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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word directive.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 directive.
2 syllable words

correct

direct

furtive

arrests

captive

crested

endive

octave

pensive

plaintive

practise

worsted

breasting

native

arrest

cresting

forgive

arctic

erects

turgid

forgets

breasted

crusted

practice

misgive

erect

drastic

airstrip

thrusting

prestige

trusting

wrestling

forget

massive

missive

harassed

thirsty

bracket

passive

motive

practiced

airstrips

bristol

circuits

crustal

crystal

ergots

fructose

firstly

outlive

pursuits

tractors

pristine

trustees

workdays

breakthrough

cherished

frosting

cricket

crooked

circuit

crusty

ergot

forgot

hirsute

olive

presto

pursuit

relive

tractor

trestle

trustee

trusty

workday

wrestle

corkwood

crystals

erstwhile

first-rate

forests

tourists

tricksters

breakthroughs

fracture

frostings

breastplate

brackets

breakdown

brisket

brookside

crickets

erased

forest

frosted

jurist

lyrist

market

orchid

proctors

purist

tourist

trickster

wrestles

firstborn

friction

traction

fraction

arcades

breakdowns

drugstore

firestone

forestall

gorgets

horsetail

jurists

markets

orchids

persuades

purists

targets

driest

aroused

brighten

frighten

frosty

proctor

proceed

thruster

fractions

frictions

priesthood

doorsteps

drugstores

forestalls

frustrates

horsetails

arcade

argot

brightens

brocades

corset

forster

freestone

frigates

frightens

frightful

persuade

prejudge

priestly

proceeds

target

prostate

thursdays

freighter

doorstep

frustrate

prostrate

frostbite

archduke

horsehead

brightly

brocade

brucite

parquet

thursday

crusades

croquet

throughout

brigade

bristle

christen

crusade

freighters

frigate

gristle

precede

preside

frigid

brigades

bristles

greasewood

precedes

presides

thrusters

wrestlers

christian

earshot

fractures

christians

crochet

3 syllable words

correctly

directly

directors

narrative

adjective

erecting

derisive

director

attractive

convective

infective

prospective

invective

reflective

refractive

respective

attentive

deceptive

decorative

eruptive

predictive

preemptive

preventive

productive

receptive

seductive

objective

subjective

additive

curative

negative

permissive

pervasive

reactive

relative

sedative

destructive

suggestive

restrictive

digestive

corrosive

creative

conductive

disruptive

inventive

incentive

inductive

redemptive

reflexive

correction

direction

fugitive

vindictive

aggressive

characters

congestive

constructive

defensive

depressive

fixative

formative

heuristic

inactive

instructive

laxative

lucrative

normative

nutritive

obstructive

offensive

oppressive

persuasive

progressive

regressive

repressive

secretive

sensitive

tentative

putative

descriptive

corrections

assertive

forgotten

expletive

positive

possessive

recessive

versatile

adhesive

punitive

directions

causative

character

erector

primitive

probative

talkative

emotive

nonnative

distinctive

heuristics

impressive

presumptive

intensive

cohesive

coercive

narcotic

forested

abortive

adoptive

appointive

cognitive

practically

parakeets

assaultive

effusive

excessive

abrasive

adaptive

barricades

combative

obsessive

persuaded

practises

reclusive

repulsive

successive

targeted

instinctive

erection

marketing

expensive

exploitive

expressive

extensive

prosthetic

allusive

barricade

collusive

decisive

divisive

elusive

erosive

evasive

illusive

peroxide

parakeet

surrogates

forgetful

inclusive

conclusive

exhaustive

narcotics

prejudice

tragedies

erections

frustrating

marketings

prosthetics

abusive

conducive

discursive

dismissive

dispersive

forestry

impassive

incisive

surrogate

invasive

practical

practices

submissive

subversive

tractable

substantive

architects

exclusive

expansive

explosive

trusteeship

tragedy

archetypal

architect

compulsive

convulsive

crestfallen

forester

impulsive

intrusive

obtrusive

presidents

responsive

scarcity

skyrocket

variegate

varsity

crusading

preceding

presiding

proceeding

aerostat

archetype

charcuterie

cherrystone

crystalline

crystallize

precedent

wrestler

president

workaday

peristyle

prostatic

skyrockets

theorist

foreshadows

proceedings

prostheses

crustacean

crystallized

cherrystones

aerostats

archetypes

crocheting

frustration

breakwater

arrogate

marketer

prostration

barrister

corrugate

theorists

crustaceans

foreshadow

precaution

marketplace

barristers

frustrations

parasites

prostitute

precautions

trustworthy

fireside

fractional

parachutes

creosote

prosody

precedents

prostitutes

crocodile

cruzados

frightfully

parasite

parachute

crocodiles

architrave

cruzado

prejudgment

crusaders

irrigate

christendom

foresters

marketers

procedures

christianize

crusader

procedure

4 syllable words

hyperactive

derivative

directorate

directorship

directory

retroactive

directorships

terrestrial

retrospective

generative

operative

federative

iterative

irrespective

hypertensive

ineffective

affirmative

directories

figurative

preservative

repetitive

superlative

reproductive

executive

palliative

educative

consecutive

apprehensive

introspective

veracity

duplicative

alternative

imperative

speculative

preventative

comparative

competitive

conservative

inattentive

voracity

commemorative

indicative

contraceptive

nonproductive

ergotism

characterize

meditative

prerogative

automotive

locomotive

corrugated

evocative

provocative

insensitive

interpretive

prohibitive

vegetative

corregidor

reconstructive

correctional

directional

pejorative

accusative

acquisitive

characterized

cumulative

facultative

inoffensive

regulative

restorative

oxidative

caricatures

contemplative

distributive

caricature

transformative

surrogation

comprehensive

ferocity

legislative

definitive

illustrative

informative

inquisitive

dissipative

imitative

innovative

intuitive

qualitative

variegated

constitutive

initiative

practitioner

associative

infinitive

inexpensive

persuadable

demonstrative

diminutive

dispositive

forgettable

parachuting

stimulative

purgatory

quantitative

architecture

practitioners

aristocrats

consultative

architectures

prejudices

inconclusive

marketplaces

aristocrat

indecisive

marketable

practicable

crystallizes

prejudicial

archdiocese

presidential

unobtrusive

jurisdiction

presidio

crocodilian

jurisdictions

presidencies

presidency

forsythias

fractionally

prehistoric

prostitution

irrigation

Words that rhyme with the word directive

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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