Words that rhyme with cur

• acre 0
  n 1: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries 2: a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru 3: a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean [syn: Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho]
• anchor 0
  n 1: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving [syn: anchor, ground tackle] 2: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin] 3: a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute [syn: anchor, anchorman, anchorperson] v 1: fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" [syn: anchor, ground] 2: secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore" [syn: anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor]
• are 0
  n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
• attacker 0
  n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter]
• automaker 0
  n 1: a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles [syn: car manufacturer, car maker, carmaker, auto manufacturer, auto maker, automaker]
• backer 0
  n 1: invests in a theatrical production [syn: angel, backer]
• baker 0
  n 1: someone who bakes commercially 2: someone who bakes bread or cake [syn: baker, bread maker]
• banker 0
  n 1: a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank 2: the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
• barker 0
  n 1: someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers 2: informal terms for dogs [syn: pooch, doggie, doggy, barker, bow-wow]
• beaker 0
  n 1: a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry 2: a cup (usually without a handle)
• berserker 0
  n 1: one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury [syn: berserker, berserk]
• bicker 0
  n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble]
• birr 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents 2: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr, whirring, birr] v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr]
• blinker 0
  n 1: a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages [syn: blinker, flasher] 2: a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn [syn: blinker, turn signal, turn indicator, trafficator] 3: blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side [syn: winker, blinker, blinder] v 1: put blinders on (a horse)
• blocker 0
  n 1: a football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play 2: a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process [syn: blocker, blocking agent]
• bloodsucker 0
  n 1: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end [syn: leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean]
• blucher 0
  n 1: Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819) [syn: Blucher, von Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher] 2: a high shoe with laces over the tongue
• blur 0
  n 1: a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" [syn: blur, fuzz] v 1: become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" [syn: film over, glaze over, blur] 2: to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" [ant: focus] 3: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate] 4: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch] 5: make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen] 6: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus]
• boneshaker 0
  n 1: any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable; "that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker"
• booker 0
  n 1: someone who engages a person or company for performances [syn: booker, booking agent]
• bookmaker 0
  n 1: a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books 2: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) [syn: bookmaker, bookie]
• bootlicker 0
  n 1: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler]
• breaker 0
  n 1: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone [syn: breaker, ledgeman] 2: waves breaking on the shore [syn: surf, breaker, breakers] 3: a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded [syn: circuit breaker, breaker]
• broker 0
  n 1: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission [syn: agent, factor, broker] v 1: act as a broker
• bunker 0
  n 1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: bunker, sand trap, trap] 2: a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were full of coal" 3: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground [syn: bunker, dugout] v 1: hit a golf ball into a bunker 2: fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil 3: transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse
• bur 0
  n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr] 2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr] v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
• burr 0
  n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr] 2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting 3: United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: Burr, Aaron Burr] 4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece 5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr] v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
• bushwhacker 0
  n 1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: hillbilly, bushwhacker] 2: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
• busker 0
  n 1: a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
• cabinetmaker 0
  n 1: a woodworker who specializes in making furniture [syn: cabinetmaker, furniture maker]
• canker 0
  n 1: a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark 2: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) [syn: canker, canker sore] 3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn: pestilence, canker] v 1: become infected with a canker 2: infect with a canker
• caretaker 0
  n 1: a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) 2: an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
• carmaker 0
  n 1: a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles [syn: car manufacturer, car maker, carmaker, auto manufacturer, auto maker, automaker]
• caseworker 0
  n 1: someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) [syn: social worker, caseworker, welfare worker]
• chancre 0
  n 1: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
• chauffeur 0
  n 1: a man paid to drive a privately owned car v 1: drive someone in a vehicle [syn: drive around, chauffeur]
• checker 0
  n 1: an attendant who checks coats or baggage 2: one who checks the correctness of something 3: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers [syn: checker, chequer] v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on [syn: check, checker, chequer] 2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn: checker, chequer]
• chequer 0
  n 1: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers [syn: checker, chequer] v 1: mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on [syn: check, checker, chequer] 2: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns [syn: checker, chequer]
• choker 0
  n 1: someone who kills by strangling [syn: garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker] 2: an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation; "he could win if he wasn't a choker" 3: necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck [syn: choker, collar, dog collar, neckband] 4: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff]
• clinker 0
  n 1: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire [syn: cinder, clinker] 2: a hard brick used as a paving stone [syn: clinker, clinker brick] v 1: clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently" 2: turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
• clockmaker 0
  n 1: someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches [syn: clocksmith, clockmaker]
• cocker 0
  n 1: a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, cocker] v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
• concur 0
  v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue] 2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: concur, coincide]
• confer 0
  v 1: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confabulate, confab, consult] 2: present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone" [syn: confer, bestow]
• conker 0
  n 1: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn: buckeye, horse chestnut, conker]
• connoisseur 0
  n 1: an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts [syn: connoisseur, cognoscente]
• conquer 0
  v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb] 2: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer] 3: overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"
