Words That Rhyme With Purple
135 rhymes for "purple" (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
- "purple" has no common perfect rhyme, which is why songs often pair it with a near rhyme or a two word phrase instead.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as verbal, burble and gerbil.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like servile, squirrel and thermal carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Multisyllable rhymes for purple (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- servile
- squirrel
- thermal
- purpose
- circles
- journal
- kernel
- burbled
- burbles
- circled
- colonel
- gerbils
- hurdles
- hurtful
- turtles
- circa
- urban
- bourbon
- burping
- chirping
- serpent
- sherbet
- squirreled
- turban
- certain
- circuit
- current
- nervous
- purchase
- searches
- searching
- service
- serving
- surface
- worded
- wording
- working
- burden
- bursting
- churches
- courage
- curtain
- hurting
- lurking
- merges
- merging
- purchased
- sermon
- servant
- stirring
- surplus
- terming
- urgent
- urges
- urging
- verdict
- virgin
- furthest
- person
- version
3 syllables
- liberal
- commercial
- external
- internal
- eternal
- dispersal
- encircled
- fraternal
- inertial
- maternal
- nocturnal
- paternal
- rehearsal
- reversal
- disturbance
- excerpted
- refurbished
- suburban
- usurping
- confirming
- determine
- determined
- discourage
- discouraged
- disturbing
- encourage
- encouraged
- inserted
- inserting
- interpret
- observing
- occurring
- preferring
- referring
- reserving
- transferring
- uncertain
- allergic
- asserted
- asserting
- converted
- converting
- deserted
- deserving
- diverted
- diverting
- emerges
- emerging
- imperfect
- incurring
- inertia
- inverted
- networking
- occurrence
- preserving
4+ syllables
- postdoctoral
- universal
- controversial
- uncontroversial
- infomercial
Near rhymes for purple (15)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- verbal
- burble
- gerbil
- herbal
- circle
- fertile
- girdle
- gurgle
- hurdle
- hurtle
- turtle
3 syllables
- nonverbal
- encircle
- infertile
4+ syllables
- heterocercal
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Questions about rhymes for purple
What rhymes with purple?
There is no common perfect rhyme for purple. Close options include verbal, burble, gerbil, herbal, circle and fertile.
What is a near rhyme for purple?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of purple but change a consonant. Good ones include verbal, burble, gerbil, herbal, circle and fertile.
How many syllables are in purple?
Purple 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.