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

attracts

detracts

attract

detract

active

retracts

networks

retract

captive

festive

metric

octave

restive

furtive

motive

metrics

citric

endive

matrice

pensive

plaintive

stairways

vitric

forgive

massive

native

passive

matrix

stroking

misgive

network

nitric

outlive

outright

pedros

staircase

starcraft

stressful

theatric

theatrics

fetters

betters

bettors

getters

letters

missive

setters

straighten

stresses

sweaters

outraged

striking

starkly

betrays

hydras

straightens

strictly

outrage

outreach

starches

adheres

batters

bitters

butters

caters

cheddars

cutters

deters

gutters

haters

headers

hitters

litters

matters

mutters

nutters

olive

putters

quitters

raters

relive

shatters

shutters

sitters

skaters

stearic

straggle

stricken

struggle

tatters

utters

waiters

feathers

storage

heathers

leathers

nethers

stricture

sturgeon

weathers

structure

tethers

cadres

detours

padres

retires

retrace

guitars

stragglers

struggles

strychnine

woodwork

strictures

structured

structures

sturgeons

badders

beaters

cheaters

eaters

heaters

hooters

ladders

loaders

looters

meters

metres

motors

odors

otters

peters

potters

raiders

rooters

rotors

routers

shooters

shudders

squatters

straggler

strickler

strikeout

strikers

suitors

teeters

tutors

voters

waders

waters

mathers

bathers

gathers

lathers

mothers

natures

others

southers

starcher

starchy

radars

adores

matures

storehouse

addressed

outdoors

striker

whitehorse

stories

authors

bothers

ethers

fathers

features

beadwork

futures

straightedge

sutures

bidders

cedars

feeders

leaders

powders

readers

riders

siders

withers

zithers

strikeouts

3 syllable words

destructive

petroglyph

decorative

detective

inactive

protective

constructive

instructive

obstructive

petroglyphs

conductive

detractors

inductive

adaptive

cataracts

combative

nutritive

seductive

productive

sensitive

tentative

emotive

erosive

narrative

negative

expansive

curative

sedative

restrictive

cataract

reactive

relative

expletive

corrosive

disruptive

distinctive

exhaustive

intrusive

matrixes

obtrusive

vindictive

attraction

adoptive

appointive

assaultive

attentive

detractor

effusive

fixative

formative

metrical

impassive

lucrative

normative

persuasive

predictive

secretive

descriptive

retrospect

adjective

instinctive

networking

assertive

directive

probative

pervasive

putative

corrective

primitive

etruscan

responsive

attractions

compulsive

impulsive

convulsive

retraction

coercive

detergents

rhetoric

abortive

abrasive

abusive

affective

bedraggle

collective

conducive

connective

defective

effective

elective

eruptive

preemptive

incisive

laxative

selective

matrices

staircases

waitresses

etruscans

exploitive

explosive

substantive

additive

allusive

buttercup

causative

divisive

elusive

illusive

collusive

corruptive

decisive

detergent

punitive

talkative

positive

convective

infective

invective

perspective

prospective

redemptive

reflective

respective

objective

subjective

cohesive

fugitive

deceptive

bittersweet

buttercups

buttresses

discursive

dismissive

preventive

dispersive

mattresses

receptive

satirists

submissive

subversive

invasive

perceptive

digestive

outrages

suggestive

conclusive

headdresses

hydroxide

incentive

inclusive

inventive

reflexive

scattergood

presumptive

retrograde

straightforward

waterways

evasive

lethargy

satirist

congestive

otherwise

defensive

guitarist

motorcades

motorcars

offensive

hydroxides

madrigal

reclusive

creative

derisive

widowers

patrician

coauthors

liturgy

adhesive

nitrogen

madrigals

guitarists

intensive

permissive

possessive

recessive

patricians

nonnative

motorcade

motorcar

outrigger

bothersome

aggressive

authorship

hydrazine

obsessive

outriggers

regressive

successive

oppressive

repressive

repulsive

stargazers

exclusive

expensive

extensive

cognitive

depressive

excessive

progressive

hydrogen

batteries

satirize

impressive

hydrogens

motorized

stargazer

storekeeper

expressive

leadership

readership

futurist

storekeepers

addresses

cauterize

futurists

dieters

lotteries

leaderships

motorize

rioters

satires

theatres

redirect

authorized

structural

meteors

authorize

addressee

watersheds

watershed

7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word retroactive

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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