Collins Rhyming Dictionary

Advantage rarely comes of it.

ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH

17.52 bits, blitz, Blitz, fits, Fitz, Fritz, glitz, grits, its, it’s, mitts, nits, pits, quits, Ritz, Spitz, splits, tits, wits, zits, * St Kitts, submits, admits, Berlitz, Biarritz, befits, emits, * St Moritz, megabits, benefits, Jesuits, slivovitz, hypocrites, Horowitz, opposites, Austerlitz, etc.

17.53 Frith, kith, myth, pith, smith, Smith, with, fifth, * therewith, wherewith, Penrith, herewith, forthwith, outwith, * Asquith, blacksmith, Kenneth, zenith, wordsmith, Edith, Griffith, tinsmith, Gwyneth, Highsmith, Sopwith, locksmith, songsmith, Grossmith, goldsmith, Goldsmith, gunsmith, Judith, tunesmith, * Hammersmith, Arrowsmith, eightieth, Ladysmith, Meredith, megalith, twentieth, thirtieth, Hindemith, silversmith, fiftieth, sixtieth, ninetieth, monolith, coppersmith, fortieth, * Aberystwyth, Merioneth, * seventieth

17.54 div, give, live, sieve, spiv, Viv, * forgive, relive, outlive, * palliative, decorative, meditative, vegetative, legislative, speculative, innovative, figurative, iterative, illustrative, imitative, operative, quantitative, qualitative, nominative, ulcerative, cumulative, * collaborative, imaginative, evaluative, commemorative, degenerative, investigative, deliberative, alliterative, administrative, manipulative, corroborative, inoperative, cooperative, postoperative, authoritative, denominative, vituperative, remunerative, adjudicative, communicative, * unimaginative, uncooperative, unremunerative, uncommunicative

Far and few, far and few,

Are the lands where the Jumblies live;

Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,

And they went to sea in a sieve.

EDWARD LEAR

17.55 ablative, narrative, laxative, additive, transitive, adjective, calmative, negative, sedative, tentative, relative, genitive, sensitive, ergative, purgative, secretive, fricative, privative, fixative, primitive, combative, locative, vocative, cognitive, positive, talkative, formative, normative, causative, curative, putative, lucrative, nutritive, punitive, fugitive, * comparative, declarative, preparative, reparative, intransitive, rebarbative, preventative, correlative, contemplative, imperative, competitive, repetitive, insensitive, consecutive, executive, conservative, Conservative, preservative, superlative, affirmative, alternative, interpretive, appreciative, predicative, indicative, explicative, derivative, initiative, prohibitive, definitive, infinitive, acquisitive, inquisitive, attributive, distributive, diminutive, provocative, evocative, derogative, prerogative, restorative, pejorative, demonstrative, remonstrative, appositive, postpositive, informative, connotative, denotative, consultative, commutative, disputative, accusative, intuitive, * argumentative, representative, noncompetitive, uncompetitive, hypersensitive, photosensitive, nonexecutive, interrogative, undemonstrative, * unrepresentative, ultraconservative

17.56 biz, fizz, frizz, his, is, Ms, Liz, phiz, ’tis, quiz, swizz, tizz, viz, whizz, wiz, zizz, * Cadiz, buck’s fizz, gee-whiz

18.1 Libby, Digby, Rigby, VitBe, Whitby, Philby, trilby, will be, NIMBY, Frisbee®, Thisbe, Rigsby, Grimsby, chippy, clippie, dippy, drippy, gippy, grippy, hippy, lippy, nippy, slippy, trippy, zippy, chickpea, impi, skimpy, Wimpey, Wimpy, crispy, wispy, * astilbe, Xanthippe, * Mr Whippy, Mississippi

18.2 bickie, brickie, cliquey, dicky, Dickie, hickey, icky, Mickey, Nicky, picky, quickie, Ricky, sickie, sticky, thickie, tricky, Vicky, milky, silky, Wilkie, dinky, inky, kinky, minke, pinkie, slinky, stinky, frisky, risky, whiskey, whisky, biggie, ciggy, piggy, twiggy, Twiggy, dinghy, * Helsinki, Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Miss Piggy, * doohickey, * take the mickey, Billericay

