Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word archetypal.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word archetypal.
2 syllable words

able

addle

agile

aisle

algal

airstrips

airstrip

amble

ample

anal

ankle

angle

annal

annul

angel

anvil

appel

apple

arcades

arcade

april

archduke

arctic

argot

arrests

aroused

arrest

artful

arval

astral

austral

aural

awful

axle

babble

babel

bangle

baffle

bagel

baleful

barrel

bashful

basal

basil

battle

bauble

beadle

beagle

beetle

bengal

beryl

bible

betel

bethel

bestial

bevel

bedell

blissful

boastful

bodle

bottle

borel

boodle

bowel

brackets

bramble

bracket

brandle

bridal

bridle

breasted

breakdowns

breakdown

breakthrough

breakthroughs

brickle

breasting

brighten

breastplate

brigades

brigade

brightens

brisket

brightly

brindle

bristle

bristol

bristles

buckle

brittle

brutal

bubble

carpal

brothel

brookside

bugle

brocades

brocade

brucite

bumble

bundle

buccal

burble

burel

bustle

bushel

butyl

carnal

cantle

cackle

cancel

candle

camel

capel

caple

capsule

careful

carol

cable

chortle

carrel

carrol

cattle

caudal

central

castle

caudle

causal

chapel

ceryl

channel

chattel

cheerful

coddle

chisel

choral

cobble

cockle

christian

christen

christians

chuckle

circle

circuit

circuits

civil

cherished

coastal

coble

colonel

boggle

consul

coppel

copple

bogle

cordial

coral

corbel

corkwood

cornel

corrects

corset

couple

crackle

council

counsel

crandall

cradle

cranial

crumble

correct

cricket

crickets

cresting

crewel

cromwell

crumple

cripple

crochet

crooked

crested

croquet

crusty

crucial

cruel

crusade

crustal

crystal

crystals

crusted

cuddle

cycle

damsel

darnel

daniel

cymbal

dabble

cudgel

dangle

dawdle

crusades

dazzle

dental

dekle

dermal

dial

devil

dibble

dimple

dingle

direct

dismal

fossil

distal

dorsal

docile

doorstep

doodle

doorsteps

doubtful

double

doleful

dowel

drabble

directs

drastic

dribble

driest

drivel

drizzle

ductile

drugstores

ducal

dual

duel

duffel

eagle

dwindle

earshot

easel

eisel

engle

entrail

equal

erect

erased

drugstore

evil

erects

erstwhile

ethel

ergot

ergots

ethyl

dreadful

fable

facile

facial

faithful

faunal

fearful

fangle

fatal

fateful

fecal

feeble

feral

fennel

final

fetal

fickle

fipple

firestone

feudal

fiddle

fertile

fiscal

fitful

fissile

firstly

floral

fizzle

flannel

focal

foible

fluegel

fondle

forceful

forestall

forestalls

forest

forests

first-rate

firstborn

formal

forster

forgets

forget

forgot

fraction

frazzle

freckle

fragile

freestone

freighter

fretful

friction

frighten

frictions

frigate

frigates

frightful

freighters

frightens

frontal

frigid

frizzle

frosted

fruitful

fumble

garble

frostbite

frosting

fructose

frugal

frustrate

fuddle

fuel

gamble

frostings

fungal

funnel

futile

gable

gaggle

gainful

gambrel

gentle

gavel

genial

frosty

frustrates

girdle

gleeful

giggle

glacial

glottal

gospel

hopple

global

gobble

goggle

goral

gorgets

google

granule

grackle

graceful

grapple

grovel

grumble

hackle

grateful

gurgle

grindle

gribble

gristle

guzzle

grizzle

gravel

hable

handle

greasewood

haggle

hamal

hamel

hansel

harmful

harmel

harle

healthful

hateful

hassle

hazel

hazle

heckle

hatchel

hegel

herbal

herschel

hirsute

hobble

helpful

harassed

fractions

fractures

hopeful

hostel

hostile

horsetails

huckle

houseful

housel

hovel

howell

huddle

horsehead

horsetail

hurtful

hurtle

hummel

hurdle

hustle

hymnal

humble

idle

idol

ingle

fracture

jackal

jangle

jostle

jiggle

