rare: glover, shover, stuffer

Slant rhymes40 words

Looser: the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first. Common in songs and poems.

  • bugger
  • bummer
  • butter
  • buzzer
  • cutter
  • duller
  • dumber
  • gunner
  • gusher
  • gutter
  • lusher
  • mugger
  • mutter
  • pucker
  • putter
  • rubber
  • rudder
  • runner
  • succor
  • sucker
  • summer
  • supper
  • blubber
  • clutter
  • color
  • drummer
  • flutter
  • glummer
  • plumber
  • shudder
  • shutter
  • sputter
  • stutter
  • upper
  • usher
  • utter
  • discolor
  • newcomer
  • midsummer
  • forerunner

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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, © 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, matched to our dictionary of English words.

Questions

What rhymes with mother?

brother, other, smother, another, godmother, grandmother, and every other word that end in the same sounds as mother. 9 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in mother?

Mother has 2 syllables.

How are the rhymes chosen?

Two words rhyme when they sound the same from their last stressed vowel to the end: these are perfect rhymes, matched by sound, not by spelling. Near rhymes keep the vowel and swap a consonant for one that sounds alike, like time and mine.

What are near rhymes for mother?

bluffer, buffer, cover, discover and the other 21 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as mother, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for mother?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: bugger, bummer, butter, buzzer, cutter, duller. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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