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

able

absolve

addle

amble

appel

algal

aisle

apple

cable

anal

angel

annal

annul

anvil

angle

ankle

april

arval

artful

cackle

ample

camel

astral

aural

axle

austral

babble

babel

awful

bagel

baffle

baleful

barrel

basil

battle

bauble

beadle

beagle

beetle

bengal

bangle

bible

blissful

burble

boastful

bumble

bodle

boggle

brickle

brandle

bramble

bogle

borel

bottle

bowel

bridal

bristol

brittle

bubble

buckle

brothel

brindle

bridle

brutal

buccal

bugle

bundle

boodle

cancel

butyl

capel

candle

cantle

capsule

careful

caple

carol

carrel

carrol

capsules

carnal

carpal

cattle

central

caudal

caudle

causal

channel

chapel

chattel

chisel

cheerful

choral

chortle

chuckle

circle

civil

coastal

cobble

coble

cockle

coddle

cordial

coral

colonel

consul

coppel

copple

corbel

cornel

council

couple

counsel

crackle

cradle

cripple

crandall

cranial

crewel

cromwell

crustal

crumble

crumple

cruel

crystal

cuddle

cycle

cymbal

dabble

dazzle

damsel

daniel

dangle

dawdle

darnel

dental

dermal

dibble

dimple

dingle

dial

dismal

shackle

distal

shamble

docile

double

dorsal

doodle

doleful

doubtful

dowel

dreadful

drabble

dribble

drivel

drizzle

duffel

ductile

dual

duel

ducal

dwindle

eagle

easel

formal

eisel

entrail

engle

fungal

equal

evil

fable

faithful

fangle

fatal

fearful

fateful

fecal

feeble

fitful

fertile

fickle

fiddle

fetal

feudal

final

fipple

fiscal

fizzle

flannel

fretful

fluegel

frontal

floral

frazzle

focal

foible

forceful

fondle

fossil

fuddle

frightful

frizzle

frugal

fruitful

fumble

faunal

fuel

gentle

gable

gaggle

gainful

futile

gamble

gambrel

gavel

garble

genial

hopple

graceful

funnel

giggle

girdle

grackle

gospel

gleeful

global

glottal

gobble

goggle

google

goral

grapple

gravel

gribble

grizzle

granule

grateful

grindle

grumble

grovel

guzzle

gurgle

hansel

hable

hackle

haggle

hamal

hamel

handle

harle

harmel

harmful

hateful

healthful

hazel

hazle

herbal

helpful

hobble

hovel

houseful

housel

huckle

hostile

howell

huddle

hummel

hurdle

hostel

humble

hurtful

hurtle

hymnal

idle

idol

nuptial

hopeful

kendal

ingle

lentil

jackal

jangle

jiggle

jostle

journal

juggle

mammal

jewel

jingle

joyful

jumble

jungle

kernel

kiddle

kittel

kibble

kittle

knittle

kindle

kinkle

knuckle

label

ladle

larval

little

laurel

lethal

lawful

legal

lustful

lintel

libel

lingle

lisle

mantel

local

loral

loyal

mangle

mantle

maple

marshal

martial

marvel

marble

mendel

mental

mickle

middle

mistral

minstrel

mingle

muddle

mosel

muckle

mobile

mochel

modal

model

mogul

moral

mitral

muffle

morsel

mortal

motile

mournful

mural

mumble

muzzle

paddle

mindful

myrtle

natal

nasal

naval

navel

nibble

nickle

neural

nickel

needle

needful

neutral

nipple

nimble

noble

orval

noodle

novel

nozzle

normal

nuzzle

ogle

opal

oral

oval

painful

panel

papal

panful

parcel

partial

peaceful

penal

people

pistil

pickle

pistol

piddle

pimple

playful

pleural

plural

postal

postel

pommel

poodle

popple

portal

pottle

prayerful

prattle

pretzel

primal

rabble

puddle

pummel

purple

pupil

quibble

quintal

quarrel

rascal

puzzle

raffle

rammel

ramble

rankle

rattle

ravel

regal

rectal

reigle

rental

renal

restful

riddle

riffle

riggle

rial

rigel

rifle

rightful

ripple

rival

rubble

ruddle

ruffle

rumble

rumple

rundle

roble

rouble

ruble

rueful

royal

rural

ruttle

sable

saddle

sample

sandal

scalpel

scandal

scornful

scoundrel

scovel

scrabble

scribble

scuffle

scruple

scuttle

shuffle

scramble

servile

sequel

several

shovel

shameful

shindle

shingle

shrapnel

shrivel

shuttle

sibyl

sickle

signal

simple

sinful

sidle

single

sipple

