Rhymes for “adaptive”

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1. /ˈæp·tɪv/

2 syllables

captive

active • massive • passive • axes • pensive • classes • masses • passes • catches • snatches • native • ashes • crashes • flashes • gashes • lashes • sashes • smashes • splashes • festive • restive • dances • branches • baptist • blesses • dresses • presses • stretches • practice • senses • edges • ledges • pledges • quenches • practiced • cleanses • bases • braces • cases • chases • faces • graces • places • spaces • crafted • drafted • grafted • blazes • gazes • praises • raises • ages • pages • rages • sages • stages • wages • blackest • acted • grandest • changes • ranges • passage • bandage • added • baggage • chanted • granted • planted • rapid • vapid • ravage • savage • chalice • malice • banded • branded • candid • handed • landed • stranded • rancid • tempest • manage • damage • fasted • lasted • message • fretted • menace • netted • sweated • tempted • wetted • greatest • latest • lavish • ravish • basis • dreaded • headed • leaded • dented • rented • scented • tented • vented • valid • blessed • wretched • bended • blended • ended • fairest • fended • friended • mended • rended • splendid • tended • trended • banish • vanish • edged • belted • melted • bravest • gavest • famish • language • marriage • baited • dated • fated • gated • grated • hated • mated • plated • slated • stated • waited • weighted • tenderest • bested • chested • jested • nested • quested • rested • tested • vested • wrested • aided • braided • faded • graded • raided • shaded • traded • waded • fainted • painted • tainted • headship • naked • aged • David • vanquish • selfish • anguish • languish • blemish • cherish • garish • perish • tasted • wasted • friendship • blanket • hatred • credit • sacred • captives

3 syllables

attractive • inactive • deceptive • perceptive • receptive • impassive • affective • collective • corrective • defective • directive • effective • elective • invective • perfective • perspective • protective • reflective • respective • preemptive • redemptive • attentive • incentive • inventive • preventive • aggressive • excessive • expressive • impressive • obsessive • oppressive • possessive • defensive • expensive • extensive • intensive • offensive • surpasses • creative • suggestive • advances • enhances • expanses • abrasive • invasive • persuasive • pervasive • evasive • assesses • caresses • compresses • confesses • distresses • oppresses • possesses • successes • refreshes • defenses • expenses • offenses • pretenses • replaces • engages • attracted • contacted • distracted • enacted • exacted • advantage • accepted • implanted • replanted • transplanted • apprentice • commanded • demanded • disbanded • expanded • affected • collected • connected • corrected • defected • deflected • dejected • detected • directed • effected • elected • erected • expected • infected • injected • inspected • neglected • objected • perfected • projected • protected • reflected • rejected • respected • selected • subjected • suspected • attempted • indebted • regretted • beheaded • cemented • consented • contented • dissented • fermented • invented • lamented • presented • prevented • relented • repented • resented • segmented • tormented • amended • appended • ascended • attended • befriended • commended • contended • defended • depended • descended • expended • extended • intended • offended • portended • pretended • suspended • transcended • unbended • upended • two-edged • disparage • abated • awaited • berated • created • dictated • donated • frustrated • inflated • located • mandated • migrated • narrated • negated • outdated • prostrated • related • restated • translated • arrested • attested • contested • detested • infested • interested • invested • molested • protested • requested • suggested • cascaded • crusaded • degraded • evaded • invaded • o'ershaded • paraded • persuaded • unaided • acquainted • untainted • establish • replenish • unwasted • discredit

4 syllables

ineffective • introspective • retrospective • apprehensive • comprehensive • reprehensive • innovative • meditative • circumstances • consequences • marketplaces • disenchanted • reprimanded • architected • disconnected • disrespected • introspected • recollected • redirected • resurrected • unaffected • undirected • unexpected • unselected • circumvented • compartmented • complemented • complimented • discontented • documented • implemented • instrumented • oriented • ornamented • regimented • represented • supplemented • apprehended • comprehended • condescended • recommended • double-edged • abdicated • advocated • aggravated • alienated • allocated • alternated • calculated • captivated • celebrated • circulated • compensated • complicated • concentrated • confiscated • consecrated • consummated • contemplated • coronated • culminated • cultivated • decimated • decorated • delegated • demonstrated • denigrated • desecrated • designated • desolated • devastated • deviated • dissipated • dominated • duplicated • educated • elevated • emulated • escalated • estimated • fabricated • fascinated • formulated • fornicated • graduated • gravitated • hesitated • hibernated • illustrated • imitated • immigrated • implicated • incarnated • indicated • infiltrated • innovated • instigated • insulated • inundated • isolated • medicated • meditated • motivated • navigated • nominated • obligated • operated • orchestrated • overstated • populated • radiated • re-created • recreated • regulated • reinstated • relegated • remonstrated • replicated • resonated • ruminated • satiated • saturated • segregated • separated • situated • speculated • stimulated • subjugated • suffocated • supplicated • terminated • tolerated • understated • interested • manifested • barricaded • colonnaded • masqueraded • reestablish

5 syllables

commemorative • administrative • authoritative • misrepresented • accelerated • accommodated • accumulated • administrated • alienated • alleviated • annihilated • annunciated • anticipated • appreciated • articulated • assimilated • associated • collaborated • commemorated • communicated • consolidated • contaminated • cooperated • debilitated • decapitated • disseminated • eliminated • elucidated • emaciated • encapsulated • enumerated • enunciated • eradicated • evacuated • evaluated • evaporated • exaggerated • exhilarated • exonerated • facilitated • humiliated • illuminated • impersonated • inaugurated • infuriated • initiated • interrogated • intimidated • intoxicated • invalidated • investigated • obliterated • opinionated • participated • perpetuated • reciprocated • regenerated • rejuvenated • repudiated • retaliated • reverberated • subordinated

6 syllables

2. /ɪv/

1 syllable

2 syllables

3 syllables

abrasive • abusive • affective • afflictive • aggressive • attentive • attractive • collective • compulsive • conclusive • constructive • corrective • corrosive • creative • deceptive • decisive • decorative • defective • defensive • derisive • destructive • directive • dismissive • disruptive • divisive • effective • elective • elusive • erosive • evasive • excessive • exclusive • expensive • explosive • expressive • extensive • formative • fugitive • impassive • impressive • impulsive • inactive • incentive • instructive • intensive • invasive • invective • inventive • narrative • normative • obsessive • offensive • oppressive • perceptive • perfective • perspective • persuasive • pervasive • possessive • predictive • preemptive • preventive • productive • protective • receptive • redemptive • reflective • relative • repulsive • respective • responsive • restrictive • seductive • sensitive • submissive • suggestive • vindictive