Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word defensively.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
3 syllable words
5 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word defensively.
2 syllable words

ably

abbe

abbey

ac

acme

acne

aerie

affines

agree

airy

albee

algae

alley

amy

amply

angry

ante

anti

any

aptly

archly

army

artsy

arty

ascii

ashy

assay

aussie

avenge

awfully

b.c.

av

baboons

baby

badly

baggy

bailey

bailie

baillie

baldly

biddy

balky

bandy

beastly

bally

barely

beefy

belly

barley

barry

batty

bawdy

beery

beachy

beechy

belfry

beady

bennie

benny

bevy

berkeley

berry

betty

balmy

beauty

billy

bitchy

birdie

blandly

blankly

bleary

blindly

blithely

bluntly

boldly

bloody

bogie

blurry

blotchy

blowy

bluey

bobby

body

bogey

bonnie

bonny

bony

booby

boogie

bossy

boozy

brawny

briskly

bouncy

brandy

brainy

brassy

bounty

boxy

bougie

bravely

briefly

brightly

breezy

booty

broadly

broody

brownie

brushy

bubbly

bunchy

buffy

bully

bulky

buggy

bungee

bunny

buoy

burgee

burly

daily

busy

bushy

busby

burry

calmly

cabins

cali

cadre

caddie

caddy

candy

canty

carney

cassie

capri

carry

carefree

ab

catty

causey

cb

cd

ce

cavins

catchy

chancy

chaffy

charlie

clumpy

charpie

charry

chafing

chary

cheaply

cheapens

cheery

cheesy

chintzy

chiefly

chimney

chevy

chili

chilly

chipping

cherry

chippy

chitty

chatty

choosy

chunky

chubby

chummy

clary

chopping

city

cleanly

classy

clayey

clearly

choppy

clammy

closely

clootie

cloudy

clergy

coffins

clumsy

cockney

coffee

cocky

coldly

comely

colley

collie

colly

comfrey

comfy

cheeky

bury

coney

conny

cookie

coolly

corby

coping

coppins

copy

cordy

corgi

corky

corny

coursey

costly

coulee

coupons

cosey

cosy

country

courtly

county

covey

creasy

coyly

cranky

cranny

crawly

crafty

creaky

creamy

cozy

crabby

crappie

crappy

crazy

craggy

crisply

crispy

cressy

crusty

cuddly

crudely

cubans

cruelly

crummy

cruelty

cuddy

cully

curly

curtly

crony

cuppy

curry

currie

curtsy

cushy

creepy

cutty

corrie

d.c.

daddy

deathly

daphne

dancy

deadly

dearly

dainty

dandy

darkly

dairy

dally

deary

darby

darkie

daisy

cady

defence

defense

decree

deeply

deepens

deedy

defines

defunct

deftly

degree

densely

demi

dickie

dicky

dewy

derby

dingy

dimly

dilly

dinghy

dinky

dipping

ditty

divvy

dixie

dizzy

dobbins

doily

dolly

donkey

doubly

diving

dory

dotty

doty

doughty

dowdy

doughy

downy

drizzly

dressy

dreary

doxy

drafty

dreamy

dowry

droopy

dropsy

dusty

dumpy

duchy

dubbing

dryly

ducky

duly

dummy

e.g.

