Words That Rhyme With Mother
165 rhymes for "mother" (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
- "mother" has only a few perfect rhymes (brother, other, rather and smother), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as smothered, buffer and cover.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like southern, number and rubber carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for mother (5)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
Multisyllable rhymes for mother (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- southern
- number
- rubber
- structure
- summer
- under
- upper
- wonder
- bugger
- butter
- cluster
- comfort
- gutter
- mutter
- utter
- younger
- blubber
- blunder
- blunter
- bluster
- bummer
- bumper
- bunker
- butler
- clutter
- cutter
- drummer
- dumber
- fluster
- flutter
- glummer
- gunner
- hunger
- hunter
- jumper
- juster
- lumber
- luster
- muffler
- mugger
- muster
- plumber
- plunder
- plunger
- pucker
- punter
- putter
- rudder
- runner
- rupture
- rustler
- shudder
- shutter
- slumber
- smuggler
- sputter
- stutter
- succor
- sucker
- sulfur
- supper
- thunder
- ulcer
- buster
- guzzler
- hunker
- trucker
- color
- culture
- puncture
- wondered
- cupboard
- custard
- dumpster
- govern
- governed
- muttered
- numbered
- structured
- upward
- bungler
- buttered
- cluttered
- duller
- fluttered
- guttered
- juncture
- sculptor
- suckered
- tumbler
- uttered
- vulgar
- vulture
- youngster
- colored
3 syllables
- grandmother
- godmother
- stepmother
- hardcover
- conductor
- newcomer
- blockbuster
- discomfort
- encumber
- forerunner
- instructor
- lackluster
- midsummer
- outnumber
- restructure
- unstructured
- gunrunner
- headhunter
- roadrunner
- discolor
4+ syllables
- infrastructure
- semiconductor
- superstructure
- filibuster
- acupuncture
Near rhymes for mother (40)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
4+ syllables
- rediscover
- rediscovered
- undercover
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Questions about rhymes for mother
What rhymes with mother?
Common perfect rhymes for mother include brother, other, rather, smother and another. This page lists 165 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for mother?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of mother but change a consonant. Good ones include smothered, buffer, cover, covered, covers and suffer.
How many syllables are in mother?
Mother 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.