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Words that rhyme with live.

The strongest songwriting rhymes for live are give, drive, forgive, 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 live?

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.

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

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Perfect rhymes for live

  • give
  • drive
  • forgive
  • survive
  • dive
  • five
  • strive
  • arrive
  • revive
  • jive
  • thrive
  • overdrive
  • hive
  • relive
  • contrive
  • derive
  • archive
  • connive
  • combative
  • sieve
  • shrive
  • beehive
  • corroborative
  • skive
  • deprive
  • determinative
  • shive
  • swive
  • slive
  • stive
  • blive
  • nosedive
  • clive
  • outlive
  • vive
  • chive
  • misgive
  • viv
  • m5
  • c5
  • clyve
  • dr
  • liv
  • ziv


Near rhymes for live

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

Phrase rhymes for live

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

Learn how to use phrase rhymes in songwriting.


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