drowsy

early

earthly

easy

duty

edgy

eddy

earthy

empty

eighty

entry

envy

esprit

espy

evens

evince

faintly

fairly

fairy

fancy

falsely

faulty

foresee

farry

ferry

fifty

filthy

filly

finely

firmly

firstly

fishy

flabby

flinty

flashy

flimsy

flatly

fleecy

fleshy

fleury

flighty

floppy

fluffy

flaky

fondly

farsi

feebly

folksy

folly

fatty

flurry

fluty

foamy

foggy

fogy

foundry

foxy

frailty

fourthly

forty

fouty

frankly

freaky

freshly

friendly

frenzy

frilly

friday

frisky

fully

frothy

funky

funny

frosty

furry

fusty

freely

fury

fussy

fuzzy

gaily

galley

gaby

gantry

gamely

gandhi

garvie

gaudy

gawky

gently

gentry

gery

ghastly

ghostly

gibbons

giffy

gilly

giddy

giving

givens

glassy

gladly

glibly

glumly

glossy

gloomy

glory

godly

goldie

goodly

gnarly

goody

gorky

goatee

gory

gouty

goofy

grandly

gravely

grizzly

granny

grossly

grassy

gravy

greasy

greatly

greenly

grimly

grisly

gritty

greedy

groovy

grimy

groggy

grouchy

grubby

grumpy

grungy

grainy

gypsy

guinea

guilty

gusty

gutsy

gully

gummy

guppy

gurry

handy

hanky

haiti

happens

harshly

hardly

harry

hardy

hasty

happy

havens

haughty

having

healthy

hawkey

hefty

heavens

hairy

heady

hearty

heaving

heavy

hendy

henry

hazy

highly

hindi

hinny

hippie

hipbones

hackney

hilly

homely

holly

holy

hoagy

hoary

hobby

hockey

homey

honey

horny

hooky

hopping

honky

hotly

hourly

hubby

howdy

huffy

humbly

husky

hunky

hurly

hussy

hurry

hyphae

icy

id

idly

indri

inky

hungry

itchy

ivy

jacky

jakie

japans

genie

jaunty

dirty

jelly

jenny

jesse

jiffy

jerry

jetty

jerky

jersey

jewry

jimmy

jitney

justly

jointly

journey

jumpy

johnny

jolly

juicy

jockey

jury

keenly

joey

kali

keeping

kidney

kevins

kiddy

kiley

khaki

kingly

kindly

kinky

kitty

knightly

knobby

knotty

kylie

lanky

kersey

lamely

lamprey

lackey

lastly

larry

lary

lassie

largely

lapping

lady

latchkey

lately

laundry

leafy

leaping

lazy

leaky

leavens

leavy

leggy

lengthy

lessee

lefty

levee

levens

levins

levy

lily

lightly

likely

lighty

lindy

linsey

living

livings

lively

loamy

lobby

lofty

lonely

loosely

lordly

loony

looping

lopping

lori

lorry

lory

loudly

lovely

lovings

loving

lowly

lousy

lowry

lp

lusty

lumpy

lucky

m.d.

