Words That Rhyme With Alive
225 rhymes for "alive" (2 syllables): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.
How to use this rhyme
- "alive" is easy to rhyme: arrive, derive, survive and contrive all share its ending sound, so you can hold one rhyme across a whole verse.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as advice, advise and applies.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like rely, belie and align carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for alive (15)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
Multisyllable rhymes for alive (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
3 syllables
- realize
- analyze
- civilize
- finalize
- specialize
- alkali
- centralize
- crystallize
- equalize
- fertilize
- formalize
- fossilize
- idolize
- legalize
- localize
- mobilize
- neutralize
- paralyze
- penalize
- scandalize
- socialize
- stabilize
- sterilize
- stimuli
- symbolize
- tantalize
- tranquilize
- utilize
- vandalize
- visualize
- brutalize
- normalize
- realized
- analyzed
- civilized
- finalized
- satellite
- specialized
- alkaline
- centralized
- equalized
- fertilized
- formalized
- fossilized
- idolized
- impolite
- legalized
- localized
- mobilized
- paralyzed
- penalized
- socialized
- stabilized
- sterilized
- symbolized
- tantalized
- utilized
- vandalized
- visualized
- multiplied
- multiply
- organize
- recognize
4+ syllables
- generalize
- initialize
- capitalize
- commercialize
- decentralize
- demoralize
- destabilize
- hospitalize
- immobilize
- industrialize
- institutionalize
- liberalize
- materialize
- monopolize
- nationalize
- naturalize
- personalize
- rationalize
- compartmentalize
- revitalize
- trivialize
- generalized
- initialized
- capitalized
- demoralized
- idealized
- immobilized
Near rhymes for alive (90)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
1 syllable
3 syllables
- overprice
- underlies
- oversize
4+ syllables
- decriminalize
- sensationalize
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Questions about rhymes for alive
What rhymes with alive?
Common perfect rhymes for alive include arrive, derive, survive, contrive, deprive, revive, connive and drive. This page lists 225 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for alive?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of alive but change a consonant. Good ones include advice, advise, applies, arise, device and implies.
How many syllables are in alive?
Alive has 2 syllables in standard US pronunciation.
Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.