jewel

jingle

jumble

journal

joyful

jungle

juggle

kendal

kennel

jurist

jurists

knuckle

kernel

kettle

kinkle

kittel

kittle

knittle

kindle

kiddle

label

kibble

ladle

larval

marble

laurel

maple

market

lentil

libel

lawful

level

lisle

lintel

lingle

little

loral

local

loyal

lustful

mantel

mantle

mangle

mammal

lyrist

legal

marvel

marshal

martial

markets

lethal

mendel

medal

meddle

mental

metal

methyl

mettle

mickle

middle

mortal

mindful

minstrel

mingle

mistral

missal

missel

missile

mochel

mitral

morsel

motile

mobile

mongol

model

moral

modal

mogul

mosel

mournful

muckle

mumble

muddle

muffle

mural

muscle

mussel

myrtle

muzzle

nasal

natal

neutral

naval

needle

nettle

neural

nickel

nickle

nipple

nimble

nestle

nibble

noble

needful

navel

noodle

normal

novel

nozzle

nuptial

puzzle

orchid

oral

orchids

opal

orval

pommel

ogle

papal

panful

panel

painful

oval

parcel

partial

parquet

paschal

penal

peaceful

pencil

pebble

peddle

people

peril

pedal

petal

persuades

phenol

paddle

pickle

piddle

pimple

persuade

pistil

portal

playful

pleural

plural

popple

poodle

postel

pistol

postal

practice

practiced

prattle

practise

prayerful

pottle

prejudge

precedes

preside

pursuits

precede

prestige

presides

presto

pretzel

primal

pristine

priesthood

priestly

proctors

proctor

prostate

proceed

prostrate

proceeds

purple

puddle

pummel

pupil

purists

purist

nuzzle

quarrel

quintal

quibble

rabble

racial

rascal

rattle

ramble

rankle

raffle

rammel

ravel

rebel

rectal

regal

reigle

regel

rental

renal

restful

revel

rifle

rial

riddle

riffle

riggle

rightful

rumple

ripple

rival

rubble

ruddle

royal

roble

rouble

ruble

rueful

ruffle

rumble

sample

ruttle

rigel

rundle

rural

rustle

sable

saddle

sandal

scalpel

scornful

scramble

scribble

scovel

scruple

scuffle

scuttle

seckel

shuttle

sidle

sequel

shrapnel

servile

settle

shackle

shamble

shekel

shovel

several

shameful

shindle

shingle

shrivel

shuffle

sibyl

sickle

signal

simple

sinful

single

sipple

skittle

smittle

skillful

sizzle

smuggle

sniffle

sparkle

social

spaniel

sorel

sorrel

spangle

snuggle

spacial

spatial

spectral

special

spinal

speckle

spiteful

sprinkle

spittle

spousal

squabble

startle

spindle

spiral

staple

steeple

stifle

stemple

strangle

stable

sterile

stickle

straddle

straggle

squirrel

stressful

squiggle

struggle

stubble

stumble

scandal

subtle

suckle

scoundrel

supple

scrabble

pursuit

suttle

swindle

twaddle

throttle

tactful

target

tackle

targets

tangle

table

symbol

tattle

tasteful

tearful

tassel

teagle

temple

tercel

terrel

tensile

thankful

thermal

thimble

thirsty

thistle

thoughtful

twinkle

swingle

tinkle

tickle

tidal

tipple

tindal

tinsel

tingle

thursdays

thursday

title

tittle

topple

tonsil

toddle

toggle

tootle

total

towel

tourist

tourists

traction

tractors

tractor

tramble

trammel

trample

tranquil

travel

tremble

treble

tribal

tressel

trestle

trial

tribble

trickle

trickster

truffle

trifle

trinkle

triple

trouble

trundle

truthful

trustees

trusting

trustee

trusty

tubal

tunnel

tuneful

turgid

umbel

swivel

turtle

thruster

tussle

tweedle

twiddle

uncle

tumble

tricksters

thrusting

ural

vandal

useful

vassal

ventral

venal

verbal

vernal

vengeful

vinyl

vial

vestal

vessel

vigil

virile

vital

vocal

wamble

waddle

vowel

waffle

warble

wattle

watchful

wasteful

weasel

weevil

whistle

whittle

wiggle

wobble

wistful

winkle

windle

wishful

workdays

workday

worrel

willful

worsted

wrangle

wrestle

