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

combatants

compulsive

conductive

convective

embattled

prospective

collective

connective

embedded

formative

inactive

normative

obsessive

oppressive

productive

progressive

protective

regressive

selective

subversive

successive

unbutton

abrasive

adoptive

affective

aggressive

appointive

assaultive

attentive

congestive

objective

subjective

emotive

nonnative

probative

somebody

substantive

suggestive

incentive

infective

invective

inventive

respective

competent

impulsive

presumptive

reflective

reflexive

convulsive

exhaustive

impressive

constructive

abusive

deceptive

defective

conducive

depressive

detective

excessive

discursive

dispersive

effective

elective

embodies

incisive

obstructive

predictive

preemptive

preventive

invasive

offensive

receptive

submissive

adjective

allusive

collusive

confetti

confiding

corruptive

decisive

digestive

divisive

embody

expansive

inviting

possessive

reactive

recessive

sympathies

vindictive

redemptive

sympathy

responsive

conclusive

impotent

obtrusive

creative

seductive

eruptive

persuasive

synoptic

effusive

defensive

dismissive

reclusive

descriptive

expensive

exploitive

expressive

erosive

additive

causative

evasive

emptying

corrective

directive

elusive

embitter

emptier

invading

curative

illusive

negative

permissive

positive

punitive

putative

relative

sympathize

narrative

sedative

talkative

distinctive

computers

inductive

synoptics

snapdragon

disruptive

fugitive

inclusive

nutritive

perceptive

repulsive

computer

laxative

lucrative

tentative

instinctive

cognitive

decorative

fixative

secretive

sensitive

destructive

explosive

exclusive

extensive

snapdragons

ambition

mummified

pervasive

intensive

instructive

intrusive

perspective

ambitions

cohesive

inhabits

inhibits

coercive

corrosive

derisive

expletive

ineptly

innovates

restrictive

inhabit

adhesive

inhibit

temptation

confidante

impedance

benefit

gunpowder

innovate

renovate

impatience

impatient

temptations

unfaithful

repressive

benefits

infidel

amputate

confidence

infidels

confident

pompadour

inpatients

inpatient

invader

invaders

4 syllable words

commemorative

comparative

competitive

stimulative

affirmative

hyperactive

imitative

symbiotic

iterative

associative

prohibitive

compatibles

accusative

acquisitive

compatible

compatriot

diminutive

retroactive

conservative

emphatically

facultative

imperative

restorative

dissipative

sympathetic

contemplative

automotive

qualitative

competitor

locomotive

meditative

legislative

innovative

compatriots

consecutive

consultative

educative

illustrative

irrespective

pejorative

vegetative

competency

cumulative

ineffective

competitors

inattentive

oxidative

quantitative

regulative

speculative

demonstrative

competition

retrospective

inhibited

sympathizes

definitive

repetitive

competencies

competently

informative

inhibiting

reproductive

unobtrusive

reconstructive

introspective

competitions

indecisive

infinitive

inoffensive

contraceptive

distributive

nonproductive

transformative

comprehensive

empty-handed

inhabited

constitutive

inquisitive

imputation

sympathizer

inhabitant

computerize

anybody

derivative

federative

operative

palliative

ineptitude

generative

inexpensive

inconclusive

inhabitants

inhibitors

sympathizers

evocative

confidences

figurative

computerized

innovators

prerogative

intuitive

preservative

provocative

renovators

superlative

impatiently

infatuate

inhibitor

initiative

confederates

dispositive

alternative

preventative

innovator

duplicative

hypertensive

indicative

renovator

ambitiously

infatuates

confidently

embodiment

executive

insensitive

interpretive

confederate

innovation

renovation

impediments

renovations

innovations

impediment

omnipotent

inhibition

amputation

apprehensive

computation

confidential

inhibitions

invitation

invitations

inveterate

amputations

computations

6 syllable words
7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word combative

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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