Words that rhyme with neva

  • achiever
    n 1: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person]
  • baklava
    n 1: rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
  • beaver
    n 1: the soft brown fur of the beaver [syn: beaver, beaver fur] 2: a native or resident of Oregon [syn: Oregonian, Beaver] 3: a full beard 4: a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur [syn: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver] 5: a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face 6: a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) [syn: beaver, castor] 7: large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges v 1: work hard on something [syn: beaver, beaver away]
  • believer
    n 1: a supporter who accepts something as true [syn: believer, truster] 2: a person who has religious faith [syn: believer, worshiper, worshipper]
  • cadaver
    n 1: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains]
  • cantilever
    n 1: projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only v 1: project as a cantilever 2: construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
  • cleaver
    n 1: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn: cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]
  • deceiver
    n 1: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker]
  • demisemiquaver
    n 1: a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note [syn: thirty-second note, demisemiquaver]
  • disbeliever
    n 1: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever]
  • disfavour
    n 1: the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king" [syn: disfavor, disfavour] 2: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group [syn: disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval] v 1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" [syn: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour] [ant: advantage]
  • engraver
    n 1: a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching 2: a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
  • favour
    n 1: a feeling of favorable regard [syn: favor, favour] 2: an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season" [syn: favor, favour] 3: an advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor" [syn: favor, favour] 4: souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party [syn: party favor, party favour, favor, favour] 5: an act of gracious kindness [syn: favor, favour] v 1: treat gently or carefully [syn: favor, favour] 2: bestow a privilege upon [syn: privilege, favor, favour] 3: promote over another; "he favors his second daughter" [syn: prefer, favor, favour] 4: consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored" [syn: favor, favour]
  • fever
    n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness] 2: intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"
  • flavour
    n 1: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 2: (physics) the six kinds of quarks [syn: flavor, flavour] 3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] v 1: lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" [syn: season, flavor, flavour]
  • graver
    n 1: a tool used by an engraver [syn: graver, graving tool, pointel, pointrel]
  • griever
    n 1: a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) [syn: mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter]
  • heaver
    n 1: a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope) 2: a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
  • hemidemisemiquaver
    n 1: a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note [syn: sixty-fourth note, hemidemisemiquaver]
  • laver
    n 1: Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938) [syn: Laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver] 2: (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions 3: edible red seaweeds [syn: red laver, laver] 4: seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds [syn: sea lettuce, laver]
  • leaver
    n 1: someone who leaves [syn: departer, leaver, goer]
  • lever
    n 1: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum 2: a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum 3: a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock [syn: lever, lever tumbler] v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy]
  • lifesaver
    n 1: an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents [syn: lifeguard, lifesaver] 2: a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material [syn: life buoy, lifesaver, life belt, life ring]
  • overachiever
    n 1: a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
  • perceiver
    n 1: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses [syn: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder]
  • quaver
    n 1: a tremulous sound 2: a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note [syn: eighth note, quaver] v 1: give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency [syn: quaver, waver] 2: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: warble, trill, quaver]
  • receiver
    n 1: set that receives radio or tv signals [syn: receiver, receiving system] 2: (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties [syn: liquidator, receiver] 3: earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds [syn: telephone receiver, receiver] 4: a person who receives something [syn: recipient, receiver] 5: the tennis player who receives the serve 6: a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass [syn: receiver, pass receiver, pass catcher]
  • reliever
    n 1: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" [syn: stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in] 2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" [syn: reliever, allayer, comforter] 3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever, relief pitcher, fireman]
  • retriever
    n 1: a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
  • saver
    n 1: someone who saves something from danger or violence [syn: rescuer, recoverer, saver] 2: someone who saves (especially money)
  • savour
    n 1: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] v 1: have flavor; taste of something [syn: taste, savor, savour] 2: give taste to [syn: savor, savour] 3: taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" [syn: savor, savour] 4: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour]
  • shaver
    n 1: an adult male who shaves 2: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling] 3: a razor powered by an electric motor [syn: shaver, electric shaver, electric razor]
  • slaver
    n 1: a person engaged in slave trade [syn: slaver, slave dealer, slave trader] 2: someone who holds slaves [syn: slaveholder, slave owner, slaver] v 1: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
  • unbeliever
    n 1: someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever]
  • viva
    n 1: an examination conducted by spoken communication [syn: oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva]
  • waiver
    n 1: a formal written statement of relinquishment [syn: release, waiver, discharge]
  • waver
    n 1: someone who communicates by waving 2: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering] 3: the act of moving back and forth [syn: waver, flutter, flicker] v 1: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" [syn: hesitate, waver, waffle] 2: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: falter, waver] 3: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: falter, waver] 4: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: fluctuate, vacillate, waver] 5: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver] 6: sway to and fro [syn: waver, weave] 7: give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency [syn: quaver, waver]
  • weaver
    n 1: a craftsman who weaves cloth 2: finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests [syn: weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch]
  • yeshiva
    n 1: an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) [syn: yeshiva, yeshivah]
  • favor
    n 1: an act of gracious kindness [syn: favor, favour] 2: an advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor" [syn: favor, favour] 3: an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season" [syn: favor, favour] 4: a feeling of favorable regard [syn: favor, favour] 5: souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party [syn: party favor, party favour, favor, favour] v 1: promote over another; "he favors his second daughter" [syn: prefer, favor, favour] 2: consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored" [syn: favor, favour] 3: treat gently or carefully [syn: favor, favour] 4: bestow a privilege upon [syn: privilege, favor, favour]
  • flavor
    n 1: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 2: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] 3: (physics) the six kinds of quarks [syn: flavor, flavour] v 1: lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" [syn: season, flavor, flavour]
  • raver
    n 1: a participant in a rave dancing party 2: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner [syn: ranter, raver]
  • savor
    n 1: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] v 1: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour] 2: have flavor; taste of something [syn: taste, savor, savour] 3: taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" [syn: savor, savour] 4: give taste to [syn: savor, savour]
  • shiva
    n 1: (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva" [syn: shiva, shivah, shibah] 2: the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon [syn: Siva, Shiva]
  • disfavor
    n 1: the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king" [syn: disfavor, disfavour] 2: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group [syn: disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval] v 1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" [syn: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour] [ant: advantage]
  • geneva
    n 1: a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations [syn: Geneva, Geneve, Genf] 2: gin made in the Netherlands [syn: geneva, Holland gin, Hollands]
  • semiquaver
    n 1: a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note [syn: sixteenth note, semiquaver]
  • ah
  • caver
  • craver
  • enslaver
  • misbehaver
  • misconceiver
  • reiver
  • transceiver
  • weever
  • paver
  • kleve
  • belvoir
  • ahh
  • ava
  • sheva
  • baklawa
  • halavah
  • pleva
  • alleva
  • kamneva
  • deva
  • geva
  • leyva
  • paiva
  • reva
  • teva
  • zeva
  • cleva
  • eva
  • haver
  • kuntsevo
  • clava
  • ungava
  • zvereva
  • mahadeva

See also neva definition