Rhyming dictionary

Words that rhyme with “alive”

“alive” has 10 perfect rhymes in this list, from 1 to 2 syllables. The most common are five, drive, and dive. For a softer sound there are 40 near rhymes too, such as night, guys, and guy. The two example lines rhyme “alive” with “drive” and “thrive”.

Perfect rhymes

Perfect rhymes repeat every sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.

1 syllable

  • five
  • drive
  • dive
  • thrive
  • strive

2 syllables

  • survive
  • arrive
  • revive
  • deprive
  • derive

Near rhymes (same vowel sound)

Near rhymes keep the vowel sound and change the consonants: softer, and there are many more of them.

  • night
  • guys
  • guy
  • nice
  • fine
  • kind
  • might
  • try
  • hi
  • mind
  • while
  • wife
  • tonight
  • die
  • eyes
  • times
  • inside
  • mine
  • quite
  • fight
  • side
  • child
  • behind
  • high
  • died
  • bye
  • buy
  • tried
  • line
  • sometimes
  • outside
  • light
  • sighs
  • alright
  • white
  • lie
  • write
  • sign
  • eye
  • goodbye

“alive” in a lyric: two examples

The festival, the mud, the four-hour drive,
and dancing in the rain, I felt alive.

The plant you left me somehow stayed alive;
I water it, I sing, I watch it thrive.

Lines written for this page. Use them as a starting point, not as a finished verse.

How to choose the rhyme

  • Say the line out loud before you choose: the rhyme has to land on the beat where the melody stresses it.
  • Rhymes of 1 syllable (five, drive, and dive) close a line hard; those of 2 syllables (survive and arrive) stretch it and soften it. Match them to what the line is saying.
  • If every perfect rhyme for “alive” sounds forced, move “alive” inside the line and end it on another word.