throughout

thrusters

wrongful

zestful

wriggle

wrinkle

youthful

wrestles

wrestlers

wrestling

3 syllable words

abysmal

abnormal

accrual

actual

acquittal

admiral

adrenal

affable

aerial

aerostats

aerostat

ambrosial

animal

annual

archetypes

ancestral

apparel

apostle

appraisal

arable

approval

archangel

archetype

apical

architect

architects

ariel

architrave

arsenal

arrival

arousal

arresting

arrogate

assemble

astraddle

axial

audible

auroral

autumnal

bacchanal

backpedal

balmoral

bankable

baptismal

barnacle

barristers

barricade

barrister

barricades

bearable

beautiful

bedraggle

befuddle

belittle

bedevil

betrayal

biblical

bicycle

biddable

bifocal

bilingual

bimodal

biracial

boondoggle

constable

cardinal

bountiful

breakable

breakwater

carnival

bronchial

burnable

burial

callable

cantonal

cannibal

caboodle

capable

capitol

caramel

capital

casual

chargeable

celestial

cereal

cerebral

cervical

changeable

character

characters

charcuterie

conjugal

chasuble

cherrystones

cherrystone

christianize

christendom

chronicle

classical

clavicle

clerical

committal

conical

fractional

coequal

colloidal

comical

colorful

colossal

communal

commingle

commercial

congenial

chemical

cathedral

coracle

deceitful

corporal

corrective

correction

corrections

correctly

corrugate

cortical

countable

court-martial

credential

credible

criminal

correcting

crocodiles

critical

crocodile

crestfallen

crocheting

crucible

creosote

crusading

crustacean

crustaceans

crystalline

crystallize

crystallized

cruzados

cruzado

cubicle

cuticle

curable

cyclical

cultural

cynical

crusader

debacle

culpable

crusaders

coronal

decimal

delightful

denial

directed

directive

digital

direction

directions

directly

directors

director

disciple

disdainful

disgraceful

dishevel

distasteful

disable

disloyal

dismissal

dismantle

dispersal

disposal

dissemble

doctoral

distrustful

doctrinal

domical

diurnal

doable

doggerel

drinkable

entitle

dutiful

eatable

durable

edible

ensemble

embattle

embezzle

empanel

enable

enamel

encircle

enfeeble

ennoble

entangle

erector

equable

epistle

epochal

erecting

erection

erections

example

errorful

eternal

eventful

especial

essential

ethical

ethnical

external

factual

fallible

familial

farcical

fanciful

feasible

federal

femoral

festival

fictional

financial

finagle

filial

fireside

fluxional

flexible

follicle

forcible

flammable

fixable

fluvial

flavorful

forested

foreshadows

foreshadow

forester

foresters

forestry

forgetful

forgotten

fraternal

frightfully

functional

frustration

fusible

frustrations

frustrating

funeral

general

genital

graphical

granduncle

gradual

gullible

guttural

helical

heuristic

heuristics

hormonal

horrible

insightful

hospital

icicle

humoral

illegal

ignoble

imbecile

immortal

immobile

immoral

impanel

impartial

imperil

infertile

infernal

informal

initial

integral

internal

interval

irrigate

marginal

judgmental

jovial

judicial

juvenile

lateral

laughable

lexical

laudable

liable

leasable

likable

likeable

logical

lovable

livable

lineal

lionel

literal

littoral

low-level

lyrical

liberal

mandible

mackerel

manhandle

madrigal

magical

manual

marital

legible

masterful

marketer

marketplace

marketers

marketing

marketings

maternal

mayoral

obstacle

medical

medial

menial

menstrual

merciful

metrical

mistrial

minimal

mistrustful

mineral

ministral

miracle

miscible

mishandle

monocle

multiple

meaningful

musical

mutable

narcotic

narcotics

national

mystical

mythical

mutual

nocturnal

natural

nautical