18.3 biddy, Biddy, diddy, did he, giddy, kiddy, midi, bhindi, Cindy, Hindi, indie, Indy, Lindy, Mindy, shindy, Sindy, windy, bitty, chitty, city, ditty, gritty, Intercity, kitty, Kitty, pity, pretty, shitty, titty, Whitty, witty, fifty, nifty, shifty, thrifty, guilty, silty, flinty, linty, minty, shinty, Christie, misty, twisty, sixty, * McVitie, committee, self-pity, McGinty, * chickabiddy, Rawalpindi, intercity, itty-bitty, pretty-pretty, nitty-gritty, Walter Mitty, Salt Lake City, subcommittee, fifty-fifty, pepperminty, Corpus Christi

In Dublin’s fair city,

Where the girls are so pretty.

ANONYMOUS

18.4 cliffy, iffy, jiffy, Liffey, miffy, sniffy, squiffy, stiffy, whiffy, chivy, divvy, Livy, privy, skivvy, Sylvie, pithy, filthy, prithee, smithy, withy, * tantivy

18.5 Billy, Chile, chilli, chilly, filly, frilly, gillie, hilly, Jilly, Lillee, lily, Lily, Lyly, Millie, Philly, Scilly, silly, stilly, Tilley, Tilly, will he, Willey, willy, Willy, Dibley, glibly, scribbly, nimbly, Ripley, Shipley, triply, dimply, limply, pimply, simply, crisply, prickly, quickly, sickly, thickly, tickly, crinkly, Hinckley, twinkly, wrinkly, briskly, giggly, niggly, squiggly, wiggly, wriggly, Wrigley, singly, tingly, Zwingli, fiddly, Ridley, Siddeley, tiddly, twiddly, Hindley, spindly, fitly, Whitley, strictly, swiftly, dimly, grimly, primly, Finlay, Linley, thinly, Bingley, kingly, gristly, princely, Bisley, drizzly, grisly, grizzly, Wisley, Tinsley, Kingsley, Critchley, richly, Finchley, Kiri, Pirie, bilberry, indri, wintry, * Chantilly, Caerphilly, Goonhilly, distinctly, McKinley, * hillbilly, * Piccadilly, piccalilli, willy-nilly, willy-willy, indistinctly, rockabilly, Hawker Siddeley, hara-kiri, etc.

But Shakespeare also says, ’tis very silly

‘To gild refinèd gold, or paint the lily.’

LORD BYRON

18.6 gimme, Jimmy, shimmy, Timmy, pygmy, Pygmy, filmy, blini, cine, Finney, finny, Ginny, guinea, Guinea, jinni, hinny, Linnhe, mini, Minnie, ninny, pinny, Pliny, skinny, spinney, tinny, Trinny, Vinny, whinny, Winnie, Sidney, Sydney, kidney, Britney, Pitney, Whitney, chimney, Disney, isnae, clingy, dinghy, springy, stringy, swingy, thingy, zingy, * borborygmi, pickaninny, supermini, * give me, kill me, etc.

18.7 Chrissie, Cissie, missy, prissy, sissy, Gypsy, tipsy, Dixie, nixie, pixie, tricksy, Trixie, ditzy, glitzy, Mitzi, ritzy, chintzy, wincey, busy, dizzy, fizzy, frizzy, is he, Izzy, Lizzie, tizzy, whizzy, flimsy, mimsy, whimsy, Kinsey, Lindsay, quinsy, dishy, fishy, squishy, swishy, Vichy, bitchy, itchy, pitchy, Richie, titchy, twitchy, Binchy, ridgy, squidgy, dingy, mingy, stingy, * Uffizi, De Quincey, tin lizzie, da Vinci, * kissy-kissy, itsy-bitsy, busy Lizzie, Mitsubishi, Murrumbidgee

18.8 bibber, Cibber, cribber, fibber, gibber, ribber, Wilbur, limber, Simba, timber, timbre, chipper, clipper, dipper, flipper, gripper, kipper, nipper, Pippa, ripper, shipper, skipper, slipper, snipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper, crimper, shrimper, simper, whimper, crisper, whisper, * marimba, Agrippa, * winebibber, mudskipper, * women’s libber, * rib her, tip her, etc.

