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

additive

abrasive

adaptive

adjective

abusive

adhesive

adoptive

affective

aggressive

amputate

ambitions

allusive

ambition

attentive

appointive

assertive

attractive

assaultive

benefit

benefits

causative

collective

combative

combatants

combatant

cognitive

collusive

coercive

cohesive

competent

compulsive

conclusive

conductive

computers

computer

conducive

confetti

confidence

confidante

confident

congestive

connective

abortive

confiding

constructive

convective

convulsive

corrective

corrosive

corruptive

deceptive

curative

defective

defensive

depressive

detective

decisive

decorative

digestive

directive

descriptive

dispersive

discursive

dismissive

disruptive

distinctive

divisive

destructive

derisive

effective

elective

embattled

embattle

effusive

elusive

embedded

emptying

emotive

emptier

embitter

embodies

embody

erosive

eruptive

excessive

expansive

exhaustive

exclusive

expensive

expletive

exploitive

expressive

extensive

explosive

fixative

inactive

evasive

formative

fugitive

illusive

impulsive

impotent

impassive

impatience

impatient

impedance

impressive

gunpowder

incentive

creative

incisive

perceptive

inclusive

infective

ineptly

infidel

infidels

inhabits

inhabit

inhibit

intensive

instinctive

inpatients

inhibits

innovate

inpatient

instructive

innovates

inventive

invasive

invective

invading

invader

invaders

laxative

inviting

lucrative

oppressive

lymphatic

nonnative

intrusive

objective

negative

normative

obstructive

obsessive

narrative

nutritive

mummified

offensive

obtrusive

talkative

possessive

pompadour

positive

reflective

tentative

persuasive

pervasive

predictive

preemptive

protective

primitive

relative

preventive

progressive

presumptive

punitive

putative

probative

reflexive

productive

receptive

regressive

recessive

redemptive

reclusive

reactive

refractive

synoptic

synoptics

respective

repressive

renovate

repulsive

selective

sedative

secretive

responsive

restrictive

seductive

sensitive

snapdragon

substantive

subjective

successive

submissive

subversive

somebody

snapdragons

suggestive

sympathies

sympathy

sympathize

permissive

temptations

temptation

perspective

vindictive

unbutton

unfaithful

inductive

4 syllable words

accusative

alternative

amputation

ambitiously

amputations

anybody

associative

automotive

apprehensive

compatriots

compatriot

competency

competition

competencies

competently

comprehensive

competitions

computation

computerized

computerize

computations

confederates

confederate

confidences

confidential

constitutive

confidently

contemplative

contraceptive

inattentive

compatibles

cumulative

demonstrative

definitive

diminutive

dispositive

derivative

dissipative

distributive

duplicative

educative

empty-handed

emphatically

embodiment

executive

figurative

federative

facultative

evocative

generative

hypertensive

hyperactive

illustrative

impatiently

impediment

imitative

impediments

imputation

indicative

indecisive

interpretive

ineffective

infinitive

inexpensive

infatuates

infatuate

inhibited

ineptitude

inhibiting

informative

operative

inhabitants

inhabitant

inhabited

inhibition

inhibitors

inhibitions

inhibitor

initiative

inoffensive

insensitive

inquisitive

innovative

innovators

innovation

innovator

innovations

introspective

intuitive

inveterate

irrespective

legislative

iterative

invitation

invitations

locomotive

meditative

nonproductive

palliative

omnipotent

oxidative

inconclusive

prerogative

preventative

quantitative

preservative

prohibitive

provocative

qualitative

reconstructive

regulative

pejorative

renovators

renovation

renovator

reproductive

restorative

retrospective

retroactive

renovations

stimulative

speculative

sympathetic

symbiotic

sympathizes

sympathizer

sympathizers

vegetative

unobtrusive

transformative

6 syllable words
7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word competitive

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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