nominal

neglectful

nonlethal

non-verbal

newfangle

newcastle

quintuple

movable

notable

quadruple

notional

purposeful

numeral

official

optimal

optical

optional

orchestral

oracle

orbital

palatial

panhandle

parable

palpable

potential

parasites

parasite

parakeet

parakeets

parental

passable

pastoral

paternal

peaceable

payable

pedestal

pectoral

peristyle

portable

peroxide

portrayal

personal

perusal

pickerel

persuaded

pineapple

pineal

physical

pinnacle

plentiful

pitiful

plausible

pliable

pivotal

pluvial

possible

parachute

potable

postnatal

practically

parachutes

practical

powerful

practices

preamble

practises

precaution

precautions

primeval

prejudgment

preceding

prefrontal

prejudice

prenatal

probable

precedent

precedents

presiding

president

presidents

principle

principal

prodigal

proconsul

proceedings

prostitutes

projectile

proposal

prosody

prostatic

prostheses

prostration

prosthetic

provable

procedure

prostitute

prosthetics

proximal

provincial

psychical

punctual

prudential

procedures

proceeding

quotable

quizzical

tentacle

rational

ramshackle

reachable

readable

recital

rebuttal

rectangle

regretful

refusal

regional

rehearsal

rekindle

rentable

redouble

remorseful

remodel

removal

renewal

reprisal

resettle

resentful

resourceful

resemble

respectful

retinal

retrial

retrieval

reversal

revival

ridable

ritual

salable

sagittal

scalable

scriptural

sectional

sectoral

suitable

successful

seasonal

sculptural

seminal

sensible

sentinel

serial

sequential

sexual

sigmoidal

sensual

skeptical

sizable

skeletal

skyrocket

skyrockets

soluble

solvable

sorrowful

spectacle

sociable

substantial

structural

scarcity

surgical

surrogate

surrogates

radial

tactical

tangible

tangential

radical

syllable

targeted

taxable

technical

teachable

teaspoonful

temporal

terminal

testicle

tenable

terrible

textual

theorists

theorist

survival

townspeople

touchable

topical

traceable

tracheal

tractable

trainable

tragedy

tragedies

treatable

transmittal

triangle

tribunal

turntable

uncouple

tropical

trivial

triumphal

tunable

unable

trusteeship

trustworthy

unbundle

uncivil

typical

tricycle

unfaithful

unequal

ungrateful

unlawful

unravel

unstable

untangle

untruthful

unsettle

unshackle

upheaval

vaginal

valuable

varietal

varsity

vegetable

usable

versatile

usual

utensil

variegate

ventricle

vegetal

vehicle

vertebral

vertical

viable

vesicle

virginal

volatile

voluble

visible

vitriol

visual

visceral

virtual

washable

wearable

whimsical

workable

wonderful

withdrawal

worshipful

workaday

wrestler

4 syllable words

acceptable

accessible

accidental

accountable

achievable

adaptable

adjustable

additional

acoustical

actionable

admirable

admissible

adoptable

affordable

advisable

adorable

adverbial

agreeable

alluvial

allowable

alkaloidal

amenable

anarchical

amendable

amicable

amiable

anecdotal

answerable

antipodal

antisocial

appealable

applicable

appreciable

approachable

arboreal

apocryphal

archdiocese

approvable

arguable

architectures

aristocrat

aristocrats

arterial

artificial

asexual

attainable

augmentable

atypical

available

avoidable

bacterial

believable

architecture

behavioral

beneficial

biaxial

biannual

biennial

bilateral

binomial

bisexual

botanical

collectible

caricatures

caricature

charitable

centrifugal

centennial

characterized

characterize

chimerical

circumstantial

comfortable

coaxial

commendable

compatible

collateral

colloquial

colonial

combinable

collegial

conceivable

comparable

compensable

conceptual

conditional