18.9 bicker, clicker, dicker, flicker, kicker, licker, liquor, nicker, picker, pricker, quicker, sicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, thicker, ticker, tikka, vicar, Whicker, Wicca, wicker, Sitka, milker, Rilke, Simca, blinker, clinker, drinker, Glinka, Inca, linker, minke, sinker, stinker, thinker, tinker, winker, frisker, risker, whisker, bigger, chigger, digger, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, nigger, rigger, rigor, rigour, snigger, swigger, trigger, vigour, finger, linger, * Treblinka, freethinker, stotinka, nondrinker, Soyinka, configure, transfigure, square-rigger, prefigure, disfigure, malinger, fishfinger, syringa, * pigsticker, billsticker, bootlicker, headshrinker, grave-digger, outrigger, forefinger, * reconfigure, alcheringa, ladyfinger, * kick her, sink her, etc.

Candy

Is dandy

But liquor

Is quicker.

OGDEN NASH

18.10 bidder, kidder, whydah, builder, gilder, guilder, Hilda, Tilda, tilde, cinder, hinder, Linda, Pindar, tinder, bitter, critter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, pitta, quitter, Ritter, sitter, skitter, spitter, titter, twitter, witter, scripter, dicta, lictor, Richter, victor, Victor, sphincter, drifter, grifter, lifter, snifter, swifter, filter, kilter, philtre, quilter, tilter, Pinter, printer, sinter, splinter, sprinter, tinter, winter, Bicester, blister, clyster, glister, lister, Lister, mister, Mr, sister, twister, vista, hipster, quipster, tipster, trickster, minster, spinster, * consider, St Kilda, Matilda, bewilder, Belinda, Dorinda, Lucinda, aglitter, committer, transmitter, bedsitter, Birgitta, embitter, emitter, remitter, descriptor, constrictor, predictor, CARIFTA, gefilte, midwinter, transistor, demister, enlister, resistor, * shipbuilder, coach-builder, Fassbinder, outfitter, bullshitter, weightlifter, scene-shifter, shoplifter, half-sister, stepsister, Axminster, Westminster, * reconsider, overbidder, underbidder, body-builder, baby-sitter, counterfeiter, Anaglypta®, Araminta, teleprinter, overwinter, Kidderminster, * neurotransmitter, vasoconstrictor, boa constrictor, * hid her, missed her, etc.

18.11 differ, sniffer, titfer, pilfer, giver, liver, quiver, river, shiver, sliver, silver, sylva, dither, hither, slither, thither, whither, wither, zither, * forgiver, deliver, downriver, upriver, Bat Mitzvah, Bar Mitzvah, * caregiver, lawgiver, quicksilver, * give her, with her, etc.

18.12 chiller, Cilla, driller, filler, griller, Hiller, killer, miller, Miller, pillar, Schiller, Scylla, shriller, spiller, stiller, thriller, tiller, villa, Willa, dribbler, nibbler, quibbler, scribbler, nimbler, tippler, simpler, pickler, stickler, tickler, sprinkler, twinkler, giggler, wriggler, mingler, Swingler, diddler, fiddler, tiddler, swindler, Hitler, littler, whittler, riffler, whiffler, sniveller, Himmler, Simla, whistler, Whistler, Rizla®, sizzler, mirror, sirrah, Libra, Libya, * papilla, megillah, Attila, flotilla, gorilla, guerrilla, zorilla, Camilla, mamilla, manila, Manila, vanilla, mantilla, Aquila, Anguilla, axilla, maxilla, cedilla, scintilla, distiller, instiller, Priscilla, chinchilla, Godzilla, fulfiller, Ludmilla, Drusilla, belittler, * painkiller, weedkiller, * caterpillar, manzanilla, sarsaparilla, lady-killer, Polyfilla®, potentilla, pulsatilla, aspidistra, * kill her, thrill her, etc.

18.13 dimmer, glimmer, grimmer, Rimmer, shimmer, simmer, skimmer, slimmer, Strimmer®, swimmer, trimmer, Zimmer®, sigma, stigma, Wilma, Brynner, Cinna, dinner, grinner, inner, Jinnah, pinna, Pinner, sinner, skinner, Skinner, spinner, thinner, tinner, winner, Dymphna, Kilner, Milner, Pilsner, Krishna, bringer, clinger, dinger, pinger, ringer, singer, Singer, springer, stinger, stringer, swinger, winger, wringer, * aglimmer, nonswimmer, enigma, charisma, Berliner, beginner, echidna, humdinger, * breadwinner, prizewinner, bell-ringer, Schrödinger, klipspringer, mudslinger, gunslinger, * Hare Krishna, mastersinger, Minnesinger, Meistersinger, * win her, bring her, etc.

