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Rhymes for live

1 syllable · rhymes on “-ive”

The verb live has one syllable; the rhyme sits on “-ive”. Here are 23 perfect and the 24 most common near rhymes, each sorted by syllables. The most common are “five”, “drive” and “survive”. One-syllable rhymes like “five” or “drive” land hard and suit the end of a short line. For longer lines, look at the two-syllable ones. “wife”, “eyes” or “sometimes” sound similar – one of them may fit your line better.

Perfect rhymes 23

1 syllable

  • five
  • drive
  • dive
  • hive
  • thrive
  • strive
  • jive
  • vive
  • shive
  • clyve

2 syllables

  • survive
  • arrive
  • revive
  • archive
  • deprive
  • beehive
  • derive
  • nosedive
  • contrive
  • skydive
  • connive

3 syllables

  • overdrive
  • hyperdrive

Near rhymes top 24

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Rhyme data: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the rhyme lists on this page are under the same licence. All sources