confirmable

confessional

confidential

congressional

collapsible

congenital

consequential

consensual

consolable

consonantal

convertible

continental

contestable

controllable

consumable

continual

controversial

contemptible

conventional

convivial

forsythias

corrigible

correctional

corregidor

corruptible

creditable

crocodilian

corrugated

crystallizes

custodial

debatable

cylindrical

decennial

abdominal

deductible

defensible

delectable

delusional

directories

deferential

departmental

dependable

definable

deplorable

demonstrable

describable

digestible

devotional

desirable

detachable

despicable

detrimental

diagonal

differential

directional

directorate

dimensional

directorships

directorship

discountable

discernible

disapproval

disassemble

disentangle

disputable

disposable

dispensable

disrespectful

divisible

divisional

directory

exceptional

dysfunctional

duodenal

electrical

elliptical

elemental

eligible

emmanuel

emotional

employable

encyclical

enforceable

enjoyable

empirical

excitable

enviable

ephemeral

episcopal

epithelial

equitable

equivocal

erasable

epidermal

exchangeable

eventual

estimable

ethereal

ergotism

excusable

expandable

existential

execrable

exportable

explainable

explicable

extendible

extricable

exponential

fanatical

fashionable

fathomable

favorable

ferocity

fissionable

foreseeable

forfeitable

forgettable

forgivable

formidable

fractionally

honorable

canonical

genocidal

fundamental

galenical

homicidal

governmental

grammatical

habitable

habitual

heritable

hierarchical

heretical

hexagonal

historical

honeysuckle

horizontal

hospitable

improbable

hydrothermal

hysterical

identical

imitable

illegible

illogical

immiscible

immovable

immutable

impersonal

impeachable

impassable

impeccable

imperial

impractical

impossible

impregnable

implausible

implacable

inflexible

inflammable

incapable

incidental

incredible

indelible

incremental

incurable

inflatable

injectable

inedible

ineffable

industrial

infeasible

infallible

inferential

influential

inaudible

inimical

inscrutable

inaugural

insatiable

insensible

insoluble

instructional

intangible

intentional

intestinal

intractable

intermingle

interstitial

invisible

intramural

invaluable

invincible

instrumental

irrational

ironical

irritable

issuable

isothermal

irrigation

lamentable

jurisdictions

knowledgeable

jurisdiction

laryngeal

marsupial

logistical

liturgical

manageable

malleable

maniacal

marketplaces

material

matriarchal

medicinal

mechanical

memorial

memorable

measurable

mercurial

metacarpal

methodical

mesodermal

millennial

miserable

mollycoddle

monumental

monolingual

mosaical

motorcycle

municipal

noncommercial

neonatal

negligible

negotiable

noncommittal

nontaxable

nonessential

navigable

nontechnical

nonsensical

nonvolatile

observable

irascible

insubstantial

nutritional

quadrennial

noticeable

numerical

octahedral

occipital

octagonal

occasional

occidental

polemical

obstetrical

obtainable

operable

orthogonal

original

oriental

ornamental

ostensible

palatable

paranormal

parietal

participle

parochial

patentable

patriarchal

perceptible

perennial

patrimonial

political

perishable

pentecostal

peripheral

permeable

permissible

persuadable

perpetual

phenomenal

pictorial

pitiable

pleasurable

poetical

pontifical

polygonal

personable

parachuting

practicable

practitioner

practitioners

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Words that rhyme with the word archetypal

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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