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

able

algal

aisle

addle

agile

amble

anal

ample

annal

angel

angle

ankle

annul

anvil

appel

apple

april

arcane

argent

arching

argon

argonne

arraign

arsons

artful

arson

arval

cable

astral

aural

awful

austral

axle

babble

bashful

baleful

bangle

babel

baffle

bagel

basal

bengal

beryl

bargains

betel

bevel

basil

bargain

battle

bedell

bauble

beadle

beagle

beetle

bethel

bestial

barrel

bible

bundle

blissful

boastful

bodle

bracken

boggle

bogle

boodle

borel

bottle

bowel

bracing

brackens

bramble

brandle

brazen

brakeman

break-in

bubble

brickle

brindle

breakneck

bridal

bridle

breeching

bristle

bristol

brittle

brothel

brogan

broken

breaking

brougham

broking

browsing

brushing

brutal

buccal

buckle

burble

burel

bugle

bumble

bustle

bushel

butyl

juggle

cancel

camel

candle

cantle

capsule

capel

caple

careful

carnal

carol

carrel

carrol

castle

carpal

ceryl

central

channel

cattle

caudal

caudle

causal

chapel

coppel

chuckle

chattel

cheerful

chisel

choral

churchman

circle

chortle

civil

colonel

coastal

cobble

coble

cockle

coddle

consul

cordial

cornel

corbel

copple

coral

couple

council

counsel

crandall

cranial

crackle

cradle

cracking

crashing

crescents

crescent

cripple

cromwell

crewel

cudgel

cuddle

crumble

crumple

crustal

crystal

crucial

cruel

crushing

cymbal

damsel

daniel

dangle

dabble

darkened

crossings

cycle

darnel

darken

crossing

dazzle

dawdle

dental

dekle

dermal

devil

coursing

dial

deerskin

dibble

dimple

dingle

creaking

puddle

cackle

dismal

distal

doleful

dorsal

docile

doodle

double

drabble

dowel

doubtful

dragnet

dragging

drachma

drachmas

dragnets

dragon

dreadful

dragons

dribble

dressings

dressing

drivel

drizzle

drugging

ducal

dual

ductile

duffel

dwindle

eagle

easel

eisel

duel

engle

entrail

equal

ethel

ethyl

evil

fangle

faithful

facial

fable

facile

fateful

fatal

faunal

fearful

fennel

feral

fertile

fickle

fiddle

fecal

feeble

fetal

feudal

final

firkins

flannel

fiscal

fitful

fipple

fissile

fizzle

floral

fluegel

fearsome

focal

foible

fondle

forceful

foreign

foregone

forcing

foreskin

foreseen

forging

forgings

formal

fragile

fragments

frazzle

freckle

fragment

fossil

foursome

freaking

freezing

frequent

frequents

funnel

fretful

frontal

freshens

freshen

freshman

fuddle

frightful

fruitful

frozen

frugal

fuel

frogmouth

fumble

frogmouths

fungal

frizzle

gainful

gamble

gable

gaggle

gavel

garble

futile

gambrel

gentle

georgian

georgians

girdle

glacial

giggle

gleeful

global

glottal

gobble

goggle

gorgon

google

goral

gorgons

graceful

granule

grackle

gospel

grapple

grateful

grindle

gravel

gribble

gristle

grizzle

grecian

grovel

grazing

gruesome

grumble

gurgle

guzzle

genial

hable

hackle

haggle

healthful

hatchel

handle

hansel

hateful

hamel

hazel

harkens

harmful

harken

harmel

harle

hassle

hazle

heckle

hegel

helpful

hearkens

herbal

herschel

hopeful

hobble

hopple

hovel

huckle

hostel

hostile

houseful

horseman

housel

howell

huddle

hurtful

hummel

hurdle

hurtle

hustle

humble

hymnal

hamal

idle

idol

ingle

irksome

journal

jerkins

jangle

jingle

jackal

jerking

jargon

jostle

joyful

jungle

jumble

jewel

kennel

kernel

kendal

kettle

kindle

kirkman

kinkle

jiggle

kibble

kiddle

kittel

kittle

knuckle

krishna

knittle

label

ladle

larval

laurel

lawful

legal

level

lethal

lentil

lintel

lingle

lisle

little

local

loral

lorgnette

lorgnettes

mantle

margined

