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

instinctive

redemptive

reflective

vindictive

affective

attentive

cognitive

deceptive

detective

elective

fixative

offensive

receptive

seductive

primitive

descriptive

disruptive

exhaustive

inductive

hypnotist

incentive

infective

invective

inventive

refractive

respective

appointive

collective

dismissive

objective

connective

subjective

decorative

hypnotic

inactive

productive

protective

secretive

selective

sensitive

tentative

adjective

curative

defendants

definite

destructive

emotive

expensive

expletive

exploitive

extensive

hypnotists

negative

punitive

relative

restrictive

sedative

substantive

suggestive

attractive

conductive

convective

defendant

hypnotics

impulsive

intensive

prospective

reflexive

responsive

congestive

instructive

abortive

adaptive

adoptive

appointed

assaultive

combative

defenders

depressive

discursive

dispersive

excessive

effusive

formative

hypnotize

impassive

incisive

invasive

laxative

lucrative

normative

nutritive

preemptive

seventies

reclusive

refunders

seventeen

submissive

dependents

exclusive

expansive

digestive

explosive

additive

assertive

defender

defiant

elusive

erosive

evasive

nonnative

permissive

recessive

talkative

positive

causative

decisive

divisive

illusive

narrative

possessive

putative

reactive

seventy

compulsive

convulsive

dependence

dependent

impressive

inclusive

intrusive

presumptive

repentance

repentant

seventeens

constructive

creative

nepenthe

obstructive

derisive

fugitive

abrasive

aggressive

conducive

seventeenth

abusive

appointees

cabinets

obsessive

oppressive

progressive

regressive

subversive

successive

coventry

deviants

eruptive

offenders

expressive

debentures

affiant

allusive

appointee

cabinet

deviant

directive

conclusive

collusive

corrective

corruptive

abundant

probative

eventful

offender

abundance

debenture

perceptive

persuasive

repulsive

newfoundland

pervasive

obtrusive

perspective

chippendale

chippendales

reappoint

cohesive

avant-garde

repressive

corrosive

coercive

adhesive

appointments

lavender

appointment

abounding

appendage

cavendish

abandoned

abandons

appendix

abandon

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word definitive

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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