sizzle

skittle

smittle

skillful

smuggle

sniffle

snuggle

sorel

sorrel

spangle

spaniel

sparkle

speckled

stemple

spectral

squirrel

squiggle

spinal

spittle

staple

spindle

spiral

spiteful

stable

spousal

sprinkle

squabble

stickle

steeple

startle

straddle

straggle

stifle

strangle

stubble

struggle

stumble

mongol

subtle

suckle

supple

suttle

swindle

swivel

swingle

table

tackle

tattle

tasteful

tangle

symbol

tactful

teagle

tearful

tweedle

temple

thankful

thermal

tinsel

thimble

throttle

thoughtful

tickle

tindal

tingle

tipple

tinkle

tittle

tidal

tonsil

title

toddle

toggle

tootle

subsoil

topple

total

topsoil

towel

trammel

tramble

trample

tranquil

tremble

tribble

travel

tribal

trial

trickle

trifle

trinkle

triple

trouble

truffle

tubal

tunnel

trundle

tumble

tuneful

turtle

truthful

twiddle

twaddle

twinkle

umbel

uncle

useful

vandal

vengeful

verbal

vernal

ventral

venal

vial

vinyl

ural

virile

vital

vocal

wasteful

waddle

waffle

wamble

warble

watchful

wattle

vowel

zestful

weasel

weevil

whittle

wiggle

wistful

willful

windle

winkle

wobble

worrel

wriggle

wrangle

wrinkle

wrongful

youthful

upscale

3 syllable words

abigail

abnormal

absolute

absolutes

abysmal

acquittal

actual

aerial

accrual

admiral

adrenal

affable

apostle

ancestral

ambrosial

animal

apical

annual

apparel

ariel

appraisal

approval

arable

arousal

archangel

arrival

archival

archetypal

assemble

arsenal

article

astraddle

balmoral

auroral

audible

axial

backpedal

bacchanal

autumnal

bankable

baptismal

barnacle

bearable

beautiful

bedevil

befuddle

bedraggle

belittle

biddable

biblical

bicycle

bifocal

bifocals

biracial

bimodal

bilingual

breakable

betrayal

bountiful

bronchial

burial

burnable

boondoggle

caboodle

callable

cannibal

capable

cantonal

capital

capitol

caramel

cardinal

carnival

cerebral

cervical

casual

celestial

cereal

cathedral

changeable

chemical

chasuble

chronicle

chargeable

clerical

classical

clavicle

coequal

colloidal

colossal

colorful

commercial

committal

commingle

comical

communal

congenial

conical

coracle

conjugal

constable

copiously

dismissal

coronal

cortical

countable

court-martial

credential

credible

criminal

critical

crucible

cubicle

curable

cultural

culpable

cuticle

cubicles

cyclical

cynical

deceitful

debacle

debacles

dishevel

denial

delightful

digital

difficult

disable

disciple

disdainful

disgraceful

disloyal

dismantle

corporal

dispersal

disposal

dissemble

diurnal

doable

domical

distrustful

doggerel

doctoral

doctrinal

drinkable

durable

dutiful

eatable

funeral

distasteful

edible

encircle

enable

embattle

embezzle

enamel

entangle

empanel

enfeeble

ennoble

ensemble

entitle

equable

epistle

epochal

errorful

especial

essential

ethical

ethnical

eternal

eventful

example

external

fallible

factual

familial

fanciful

farcical

federal

femoral

feasible

festival

fictional

finagle

filial

financial

fixable

flexible

flammable

flavorful

fluxional

follicle

forcible

fractional

fraternal

forgetful

fluvial

functional

fusible

genital

general

gradual

graphical

gullible

granduncle

guttural

helical

horrible

hospital

hormonal

impartial

icicle

imbecile

illegal

immobile

ignoble

immoral

humoral

imperil

immortal

impanel

infernal

infertile

informal

initial

insightful

integral

internal

interval

jovial

judgmental

judicial

juvenile

legible

laughable

magical

lateral

laudable

lavishly

leasable

lexical

liable

liberal

lineal

lionel

literal

likable

likeable

littoral

lyrical

mackerel

livable

lovable

low-level

logical

madrigal

mandible

manhandle

marital

marginal

mayoral

masterful

maternal

meaningful

medical

medial

menial

menstrual

merciful

metrical

miscible

miracle

minimal

mineral

