Rhymes with conferring
con·fer
C c Two-syllable rhymes
- during — throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
- hering — Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- purring — to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- stirring — rousing, exciting, or thrilling: a stirring speech.
- whirring — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
Three-syllable rhymes
- concurring — to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
- deferring — to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
- deterring — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- incurring — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- inferring — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
- occurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- preferring — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- recurring — occurring or appearing again.
- referring — to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- nonrecurring — not occurring or happening again, especially often or periodically.