Words that rhyme with thieves

/ivz/ · 19 perfect rhymes

1-syllable rhymes for “thieves”

Words of 1 syllable that rhyme with “thieves”, most common first
Word	Ingglish	IPA	Syllables
leaves	leevz	/ˈlivz/	1
sleeves	sleevz	/ˈslivz/	1
reeves	reevz	/ˈɹivz/	1
grieves	greevz	/ˈɡɹivz/	1
cleaves	kleevz	/ˈklivz/	1
weaves	weevz	/ˈwivz/	1
heaves	heevz	/ˈhivz/	1
eaves	eevz	/ˈivz/	1
peeves	peevz	/ˈpivz/	1
sheaves	sheevz	/ˈʃivz/	1
eves	eevz	/ˈivz/	1
greaves	greevz	/ˈɡɹivz/	1

2-syllable rhymes for “thieves”

Words of 2 syllables that rhyme with “thieves”, most common first
Word	Ingglish	IPA	Syllables
believes	bileevz	/bɪˈlivz/	2
receives	raseevz	/ɹəˈsivz/	2
achieves	acheevz	/əˈtʃivz/	2
relieves	reeleevz	/ɹiˈlivz/	2
perceives	perseevz	/pɝˈsivz/	2
retrieves	ritreevz	/ɹɪˈtɹivz/	2

4-syllable rhymes for “thieves”

Words of 4 syllables that rhyme with “thieves”, most common first
Word	Ingglish	IPA	Syllables
recitatives	resatateevz	/ˌɹɛsətəˈtivz/	4

Why these rhyme

A perfect rhyme shares everything from the stressed vowel onward. “thieves” is /ˈθivz/, and its rime is /ivz/ — spelled “eevz” in Ingglish, where that spelling always makes that sound. Every word above ends on the same /ivz/, however English chooses to spell it.

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