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Words That Rhyme With Five

20 words rhyme with five, from 1 to 3 syllables: dive, drive, hive, live, strive and more, the everyday words first. Then 18 near rhymes, like afterlife, blithe, housewife, knife.

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1 syllable8 words

  • dive
  • drive
  • hive
  • live
  • strive
  • thrive
  • jive

Rare: shive

2 syllables11 words

  • alive
  • archive
  • arrive
  • beehive
  • contrive
  • deprive
  • derive
  • revive
  • survive
  • connive
  • nosedive

3 syllables1 word

  • overdrive

Near rhymes18 words

The same vowel, consonants that sound alike: close enough for songs and poems.

  • afterlife
  • blithe
  • housewife
  • knife
  • life
  • lithe
  • midwife
  • rife
  • strife
  • wife
  • wildlife
  • fife
  • nightlife
  • tithe

Rare: alewife, heighth, loosestrife, midlife

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Pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, © 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University, matched to our dictionary of English words.

Questions

What rhymes with five?

dive, drive, hive, live, strive, thrive, and every other word that end in the same sounds as five. 20 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in five?

Five has 1 syllable.

How are the rhymes chosen?

Two words rhyme when they sound the same from their last stressed vowel to the end: these are perfect rhymes, matched by sound, not by spelling. Near rhymes keep the vowel and swap a consonant for one that sounds alike, like time and mine.

What are near rhymes for five?

afterlife, blithe, housewife, knife and the other 18 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as five, with consonants that sound alike.

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