Words That Rhyme With Fire

There are 58 words that rhyme with fire — here are 40 options for rap and songwriting.

Practice the first 5 words below, one line at a time. The same words stay with you through mic setup and replay.

Rhyming with fire is pure energy — higher, desire, inspire, wire, liar, require, and empire. The multisyllable rhymes (desire, inspire, empire) are gold because they let you build a long, climbing line that pays off on the heat of fire. It is the rhyme you reach for when the bar needs to feel like it is burning.

Every bar that I spit got the booth on fire Started from the bottom, watch me climb a little higher

58 words that rhyme with fire

1. acquire
2. attire
3. briar
4. buyer
5. choir
6. desire
7. dryer
8. flyer
9. higher
10. liar
11. mire
12. prior
13. require
14. retire
15. wire
16. admire
17. aspire
18. expire
19. inspire
20. afire
21. ceasefire
22. conspire
23. crier
24. dire
25. drier
26. dyer
27. enquire
28. entire
29. flier
30. friar
31. fryer
32. hire
33. inquire
34. ire
35. lyre
36. misfire
37. perspire
38. plier
39. pryer
40. pyre

Rhymes are drawn from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and filtered to real, usable words. Try them aloud; pronunciation and accent can affect the rhyme.