Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)
Pronunciation
[edit]Rhymes
[edit]Notes
[edit]- In non-rhotic accents, words ending in /-ɪə/ are also rhymes for words on this page.
- In speakers with the near-square merger, words ending in /-ɛə(ɹ)/ also rhyme.
- See also /-iːə(ɹ)/
One syllable
[edit]- beer
- bheer
- bier
- blear
- brere
- cheer
- chir
- clear
- dear
- deer
- drear
- ear
- fear
- fleer (verb)
- gear
- Gere (surname; see especially Richard Gere)
- Greer, Grier (surnames; see especially Germaine Greer and Pam Grier)
- hear
- heer
- here
- jeer
- kheer
- kier
- lear
- leer
- mear
- mere
- Mir
- mirror (one US regional pronunciation only)
- Muir
- near
- peer
- pier
- Pierre (South Dakota capital)
- pir
- queer
- rear
- schmear, shmear
- sear
- seer
- sere
- shear
- sheer
- smear
- sneer
- spear, Spear
- Speier (surname; Jackie Speier only)
- sphere
- steer
- stere
- tear (one noun sense)
- tier
- Trier
- veer
- we're (some pronunciations)
- weir
- year (some pronunciations)
- yere
Two syllables
[edit]- abier
- adhere
- afear
- affeer
- ameer
- anear
- appear
- arear
- arrear
- asmear
- asteer
- austere
- bedear
- bichir
- brevier
- c'mere
- cabeer
- career
- cashier
- cashmere
- chimere
- clavier
- cohere
- compear
- compeer
- croupier (one pronunciation)
- denier
- emir
- encheer
- endear
- ensear
- ensphere
- fakir
- frontier
- gambeer
- idea
- ingear
- inhere
- jaghir
- jaghire
- Jair
- Kashmir
- kavir
- Kinnear (surname; see especially Greg Kinnear and Roy Kinnear)
- laveer
- macheer
- midear
- mind's ear
- mishear
- mounseer
- mudir
- nadir
- pickeer
- piquier
- plancier
- preclear
- premier (some pronunciations)
- premiere (US pronunciation)
- recheer
- reclear
- revere
- Revere
- Sabir
- santir
- serir
- severe
- sincere
- to-year
- toyear
- unclear
- veneer
- vizier
- wazir
- Wazir
- zaire
Three syllables
[edit]- auctioneer
- balladeer
- balloteer
- bandoleer, bandolier
- banqueteer
- bayadère
- belvedere
- besmear
- bombardier
- bouquetier
- brigadier
- buccaneer
- budgeteer
- caboceer
- caissonier
- cameleer
- cannoneer
- caponier
- carbineer
- cavalier
- chandelier
- charioteer
- chevalier
- chiffonier
- circuiteer
- coinhere
- commandeer
- cordelier
- cottoneer
- coupleteer
- crotcheteer
- cryptosphere
- cuirassier
- decohere
- disappear
- discohere
- domineer
- eglatere
- embodier
- engineer
- eyeleteer
- factioneer
- faggoteer
- fetisheer
- fetisher
- fictioneer
- financier
- Foudrinier
- fusilier
- garreteer
- gaselier
- gazetteer
- gondolier
- grenadier
- hackbuteer
- halberdier
- harpooneer
- Indianeer
- infanteer
- insincere
- interfere
- jargoneer
- journalier
- junketeer
- leafleteer
- marketeer
- merchanter
- moskeneer
- mountaineer
- muffineer
- muleteer
- musketeer
- mutineer
- overhear
- overpeer
- palefrenier
- pamphleteer
- patrioteer
- pedalier
- pennoncier
- pensioneer
- persevere
- perukier
- petardeer
- petardier
- pigeoneer
- pioneer
- pistoleer
- plumassier
- pontoneer
- privateer
- profiteer
- pulpiteer
- puppeteer
- racketeer
- reappear
- rondelier
- routineer
- Saldanier
- sanctioneer
- scrutineer
- sepetir
- seraskier
- sessioneer
- sonneteer
- souvenir
- specksioneer
- tabasheer
- targeteer
- timoneer
- volunteer