Words That Rhyme With Serial

84 rhymes for "serial" (3 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

  • "serial" has only a few perfect rhymes (material, imperial, arterial and bacterial), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
  • For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as vitriol.
  • For rap, multisyllable matches like cereals, illegal and period carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.

Perfect rhymes for serial (7)

The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.

4+ syllables

  • material
  • imperial
  • arterial
  • bacterial
  • ethereal
  • immaterial
  • managerial

Multisyllable rhymes for serial (76)

The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.

3 syllables

  • cereals
  • illegal
  • period
  • serious
  • trivial
  • cheeriest
  • myriad
  • silliest
  • trivia
  • chilliest
  • weariness
  • wearisome
  • increasing
  • hideous
  • idiom
  • idiot
  • infrequent
  • busiest
  • dizzying
  • fiftieth
  • flimsiest
  • inbreeding
  • intriguing
  • lineage
  • lithium
  • pitying
  • prettiest
  • riskiest
  • silliness
  • sixtieth
  • skimpiest
  • skinniest
  • stickiest
  • stinginess
  • trickiest
  • ritziest
  • ingenious
  • dizziness
  • impeaches
  • impeaching
  • impedance
  • impeded
  • impeding
  • indecent
  • minibus
  • pitiless
  • impeachment

4+ syllables

  • bacteria
  • criteria
  • cafeteria
  • experience
  • experienced
  • mysterious
  • bacterium
  • criterion
  • inexperienced
  • deleterious
  • delirious
  • delirium
  • inexperience
  • convivial
  • equilibrium
  • initiates
  • affiliates
  • insignia
  • resilience
  • insidious
  • recipient
  • amphibian
  • amphibious
  • condominium
  • fastidious
  • lascivious
  • meridian
  • oblivion
  • oblivious

Near rhymes for serial (1)

Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.

3 syllables

  • vitriol

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Questions about rhymes for serial

What rhymes with serial?

Common perfect rhymes for serial include material, imperial, arterial, bacterial, ethereal, immaterial and managerial. This page lists 84 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for serial?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of serial but change a consonant. Good ones include vitriol.

How many syllables are in serial?

Serial has 3 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.