Rhyme index
Words that rhyme with receive
Words that share the ending of receive — make-believe, leave, believe and more. 2 syllables, a stopped ending, pronounced R AH0 S IY1 V.
Sound structure
receive has 2 syllables and is pronounced R AH0 S IY1 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 make-believe, leave, believe, we've.
Other languages also line up: Korean, Japanese
- Pronunciation
- R AH0 S IY1 V
- Syllable breakdown
- R · AH0 · S · IY1 · V
- Syllable count
- 2 syllables
- Ending sound
- V
- Ending type
- a stopped ending
Perfect rhymes
The ending matches exactly, so the rhyme lands hardest.
- make-believe M EY1 K B AH0 L IY2 V · 3 syllables · common
- leave L IY1 V · 1 syllable · common
- believe B IH0 L IY1 V · 2 syllables · common
- we've W IY1 V · 1 syllable · standard
- achieve AH0 CH IY1 V · 2 syllables · standard
- by-your-leave B AY2 Y AO0 R L IY1 V · 3 syllables · common
- recitative R EH2 S AH0 D AH0 T IY1 V · 4 syllables · rare
- steve S T IY1 V · 1 syllable · standard
- perceive P ER0 S IY1 V · 2 syllables · standard
- genevieve JH EH1 N AH0 V IY2 V · 3 syllables · standard
- overachieve OW2 V AH0 R AH0 CH IY1 V · 4 syllables · rare
- eve IY1 V · 1 syllable · standard
- aviv AA0 V IY1 V · 2 syllables · standard
- tel-aviv T EH1 L AA0 V IY1 V · 3 syllables · standard
- underachieve AH2 N D AH0 R AH0 CH IY1 V · 4 syllables · rare
- sleeve S L IY1 V · 1 syllable · standard
- conceive K AH0 N S IY1 V · 2 syllables · standard
- disbelieve D IH0 S B AH0 L IY1 V · 3 syllables · standard
- tananarive T AE2 N AH0 N AH0 R IY1 V · 4 syllables · rare
- weave W IY1 V · 1 syllable · standard
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
- i've AY1 V · 1 syllable · common
- live L AY1 V · 1 syllable · common
- right-to-life R AY2 T T AH2 L AY1 F · 3 syllables · common
- would-be W UH1 D B IY2 · 2 syllables · common
- associative AH0 S OW1 SH AH0 T IH2 V · 4 syllables · standard
- non-executive N AA1 N IH0 G Z EH1 K Y AH0 T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- hiv-positive EY2 CH AY2 V IY2 P AA1 Z AH0 D IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- neurodegenerative N UH2 R OW0 D AH0 JH EH1 N AH0 R AH0 D IH0 V · 7 syllables · standard
- five F AY1 V · 1 syllable · common
- positive P AA1 Z AH0 T IH0 V · 3 syllables · standard
- forgive F ER0 G IH1 V · 2 syllables · standard
- transformative T R AE2 N S F AO1 R M AA0 T IH2 V · 4 syllables · standard
- non-competitive N AA2 N K AH0 M P EH1 T AH0 T IH0 V · 5 syllables · standard
- hiv-negative EY0 CH AY0 V IY2 N EH1 G AH0 D IH0 V · 6 syllables · standard
- cisheteronormative S IH0 S HH EH0 T ER0 OW0 N AO0 R M AH0 T IH0 V · 7 syllables · rare
- be B IY1 · 1 syllable · common
- just-in-time JH AH1 S T AH0 N T AY2 M · 3 syllables · common
- us'in AH0 S IH0 N · 2 syllables · common
Cross-language rhymes
A different language, but the sound still lines up.
- 드림 2 syllables · common
- 愛 アイ · 2 syllables · common
- 라임 2 syllables · common
- あり アリ · 2 syllables · common
- 그림 2 syllables · common
- カジキ 3 syllables · common
- 라잇 2 syllables · common
- ツリ 2 syllables · common
- 라이트 3 syllables · common
- ライト 3 syllables · common
- 리바이스 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ギャラリー 4 syllables · common
- 타임 2 syllables · common
- ブループリント 7 syllables · common
- 스위트 3 syllables · common
- 君 キミ · 2 syllables · common
- 엘샤라위 4 syllables · noun · standard
- ライム 3 syllables · common
- 나잇 2 syllables · common
- スチール 4 syllables · common
How this was worked out
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