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

abortive

abrasive

abusive

activate

activates

actively

affective

adaptive

additive

adjective

adoptive

aggressive

adhesive

allusive

appointive

agitprop

activist

assaultive

activists

attentive

coercive

corrosive

attractive

basketball

basketballs

causative

collective

combative

collusive

cohesive

cognitive

connective

congestive

conductive

conducive

compulsive

conclusive

convective

constructive

convulsive

deceptive

curative

creative

deceitful

decisive

decorative

defective

depressive

derisive

descriptive

destructive

detective

digestive

dictaphone

emotive

discursive

dismissive

dispersive

disruptive

effective

elective

effusive

divisive

elusive

distinctive

eruptive

erosive

establish

evasive

exhaustive

excessive

exclusive

expansive

expensive

festival

expletive

extensive

explosive

fixative

festivals

exploitive

expressive

fugitive

face-to-face

formative

illusive

impassive

impressive

established

impulsive

inactive

incentive

defensive

incisive

vestibule

inclusive

invective

instinctive

inventive

intensive

instructive

intrusive

invasive

infective

justify

justified

justifies

juxtapose

laxative

lucrative

productive

narrative

mystify

mystifies

objective

obsessive

obtrusive

obstructive

normative

nutritive

offensive

october

octopi

nonnative

preemptive

oppressive

preventive

perceptive

permissive

perspective

persuasive

pervasive

possessive

predictive

positive

pocketbook

pocketful

postponement

presumptive

protective

primitive

prospective

progressive

probative

pocketbooks

receptive

recessive

putative

reactive

respective

redemptive

reflective

punitive

rectify

reclusive

rectifies

reflexive

refractive

regressive

repressive

repulsive

responsive

restrictive

postponements

selective

seductive

subjective

secretive

submissive

rightfully

substantive

subversive

suggestive

tentative

testify

successive

testifies

talkative

vegetable

vegetables

inductive

vestibules

vindictive

wastebasket

wastebaskets

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word festive

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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