Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word investigative.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word investigative.
3 syllable words

abrasive

adaptive

abortive

abusive

additive

affective

aggressive

adoptive

allusive

adhesive

adjective

appointive

ambushes

amoebas

assaultive

assertive

attentive

attractive

causative

campaigner

bonobos

campaigners

canapes

canvasses

campuses

canvassers

campaigning

collective

cognitive

collusive

coercive

cohesive

combative

combustion

compassion

compacted

congestive

composes

composers

composer

composites

compulsive

conducive

conductive

confection

confections

conclusive

composure

confesses

confessions

confession

configure

confiscate

confuses

confucian

composite

confusing

confusion

confusions

connective

composing

constructive

convective

convulsive

convictions

conviction

defective

decisive

decorative

deceptive

corruptive

curative

creative

corrective

defensive

corrosive

depressive

destructive

detective

descriptive

discursive

dismissive

dispersive

digestive

disruptive

convection

directive

distinctive

effective

elective

divisive

embezzled

embezzle

elusive

effusive

embassies

embassy

derisive

exclusive

embezzles

eruptive

evasive

envisage

emphasized

erosive

excessive

extensive

fixative

expansive

exploitive

expletive

explosive

expressive

exhaustive

emphasize

expensive

formative

emotive

fugitive

genovese

impacted

imbeciles

imbecile

illusive

honeybees

impassive

impassion

impeaches

impeachments

impeachment

impassioned

imposes

impressive

impulsive

impostor

impostors

inactive

incentive

inductive

infections

incisive

inclusive

infection

infective

infighting

infusions

instinctive

instructive

invasions

invasion

intrusive

infusion

invective

invasive

inventive

intensive

investment

investments

investing

investor

investors

invoices

laxative

lucrative

lumbago

manifest

manifests

menopause

negative

narrative

nonnative

normative

nutritive

obstructive

obtrusive

offensive

oppressive

persuasive

perspective

perceptive

permissive

pervasive

possessive

predictive

preemptive

positive

preventive

presumptive

primitive

productive

prospective

progressive

protective

punitive

probative

putative

rampages

reactive

receptive

redemptive

reflective

regressive

recessive

reflexive

reclusive

refractive

reimpose

reinvest

respective

relative

reinvests

repressive

repulsive

responsive

restrictive

sensitive

substantive

tentative

seductive

sedative

secretive

selective

subjective

submissive

suggestive

subversive

successive

talkative

objective

unbiased

unbeknown

vindictive

obsessive

wannabes

imposing

4 syllable words

affirmative

accusative

acquisitive

alternative

apprehensive

associative

automotive

beneficent

beneficence

benefactor

benefactors

beneficial

compassionate

commemorative

comparative

competitive

confectioners

composition

confectioner

comprehensive

compositions

confessional

confessionals

confiscated

confiscation

consecutive

conservative

consultative

contemplative

constitutive

convocation

cumulative

demonstrative

definitive

dissipative

contraceptive

diminutive

dispositive

distributive

derivative

educative

duplicative

embezzlement

embezzlers

embezzler

evocative

emphysema

emphasizes

envisages

emphasizing

executive

federative

facultative

figurative

generative

illustrative

imitative

hyperactive

hypertensive

imperative

impassable

impeccable

impeachable

indecisive

impossible

impossibly

indicative

inattentive

inconclusive

ineffective

inefficient

infeasible

inexpensive

infinitive

infestations

infestation

informative

inquisitive

innovative

initiative

inoffensive

insensitive

interpretive

intuitive

introspective

investiture

invigorate

invisible

invisibles

invocation

iterative

irrespective

legislative

lumpectomies

lumpectomy

minibuses

locomotive

nonproductive

manifestly

meditative

manufactured

manufactures

manufacture

manifesto

imposition

vegetative

oxidative

palliative

pejorative

operative

omnibuses

prerogative

preservative

pomposity

preventative

qualitative

prohibitive

provocative

quantitative

regulative

reconstructive

reemphasize

reinvestment

repetitive

reproductive

restorative

retroactive

stimulative

speculative

retrospective

superlative

symposium

symposiums

unobtrusive

transformative

unaffected

unbecoming

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Words that rhyme with the word investigative

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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