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

active

adheres

addressed

attract

adores

attracts

bathers

authors

betters

badders

bettors

betrays

bitters

beaters

bidders

bothers

batters

butters

cadres

captive

beadwork

caters

citric

cheddars

cheaters

cedars

detract

cutters

detracts

deters

detours

eaters

endive

ethers

feathers

fathers

features

festive

forgive

fetters

furtive

feeders

gathers

futures

getters

hydras

gutters

haters

headers

hitters

heathers

guitars

heaters

hooters

letters

leathers

lathers

leaders

litters

ladders

loaders

looters

massive

mathers

matrice

matrix

matters

motive

metrics

metric

meters

metres

misgive

missive

mothers

motors

mutters

native

networks

network

nethers

natures

nitric

nutters

octave

odors

olive

others

otters

matures

passive

outright

outraged

outrage

outreach

padres

pensive

pedros

peters

plaintive

potters

putters

quitters

radars

raters

raiders

retract

relive

restive

retires

retrace

retracts

shudders

outdoors

outlive

powders

rooters

rotors

setters

shatters

routers

shutters

shooters

readers

stairways

staircase

starches

sitters

skaters

squatters

southers

starcher

starchy

starcraft

riders

starkly

stearic

straighten

straggle

storage

stragglers

straggler

storehouse

stories

straightedge

straightens

woodwork

siders

stressful

strictly

stresses

stricken

stricture

strickler

strictures

struggle

strikeout

stroking

striking

structure

structured

strikers

structures

struggles

sturgeon

strychnine

sturgeons

suitors

striker

sutures

strikeouts

sweaters

tatters

theatric

theatrics

vitric

tethers

teeters

utters

waiters

tutors

voters

waders

weathers

waters

whitehorse

withers

zithers

3 syllable words

abrasive

abusive

adaptive

adjective

additive

adhesive

addresses

addressee

adoptive

affective

appointive

assaultive

assertive

allusive

aggressive

attentive

cataract

attraction

attractions

authorized

authorize

bedraggle

buttercup

authorship

bittersweet

buttercups

bothersome

batteries

buttresses

cataracts

causative

coercive

collective

collusive

cohesive

coauthors

cognitive

cauterize

combative

constructive

compulsive

connective

convulsive

conducive

conclusive

congestive

conductive

convective

corrective

decorative

curative

corrosive

defective

corruptive

decisive

deceptive

creative

defensive

detractors

detective

destructive

descriptive

detergents

detergent

derisive

detractor

depressive

directive

dieters

digestive

discursive

dismissive

dispersive

disruptive

emotive

expansive

distinctive

effusive

effective

elective

divisive

elusive

erosive

expletive

exhaustive

eruptive

etruscan

etruscans

exploitive

evasive

excessive

exclusive

expensive

explosive

extensive

expressive

abortive

fixative

formative

fugitive

futurist

futurists

guitarist

headdresses

guitarists

hydrazine

lucrative

matrices

impassive

illusive

hydroxide

hydroxides

impressive

impulsive

inactive

inductive

incisive

incentive

inclusive

infective

instructive

intrusive

instinctive

invective

invasive

intensive

inventive

hydrogens

laxative

lethargy

leadership

leaderships

liturgy

lotteries

madrigal

hydrogen

madrigals

matrixes

metrical

mattresses

narrative

motorcades

motorcars

motorcade

motorcar

motorized

motorize

negative

networking

nutritive

normative

objective

obstructive

obtrusive

nitrogen

obsessive

nonnative

offensive

otherwise

retrograde

oppressive

petroglyph

outrages

patrician

outrigger

outriggers

patricians

persuasive

petroglyphs

productive

pervasive

predictive

preemptive

perceptive

positive

possessive

primitive

permissive

presumptive

preventive

probative

perspective

progressive

prospective

protective

reactive

putative

punitive

receptive

reclusive

recessive

readership

meteors

redemptive

redirect

reflective

relative

reflexive

regressive

repressive

restrictive

responsive

respective

repulsive

retraction

retrospect

rhetoric

sedative

seductive

sensitive

rioters

secretive

satires

satirists

satirist

scattergood

satirize

selective

staircases

stargazer

stargazers

straightforward

storekeeper

storekeepers

substantive

structural

talkative

subjective

submissive

subversive

suggestive

successive

widowers

tentative

vindictive

theatres

waitresses

waterways

watersheds

watershed

7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word retroactive

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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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When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

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Different Types of Rhymes
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  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

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