Words that rhyme with apprehensive
Top rhymes for apprehensive
expensive, extensive, offensive and defensive
11 common words rhyme with apprehensive. The most common are expensive, extensive, offensive and defensive.
Perfect rhymes for apprehensive
2 syllables
4 syllables
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- inoffensive
- hypertensive
5 syllables
- counteroffensive
Near rhymes for apprehensive
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- consequences
- expenses
- incentive
- senses
- defenses
- fences
- offenses
- preventive
- attentive
- inventive
- commences
- inferences
- pretenses
- biosciences
- dispenses
- inattentive
- disincentive
- impressive
- progressive
- aggressive
- census
- excessive
- consensus
- successive
- oppressive
- expressive
- obsessive
- expansive
- depressive
- possessive
- repressive
- regressive
- recessive
- reflexive
- redemptive
- unimpressive
- offensives
- endive
- attention
- potential
How apprehensive sounds
| Pronunciation | /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/ or /ˌæpɹiˈhɛnsɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (ap-pre-HEN-sive) |
| Stress pattern | da-da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnsɪv |
Apprehensive has four syllables, with the stress on the third. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
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Questions
- What rhymes with apprehensive?
- The most common rhymes for apprehensive are expensive, extensive, offensive, defensive, comprehensive and intensive.
- How many words rhyme with apprehensive?
- We found 11 common perfect rhymes for apprehensive, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in apprehensive?
- Apprehensive has four syllables, with the stress on the third.