mantel

mangle

mammal

maple

marble

marching

loyal

marchman

margin

lustful

margins

libel

marshal

martial

markman

markings

marksman

marking

marvel

meddle

medal

mendel

mental

merchants

merchant

merging

metal

merkin

mettle

methyl

mingle

mickle

middle

mindful

minstrel

missal

missel

missile

mistral

morgan

mobile

mitral

mochel

modal

mongol

mogul

moral

morgans

model

muckle

mournful

mosel

motile

muddle

muffle

muscle

mussel

mumble

mural

muzzle

myrtle

nasal

natal

needful

needle

nestle

nettle

neural

nibble

neutral

nimble

nickel

nickle

nipple

noble

nuzzle

mortal

normal

noodle

nursing

novel

nozzle

nuptial

oarsman

opal

oral

organ

organs

naval

panel

navel

painful

paddle

orval

oval

panful

papal

parchment

parcel

parson

parking

parsons

partial

pebble

pedal

peddle

peaceful

pencil

penal

percents

perchance

percent

people

peril

paschal

perkin

perkins

persians

persian

phenol

persons

petal

pickle

piddle

piercing

pimple

pistol

playful

pistil

pleural

plural

phrasing

person

portal

postel

poodle

popple

pottle

postal

pommel

prayerful

prattle

precinct

preaching

precincts

presence

present

pressman

pressing

presumes

presume

pretzel

presents

primal

prisons

prison

prisms

prism

regel

pregnant

quibble

purging

pummel

prussian

quintal

purple

puzzle

pupil

quarrel

racial

ramble

rankle

rabble

rascal

raffle

rammel

rattle

ravel

rebel

rectal

regal

ripple

renal

rental

restful

reigle

rigel

revel

riddle

riffle

rial

rifle

riggle

rightful

ogle

rival

roble

rubble

rouble

rundle

ruffle

rustle

ruttle

rumble

rumple

rural

sable

ruble

sergeants

ruddle

rueful

sample

sandal

scovel

scalpel

scuffle

seckel

shrapnel

scandal

saddle

scrabble

scornful

scoundrel

scorching

scuttle

scramble

searching

scribble

scruple

several

royal

signal

sergeant

servile

settle

shamble

shameful

shekel

shovel

shuffle

shuttle

snuggle

shindle

shingle

shrivel

sibyl

sickle

sequel

shackle

sidle

simple

sinful

sharking

smuggle

single

sipple

sizzle

speckle

spinal

skillful

spectral

skittle

smittle

squirrel

sniffle

social

sorel

sorrel

spacial

spatial

special

spaniel

spangle

sparkle

sorghum

spindle

zircons

spiral

sprinkle

spiteful

spittle

spousal

squabble

squiggle

stable

staple

morsel

startle

stemple

stressful

sterile

struggle

stubble

stickle

straddle

straggle

steeple

stifle

stumble

strangle

subtle

suckle

supple

suttle

swindle

swingle

swivel

symbol

tactful

tasteful

tangle

table

tackle

tassel

tattle

tearful

teagle

temple

tensile

tercel

terrel

thankful

thermal

thimble

tindal

tinsel

tingle

tinkle

tickle

tipple

tittle

thoughtful

thrashing

throttle

tidal

title

toddle

toggle

tonsil

torsion

topple

total

trample

towel

tracing

tramble

trammel

tootle

tranquil

tremble

tressel

trestle

travel

tribble

trial

treasons

treason

treble

tribal

trickle

tricking

thistle

trundle

trinkle

triple

trifle

trojans

trojan

trouble

truffle

trucking

truthful

tubal

tumble

tuneful

tunnel

turtle

umbel

twiddle

twinkle

twaddle

tweedle

uncle

urchins

urchin

ural

urson

useful

vandal

vassal

venal

vernal

versions

version

vengeful

verbal

ventral

vestal

virgin

vessel

vinyl

vigil

virile

vial

tussle

wamble

warble

vowel

vocal

worsens

wasteful

whistle

whittle

wiggle

vital

weasel

weevil

wishful

willful

windle

watchful

winkle

wistful

wattle

wobble

worrel

workman

workings

working

worsen

waddle

wrestle

waffle

wrangle

wrecking

wriggle

wrinkle

wrongful

youthful

zestful

zircon

