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

abortive

abrasive

abusive

acreage

adaptive

adjective

acquires

additive

adhesive

adoptive

affective

aggressive

allusive

appointive

assaultive

aggregate

aggressors

aggressor

aggregates

aggression

aggressions

attentive

attractive

bakeries

bucharest

conclusive

collusive

conducive

collective

coercive

cohesive

cockroaches

cognitive

combative

convulsive

connective

conductive

constructive

congestive

convective

causative

compulsive

corrosive

corrective

corruptive

deceptive

decorative

curative

decreases

decreasing

defensive

defective

creative

derisive

descriptive

detective

digresses

dichroic

directive

digestive

digression

digressions

discharges

disgraceful

disgorgement

divisive

elusive

effusive

distinctive

effective

disregard

disregards

disrespect

disrespects

disruptive

elective

erosive

emotive

eruptive

eucharist

exclusive

evasive

excursion

expansive

destructive

exorcists

extensive

exorcist

expressive

exercise

expensive

exploitive

impressive

expletive

exhaustive

explosive

illusive

fixative

fisheries

formative

hickories

fugitive

inclusive

incisive

excursions

impulsive

incentive

inactive

inductive

desires

predictive

infective

intensive

instructive

inventive

invective

issuers

instinctive

intrusive

licorice

laxative

kayakers

lucrative

luxuries

miscarriage

mazurkas

microscope

mischarges

miseries

preemptive

microscopes

negative

muckraker

obsessive

narrative

nonnative

objective

normative

nutritive

obtrusive

obstructive

possessive

offensive

oppressive

permissive

perceptive

perspective

persuasive

pervasive

positive

picaresque

preventive

primitive

productive

probative

progressive

presumptive

protective

prospective

receptive

reclusive

reactive

reassures

regressive

redemptive

reflective

reflexive

refractive

regression

regressions

relative

repulsive

resourceful

repressive

responsive

rescuers

resources

researches

researcher

researchers

punitive

respective

resurgent

restrictive

resurgence

requires

resurrect

putative

secretive

seductive

sedative

secrecy

segregate

successive

selective

substantive

subjective

submissive

talkative

sacrosanct

sensitive

suggestive

tentative

rosaries

vagaries

vindictive

voyagers

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word discursive

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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