But, by Jove, your hair is thinner, since you came to us in Pinner,

And you’re fatter now, I’m certain. What you need is country air.

JOHN BETJEMAN

18.14 kisser, pisser, fixer, mixer, sixer, bitser, spritzer, Switzer, mincer, pincer, fizzer, quizzer, scissor, Windsor, fisher, Fischer, fissure, Trisha, Wiltshire, wisher, ditcher, hitcher, pitcher, richer, stitcher, twitcher, scripture, picture, stricture, cincture, tincture, filcher, clincher, lyncher, pincher, wincher, fixture, mixture, Bridger, cringer, ginger, injure, ninja, whinger, * Clarissa, Larisa, mantissa, abscissa, Melissa, elixir, Amritsar, Patricia, Phoenicia, Letitia, militia, admixture, abridger, infringer, * well-wisher, kingfisher, * reminiscer, * Doberman pinscher, * miss her, convince her, etc.

18.15 hillock, pillock, Dimmock, Dymock, Kinnock

18.16 limbic, nitpick, Indic, syndic, critic, cryptic, diptych, glyptic, styptic, triptych, cystic, mystic, dipstick, lipstick, civic, Britvic®, mythic, Killick, niblick, skin flick, lyric, Pyrrhic, pinprick, citric, Cymric, Pickwick, gimmick, mimic, rhythmic, filmic, clinic, cynic, picnic, strychnic, Chiswick, physic, * philippic, Olympic, acidic, Glenfiddich, bromidic, Druidic, graphitic, Hamitic, granitic, arthritic, mephitic, Semitic, bronchitic, Cushitic, elliptic, ecliptic, sadistic, statistic, patristic, sophistic, ballistic, fascistic, logistic, artistic, realistic, simplistic, linguistic, stylistic, autistic, heuristic, juristic, puristic, touristic, holistic, prolific, horrific, terrific, pacific, Pacific, specific, deific, pontific, omnific, morbific, Trevithick, dactylic, acrylic, basilic, exilic, sibyllic, idyllic, Cyrillic, vampiric, satiric, satyric, empiric, bulimic, eurhythmic, rabbinic, actinic, intrinsic, extrinsic, * genotypic, ecotypic, biotypic, prototypic, Paralympic, stalactitic, saprophytic, Glagolitic, catalytic, paralytic, analytic, stalagmitic, parasitic, anthracitic, thermolytic, neophytic, haemolytic, sybaritic, lymphocytic, syphilitic, dialytic, diacritic, troglodytic, coprolitic, dolomitic, oolitic, leucocytic, masochistic, atavistic, aphoristic, agonistic, pantheistic, altruistic, voyeuristic, narcissistic, fatalistic, plagiaristic, atheistic, mechanistic, hedonistic, pessimistic, journalistic, egotistic, legalistic, egoistic, syllogistic, inartistic, jingoistic, idealistic, nihilistic, novelistic, moralistic, modernistic, optimistic, polycystic, solecistic, formalistic, pluralistic, socialistic, chauvinistic, surrealistic, unrealistic, humoristic, futuristic, humanistic, euphemistic, calorific, transpacific, beatific, hieroglyphic, scientific, soporific, honorific, nonspecific, unspecific, megalithic, Eolithic, Neolithic, Mesolithic, microlithic, monolithic, Anglophilic, carboxylic, necrophilic, haemophilic, imbecilic, panegyric, pantomimic, matronymic, patronymic, metonymic, homonymic, algorithmic, logarithmic, cataclysmic, nicotinic, * encephalitic, electrolytic, erythrocytic, apocalyptic, antagonistic, evangelistic, behaviouristic, impressionistic, expressionistic, paternalistic, neologistic, * naturalistic, nationalistic, antiballistic, cannibalistic, minimalistic, ritualistic, hypocoristic, characteristic, negativistic, relativistic, metalinguistic, opportunistic, nonscientific, unscientific, Palaeolithic, * semiparasitic, psychoanalytic, microanalytic, osteoarthritic, sadomasochistic, overoptimistic, pseudoscientific, * uncharacteristic, materialistic, imperialistic