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Words That Rhyme With Life

13 words rhyme with life, from 1 to 3 syllables: knife, rife, strife, wife, fife and more, the everyday words first. Then 25 near rhymes, like alive, archive, arrive, beehive.

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1 syllable5 words

  • knife
  • rife
  • strife
  • wife
  • fife

2 syllables7 words

  • housewife
  • midwife
  • wildlife
  • nightlife

Rare: alewife, loosestrife, midlife

3 syllables1 word

  • afterlife

Near rhymes25 words

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

  • alive
  • archive
  • arrive
  • beehive
  • blithe
  • contrive
  • deprive
  • derive
  • dive
  • drive
  • five
  • hive
  • lithe
  • live
  • revive
  • strive
  • survive
  • thrive
  • connive
  • jive
  • nosedive
  • overdrive
  • tithe

Rare: heighth, shive

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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 life?

knife, rife, strife, wife, fife, housewife, and every other word that end in the same sounds as life. 13 rhymes in all.

How many syllables are in life?

Life 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 life?

alive, archive, arrive, beehive and the other 25 near rhymes: the same vowel sound as life, with consonants that sound alike.

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