3 syllable words

accrual

abysmal

actual

acquittal

affable

aerial

adrenal

abnormal

ambrosial

apical

admiral

animal

annual

ancestral

arable

arcanum

arachnid

apparel

appraisal

approval

arachnids

archival

archetypal

archangel

archangels

argentine

argentines

argonaut

arousal

argonauts

ariel

arguments

argument

arkansans

arkansan

arraignment

arraignments

arrival

arsenal

apostle

arsenals

arsonist

arrogance

arrogant

arsenic

arsonists

article

arsenide

assemble

audible

auroral

autumnal

axial

bankable

balmoral

bacchanal

baptismal

bargainer

backpedal

bargainers

bearable

beautiful

befuddle

bedevil

belittle

bedraggle

barnacle

betrayal

biblical

biddable

bicycle

bifocal

breakable

burgundy

callable

biracial

brazenly

boondoggle

bountiful

brigantine

bronchial

burgundies

bilingual

burnable

burial

bimodal

astraddle

caboodle

cantonal

capable

capital

capitol

caramel

dishevel

cannibal

cardinal

caressing

carnival

carousing

cerebral

cathedral

cereal

celestial

chemical

chasuble

circumcise

chronicle

circumference

circumscribe

circumspect

circumstance

clavicle

classical

clerical

circumvents

commingle

coequal

coercion

colloidal

colorful

colossal

circumvent

comical

committal

congenial

conical

conjugal

constable

communal

cortical

corporal

coracle

coronal

corrosion

commercial

countable

deceitful

credible

criminal

critical

crescendo

cross-country

court-martial

crucible

curable

cuticle

cubicle

culpable

cultural

darkening

decimal

cynical

cyclical

debacle

denial

delightful

credential

derision

disciple

disable

disdainful

disgraceful

disloyal

diurnal

dissemble

disposal

distasteful

distrustful

domical

doable

doctrinal

doggerel

doctoral

drinkable

dressmaking

dressmakers

dressmaker

durable

dutiful

eatable

edible

embattle

empanel

embezzle

enable

enamel

enfeeble

ennoble

encircle

entitle

ensemble

entangle

epistle

epochal

equable

fallible

eternal

errorful

especial

essential

ethical

ethnical

eventful

example

eurasian

farcical

erosion

forcible

external

fluxional

factual

fanciful

follicle

familial

festival

feasible

fictional

filial

federal

femoral

finagle

flexible

flammable

fixable

financial

flavorful

fluvial

forgetful

foreigners

foreigner

fraternal

fragmented

frequency

frequently

frequencies

functional

fusible

funeral

garrison

general

genital

dismissal

gullible

gradual

granduncle

graphical

guttural

harassment

helical

horizons

horizon

horrible

hormonal

horsemanship

hospital

hurricanes

humoral

hurricane

ignoble

icicle

illegal

imbecile

impanel

immoral

immobile

imperil

immortal

impartial

saracens

laudable

laughable

infernal

infertile

informal

insightful

initial

integral

interval

irishman

judgmental

jovial

internal

judicial

juvenile

kerosene

larceny

lateral

leasable

lexical

liable

low-level

lionel

likable

likeable

lineal

literal

logical

livable

littoral

lovable

lyrical

liberal

mackerel

madrigal

mandible

marital

manhandle

manual

marconi

marksmanship

maternal

meaningful

masterful

medical

merchandise

mayoral

medial

mercantile

menstrual

menial

merciful

miracle

miscible

metrical

mishandle

mineral

minimal

ministral

moroccans

moroccan

mistrustful

mistrial

monocle

mythical

movable

mutable

musical

organum

mutual

organist

multiple

mystical

organize

nautical

neglectful

newcastle

newfangle

nominal

nocturnal

numeral

optional

norwegians

notable

norwegian

orbital

oracle

non-verbal

nourishment

nourishing

obstacle

dispersal

organelles

optical

optimal

official

organic

orchestral

