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

instinctive

conductive

disruptive

incentive

obstinate

prospective

distinctive

fixative

laxative

obsessive

productive

protective

sensitive

tentative

abstracted

abstinence

abstinent

expensive

expansive

expletive

substitutes

inventive

substitute

attractive

compulsive

obtrusive

refractive

respective

inductive

responsive

obstacle

substantial

abortive

adaptive

adoptive

affective

appointive

assaultive

collective

combative

deceptive

decorative

detective

formative

normative

offensive

preventive

receptive

seductive

selective

submissive

subsidies

successive

subjective

objective

upsetting

descriptive

exploitive

additive

assertive

causative

curative

narrative

negative

positive

primitive

putative

relative

obstacles

sedative

restrictive

talkative

impulsive

perspective

reflective

affected

defective

defensive

dismissive

divestments

effective

elective

eruptive

excessive

lucrative

nutritive

perceptive

predictive

secretive

exclusive

explosive

abstentions

expressive

divestment

punitive

adjective

affecting

digestive

suggestive

corruptive

offsetting

typesetting

nonnative

abstention

presumptive

redemptive

fugitive

obstructions

abusive

abrasive

cognitive

connective

discursive

spectacle

subversive

dispersive

repulsive

obstruction

allusive

collusive

decisive

probative

reactive

recessive

deposit

possessive

rhapsody

emotive

subsidy

convective

abstractions

exhaustive

spectacles

spaghetti

affections

congestive

apostles

conducive

regressive

apostate

aggressive

inactive

oppressive

persuasive

preemptive

progressive

deposits

lopsided

rhapsodic

subacute

spectrograph

rhapsodize

abstraction

subsidize

adhesive

affection

infective

intensive

intrusive

tapestries

elusive

apostle

invective

corrective

divisive

directive

erosive

conclusive

convulsive

upside-down

vindictive

suffocate

obfuscate

evasive

reflexive

illusive

defections

depictions

cohesive

evictions

coercive

corrosive

creative

depicted

depressive

derisive

devastate

effusive

episodes

impassive

incisive

invasive

navigates

opposites

reclusive

robustly

sophistry

spectators

tapestry

defection

depiction

eviction

eavesdropping

episode

heavyset

navigate

pervasive

deficit

permissive

impressive

inclusive

baby-sit

epistle

opposite

spectator

lobbyists

repressive

effectors

effector

lobbyist

oboist

deficits

heavyweights

revisit

revisits

heavyweight

4 syllable words

consultative

competitive

restorative

affirmative

reconstructive

associative

pejorative

constitutive

illustrative

accusative

acquisitive

commemorative

inattentive

obstinacy

oxidative

comparative

hypertensive

substantiate

automotive

figurative

obstetrical

evocative

dissipative

intuitive

prerogative

demonstrative

repetitive

superlative

initiative

generative

federative

operative

palliative

obstetrician

insensitive

sophisticates

alternative

indicative

preventative

dispositive

diminutive

speculative

substantially

imperative

regulative

stimulative

subsidizes

capacities

contraceptive

definitive

distributive

hyperactive

imitative

innovative

meditative

nonproductive

obstetricians

preservative

qualitative

transformative

suffocating

apostrophes

prohibitive

executive

vegetative

unobtrusive

substantiates

informative

interpretive

obstructionist

capacity

derivative

iterative

affectively

apostolic

apostrophe

capacitance

cumulative

devastated

facultative

inoffensive

introspective

retroactive

rhapsodizes

sophisticate

inconclusive

retrospective

affectionate

devastating

obstructionists

locomotive

obsidian

capacitors

provocative

legislative

irrespective

reproductive

babysitting

capacitor

apprehensive

substitution

obesity

substitutions

duplicative

effectively

educative

opacity

depositor

conservative

quantitative

depositions

devastation

suppositions

revocations

comprehensive

oppositions

consecutive

depositors

spectrometry

spectroscopy

evacuate

navigators

topsy-turvy

avocation

deposition

divestiture

navigation

opposition

reposition

revocation

suffocation

supposition

contemplative

ineffective

infinitive

avocado

spectrometer

navigator

affectation

divestitures

inquisitive

avocados

ubiquity

obfuscation

baby-sitter

indecisive

spectacular

baby-sitters

evocation

inexpensive

officiate

officiates

effectuate

6 syllable words
7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word substantive

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

Rhyming Dictionary


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