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Words that rhyme with survive.

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

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

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

What rhymes with survive?

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

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Perfect rhymes for survive

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


Near rhymes for survive

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

Phrase rhymes for survive

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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