🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Derive"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "derive" — 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: |
| 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. |
| alive | 2 | Having life; living; not dead. | |
| 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. |
| come alive | 3 | verb | (idiomatic) to become responsive and animated. |
| 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. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Derive"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| analyze | 3 | verb | (transitive) To subject to analysis. |
| reprise | 2 | noun | (music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical. |
| deride | 2 | verb | (transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn. |
| demise | 2 | noun | (countable) Death; decease. |
| imbibe | 2 | verb | To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages). |
| despite | 2 | noun | Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. |
| devise | 2 | verb | (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something). |
| 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). |
| supply | 2 | noun | (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. |
| ostracize | 3 | verb | (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. |
| describe | 2 | verb | (transitive) To represent in words. |
| incline | 2 | noun | (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive voice) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc. |
| design | 2 | noun | A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system. |
| derived | 2 | A product of derivation | |
| 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. |
| resign | 2 | verb | (transitive or intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status. |
| reply | 2 | noun | (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. |
| deny | 2 | verb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| suicide | 3 | noun | (uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself. |
| outside | 2 | noun | The space beyond some limit or boundary. |
| implied | 2 | Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at. | |
| expire | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid. |
| subside | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil. |
| deprived | 2 | Subject to deprivation; poor. | |
| quantify | 3 | verb | (transitive) To assign a quantity to. |
| 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. |
| define | 2 | verb | To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol. |
| perspire | 2 | verb | (ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. |
| unlike | 2 | noun | Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike. |
| electrify | 4 | verb | (transitive) To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill. |
| penalize | 3 | verb | (transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation. |
| incise | 2 | verb | (transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. |
| inside | 2 | noun | The interior or inner part. |
| feline | 2 | noun | Of or pertaining to cats. |
| multiply | 3 | verb | (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). |
| generalize | 4 | verb | To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles. |
| preside | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson. |
| compartmentalize | 5 | verb | (transitive) To separate something into different categories, or compartments. |
| terrorize | 3 | verb | To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify. |
| derives | 2 | verb | (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. |
| 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. |
| denies | 2 | verb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| devine | 2 | noun | An unincorporated community in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. |
| divine | 2 | noun | Of or pertaining to a god. |
| dubai | 2 | noun | A city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate. |
| 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. |
✍️ How to Use These Rhymes
📝
Poetry
Perfect rhymes work best in traditional verse. Use near rhymes for modern free verse.
🎶
Song Lyrics
Near rhymes are common in pop and hip-hop. They keep lyrics natural and conversational.
🃏
Greeting Cards
Short perfect rhymes (1–2 syllables) feel warm and memorable in cards and captions.
🔢 Rhymes by Syllable Count
Match syllable counts to keep your poem's meter consistent.
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
Translate “Derive” into Another Language
Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.
🔗 Explore More Rhymes
rhymes with contriverhymes with striverhymes with driverhymes with archiverhymes with conniverhymes with liverhymes with reviverhymes with aliverhymes with thriverhymes with shriverhymes with arriverhymes with beehiverhymes with skiverhymes with hiverhymes with jiverhymes with surviverhymes with diverhymes with depriverhymes with shiverhymes with swive