Words that rhyme with defensive
Top rhymes for defensive
expensive, extensive, offensive and comprehensive
11 common words rhyme with defensive. The most common are expensive, extensive, offensive and comprehensive.
Perfect rhymes for defensive
2 syllables
4 syllables
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- apprehensive
- inoffensive
- hypertensive
5 syllables
- counteroffensive
Near rhymes for defensive
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- consequences
- expenses
- incentive
- senses
- defenses
- fences
- offenses
- preventive
- attentive
- inventive
- commences
- inferences
- pretenses
- biosciences
- dispenses
- inattentive
- disincentive
- impressive
- progressive
- aggressive
- census
- excessive
- consensus
- successive
- oppressive
- expressive
- obsessive
- expansive
- depressive
- possessive
- repressive
- regressive
- recessive
- reflexive
- redemptive
- unimpressive
- offensives
- endive
- attention
- potential
How defensive sounds
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈfɛnsɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (de-FEN-sive) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnsɪv |
Defensive has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with defensive?
- The most common rhymes for defensive are expensive, extensive, offensive, comprehensive, intensive and inexpensive.
- How many words rhyme with defensive?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes for defensive, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in defensive?
- Defensive has three syllables, with the stress on the second.