• cooker 0
  n 1: a utensil for cooking
• corker 0
  n 1: (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker" 2: a machine that is used to put corks in bottles
• cracker 0
  n 1: a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet 2: a poor White person in the southern United States [syn: redneck, cracker] 3: a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things; "crackers are often mistakenly called hackers" 4: firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing [syn: firecracker, cracker, banger] 5: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends [syn: cracker, snapper, cracker bonbon]
• deerstalker 0
  n 1: a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters
• defer 0
  v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in]
• demur 0
  n 1: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: demur, demurral, demurrer] v 1: take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday" [syn: demur, except] 2: enter a demurrer
• deter 0
  v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage] 2: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant: persuade]
• dicker 0
  v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]
• docker 0
  n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]
• dockworker 0
  n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]
• dressmaker 0
  n 1: someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress]
• drinker 0
  n 1: a person who drinks liquids 2: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) [syn: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer] [ant: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker]
• dunker 0
  n 1: an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it; "he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in" 2: a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots 3: an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion) [syn: Dunker, Dunkard, Tunker]
• entrepreneur 0
  n 1: someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it [syn: entrepreneur, enterpriser]
• err 0
  v 1: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake, slip] 2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift]
• esker 0
  n 1: (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
• euchre 0
  n 1: a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand [syn: euchre, five hundred]
• exchequer 0
  n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual [syn: treasury, exchequer]
• faker 0
  n 1: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
• filmmaker 0
  n 1: a producer of motion pictures [syn: film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker]
• fir 0
  n 1: nonresinous wood of a fir tree 2: any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas [syn: fir, fir tree, true fir]
• firecracker 0
  n 1: firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing [syn: firecracker, cracker, banger]
• flanker 0
  n 1: a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver [syn: flanker back, flanker] 2: a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
• flicker 0
  n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark, glint] 2: North American woodpecker 3: the act of moving back and forth [syn: waver, flutter, flicker] v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver] 2: shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" [syn: flicker, flick] 3: flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn: flicker, flick]
• floorwalker 0
  n 1: an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain" [syn: floorwalker, shopwalker]
• footlocker 0
  n 1: a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) [syn: footlocker, locker]
• freethinker 0
  n 1: a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it [syn: deist, freethinker]
• fur 0
  n 1: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: fur, pelt] 2: dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) 3: a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• glassmaker 0
  n 1: someone who makes glass
• glassworker 0
  n 1: someone who cuts flat glass to size [syn: glass cutter, glass-cutter, glassworker, glazier, glazer]
• goatsucker 0
  n 1: mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects [syn: goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid]
• hacker 0
  n 1: someone who plays golf poorly 2: a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber- terrorism [syn: hacker, cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk] 3: a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm; "true hackers subscribe to a code of ethics and look down upon crackers" 4: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, drudge, hacker]
• hanker 0
  v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn]
• hawker 0
  n 1: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) [syn: peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman] 2: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry [syn: falconer, hawker]
• haymaker 0
  n 1: a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying [syn: haymaker, hay conditioner] 2: a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing [syn: haymaker, knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch]
• hijacker 0
  n 1: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn: highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent] 2: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination [syn: highjacker, hijacker]
• hiker 0
  n 1: a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) [syn: hiker, tramp, tramper]
• homemaker 0
  n 1: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income [syn: housewife, homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house]
• hooker 0
  n 1: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn: Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker] 2: English theologian (1554-1600) [syn: Hooker, Richard Hooker] 3: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets [syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern] 4: a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers) 5: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
• housebreaker 0
  n 1: a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house [syn: housebreaker, cat burglar] 2: a wrecker of houses; "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker" [syn: housewrecker, housebreaker]
• hunker 0
  v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
• icebreaker 0
  n 1: a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation [syn: icebreaker, iceboat] 2: a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere; "he told jokes as an icebreaker"
• incur 0
  v 1: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health" 2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur]
• infer 0
  v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] 2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer] 3: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: deduce, infer] 4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: guess, infer] 5: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" [syn: understand, infer]
• inter 0
  v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
• ironworker 0
  n 1: a person who makes articles of iron
• jawbreaker 0
  n 1: a large round hard candy 2: a word that is hard to pronounce
• joker 0
  n 1: a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes [syn: joker, jokester] 2: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: joker, turkey] 3: an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent; "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract" 4: a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester
• kicker 0
  n 1: a player who kicks the football
• kingmaker 0
  n 1: English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471) [syn: Warwick, Earl of Warwick, Richard Neville, Kingmaker] 2: an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"
• knacker 0
  n 1: someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them 2: someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
• knocker 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person 2: a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the door and see who the knocker is" 3: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something [syn: detractor, disparager, depreciator, knocker] 4: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty] 5: a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door [syn: knocker, doorknocker, rapper]
• lacquer 0
  n 1: a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish 2: a hard glossy coating v 1: coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

See also cur definition and cur synonyms