mishandle

ministral

mistrial

monocle

mistrustful

movable

multiple

mutual

musical

mutable

mystical

national

natural

mythical

newcastle

manual

nautical

neglectful

newfangle

nominal

nocturnal

non-verbal

notional

notable

nonlethal

numeral

obsolete

obsoletes

obstacle

official

officials

optical

optimal

optional

orchestral

oracle

orbital

palatial

parable

panhandle

payable

parental

passable

pastoral

paternal

peaceable

particle

pectoral

pedestal

perusal

physical

pickerel

personal

pineal

pineapple

pinnacle

potential

plentiful

pitiful

pivotal

pliable

plausible

potable

pluvial

possible

portable

postnatal

portrayal

powerful

practical

preamble

probable

prenatal

prefrontal

primeval

principal

principle

prodigal

proconsul

prudential

projectile

provincial

proposal

provable

proximal

psychical

punctual

purposeful

quizzical

quotable

quintuple

quadruple

radical

ramshackle

rational

radial

rebuttal

readable

reachable

recital

redouble

rectangle

refusal

refusals

rehearsal

regional

regretful

palpable

rekindle

rentable

removal

renewal

remorseful

remodel

resettle

retinal

resemble

reprisal

resentful

respectful

retrial

ridable

retrieval

resourceful

reversal

revival

ritual

salable

sagittal

savagely

seminal

scalable

scriptural

sculptural

sectional

sectoral

seasonal

sensible

sensual

sequential

serial

sigmoidal

skeletal

sentinel

skeptical

sizable

sociable

solvable

sorrowful

specialist

specialities

specialists

soluble

specialties

spectacle

speculate

speculates

structural

surgical

successful

suitable

survival

syllable

technical

tactical

taxable

tangible

tangential

teachable

teaspoonful

testicle

tenable

terrible

textual

tentacle

temporal

terminal

substantial

touchable

topical

traceable

trainable

tracheal

tractable

townspeople

tricycle

treatable

transmittal

triangle

tribunal

trivial

triumphal

tropical

tunable

turntable

typical

unable

unbundle

uncivil

uncouple

unshackle

unequal

unfaithful

unlawful

unsettle

unravel

ungrateful

unstable

untruthful

untangle

upheaval

virtual

utensil

vegetable

vaginal

varietal

valuable

usable

usual

vegetal

vertical

vehicle

versatile

ventricle

vertebral

vesicle

visual

viable

visceral

visible

vitriol

volatile

virginal

voluble

washable

wearable

withdrawal

workable

worshipful

wonderful

whimsical

4 syllable words

accessible

absolutely

absolution

acceptable

absolutist

accidental

accountable

acoustical

actionable

adaptable

additional

admissible

admirable

adorable

adoptable

adjustable

adverbial

advisable

achievable

affordable

agreeable

amenable

amicable

allowable

amendable

alluvial

alkaloidal

anarchical

antisocial

antipodal

answerable

anecdotal

apocalypse

apocryphal

appealable

applicable

appreciable

approvable

approachable

arguable

arboreal

amiable

asexual

artificial

arterial

attainable

atypical

augmentable

available

avoidable

bacterial

behavioral

believable

beneficial

biaxial

biennial

bisexual

bilateral

binomial

botanical

biannual

canonical

centennial

centrifugal

charitable

chimerical

coaxial

circumstantial

collapsible

collateral

collectible

congressional

collegial

comparable

colonial

combinable

compensable

commendable

comfortable

compatible

confessional

conceivable

confidential

conceptual

conditional

congenital

confirmable

consensual

consequential

consolable

contestable

consumable

contemptible

continental

continual

consonantal

conventional

convivial

controversial

convertible

controllable

colloquial

corruptible

corrigible

creditable

correctional

custodial

cylindrical

decennial

debatable

deductible

defensible

delectable

demonstrable

delusional

departmental

dependable

despicable

desirable

describable

detrimental

detachable

deplorable

differential

devotional

