🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Offensive"
39 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "offensive" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| apprehensive | 4 | noun | Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant. |
| pensive | 2 | Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. | |
| comprehensive | 4 | noun | Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something. |
| extensive | 3 | Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast. | |
| intensive | 3 | noun | Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough. |
| defensive | 3 | noun | (chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack. |
| inoffensive | 4 | not offensive | |
| expensive | 3 | Having a high price or cost. | |
| inexpensive | 4 | Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap. | |
| tensive | 2 | Of or pertaining to tension | |
| counteroffensive | 5 | noun | US spelling of counter-offensive. [An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.] |
| hypertensive | 4 | noun | Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension. |
| commonsense of | 4 | — | |
| defence of | 3 | — | |
| defense of | 3 | — | |
| dense of | 2 | — | |
| dispense of | 3 | — | |
| expense of | 3 | — | |
| fence of | 2 | — | |
| frankincense of | 4 | — | |
| hence of | 2 | — | |
| immense of | 3 | — | |
| incense of | 3 | — | |
| intense of | 3 | — | |
| lense of | 2 | — | |
| offense of | 3 | — | |
| pence of | 2 | — | |
| pense of | 2 | — | |
| prensa of | 2 | — | |
| pretense of | 3 | — | |
| recompense of | 4 | — | |
| sensa of | 2 | — | |
| sense of | 2 | — | |
| spence of | 2 | — | |
| spens of | 2 | — | |
| suspense of | 3 | — | |
| tense of | 2 | — | |
| thence of | 2 | — | |
| whence of | 2 | — |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Offensive"
50 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| impressive | 3 | Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. | |
| tremendous | 3 | Notable for its size, power, or excellence. | |
| attentive | 3 | Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely. | |
| aggressive | 3 | noun | Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. |
| consensus | 3 | noun | General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action. |
| inventive | 3 | Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing. | |
| receptive | 3 | Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas. | |
| excessive | 3 | Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate. | |
| mental | 2 | noun | (relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. |
| effective | 3 | noun | Having the power to produce a required effect or effects. |
| oppressive | 3 | Tyrannical or exercising unjust power. | |
| reflexive | 3 | noun | (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject. |
| demented | 3 | Insane; mentally ill. | |
| splendid | 2 | Gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty. | |
| tension | 2 | noun | The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other. |
| incentive | 3 | noun | Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. |
| obsessive | 3 | noun | Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others. |
| apprentice | 3 | noun | A trainee, especially in a skilled trade. |
| senseless | 2 | Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense. | |
| intended | 3 | noun | Planned. |
| attention | 3 | noun | (uncountable) Mental focus. |
| mention | 2 | verb | A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. |
| possessive | 3 | noun | (grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc. |
| lesson | 2 | noun | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| successive | 3 | Coming one after the other in a series. | |
| forensics | 3 | noun | Forensic science. |
| suspended | 3 | Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed. | |
| offenses | 3 | noun | The act of offending. |
| suspension | 3 | noun | The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended. |
| fencing | 2 | noun | The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing). |
| expenses | 3 | "Expenses" is the seventh episode of the third season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul, the spinoff series of Breaking Bad. | |
| suspenseful | 3 | Inducing suspense. | |
| hypertension | 4 | noun | (medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid. |
| pencil | 2 | noun | A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. |
| repressive | 3 | Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive | |
| senses | 2 | The Senses, or Sense, were a Dacian tribe in the southern region of Dacia. | |
| vented | 2 | Having a vent (any sense). | |
| recommended | 4 | mentioned as worthy of acceptance | |
| defenses | 3 | noun | The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. |
| lenses | 2 | noun | (optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. |
| tenses | 2 | noun | (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. |
| offensives | 3 | noun | (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack. |
| fences | 2 | a 1985 play by the American playwright August Wilson. | |
| genson | 2 | noun | A surname from French. |
| hoff endive | 3 | — | |
| offended | 3 | hurt or upset | |
| progressive | 3 | noun | Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods. |
| senate | 2 | noun | In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber. |
| texas | 2 | noun | A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston. |
| trenton | 2 | noun | The capital city of New Jersey, and the county seat of Mercer County. |
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