organics

nonlethal

organized

natural

origin

origins

palpable

palatial

parable

parental

panhandle

paragon

parisian

parsonage

payable

paternal

particle

peaceable

pedestal

pectoral

percentage

passable

pastoral

persona

personals

perusal

portable

physical

seasonal

pickerel

pitiful

pivotal

pineal

phrygian

plausible

plentiful

pineapple

pinnacle

pliable

pluvial

practical

possible

potable

powerful

portrayal

postnatal

potential

pragmatic

pragmatists

preamble

preconceive

presently

presenter

pregnancy

pregnancies

prefrontal

presences

prescient

prescience

prenatal

presenters

pragmatist

presumptive

presumptions

presumption

probable

principal

principle

primeval

prisoners

prisoner

presentment

proconsul

progeny

prodigal

proximal

salable

scalable

projectile

proposal

provincial

sentinel

proximate

psychical

punctual

prudential

prognoses

purposeful

pursuant

quadruple

pyroxene

quizzical

radical

quotable

ramshackle

radial

reachable

readable

quintuple

rebuttal

recital

redouble

rectangle

refusal

sensual

regretful

rekindle

remodel

removal

remorseful

renewal

rentable

reprisal

resemble

resentful

skeletal

resettle

retrial

respectful

resourceful

retrieval

ridable

revival

reversal

sensible

ritual

sociable

sarasin

sculptural

scriptural

sectoral

sarcoma

skeptical

rehearsal

spectacle

provable

serial

sizable

sequential

sexual

sigmoidal

solvable

soluble

sorrowful

structural

substantial

survival

suitable

successful

syllable

textual

teachable

taxable

tactical

tangential

teaspoonful

technical

terrible

tentacle

tenable

temporal

testicle

tiresome

traceable

touchable

tractable

topical

tracheal

townspeople

trainable

treatable

triangle

transmittal

tribunal

tricycle

triumphal

trivial

tropical

truism

tunable

turntable

typical

unable

unbundle

uncivil

uncouple

unequal

unfaithful

unlawful

ungrateful

unravel

unsettle

unshackle

unstable

untangle

usual

untruthful

usable

utensil

valuable

varietal

upheaval

vehicle

ventricle

vertebral

virtual

vertical

vesicle

viable

visible

visceral

visual

volatile

vitriol

washable

warehousing

wearable

whimsical

wearisome

withdrawal

wonderful

voluble

workmanship

workmanlike

worrisome

dismantle

4 syllable words

abdominal

agreeable

accessible

accidental

achievable

accountable

acceptable

additional

adjustable

adaptable

admirable

actionable

affordable

adorable

adoptable

advisable

adverbial

amicable

amiable

admissible

allowable

amenable

alluvial

acoustical

amendable

anarchical

alkaloidal

anecdotal

antipodal

answerable

antisocial

approachable

appealable

appreciable

applicable

approvable

arboreal

argentinas

archenemy

argentina

arguable

arizonan

arizonans

arrogantly

arterial

artificial

asexual

apocryphal

atypical

attainable

biennial

available

avoidable

bacterial

believable

beneficial

behavioral

biannual

biaxial

augmentable

bisexual

botanical

broken-winded

bilateral

burgomaster

burgomasters

binomial

carcinoma

carcinogens

canonical

centennial

carcinogen

charitable

chimerical

chrysanthemum

chrysanthemums

circumcision

circumspection

circumstances

collectible

comfortable

commendable

colonial

collapsible

coaxial

collateral

collegial

colloquial

circumstantial

corrigible

charismatics

circumvention

combinable

consonantal

confessional

congenital

compatible

conditional

compensable

conceivable

confirmable

conceptual

congressional

comparable

centrifugal

consensual

consolable

consumable

contestable

contemptible

continental

continual

confidential

conventional

convivial

