Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Preventive”
/pɹɪˈvɛntɪv/
A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
♬73 rhyming words found
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Preventive"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "preventive" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| attentive | 3 | Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely. | |
| inventive | 3 | Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing. | |
| inattentive | 4 | Of or pertaining to a lack of attention; not paying attention; careless. | |
| incentive | 3 | noun | Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. |
| disincentive | 4 | noun | That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent. |
| accent of | 3 | — | |
| advent of | 3 | — | |
| again of | 3 | — | |
| airmen of | 3 | — | |
| amen of | 3 | — | |
| antenna of | 3 | — | |
| ascent of | 3 | — | |
| assent of | 3 | — | |
| augment of | 3 | — | |
| ben of | 2 | — | |
| bene of | 2 | — | |
| benn of | 2 | — | |
| bent of | 2 | — | |
| brent of | 2 | — | |
| businessmen of | 4 | — | |
| cement of | 3 | — | |
| cent of | 2 | — | |
| chen of | 2 | — | |
| cheyenne of | 3 | — | |
| chien of | 2 | — | |
| chretien of | 3 | — | |
| cnn of | 4 | — | |
| comedienne of | 5 | — | |
| consent of | 3 | — | |
| councilmen of | 4 | — | |
| dement of | 3 | — | |
| den of | 2 | — | |
| deneve | 2 | noun | — |
| dent of | 2 | — | |
| descent of | 3 | — | |
| discontent of | 4 | — | |
| dissent of | 3 | — | |
| en of | 2 | — | |
| ena of | 2 | — | |
| ent of | 2 | — | |
| event of | 3 | — | |
| extent of | 3 | — | |
| fen of | 2 | — | |
| ferment of | 3 | — | |
| gen of | 2 | — | |
| gent of | 2 | — | |
| ghent of | 2 | — | |
| glen of | 2 | — | |
| glenn of | 2 | — | |
| gunmen of | 3 | — |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Preventive"
23 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| reflective | 3 | Pondering, especially thinking back on the past. | |
| restless | 2 | Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving. | |
| unrelenting | 4 | Not relenting; not yielding in strength, severity, or determination. | |
| consequences | 4 | noun | An old-fashioned parlour game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and the ensuing events, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written. |
| subjective | 3 | noun | Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment. |
| affected | 3 | noun | Influenced or changed by something. |
| preemptive | 3 | Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation. | |
| presented | 3 | (mathematics, of a group) Having a specified presentation, or a presentation with specified properties. | |
| defensive | 3 | noun | (chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack. |
| protective | 3 | noun | Serving or intended to protect. |
| incentives | 3 | noun | Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. |
| invented | 3 | fictional, made up, imaginary. | |
| prevention | 3 | noun | (medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.). |
| redemptive | 3 | Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming. | |
| expensive | 3 | Having a high price or cost. | |
| prevented | 3 | verb | (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). |
| parental | 3 | noun | Of or relating to a parent. |
| 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. | |
| endive | 2 | noun | A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus). |
| denting | 2 | verb | A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. |
| belgian endive | 4 | noun | (Canada, US) Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, grown without sunlight to produce pale leaves. |
| gentle | 2 | verb | Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition. |
| preventing | 3 | verb | (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). |
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