Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Explosive”

♬70 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Explosive"

20 words

These words rhyme exactly with "explosive" — same ending sound.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
corrosive	3	noun	Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
erosive	3		Causing or tending to cause erosion.
nocive	2		(archaic) Hurtful, injurious.
plosive	2	noun	(phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
bellicose of	4		—
cellulose of	4		—
close of	2		—
dolorosa of	4		—
dose of	2		—
formosa of	3		—
glucose of	3		—
grandiose of	4		—
gros of	2		—
gross of	2		—
los of	2		—
mucosa of	3		—
nervosa of	3		—
nitrocellulose of	6		—
overdose of	4		—
sosa of	2		—

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Explosive"

50 words

These words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
notion	2	noun	Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
elusive	3		Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
atrocious	3		Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
commotion	3	noun	An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
focus	2	noun	(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
open	2	verb	(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
ferocious	3		Extreme or intense.
exclusive	3	noun	(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
devoted	3		Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
prognosis	3	noun	(medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
motive	2	noun	An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
supernova	4	noun	(astronomy) A powerful and bright explosion of a massive star, which afterwards becomes a neutron star or a black hole, or is destroyed.
votive	2	noun	Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.
emotive	3	noun	Of or relating to emotion.
loaded	2		(colloquial) Possessing great wealth.
emotion	3	noun	A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
bogus	2	noun	Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
illusive	3		Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
abusive	3		Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
notice	2	noun	(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
potion	2	noun	A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
hostess	2	noun	A female host.
psychosis	3	noun	(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
bloated	2		Swollen with fluid or gas.
osmosis	3	noun	(chemistry) The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
locomotive	4	noun	(rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
diagnosis	4	noun	(medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.
frozen	2		Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
chosen	2	noun	picked; selected
exploded	3		Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up.
roasted	2		Cooked by roasting.
motives	2	noun	An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
hypnosis	3	noun	A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
posted	2		publicly announced
toasted	2		Cooked by toasting.
roses	2		Roses Discount Stores (originally known as Rose's 5¢ 10¢ 25¢ StoresOur State Magazine; July 2008) is a regional discount store in the United States with its headquarters in Henderson, North Carolina.
closest	2		(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance
doses	2	noun	A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
showbiz	2	noun	Clipping of showbusiness. [The entertainment industry.]
joseph	2	noun	(biblical) Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
dosage	2	noun	The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
explosives	3	noun	Any explosive substance.
hovis	2		Hovis Ltd is a British company that produces flour, yeast
hermosa	3	noun	A municipality in Bataan province, Philippines.
lotus	2	noun	A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
mimosa	3	noun	A cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.
moses	2	noun	(biblical) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
motion	2	noun	(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
ocean	2	noun	(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
plosives	2	noun	(phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.