Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with positive
Words that share the ending of positive — causative, dispositive, give and more. 3 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced P AA1 Z AH0 T IH0 V.
Sound structure
positive has 3 syllables and is pronounced P AA1 Z AH0 T IH0 V. Its ending, V, is a stopped ending.
A plosive ending cuts the sound off cleanly. It closes a line with force, but it has fewer matches than the other types.
The closest matches are causative, dispositive, give, if.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- P AA1 Z AH0 T IH0 V
- Syllable breakdown
- P · AA1 · Z · AH0 · T · IH0 · V
- Syllable count
- 3 syllables
- Ending sound
- V
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- causative K AA1 Z AH0 T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- dispositive D IH2 S P AA1 Z AH0 T IH0 V · 4 syllables · rare
Near rhymes
The ending is close enough to carry a line without sounding forced.
- give G IH1 V · 1 syllable · common
- if IH1 F · 1 syllable · common
- negative N EH1 G AH0 T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- hiv-positive EY2 CH AY2 V IY2 P AA1 Z AH0 D IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- provocative P R OW0 V AA1 K AH0 T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- relative R EH1 L AH0 T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- leave L IY1 V · 1 syllable · common
- us'in AH0 S IH0 N · 2 syllables · common
- non-competitive N AA2 N K AH0 M P EH1 T AH0 T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- neurodegenerative N UH2 R OW0 D AH0 JH EH1 N AH0 R AH0 D IH0 V · 7 syllables · standard
- hiv-negative EY0 CH AY0 V IY2 N EH1 G AH0 D IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- alternative AO0 L T ER1 N AH0 T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- narrative N AE1 R AH0 T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- be B IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- crazy K R EY1 Z IY0 · 2 syllables · common
- non-executive N AA1 N IH0 G Z EH1 K Y AH0 T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- cisheteronormative S IH0 S HH EH0 T ER0 OW0 N AO0 R M AH0 T IH0 V · 7 syllables · rare
- uncooperative AH0 N K OW0 AA1 P ER0 AH0 T IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- initiative IH2 N IH1 SH AH0 T IH0 V · 4 syllables · standard
- make-believe M EY1 K B AH0 L IY2 V · 3 syllables · common
- he HH IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- representative R EH2 P R AH0 Z EH1 N T AH0 T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- unimaginative AH0 N IH0 M AE1 JH IH2 N AH0 T IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- we W IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- co-operative K OW2 AA1 P ER2 AH0 T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- counterintuitive K AW2 N T AH0 R IH0 N T UW1 AH0 D IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 드림 2 syllables · common
- かたみ カタミ · 3 syllables · common
- 타임 2 syllables · common
- まつり マツリ · 3 syllables · common
- 그림 2 syllables · common
- がかり ガカリ · 3 syllables · common
- 나잇 2 syllables · common
- まむし マムシ · 3 syllables · common
- 프라임 3 syllables · common
- 愛 アイ · 2 syllables · common
- 닥터마틴 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ギャラリー 4 syllables · common
- 비트 2 syllables · common
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 라이트 3 syllables · common
- 世界 セカイ · 3 syllables · common
- 리바이스 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ツリ 2 syllables · common
- 라잇 2 syllables · common
- グリット 4 syllables · common
- カジキ 3 syllables · common
- タイム 3 syllables · common
- ナイト 3 syllables · common
- 未来 ミライ · 3 syllables · common
- あり アリ · 2 syllables · common
- スイング 4 syllables · common
- ライト 3 syllables · common
- 君 キミ · 2 syllables · common
- スチール 4 syllables · common
- 光 ヒカリ · 3 syllables · common
- いち イチ · 2 syllables · common
- ベイビー 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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