Words that rhyme with sweeper

• air 0
  n 1: a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air" 2: the region above the ground; "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air" 3: a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" [syn: air, aura, atmosphere] 4: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" [syn: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air] 5: the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air" [syn: atmosphere, air] 6: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 7: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase] 8: medium for radio and television broadcasting; "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight"; "the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people" [syn: air, airwave] 9: travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" [syn: air travel, aviation, air] v 1: expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" [syn: air out, air, aerate] 2: be broadcast; "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M." 3: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit] 4: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn: publicize, publicise, air, bare] 5: expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen" 6: expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" [syn: vent, ventilate, air out, air]
• barkeeper 0
  n 1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar [syn: bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist]
• beaker 0
  n 1: a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry 2: a cup (usually without a handle)
• beater 0
  n 1: a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter 2: an implement for beating
• beekeeper 0
  n 1: a farmer who keeps bees for their honey [syn: beekeeper, apiarist, apiculturist]
• beeper 0
  n 1: an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged [syn: beeper, pager]
• beleaguer 0
  v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer] 2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent]
• bleacher 0
  n 1: a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
• bookkeeper 0
  n 1: someone who records the transactions of a business
• breeder 0
  n 1: a person who breeds animals [syn: breeder, stock breeder]
• cheater 0
  n 1: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker]
• creeper 0
  n 1: any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping 2: a person who crawls or creeps along the ground [syn: crawler, creeper] 3: any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet [syn: creeper, tree creeper]
• doorkeeper 0
  n 1: an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber [syn: usher, doorkeeper] 2: the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church [syn: doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius] 3: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
• gamekeeper 0
  n 1: a person employed to take care of game and wildlife [syn: gamekeeper, game warden]
• gatekeeper 0
  n 1: someone who controls access to something; "there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief" 2: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
• goalkeeper 0
  n 1: the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal [syn: goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder] 2: the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring [syn: goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper]
• housekeeper 0
  n 1: a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
• innkeeper 0
  n 1: the owner or manager of an inn [syn: host, innkeeper, boniface]
• keeper 0
  n 1: someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?" 2: one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals [syn: custodian, keeper, steward]
• leaper 0
  n 1: someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) [syn: bounder, leaper]
• minesweeper 0
  n 1: ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines
• peacekeeper 0
  n 1: a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area 2: someone who keeps peace; "she's the peacekeeper in that family" 3: the pistol of a law officer in the old West
• reaper 0
  n 1: someone who helps to gather the harvest [syn: harvester, reaper] 2: Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe [syn: Grim Reaper, Reaper] 3: farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields [syn: harvester, reaper]
• scorekeeper 0
  n 1: an official who records the score during the progress of a game [syn: scorekeeper, scorer]
• shopkeeper 0
  n 1: a merchant who owns or manages a shop [syn: shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper]
• sleeper 0
  n 1: a rester who is sleeping [syn: sleeper, slumberer] 2: a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal 3: an unexpected achiever of success; "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it" 4: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper] 5: a passenger car that has berths for sleeping [syn: sleeping car, sleeper, wagon-lit] 6: pajamas with feet; worn by children 7: a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed 8: tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water [syn: sleeper, sleeper goby] 9: an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
• steeper 0
  n 1: a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping
• storekeeper 0
  n 1: a merchant who owns or manages a shop [syn: shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper]
• timekeeper 0
  n 1: (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed [syn: timekeeper, timer] 2: a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees 3: a measuring instrument or device for keeping time [syn: timepiece, timekeeper, horologe]
• peeper 0
  n 1: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others [syn: voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper] 2: an informal term referring to the eye 3: an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
• weeper 0
  n 1: a person who weeps [syn: weeper, crier] 2: a hired mourner
• ayr 0
  n 1: a port in southwestern Scotland
• nipa 0
  n 1: monotypic genus of palms of Australasia [syn: Nipa, genus Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa] 2: made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
• arequipa 0
  n 1: a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
• dnieper 0
  n 1: a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea [syn: Dnieper, Dnieper River]
• greenskeeper 0
  n 1: someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course
• hotelkeeper 0
  n 1: an owner or manager of hotels [syn: hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman, hosteller]
• bleeper 0
• cheaper 0
• deeper 0
• wicketkeeper 0
• bleaker 0
• cheeper 0
• ayer 0
• aer 0
• ayre 0
• schlieper 0
• streeper 0
• keiper 0
• kieper 0
• leeper 0
• leiper 0
• neeper 0
• pieper 0
• scheper 0
• greenkeeper 0
• treecreeper 0

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