Words that rhyme with expensive
Top rhymes for expensive
extensive, offensive, defensive and comprehensive
11 common words rhyme with expensive. The most common are extensive, offensive, defensive and comprehensive.
Perfect rhymes for expensive
2 syllables
4 syllables
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- apprehensive
- inoffensive
- hypertensive
5 syllables
- counteroffensive
Near rhymes for expensive
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 expensive sounds
| Pronunciation | /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (ex-PEN-sive) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnsɪv |
Expensive 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 expensive?
- The most common rhymes for expensive are extensive, offensive, defensive, comprehensive, intensive and inexpensive.
- How many words rhyme with expensive?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes for expensive, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in expensive?
- Expensive has three syllables, with the stress on the second.