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

abrasive

according

accordance

abusive

accurate

acquired

accredit

adaptive

adjective

adhesive

adoptive

accretion

attractive

affective

appointive

assaultive

allusive

ascertain

aggressive

asserted

assertive

formative

asserting

assorted

attentive

assertions

assertion

assortment

causative

bighearted

cognitive

cigarettes

baccarat

coercive

cigarette

collective

combative

cohesive

collusive

convulsive

conclusive

conductive

conducive

congestive

connective

constructive

convective

corrective

corrosive

creative

compulsive

deceptive

decisive

decorate

defective

deserted

derisive

degraded

depressive

descriptive

degrading

desertions

destructive

detective

directive

deserters

digestive

discordant

discredit

discursive

dismissive

dispersive

discredits

discretions

discretion

disheartened

disordered

disorders

disorder

effective

effusive

elective

divisive

elusive

emotive

eruptive

excessive

erosive

exclusive

evasive

distinctive

excretion

exhaustive

exertions

expansive

expensive

expressive

exploitive

extensive

explosive

exertion

figurehead

defensive

fugitive

instructive

abortive

incentive

deserter

impassive

illusive

impressive

impulsive

inactive

incisive

infective

inductive

inclusive

intensive

instinctive

desertion

intrusive

invective

invasive

inventive

ziggurat

lacerate

punitive

reassert

macartney

masquerade

migration

migrations

receptive

newsworthy

loggerheads

normative

obstructive

obtrusive

objective

offensive

nonnative

obsessive

oppressive

positive

perspective

perceptive

pervasive

persuasive

permissive

possessive

predictive

preemptive

presumptive

prospective

preventive

productive

probative

progressive

protective

putative

reactive

reasserts

loggerhead

reclusive

recessive

recreates

recording

recreate

recruiter

recordings

recorders

recorder

recruiters

redemptive

refractive

reflective

reflexive

regarding

regressive

regretful

respective

responsive

repulsive

restrictive

repressive

selective

secretly

seductive

secretions

secretion

substantive

recruitment

successive

subjective

submissive

subversive

suggestive

vindictive

wizardry

niggardly

ziggurats

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Words that rhyme with the word decorative

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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