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

abortive

abrasive

accurate

accredit

according

accretion

acquired

attractive

aggressive

adaptive

additive

adoptive

adjective

affective

adhesive

appointive

attentive

allusive

assaultive

assertive

assorted

asserted

asserting

assertions

ascertain

assertion

assortment

abusive

accordance

baccarat

bighearted

causative

cigarettes

cigarette

coercive

cognitive

cohesive

conductive

collective

combative

compulsive

conclusive

collusive

conducive

connective

congestive

constructive

convulsive

corrective

convective

corrosive

corruptive

creative

deceptive

decisive

decorate

defective

defensive

descriptive

depressive

derisive

degrading

degraded

deserted

deserter

deserters

destructive

digestive

detective

directive

desertion

discredit

discordant

desertions

discredits

erosive

discursive

discretions

dismissive

disheartened

disordered

disorders

disorder

dispersive

effective

elective

distinctive

divisive

effusive

emotive

elusive

discretion

excessive

evasive

exclusive

exhaustive

exertions

excretion

exertion

expansive

expletive

expensive

exploitive

expressive

extensive

figurehead

explosive

formative

fugitive

ziggurat

impressive

impulsive

incentive

inactive

illusive

impassive

inclusive

incisive

inductive

infective

instructive

intensive

instinctive

intrusive

inventive

invasive

invective

permissive

punitive

loggerhead

macartney

loggerheads

masquerade

migrations

migration

negative

reactive

normative

obstructive

obtrusive

nonnative

objective

obsessive

offensive

niggardly

oppressive

lacerate

perceptive

perspective

persuasive

pervasive

positive

preemptive

presumptive

preventive

predictive

probative

productive

progressive

protective

putative

possessive

receptive

prospective

reassert

reasserts

reclusive

recessive

recorder

recordings

recorders

recording

recreates

recreate

recruiter

redemptive

refractive

recruiters

reflective

regarding

recruitment

reflexive

regressive

relative

repulsive

responsive

regretful

respective

restrictive

secretions

secretion

secretly

tentative

seductive

sensitive

sedative

substantive

selective

subjective

submissive

subversive

successive

suggestive

vindictive

wizardry

newsworthy

ziggurats

Words that rhyme with the word secretive

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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