Words That Rhyme With Alter
103 rhymes for "alter" (2 syllables): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.
How to use this rhyme
- "alter" has only a few perfect rhymes (falter, halter, salter and defaulter), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as altered, altars and balder.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like smaller, caller and taller carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for alter (4)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- falter
- halter
- salter
3 syllables
- defaulter
Multisyllable rhymes for alter (69)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- smaller
- caller
- taller
- trawler
- longer
- order
- border
- blogger
- boarder
- broader
- launder
- pauper
- talker
- walker
- stalker
- author
- corner
- former
- offer
- ordered
- horror
- lawyer
- stronger
- torture
- bordered
- coarser
- coffer
- cornered
- courser
- crosser
- forger
- launcher
- laundered
- mourner
- orchard
- saucer
- scorer
- stalwart
- tortured
- warmer
- forward
- offered
- crossword
- northern
- authored
- foreword
- northward
- onward
3 syllables
- breakwater
- freshwater
- granddaughter
- headquarter
- manslaughter
- rainwater
- hindquarter
- stepdaughter
- disorder
- recorder
- camcorder
- disordered
- explorer
- informer
- performer
- reformer
- transformer
- straightforward
4+ syllables
- underwater
- cataloger
- counteroffer
Near rhymes for alter (30)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- altered
- altars
- balder
- quarter
- shorter
- water
- daughter
- porter
- porters
- quarters
- waters
- daughters
- mortar
- mortars
- saunter
- slaughter
- slaughtered
- slaughters
- watered
3 syllables
- unaltered
- reporter
- supporter
- supporters
- exporter
- exporters
- impostor
- impostors
- reporters
- importer
- importers
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Questions about rhymes for alter
What rhymes with alter?
Common perfect rhymes for alter include falter, halter, salter and defaulter. This page lists 103 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for alter?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of alter but change a consonant. Good ones include altered, altars, balder, quarter, shorter and water.
How many syllables are in alter?
Alter has 2 syllables in standard US pronunciation.
Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.