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Words that rhyme with contrive.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for contrive are drive, live, alive, survive, dive, five, life, and like.

Strong near rhymes (slant rhymes) include time, right, night, eyes, inside, and light.

Useful phrase rhymes include "out at night", "had in mind", "was in high", "and at times", and "way of life".

What rhymes with contrive?

These rhymes are specially chosen by our unique songwriting rhyming dictionary to give you the best songwriting rhymes. These aren't always perfect rhymes – we show you rhymes that are singable, useful words for your song.

  • drive
  • live
  • alive
  • survive
  • dive
  • five
  • life
  • like
  • time
  • right
  • night
  • eyes
  • inside
  • light
  • tonight
  • mine
  • why
  • alright
  • fight
  • try
  • mind
  • find
  • high
  • cry
  • lie
  • sometimes
  • times
  • out at night
  • had in mind
  • was in high

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Perfect rhymes for contrive

  • drive
  • live
  • alive
  • survive
  • dive
  • five
  • strive
  • arrive
  • revive
  • jive
  • thrive
  • overdrive
  • hive
  • derive
  • archive
  • connive
  • shrive
  • beehive
  • skive
  • deprive
  • shive
  • swive
  • slive
  • stive
  • blive
  • nosedive
  • clive
  • vive
  • chive
  • m5
  • c5
  • clyve
  • dr


Near rhymes for contrive

Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.

Phrase rhymes for contrive

Short phrases that rhyme with this word, giving you imagery and direction for the next line.

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