convertible

consequential

corruptible

controllable

charismatic

creditable

custodial

cylindrical

decennial

debatable

diagonal

defensible

delusional

delectable

demonstrable

definable

deferential

departmental

dependable

detachable

deductible

detrimental

desirable

describable

deplorable

devotional

despicable

dimensional

digestible

differential

disapproval

disassemble

discernible

disentangle

discountable

controversial

divisional

disposable

disputable

disrespectful

divisible

draconian

eligible

duodenal

dysfunctional

elemental

electrical

elliptical

emotional

emmanuel

empirical

employable

enjoyable

enforceable

encyclical

enviable

epidermal

ephemeral

episcopal

epithelial

equitable

equivocal

existential

estimable

ethereal

exceptional

exchangeable

eventual

fashionable

excitable

excusable

execrable

explicable

exportable

extendible

explainable

exponential

fathomable

extricable

fanatical

expandable

favorable

fissionable

forgettable

erasable

foreseeable

forfeitable

forgivable

formidable

fragmentary

fragmentation

fundamental

galenical

gargantuan

genocidal

gorgonian

governmental

grammatical

habitable

habitual

heretical

honorable

heritable

hexagonal

hierarchical

heroism

historical

horizontal

homicidal

honeysuckle

hospitable

hydrothermal

illegible

dispensable

hysterical

identical

illogical

imitable

immiscible

immovable

implacable

impassable

impersonal

impeccable

impeachable

immutable

imperial

impossible

impractical

impregnable

improbable

implausible

incapable

incremental

inaugural

inaudible

incidental

inedible

ineffable

incurable

incredible

industrial

indelible

infallible

inflammable

inflatable

infeasible

inflexible

inferential

influential

insatiable

insensible

inscrutable

inimical

insoluble

intangible

injectable

instructional

instrumental

insubstantial

intentional

intestinal

invaluable

intractable

intramural

interstitial

irrational

intermingle

invincible

invisible

irascible

ironical

issuable

irritable

knowledgeable

lamentable

laryngeal

liturgical

logistical

manageable

malleable

maniacal

maraschino

marijuana

isothermal

marketable

marsupial

measurable

medicinal

matriarchal

material

mechanical

memorable

memorial

mercenary

mercenaries

merchandiser

merchandising

mercurial

mesodermal

metacarpal

merchandisers

methodical

millennial

miserable

monumental

mollycoddle

monolingual

motorcycle

mosaical

municipal

navigable

negligible

negotiable

neonatal

noncommittal

noncommercial

nutritional

nonvolatile

nonsensical

nonessential

nontaxable

nontechnical

observable

noticeable

numerical

occasional

operable

obtainable

octagonal

occipital

occidental

octahedral

organism

obstetrical

organically

organisms

organismic

originate

organizes

organizer

organizers

oriental

originates

orthogonal

ornamental

palatable

ostensible

paranormal

paraguayan

parishioner

parochial

parsimony

patentable

parisians

parsonages

permeable

perennial

parishioners

participle

peripheral

perishable

parisienne

patriarchal

patrimonial

perceptible

pentecostal

percentages

permissible

perpetual

personable

personalize

personalized

personify

persuadable

personifies

phenomenal

polygonal

poetical

pitiable

pleasurable

polemical

political

pontifical

practicable

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Words that rhyme with the word virginal

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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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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