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

active

addressed

adores

adheres

attract

attracts

authors

badders

bathers

batters

betters

bettors

betrays

bitters

butters

beaters

beadwork

bothers

bidders

cadres

captive

citric

cheddars

cheaters

cedars

cutters

detract

deters

detours

detracts

caters

festive

endive

eaters

feathers

fathers

features

fetters

furtive

forgive

getters

gutters

guitars

gathers

haters

hydras

headers

hitters

heathers

heaters

hooters

ethers

futures

feeders

ladders

lathers

leaders

leathers

letters

litters

looters

loaders

massive

mathers

matrice

matrix

matters

metric

meters

metres

metrics

misgive

missive

motive

mothers

networks

native

network

nethers

motors

natures

nitric

nutters

mutters

octave

matures

olive

others

otters

outdoors

outlive

outrage

outright

outraged

padres

outreach

passive

pensive

plaintive

pedros

peters

potters

putters

quitters

raters

raiders

radars

relive

restive

retires

retrace

retract

retracts

odors

powders

setters

shatters

rooters

rotors

routers

shudders

shooters

shutters

readers

staircase

sitters

skaters

southers

squatters

stairways

starches

starcraft

starcher

starchy

riders

straightedge

starkly

stearic

storage

straggle

storehouse

straggler

stragglers

stories

straighten

straightens

woodwork

siders

stressful

strictly

stresses

stricken

stricture

strickler

strictures

strikers

striking

striker

strikeouts

stroking

structure

struggles

structures

struggle

sturgeon

strychnine

sturgeons

structured

suitors

sutures

sweaters

theatrics

theatric

tatters

tethers

teeters

tutors

vitric

waiters

strikeout

voters

waders

waters

utters

weathers

whitehorse

withers

zithers

3 syllable words

additive

abrasive

adaptive

addressee

abusive

addresses

affective

aggressive

allusive

adhesive

appointive

assertive

adjective

assaultive

adoptive

attentive

attractive

attracting

attraction

attractions

authorship

authorized

authorize

batteries

buttresses

bittersweet

buttercups

buttercup

bedraggle

bothersome

cataract

cataracts

causative

convective

coauthors

coercive

collective

connective

combative

collusive

cohesive

cognitive

conductive

compulsive

conclusive

conducive

congestive

constructive

destructive

depressive

cauterize

curative

decorative

corrective

corruptive

deceptive

defective

corrosive

decisive

creative

defensive

detective

convulsive

derisive

descriptive

directive

detractors

detractor

detergents

detergent

dieters

digestive

dispersive

discursive

dismissive

disruptive

distinctive

abortive

effective

elective

effusive

divisive

erosive

eruptive

hydrogen

elusive

etruscans

expressive

etruscan

expensive

expletive

exhaustive

expansive

emotive

excessive

exploitive

explosive

extensive

exclusive

fixative

formative

matrices

fugitive

evasive

guitarists

guitarist

futurists

futurist

headdresses

hydrazine

hydrogens

impassive

illusive

impressive

impulsive

incentive

inactive

incisive

inclusive

inductive

instructive

hydroxide

infective

instinctive

intensive

invective

inventive

laxative

intrusive

invasive

leadership

leaderships

lucrative

madrigals

madrigal

lethargy

liturgy

lotteries

hydroxides

matrixes

mattresses

metrical

motorcades

motorcars

motorcade

motorcar

motorize

objective

motorized

negative

networking

nutritive

narrative

normative

obsessive

nitrogen

nonnative

obstructive

obtrusive

oppressive

otherwise

outrages

outrigger

outriggers

predictive

persuasive

patrician

perceptive

possessive

petroglyph

petroglyphs

presumptive

permissive

positive

pervasive

preemptive

patricians

preventive

primitive

probative

productive

protective

receptive

progressive

putative

punitive

readership

meteors

reactive

recessive

reclusive

redemptive

respective

refractive

reflective

reflexive

relative

regressive

repressive

redirect

repulsive

restrictive

responsive

retraction

sensitive

retrograde

seductive

offensive

secretive

rhetoric

satirist

satirists

selective

sedative

satirize

scattergood

rioters

satires

staircases

stargazer

stargazers

storekeeper

storekeepers

straightforward

substantive

structural

subjective

suggestive

successive

submissive

subversive

tentative

talkative

theatres

vindictive

waitresses

watersheds

watershed

waterways

widowers

7 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word retrospective

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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