dimensional

digestible

diagonal

definable

difficulty

difficulties

difficultly

directional

disapproval

discernible

disassemble

discountable

disentangle

deferential

issuable

dispensable

disposable

disputable

divisible

divisional

abdominal

duodenal

dysfunctional

elemental

electrical

eligible

elliptical

enviable

emotional

employable

emmanuel

encyclical

enforceable

enjoyable

empirical

dubiously

genocidal

episcopal

equitable

epithelial

equivocal

erasable

estimable

ethereal

eventual

expandable

exceptional

excitable

existential

execrable

excusable

exchangeable

exportable

extendible

exponential

extricable

explainable

explicable

fanatical

favorable

fashionable

fissionable

forgettable

forgivable

formidable

foreseeable

forfeitable

fathomable

fundamental

galenical

epidermal

ephemeral

governmental

grammatical

habitual

heretical

hexagonal

habitable

heritable

hierarchical

historical

homicidal

honeysuckle

honorable

hospitable

hydrothermal

immiscible

hysterical

identical

illegible

illogical

imitable

impassable

immovable

immutable

impeachable

impeccable

impersonal

impossible

imperial

impregnable

implacable

implausible

improbable

nutritional

horizontal

impractical

inaugural

incapable

incidental

incredible

inedible

incurable

indelible

incremental

ineffable

industrial

inferential

infallible

infeasible

influential

inflexible

inflammable

inimical

insensible

inflatable

insoluble

insatiable

injectable

inscrutable

instructional

instrumental

insubstantial

intentional

interstitial

intestinal

intangible

intermingle

intractable

intramural

irrational

ironical

irritable

isothermal

invisible

knowledgeable

lamentable

laryngeal

invaluable

invincible

logistical

liturgical

malleable

irascible

manageable

maniacal

measurable

marketable

marsupial

material

matriarchal

mechanical

memorable

medicinal

memorial

mesodermal

metacarpal

mercurial

methodical

miserable

monumental

mollycoddle

monolingual

mosaical

motorcycle

municipal

millennial

navigable

disrespectful

negotiable

negligible

neonatal

noncommercial

noncommittal

observable

nonessential

nonsensical

nontechnical

noticeable

nontaxable

nonvolatile

numerical

obstetrical

obsolescent

obtainable

occasional

occipital

officially

octagonal

occidental

octahedral

officeholder

officeholders

officialdom

original

operable

obsolescence

oriental

ornamental

orthogonal

ostensible

palatable

paranormal

parietal

participle

patentable

parochial

patriarchal

patrimonial

perishable

perennial

peripheral

perceptible

pentecostal

permeable

permissible

perpetual

phenomenal

persuadable

pictorial

personable

poetical

pleasurable

polemical

pitiable

political

polygonal

pontifical

professional

inaudible

preferential

prejudicial

presidential

practicable

presentable

preventable

processional

predictable

preferable

profitable

providential

proportional

provisional

proverbial

primordial

punishable

pumpernickel

questionable

pyramidal

quintessential

quadrennial

rabbinical

raptorial

receivable

receptacle

reciprocal

reasonable

reassemble

reducible

redeemable

redoubtable

regimental

relational

reliable

repairable

repayable

removable

renewable

replaceable

reportable

residential

reputable

residual

respectable

retractable

responsible

returnable

reverential

reversible

revocable

rhetorical

sacrificial

satirical

sacramental

sartorial

sabbatical

seasonable

serviceable

remedial

sentimental

sinusoidal

specializes

spiritual

speculations

speculator

speculative

speculators

speculation

statistical

sensational

strategical

remarkable

zoological

subliminal

superficial

suicidal

susceptible

supportable

sustainable

symmetrical

tabernacle

terrestrial

temperamental

terminable

tetrahedral

theatrical

tolerable

traditional

