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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word acquisitive.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word acquisitive.
1 syllable words
3 syllable words

expletive

requisites

decorative

fixative

laxative

requisite

causative

positive

primitive

talkative

substantive

descriptive

fugitive

convective

prospective

vindictive

distinctive

acoustic

affective

collective

congestive

combative

connective

normative

nutritive

predictive

protective

secretive

selective

sensitive

submissive

objective

successive

attentive

cognitive

formative

lucrative

tentative

subjective

additive

curative

instinctive

exquisite

narrative

negative

possessive

relative

sedative

exploitive

punitive

putative

adjective

suggestive

acoustics

attractive

compulsive

convulsive

exhaustive

presumptive

refractive

existing

abortive

accosted

adaptive

adoptive

aggressive

appointive

assaultive

deceptive

dismissive

excessive

inactive

obsessive

offensive

oppressive

preventive

progressive

receptive

regressive

assistants

resisting

digestive

majestic

extensive

restrictive

expansive

expensive

collusive

allusive

decisive

emotive

recessive

divisive

assertive

accustomed

assistance

incentive

assistant

conclusive

exhausted

impulsive

inventive

redemptive

sequestered

sequesters

exacting

exhausting

abusive

conducive

defensive

abrasive

accustom

depressive

impassive

productive

reclusive

requester

seductive

sequester

incisive

pakistan

subversive

existent

expressive

existence

elusive

visigoths

corrective

corruptive

directive

illusive

erosive

reactive

nonnative

permissive

probative

impressive

conductive

disgusted

inclusive

inductive

intensive

obtrusive

responsive

dissections

visigoth

registries

disasters

discursive

effective

effusive

coexist

defective

detective

elective

persuasive

dispersive

eruptive

invasive

preemptive

repulsive

derisive

destructive

exclusive

explosive

ricochet

registrant

dissecting

dissection

registers

registry

invective

evasive

intrusive

disaster

infective

instructive

disruptive

obstructive

essayist

exactly

constructive

perspective

reflective

reflexive

respective

exaction

exhaustion

majesty

register

registrants

registrar

corrosive

perceptive

coercive

creative

suggestions

dissected

rejections

exactions

magistrates

resection

registrars

adhesive

dejected

resistance

resistant

digestion

suggestion

ejection

rejection

disgusting

pervasive

magistrate

newcastle

cohesive

digester

phagocytes

desiccates

executes

execute

newscasters

desiccate

phagocyte

newscaster

repressive

pacesetter

Words that rhyme with the word acquisitive

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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