m3

madly

mahdi

mainly

manly

mangy

maki

many

marshy

marry

mary

markee

marquee

mapping

marie

maori

looney

matey

mealy

meaty

medfly

maybe

medley

meekly

measly

mercy

merely

merry

mickey

mighty

milky

mildly

minny

missy

misty

mitre

looby

molly

moly

monday

money

monthly

monkey

monte

moonie

moody

mostly

motley

mousy

movie

mouldy

moving

mosey

mt

moxie

mucky

muddy

muffins

musky

musty

mushy

mummy

murrey

murry

nanny

namely

muzzy

napping

nasty

muggy

murky

nearly

neatly

navy

natty

naughty

murphy

needy

nestle

nervy

netty

ninny

nimbly

nifty

nicely

nightly

ninety

newly

newsy

nike

nipping

nixie

nippy

nitty

nobly

noisy

nosy

nutty

oddly

oaky

offing

oily

olea

okey

only

opens

opie

opines

parley

ovens

peery

paddy

orgy

palsy

paltry

pansy

pantry

parry

parsi

parsley

palfrey

partly

party

pastry

patchy

paunchy

paving

pattee

patty

pawnee

payee

pc

pearly

peavy

peachy

pepsi

peppy

penny

perry

perky

pesky

petit

petty

steady

phebe

phoebe

mody

phoney

phony

pithy

pigmy

pinky

pirie

pity

piny

piping

pixie

plainly

pippins

platy

plenty

plucky

poley

pokey

poky

poorly

pony

popping

poppy

posse

porgy

portly

poultry

prairie

polly

poly

pressly

quaintly

priestly

princely

primly

privy

promptly

pretty

prickly

proudly

pygmy

proxy

pudgy

puffins

puffing

puffy

pulley

punchy

purely

puny

puppy

puri

psyche

pussy

putty

robins

quickly

querry

quasi

queasy

query

racy

rainy

rally

rarely

rangy

raspy

ranee

rani

stealthy

ravens

ravines

refines

raving

really

ready

reedy

quarry

regie

revenge

richly

quirky

ribbons

ribbing

rightly

risky

rooftree

robbins

roofing

rolley

simply

rocky

roddy

rody

roomy

roughly

roundly

roundy

rubbing

rovings

ruddy

rummy

roving

rumney

rory

saintly

safely

sadly

safety

salmi

salty

sandy

sally

skerry

rosy

savely

savings

saucy

saving

rowdy

scarcely

scanty

scary

scavenge

ruby

slightly

rupee

rusty

saki

scrubby

seamy

scurry

smugly

sari

seely

sentry

sevens

shabby

shifty

shanty

sharply

sheely

shapely

shavings

sharpie

shaving

shelly

sherry

shimmy

scarry

shipping

shortly

shirley

shiny

shrubby

scrappy

shyly

shady

sickly

silky

shoddy

silly

shaggy

shaky

snugly

scratchy

sixty

singly

skinny

sketchy

siphons

scrawny

sleazy

showy

skelly

sleekly

sleepy

seedy

slinky

smartly

smiddy

slowly

slyly

sloppy

smoky

smoothly

sparsely

snively

sneaky

snappy

snobby

snotty

snowy

softly

soli

sobbing

soggy

soundly

sorely

sortie

sopping

sooty

sorry

soupy

soybeans

slimy

spanking

spanish

smutty

soapy

spangle

speedy

spencers

spencer

spinney

spinster

splashy

spicy

spiny

sphincters

sphincter

spiky

spongy

sponges

sponsors

sponsor

spotty

squarely

sprightly

spunky

starkly

squashy

squeegee

squatty

starry

stalky

stately

starchy

steamy

stiffly

sternly

jazzy

steely

sticky

stingy

stocky

strangely

stoutly

stodgy

stony

stormy

stogie

storey

strictly

story

stringy

strongly

stuffy

stubby

study

sturdy

sundry

sunday

sully

sunny

sultry

surly

sweaty

sweeny

swanky

sweeping

swampy

surrey

swarthy

swiftly

sweetly

sweltry

surely

swinney

tally

taffy

tabby

tacky

tammy

tansy

steeply

tasty

tarry

tawny

tawdry

teeny

tardy

taxi

tartly

tatty

techy

teary

thinly

terry

testy

theory

thickly

thermae

thrifty

thirdly

thirsty

thorny

tightly

timely

thursday

thirty

tinny

throaty

tidy

tiny

tipping

tipsy

tobie

toppings

tony

toby

tommy

toothy

topping

tourney

touchy

towhee

tory

totty

trashy

tricky

treaty

trophy

trusty

tsetse

villi

truly

trustee

tunny

tubby

twenty

ugly

tubing

turnkey

twiggy

typhoons

vainly

vaguely

tuesday

valley

vastly

vary

vendee

veney

very

turkey

turney

tutti

volley

weekly

vari

vinny

warmly

wary

wavy

washy

wapping

waxy

wholly

wacky

waddy

wednesday

wealthy

weapons

weary

weavings

weaving

webbing

weeping

weedy

weighty

whimsy

waddie

wherry

whipping

whiskey

whisky

whitely

wily

weakly

wintry

windy

willy

wildly

wiry

widely

whopping

wisely

whooping

worldly

witty

woolly

woolsey

woody

worry

wordy

worthy

wrongly

yearly

yangtze

yankee

zany

yaupons

yucky

yummy

yogi

zippy

zuni

3 syllable words

abeyance

absurdly

abruptly

absentee

acidly

actively

assembly

acutely

adversely

adroitly

adobe

affably

addressee

afghani

agency

airworthy

agony

alertly

alchemy

already

allergy

almighty

amity

allele

amnesty

ancestry

anchovy

anarchy

angrily

anxiously

apathy

apogee

appointee

araby

archery

ardently

armory

argosy

artistry

artfully

artery

austerely

attorney

audibly

atrophy

autopsy

bimonthly

avenger

bahraini

avenues

bakery

bigotry

balcony

baloney

benignly

basketry

bengali

battery

barbary

bankruptcy

binary

bitterly

biweekly

blessedly

blatantly

blackberry

blasphemy

bloodthirsty

blueberry

bodily

bologna

botany

brazenly

bourgeoisie

brasserie

boundary

bowery

bravery

breathlessly

brevity

brilliantly

briony

bribery

brewery

buoyancy

broccoli

brotherly

brutally

bubonic

bumblebee

bottone

burgundy

burglary

busily

daintily

decency

canary

calumny

calorie

calvary

candidly

carefully

canopy

carelessly

clumsily

cannery

carpentry

centrally

cbc

cavalry

cavity

celery

century

certainly

chancery

certainty

charcuterie

charity

chemically

chimpanzee

cheerfully

chemistry

chianti

chivalry

cicely

classically

clarity

clemency

cit

cleverly

co.

cogency

chastity

cod

colony

comity

comedy

colloquy

commonly

committee

company

completely

concisely

concretely

confetti

conferee

consciously

constancy

constantly

contrary

c.o.d.

