🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Alive"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "alive" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| contrive | 2 | verb | To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise |
| strive | 1 | verb | To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. |
| drive | 1 | noun | To operate a vehicle: |
| derive | 2 | verb | (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. |
| archive | 2 | noun | A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest. |
| connive | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. |
| live | 1 | verb | (intransitive) To be alive; to have life. |
| revive | 2 | verb | (transitive) (figurative) To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. |
| thrive | 1 | verb | (intransitive) To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable. |
| shrive | 1 | verb | (religion, transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.). |
| arrive | 2 | verb | (intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| beehive | 2 | noun | A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live. |
| skive | 1 | noun | (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk. |
| hive | 1 | noun | A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. |
| jive | 1 | noun | (intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc. |
| survive | 2 | verb | (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. |
| dive | 1 | noun | (intransitive) To swim under water. |
| deprive | 2 | verb | (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something. |
| shive | 1 | noun | A slice, especially of bread. |
| swive | 1 | verb | (archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a woman). |
| slive | 1 | noun | (slang) To live life to the fullest while being successful, glamorous, and confident. |
| stive | 1 | noun | (UK, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To stew; to be stifled or suffocated. |
| blive | 1 | verb | (obsolete) quickly; forthwith |
| overdrive | 3 | noun | (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity. |
| nosedive | 2 | noun | (economics, etc.) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value. |
| clive | 1 | noun | A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century. |
| crash dive | 2 | noun | (idiomatic, military) An emergency maneuver by a submarine in which it suddenly descends, especially to considerable depth, usually in order to escape an attack or avoid a collision. |
| five | 1 | noun | The digit/figure 5. |
| test drive | 2 | noun | A sample driving session in a motor vehicle, in order to assess its quality before purchase. |
| sex drive | 2 | noun | The tendency or instinct of animals to engage in sexual activity. |
| vive | 1 | (obsolete) lively, animated | |
| nose dive | 2 | noun | Alternative form of nosedive. [A headfirst fall or jump.] |
| take a dive | 3 | verb | To decline rapidly. |
| chive | 1 | noun | A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. |
| tape drive | 2 | noun | (computing) A cartridge-based interface for computers that reads from and/or writes to a tape. |
| swan dive | 2 | noun | (diving) A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head when landing. |
| hard drive | 2 | noun | (computing, computer hardware) An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material. |
| disk drive | 2 | noun | (computer hardware) A computer drive that reads disks. |
| take five | 2 | verb | (US, Canada, informal) To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity. |
| line drive | 2 | noun | (baseball, softball) A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line. |
| power dive | 3 | verb | To perform such a dive. |
| fluid drive | 3 | the trademarked name that Chrysler Corporation assigned to a transmission driveline combination which replaced the flywheel with a hydraulic coupling and performed the same function as a modern torque converter, only without torque multiplication. | |
| swallow dive | 3 | noun | a swan dive |
| disc drive | 2 | noun | (UK) Alternative spelling of disk drive. [(computer hardware) A computer drive that reads disks.] |
| external drive | 4 | noun | a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable |
| backhand drive | 3 | noun | a hard straight return made on the backhand side |
| forehand drive | 3 | noun | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
| internal drive | 4 | noun | a drive mounted inside of a computer |
| sky dive | 2 | the twentieth album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, recorded in 1972. | |
| winchester drive | 4 | noun | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Alive"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| delight | 2 | noun | Joy; pleasure. |
| abide | 2 | verb | Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”). |
| recognize | 3 | verb | (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. |
| demise | 2 | noun | (countable) Death; decease. |
| provide | 2 | verb | To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs. |
| despise | 2 | verb | To regard with contempt or scorn. |
| arise | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. |
| realize | 3 | verb | (transitive) To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time). |
| alight | 2 | verb | To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light. |
| describe | 2 | verb | (transitive) To represent in words. |
| satisfied | 3 | In a state of satisfaction. | |
| advice | 2 | noun | (uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. |
| paradise | 3 | noun | (figuratively) A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation. |
| sacrifice | 3 | noun | (figurative) The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose. |
| disguise | 2 | noun | Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another. |
| deny | 2 | verb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| alike | 2 | noun | Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. |
| suicide | 3 | noun | (uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself. |
| align | 2 | verb | (transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. |
| outside | 2 | noun | The space beyond some limit or boundary. |
| subside | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil. |
| sunrise | 2 | noun | The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. |
| terrified | 3 | Extremely frightened. | |
| satisfy | 3 | verb | (transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone). |
| alright | 2 | (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order. [Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition.] | |
| alibi | 3 | noun | (law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. |
| deprived | 2 | Subject to deprivation; poor. | |
| divide | 2 | verb | (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. |
| decide | 2 | verb | (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle. |
| aside | 2 | noun | To or on one side so as to be out of the way. |
| testify | 3 | verb | To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. |
| collide | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent. |
| sunshine | 2 | noun | The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun. |
| invite | 2 | verb | (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| awhile | 2 | For some time; for a short time. | |
| revived | 2 | restored to consciousness or life or vigor | |
| arrived | 2 | verb | (intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| inside | 2 | noun | The interior or inner part. |
| apologize | 4 | verb | (intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends |
| alveoli | 4 | noun | (anatomy) Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries. |
| survived | 2 | verb | (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. |
| survives | 2 | verb | (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. |
| tonight | 2 | noun | During the night following the current day; during the evening of today. |
| goodbye | 2 | noun | To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting. |
| denied | 2 | verb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| aline | 2 | noun | In line. |
| devine | 2 | noun | An unincorporated community in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. |
| divine | 2 | noun | Of or pertaining to a god. |
| reside | 2 | verb | To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time. |
| surprise | 2 | noun | Something unexpected. |
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