Words that rhyme with pensive
Top rhymes for pensive
expensive, extensive, offensive and defensive
11 common words rhyme with pensive. The most common are expensive, extensive, offensive and defensive.
Perfect rhymes for pensive
4 syllables
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- apprehensive
- inoffensive
- hypertensive
5 syllables
- counteroffensive
Near rhymes for pensive
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 pensive sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɛnsɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (PEN-sive) |
| Stress pattern | DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnsɪv |
Pensive has two syllables, with the stress on the first. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Questions
- What rhymes with pensive?
- The most common rhymes for pensive are expensive, extensive, offensive, defensive, comprehensive and intensive.
- How many words rhyme with pensive?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes for pensive, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in pensive?
- Pensive has two syllables, with the stress on the first.