Words that rhyme with intensive
Top rhymes for intensive
expensive, extensive, offensive and defensive
11 common words rhyme with intensive. The most common are expensive, extensive, offensive and defensive.
Perfect rhymes for intensive
2 syllables
4 syllables
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- apprehensive
- inoffensive
- hypertensive
5 syllables
- counteroffensive
Near rhymes for intensive
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- consequences
- expenses
- incentive
- senses
- defenses
- fences
- offenses
- preventive
- attentive
- inventive
- commences
- inferences
- pretenses
- biosciences
- dispenses
- inattentive
- disincentive
- impressive
- progressive
- aggressive
- census
- excessive
- consensus
- successive
- oppressive
- expressive
- obsessive
- expansive
- depressive
- possessive
- repressive
- regressive
- recessive
- reflexive
- redemptive
- unimpressive
- offensives
- endive
- attention
- potential
How intensive sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (in-TEN-sive) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnsɪv |
Intensive has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with intensive?
- The most common rhymes for intensive are expensive, extensive, offensive, defensive, comprehensive and inexpensive.
- How many words rhyme with intensive?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes for intensive, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in intensive?
- Intensive has three syllables, with the stress on the second.