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

instinctive

investment

investments

instructive

inventive

distinctive

invective

investing

constructive

substantive

destructive

infective

convective

inductive

disruptive

incentive

congestive

obstructive

fixative

invasive

investor

preventive

sensitive

tentative

exploitive

extensive

conductive

convulsive

intensive

investors

redemptive

reflective

vindictive

respective

defective

connective

deceptive

decorative

depressive

detective

effective

elective

excessive

receptive

seductive

expletive

expansive

descriptive

suggestive

restrictive

infighting

decisive

evasive

primitive

infections

relative

sedative

impressive

responsive

reinvests

prospective

presumptive

impulsive

subversive

affective

aggressive

attentive

eruptive

regressive

confessions

convection

reinvest

infection

invasions

objective

collective

predictive

preemptive

repressive

impassive

obsessive

oppressive

persuasive

successive

inactive

incisive

laxative

secretive

selective

subjective

confesses

dismissive

dispersive

productive

progressive

discursive

invoices

protective

explosive

expressive

exclusive

assertive

confections

convictions

corruptive

confession

curative

nonnative

divisive

negative

possessive

punitive

putative

recessive

digestive

invasion

attractive

confiscate

imbeciles

impacted

perspective

reflexive

inclusive

intrusive

compulsive

embezzled

embezzles

creative

confection

conviction

abrasive

adaptive

appointive

assaultive

canvasses

combative

conducive

embezzle

formative

imbecile

lucrative

normative

nutritive

perceptive

reclusive

repulsive

envisage

impassion

additive

refractive

causative

exhaustive

corrective

directive

erosive

narrative

probative

reactive

emphasized

elusive

emotive

illusive

pervasive

positive

talkative

conclusive

obtrusive

fugitive

combustion

abortive

abusive

adoptive

cognitive

configure

defensive

effusive

emphasize

impostor

infusions

ambushes

compassion

compacted

composites

confuses

manifests

allusive

collusive

impostors

canapes

genovese

infusion

confucian

campuses

canvassers

composite

embassies

imposes

coercive

manifest

expensive

offensive

unbiased

derisive

adjective

impeaches

rampages

confusions

embassy

confusion

honeybees

menopause

permissive

wannabes

cohesive

submissive

adhesive

corrosive

composes

amoebas

lumbago

campaigners

campaigner

bonobos

reimpose

unbeknown

impeachments

composers

impeachment

composer

composure

campaigning

composing

imposing

confusing

impassioned

4 syllable words

insensitive

preventative

investiture

dissipative

innovative

initiative

consecutive

consultative

executive

illustrative

interpretive

competitive

imperative

indecisive

indicative

stimulative

regulative

imitative

meditative

repetitive

contemplative

reinvestment

informative

vegetative

comparative

commemorative

infinitive

reconstructive

conservative

evocative

invigorate

intuitive

legislative

distributive

demonstrative

constitutive

generative

inquisitive

iterative

inattentive

invisible

ineffective

oxidative

speculative

confessional

affirmative

qualitative

prerogative

superlative

derivative

pejorative

unobtrusive

infestations

invisibles

lumpectomies

federative

impassable

impeccable

facultative

infestation

accusative

diminutive

dispositive

embezzlers

inoffensive

lumpectomy

confectioners

confessionals

restorative

confectioner

inconclusive

inefficient

nonproductive

transformative

automotive

embezzler

preservative

provocative

irrespective

introspective

reproductive

associative

cumulative

operative

impossible

impossibly

infeasible

quantitative

retroactive

unaffected

inexpensive

beneficent

invocation

figurative

definitive

locomotive

minibuses

emphysema

hyperactive

reemphasize

educative

prohibitive

acquisitive

beneficence

duplicative

manifestly

contraceptive

impeachable

retrospective

beneficial

confiscated

alternative

imposition

palliative

symposiums

envisages

emphasizes

convocation

confiscation

manifesto

symposium

pomposity

omnibuses

benefactor

apprehensive

composition

benefactors

comprehensive

hypertensive

manufactured

manufactures

manufacture

compassionate

emphasizing

unbecoming

compositions

embezzlement

Words that rhyme with the word investigative

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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