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Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word protective.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 protective.
3 syllable words

adjective

abortive

adoptive

abrasive

abusive

additive

adhesive

aggressive

appointive

allusive

aortic

artesian

artichokes

artichoke

article

artistry

artisans

artisan

assaultive

berettas

coercive

cognitive

articles

broadcasting

broadcaster

broadcasters

burritos

cardiac

cardigan

cardigans

causative

cartesian

chariots

charities

cohesive

combative

collusive

constructive

conducive

conclusive

convulsive

compulsive

corruptive

cortical

corrosive

cortisol

cortisone

courtesies

creative

courtesy

cowardice

critical

curative

defensive

criticize

decorative

decisive

depressive

digestive

destructive

descriptive

discursive

dismissive

dispersive

disruptive

distinctive

derisive

divisive

drudgery

emotive

elusive

erosive

erotic

erratic

extensive

excessive

evasive

expensive

exhaustive

eruptive

expletive

expressive

exploitive

exclusive

expansive

explosive

fixative

effusive

formative

incisive

forthcoming

fugitive

grudgingly

incentive

hardcover

grotesquely

hardcovers

heretic

heretics

heritage

illusive

impassive

impressive

impulsive

inclusive

crotchety

inductive

instinctive

instructive

intensive

inventive

intrusive

invasive

production

laxative

laureates

lucrative

mortgages

nutritive

negative

nonnative

narrative

neurotic

neritic

normative

northeastern

northwestern

obsessive

obstructive

obtrusive

oppressive

orthoclase

paradox

paradigms

paradigm

paradise

parities

parodies

parodist

particle

particles

partisans

partisan

perspective

perceptive

pervasive

persuasive

portico

periods

permissive

pirouettes

portuguese

predestine

positive

predicates

predicate

prediction

predictions

predictor

predictors

probative

preemptive

presumptive

primitive

prodigies

prodigy

producers

producer

productions

progressive

predispose

prodigal

protection

protections

protesters

protester

protestant

protestants

protocol

protocols

produces

successive

putative

reactive

reclusive

rarities

redemptive

regressive

relative

repressive

repulsive

restrictive

responsive

sedative

sensitive

punitive

secretive

substantive

shortages

shortcomings

shortcoming

submissive

shortsighted

subversive

surtaxes

tentative

talkative

tortoises

vertically

vertices

vindictive

verities

vertical

treatises

vertigo

wretchedly

4 syllable words

acquisitive

accusative

affirmative

alternative

apprehensive

articulate

articulates

associative

automotive

articular

bradykinin

commemorative

competitive

comparative

consecutive

contemplative

contraceptive

conservative

consultative

constitutive

comprehensive

critically

cumulative

criticizes

criticism

definitive

criticisms

educative

demonstrative

derivative

diminutive

dispositive

dissipative

duplicative

diuretic

distributive

diuretics

druidism

eradicate

executive

evocative

facultative

federative

figurative

generative

great-grandfather

great-grandmother

hyperactive

hypertensive

imitative

heretical

heritages

horticulture

illustrative

imperative

indicative

inconclusive

indecisive

ineffective

infinitive

inexpensive

irrespective

inoffensive

innovative

insensitive

inquisitive

introspective

interpretive

intuitive

iridescent

iterative

informative

legislative

locomotive

meditative

nonproductive

northeasterly

northwesterly

pejorative

operative

oxidative

paradoxes

orthogonal

orthography

palliative

participate

participle

participant

participates

participles

participants

particular

particulars

partisanship

particulates

particulate

periodic

predictable

predecessors

predecessor

predicament

predicaments

prerogative

preservative

initiative

preventative

prodigiously

prohibitive

protagonist

protagonists

protectionist

protectionists

protestation

protestations

provocative

protozoans

qualitative

quantitative

reconstructive

reproductive

repetitive

regulative

retroactive

restorative

retrospective

superlative

protozoa

speculative

stimulative

protozoan

transformative

unobtrusive

vegetative

varieties

virtuoso

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word protective

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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