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Words That Rhyme With Water

15 words rhyme with water, from 2 to 4 syllables: daughter, slaughter, breakwater, freshwater, granddaughter and more, the everyday words first. Then 3 near rhymes, like broader, marauder. For looser rhymes, slant rhymes like fraudster, offer, author, caller.

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2 syllables2 words

  • daughter
  • slaughter

3 syllables12 words

  • breakwater
  • freshwater
  • granddaughter
  • manslaughter
  • rainwater
  • backwater
  • stepdaughter
  • tidewater
  • wastewater

Rare: deepwater, floodwater, headwater

4 syllables1 word

  • underwater

Near rhymes3 words

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

  • broader
  • marauder

Rare: lauder

Slant rhymes35 words

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

  • fraudster
  • offer
  • author
  • caller
  • coffer
  • lawyer
  • pauper
  • saucer
  • talker
  • taller
  • walker
  • blogger
  • crosser
  • smaller
  • trawler
  • stronger
  • auger
  • augur
  • conger
  • hauler
  • hawker
  • sawyer
  • crawler
  • stalker
  • cataloger
  • sleepwalker
  • counteroffer
  • altar
  • alter
  • falter
  • halter
  • salter
  • saunter
  • impostor
  • defaulter

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

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What rhymes with water?

daughter, slaughter, breakwater, freshwater, granddaughter, manslaughter, and every other word that end in the same sounds as water. 15 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in water?

Water 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 water?

broader, marauder and the other 3 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as water, with consonants that sound alike.

What are slant rhymes for water?

Looser rhymes with the same stressed vowel and a similar ending, the closest first: fraudster, offer, author, caller, coffer, lawyer. Songwriters use them where a perfect rhyme would sound forced.

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