Words That Rhyme With Handle
140 rhymes for "handle" (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
- "handle" has only a few perfect rhymes (scandal, candle, sandal and vandal), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as paddle, saddle and straddle.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like angle, apple and channel carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for handle (5)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- scandal
- candle
- sandal
- vandal
3 syllables
- mishandle
Multisyllable rhymes for handle (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- angle
- apple
- channel
- handled
- sample
- ample
- cancel
- chapel
- mangle
- panel
- tackle
- amble
- ankle
- annul
- babble
- cackle
- crackle
- dabble
- dangle
- flannel
- gamble
- grapple
- haggle
- jackal
- jangle
- panda
- rabble
- ramble
- rankle
- rascal
- scrabble
- scramble
- shackle
- shamble
- shrapnel
- spangle
- standstill
- straggle
- strangle
- tangle
- trample
- wrangle
- bangle
- gaggle
- handed
- landed
- travel
- baffle
- branded
- castle
- fragile
- hassle
- rattled
- rattles
- agile
- axle
- basil
- capsule
- damsel
- dazzle
- facile
- lambda
- mantles
- paddled
- paddles
- saddled
- saddles
- straddled
- straddles
- tassel
- acted
- added
- adding
- captain
- granted
- handing
- landing
- practice
- random
- standing
- status
- barrel
- canceled
- mangled
- padded
- sadden
- sampled
- tackled
- thankful
- granting
3 syllables
- manhandle
- panhandle
- example
- triangle
- entangle
- manhandled
- pineapple
- preamble
- ramshackle
- untangle
- veranda
- bedraggle
- expanded
- financial
- substantial
- abandon
- demanded
- dismantled
- dismantles
- expanding
- abandoned
- banana
- advantage
4+ syllables
- propaganda
- disentangle
- immeasurable
- tabernacle
- misunderstanding
- understanding
- disadvantage
Near rhymes for handle (15)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- paddle
- saddle
- straddle
- mantel
- mantle
- battle
- cattle
- rattle
- fractal
- prattle
- tattle
3 syllables
- astraddle
- dismantle
- embattle
4+ syllables
- artiodactyl
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Questions about rhymes for handle
What rhymes with handle?
Common perfect rhymes for handle include scandal, candle, sandal, vandal and mishandle. This page lists 140 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for handle?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of handle but change a consonant. Good ones include paddle, saddle, straddle, mantel, mantle and battle.
How many syllables are in handle?
Handle 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.