transcendental

unsalable

transitional

transportable

triennial

trilateral

tutorial

tyrannical

umbilical

unmerciful

unnatural

transferable

unreasonable

universal

unshakable

unspeakable

unsuccessful

unusual

untreatable

variable

venerable

veritable

venereal

vestigial

vulnerable

violable

5 syllable words

aberrational

aboriginal

abominable

absolutism

acknowledgeable

actuarial

aeronautical

allegorical

alphabetical

analytical

analyzable

agricultural

anatomical

antithetical

architectural

artiodactyl

attributable

bicentennial

asymmetrical

biomedical

biochemical

biographical

biological

astronomical

astrological

astronautical

attitudinal

ceremonial

categorical

chronological

classifiable

coincidental

communicable

comprehensible

computational

congregational

considerable

connotational

constitutional

constantinople

conversational

curatorial

deliverable

developable

determinable

developmental

dictatorial

dialectical

diabolical

disagreeable

directorial

discoverable

diacritical

dishonorable

disreputable

editorial

educational

egotistical

endothelial

economical

eradicable

equatorial

esophageal

evangelical

ecumenical

exercisable

experiential

experimental

ecological

environmental

geographical

geophysical

gravitational

heterocercal

horticultural

hypothetical

hypercritical

imaginable

immeasurable

immaterial

immemorial

hypocritical

impermissible

impressionable

impenetrable

imperceptible

imponderable

impracticable

geometrical

inaccessible

geological

incomparable

incompatible

incalculable

incompressible

inconceivable

indefensible

indefeasible

incorrigible

inconsequential

indefinable

indivisible

indescribable

indisputable

individual

indomitable

indestructible

inexorable

indispensable

ineffectual

inevitable

ineligible

inequitable

inescapable

inextricable

inexhaustible

inexcusable

inexplicable

innumerable

inheritable

inhospitable

inseparable

inspirational

insufferable

inimitable

institutional

insurmountable

intelligible

international

insupportable

interminable

interdigital

interchangeable

intellectual

intolerable

intracranial

intramarginal

invariable

invitational

irreparable

irrefutable

irrepressible

inalienable

irresponsible

irresistible

irreversible

irrevocable

justifiable

jurisprudential

lackadaisical

latitudinal

jurisdictional

longitudinal

inviolable

magisterial

invulnerable

managerial

matrilineal

matrimonial

mathematical

metallurgical

metaphorical

metaphysical

ministerial

morphological

multilateral

mythological

navigational

neoclassical

nomenclatural

distinguishable

nonelectrical

nonprofessional

nonrenewable

nonpolitical

myocardial

inadvisable

nondeductible

neurological

objectionable

occupational

operational

ontological

oratorical

observational

paradoxical

inapplicable

parenthetical

parimutuel

patrilineal

pathological

pedagogical

periodontal

periodical

peritoneal

philosophical

photochemical

pharmaceutical

phonological

polynomial

problematical

professorial

prosecutable

puritanical

psychological

realizable

recognizable

recoverable

reportorial

reprehensible

secretarial

seismological

inadmissible

speciality

specialization

semiannual

senatorial

supernatural

pseudopodial

territorial

testimonial

theoretical

technological

theological

unacceptable

typographical

unaccountable

unanswerable

unavoidable

unconditional

unconscionable

uncomfortable

uncontrollable

undeniable

understandable

unforeseeable

unforgettable

unfavorable

unmistakable

unequivocal

ungovernable

unquestionable

unimpeachable

unreliable

transcontinental

verifiable

unilateral

unsupportable

7 syllable words
8 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word special

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

Rhyming Dictionary


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