Words that rhyme with maternal
Top rhymes for maternal
journal, internal, external and colonel
12 common words rhyme with maternal. The most common are journal, internal, external and colonel.
Perfect rhymes for maternal
Near rhymes for maternal
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- thermal
- geothermal
- dermal
- hydrothermal
- epidermal
- isothermal
- commercial
- liberal
- circle
- universal
- purple
- tunnel
- controversial
- journals
- turtle
- verbal
- squirrel
- rehearsal
- fertile
- referral
- reversal
- funnel
- hurdle
- herbal
- myrtle
- dispersal
- postdoctoral
- kernels
- inertial
- epidural
- femoral
- infertile
- girdle
- colonels
- nonverbal
- noncommercial
- encircle
- deferral
- infomercial
- multifunctional
How maternal sounds
| Pronunciation | /məˈtɝnəl/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (ma-TER-nal) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɝnəl |
Maternal has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with maternal?
- The most common rhymes for maternal are journal, internal, external, colonel, eternal and kernel.
- How many words rhyme with maternal?
- We found 12 common perfect rhymes for maternal, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in maternal?
- Maternal has three syllables, with the stress on the second.