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

active

aching

against

aging

akins

asking

assumes

begins

becomes

backing

askance

buckskins

bagging

baking

biggins

beijing

boxing

basins

boozing

bucking

bushings

beacons

beckons

bygones

caissons

cajuns

asians

captive

casing

coaxing

cocking

cocoons

cognac

cooking

cosens

cuisines

cushions

dashing

coaching

cousins

couching

deacons

casings

dicing

digging

chasing

chickens

choking

dishing

dismays

ducking

easing

dozens

docking

dockings

endive

eggnogs

eking

essence

exchange

exhumes

eggnog

festive

fishing

facing

facings

fashions

fixing

fixings

forgive

furtive

gascons

fucking

gassing

hissing

hugging

gushing

housings

hogans

icing

hogging

icons

housing

isms

jogging

joking

leasing

leggings

lashings

leaking

legging

lakins

lashing

lagging

laughing

lagoons

legions

lessens

lessons

legumes

licensed

license

lesions

likins

licking

lichens

likens

liking

looking

loosens

logging

masons

losing

lozenge

magness

machines

makings

making

massive

maxims

mesons

lykens

misgive

missive

mishmash

missing

missions

mocking

motive

muggings

native

mugging

musings

musing

nagging

olive

nuisance

nosing

oozing

pensive

outlive

pacing

packing

paging

passing

oceans

peacenik

passive

peaking

pegging

pecans

passions

octave

pigskins

picnics

picnic

pickings

picking

plaintive

pigeons

phasing

poking

poisons

possums

pushing

pygmies

quickens

racing

quaking

racking

raccoons

racemes

raising

raking

raging

reasons

raisins

reckons

regains

regions

relive

rejoins

resins

regimes

restive

kicking

riggings

rigging

russians

schisms

saxons

rising

sacking

sagging

seasons

seizing

sessions

shocking

sizing

soaking

sighing

sequins

squeezing

sequence

resumes

succinct

teaching

takings

teachings

technic

sucking

technics

techniques

technique

ticking

tacking

thickens

taking

tossing

tokens

touching

toughens

vegans

rhizomes

vaccines

vacuums

viking

tycoons

visions

vikings

rocking

rousing

washing

waking

wagons

weakens

weighing

whacking

wishing

3 syllable words

abortive

abrasive

abusive

adaptive

adoptive

affective

adhesive

adjective

additive

agencies

agency

aggressive

allusive

agonist

agonists

agnostics

agnostic

agonies

agonized

agonize

appointive

agincourt

ascension

assaultive

assertive

attentive

bassoonist

attractive

asuncion

awakens

axioms

businesslike

begonias

bookmakers

bookmaker

businesses

businessman

causative

collusive

cognitive

cohesive

collective

combative

coercive

cogency

cognizance

cognizant

compulsive

casinos

conclusive

convulsive

conducive

conductive

convective

connective

congestive

disconcert

constructive

corrective

corrosive

corruptive

curative

creative

deceptive

defensive

decorative

defective

deconstruct

descriptive

destructive

derisive

detective

decency

diagnose

digestive

disconnect

directive

disconnects

dishonest

disincline

disengaged

expensive

disruptive

distinctive

divisive

expansive

dissension

echoing

effective

expressive

effusive

elusive

emotive

extensive

elective

eugenic

erosive

evasive

equinox

eruptive

eugenics

eskimos

exclusive

exhaustive

exchanger

exchangers

exchanges

expletive

exploitive

explosive

fijians

fixative

formative

fugitive

hygienist

hygienists

illusive

impassive

iguanas

impressive

impulsive

incisive

incentive

inclusive

inductive

infective

inactive

disengage

intensive

invasive

instinctive

intrusive

invective

inventive

instructive

issuance

issuing

jockeying

laxative

laughingly

laughingstock

laconic

licenses

licensees

licensure

liaisons

likenesses

licensee

licenser

messenger

lucrative

lozenges

machinists

masonic

mackenzie

magnesite

machinist

magnesia

mechanics

mechanic

mechanize

maximize

misconceive

messengers

misconstrue

misconstrues

nonnative

normative

obsessive

narrative

museums

offensive

negative

oppressive

obstructive

obtrusive

nuisances

objective

nutritive

pacemakers

pachinko

passengers

packinghouse

pacemaker

passenger

perceptive

peacemakers

peacemaker

persuasive

perspective

pervasive

pessimist

possessive

predictive

pessimists

positive

preemptive

progressive

prospective

preventive

presumptive

productive

protective

probative

punitive

reactive

putative

receptive

respective

reclusive

reconquer

reconciles

reconcile

reconstruct

redemptive

reflective

reflexive

refractive

regency

regressive

repressive

repulsive

relative

responsive

restrictive

sedative

seductive

selective

sensitive

secretive

seagoing

vindictive

subjective

sequences

substantive

subversive

successive

taskmaster

talkative

technical

technicals

technicians

technician

tentative

suggestive

technocrat

technocrats

vacancies

vacancy

weaknesses

jokingly

4 syllable words
6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word dismissive

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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