conversely

cordially

copiously

coppery

copying

correctly

credibly

coventry

coterie

courtesy

covertly

cowardly

cranberry

creamery

crazily

coyote

corruptly

custody

cross-country

crotchety

currently

currency

cursory

crockery

cutlery

butchery

dastardly

daiquiri

buttery

defenses

defiance

differently

deline

deity

delphine

density

dentistry

demurely

deputy

deportee

destiny

devotee

deviance

devoutly

dewberry

diary

dignity

directly

cautiously

distinctly

dismally

divorcee

dorsally

djibouti

dogberry

doggedly

dormancy

divinely

doubletree

dreadfully

drapery

durante

dynasty

earnestly

easterly

drudgery

eagerly

easily

ebony

eerily

ecstasy

effigy

enlistee

disagree

endlessly

elderly

elegy

embody

embassy

employee

emery

enemy

energy

especially

enmity

enrollee

entity

enquiry

entropy

ennui

entreaty

equity

equally

ethnically

euphony

evenly

every

exactly

excellency

expertly

expiry

expressly

jauntily

eulogy

extremely

factory

faculty

falsity

falconry

famously

fallacy

family

fantasy

featherly

feathery

fatherly

fealty

fatally

fiancee

felony

fernery

finicky

filigree

finale

finally

finery

fiery

fluently

flaringly

fishery

flagrantly

fleetingly

flattery

florally

flowery

fluency

foolery

forcibly

fop

formerly

forestry

forgery

formally

fortnightly

foolishly

frequently

frequency

frightfully

friary

fulani

furtively

frowningly

ftp

frugally

foolhardy

gallantly

gallantry

galaxy

galilee

gallery

garlicky

gemini

geordie

gingerly

giggly

gingery

guaranty

glowingly

glossary

gloomily

gluttony

gossipy

gooseberry

guarantee

graciously

graffiti

grotesquely

graphically

gramercy

gravelly

gravity

gregory

greedily

grudgingly

greenery

gunnery

grocery

hackberry

handily

handsomely

haltingly

hastily

happily

harmony

haughtily

hatchery

heavenly

heavily

heartily

helotry

heraldry

heresy

hickory

humanly

honestly

history

hominy

homily

honesty

honeybee

hopefully

horribly

honoree

hosiery

hungary

hungrily

husbandry

icily

ideally

imagery

ineptly

industry

infancy

infamy

infantry

innately

injury

intensely

inquiry

instantly

intently

inversely

inwardly

irani

iraqi

irony

ivory

japanese

javanese

jealously

jealousy

jeopardy

jewelry

jokingly

jittery

joinery

jubilee

karate

kentucky

knowingly

lastingly

landlady

laity

larceny

larine

latency

levity

laughingly

leniency

lavishly

leathery

laxity

lawyerly

lazuli

lazily

leniently

legally

leisurely

lethargy

leprosy

legacy

longingly

liberty

library

libyans

licensee

litany

liturgy

livery

loblolly

locally

logically

lottery

lsd

lovingly

loyally

loyalty

lowery

lyrically

luckily

lucchese

lunacy

luxury

mackenzie

machete

macartney

manatee

majesty

mammary

malady

marconi

masai

masonry

massively

mckinley

medically

masterly

mastery

matronly

mentally

melody

memory

mercury

merrily

mightily

righteously

milady

minutely

mimicry

ministry

miserly

misery

modestly

steadily

modesty

mockery

monarchy

natively

motherly

morbidly

morally

mortally

movingly

musically

mutiny

mulberry

naively

narrowly

mystery

nasally

nepenthe

neighborly

neighbourly

nepali

nervously

nunnery

niggardly

newfangled

nicety

newsworthy

newfangle

nominee

nursery

nobody

normalcy

neutrally

noisily

northwardly

northerly

notary

normally

normandy

nudity

notably

noteworthy

novelty

off-duty

obliquely

obloquy

oad

oddity

odyssey

optically

omani

openly

orally

painterly

ornately

orrery

outlawry

pageantry

parody

orderly

overly

overtly

oversea

oversee

ovary

panicky

panoply

palmistry

pallone

parity

papery

partially

papacy

passively

passably

pastrami

patently

patiently

paucity

peasantry

pedantry

pedigree

penalty

penury

peony

perfectly

perfidy

perjury

perversely

pharisee

ph.d.

placidly

pillory

piously

piety

piracy

pleasantly

pleasantry

pleurisy

plenary

poignantly

poignancy

poetry

policy

politely

plausibly

practically

possibly

porphyry

potency

pottery

powdery

poverty

potpourri

praiseworthy

polity

pregnancy

presently

moiety

primary

privately

probably

privacy

priory

probity

profusely

profoundly

progeny

prodigy

prophecy

properly

prosody

property

purity

publicly

prudently

prudency

puberty

purposely

prudery

provine

pungently

puffery

puppetry

primacy

quackery

pharmacy

quantity

randomly

rabbinic

quietly

radically

rarity

raspberry

rapidly

quality

recovery

readily

recipe

realty

recently

rectory

reentry

remedy

quandary

referee

regency

registry

refugee

regally

remarry

reopens

repartee

resignee

quarterly

rhythmically

reveille

revelry

revenues

rigidly

rhapsody

rickety

rightfully

ribaldry

rivalry

robbery

robustly

romany

rosemary

royally

royalty

sanctity

rosary

salary

sanity

rotary

savagely

saturday

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Words that rhyme with the word defensively

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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

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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
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  • 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
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