Words that rhyme with offensive
Top rhymes for offensive
expensive, extensive, defensive and comprehensive
11 common words rhyme with offensive. The most common are expensive, extensive, defensive and comprehensive.
Perfect rhymes for offensive
2 syllables
4 syllables
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- apprehensive
- inoffensive
- hypertensive
5 syllables
- counteroffensive
Near rhymes for offensive
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
- endive
- attention
- potential
- effective
How offensive sounds
| Pronunciation | /əˈfɛnsɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (of-FEN-sive) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnsɪv |
Offensive 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 offensive?
- The most common rhymes for offensive are expensive, extensive, defensive, comprehensive, intensive and inexpensive.
- How many words rhyme with offensive?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes for offensive, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in offensive?
- Offensive has three syllables, with the stress on the second.