Words that rhyme with viv

adj 1: possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" [syn: alive(p), live] [ant: dead] 2: (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief" 3: having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news" [syn: animated, alive] [ant: unanimated] 4: (followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others" 5: in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition" [syn: active, alive(p)] 6: mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" [syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)] 7: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" [syn: alive, live]

v 1: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go away, go forth, leave] 2: succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" [syn: arrive, make it, get in, go far]

n 1: perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning [syn: chives, chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium schoenoprasum]

v 1: encourage or assent to illegally or criminally 2: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme, intrigue, connive]

v 1: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design] 2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge] 3: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive, throw]

v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest] 2: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining 3: take away [syn: deprive, impoverish] [ant: enrich]

v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] 2: obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: derive, gain] 3: come from; "The present name derives from an older form" 4: develop or evolve from a latent or potential state [syn: derive, educe] 5: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, come, descend]

n 1: a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall [syn: honkytonk, dive] 2: a headlong plunge into water [syn: dive, diving] 3: a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft [syn: dive, nose dive, nosedive] v 1: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: dive, plunge, plunk] 2: plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool" 3: swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"

n 1: the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn: drive, thrust, driving force] 2: a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds" 3: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort] 4: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" [syn: driveway, drive, private road] 5: the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers" 6: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" [syn: drive, driving] 7: the act of driving a herd of animals overland 8: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive, ride] 9: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire 10: (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium 11: a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: drive, parkway] 12: (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) v 1: operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?" 2: travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" [syn: drive, motor] 3: cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage" 4: force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" [syn: force, drive, ram] 5: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion" 6: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in] 7: compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs" 8: push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall" 9: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field" 10: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push, drive] 11: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim] 12: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive, ride] 13: work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark" 14: move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner" 15: urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn" 16: proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" [syn: drive, take] 17: strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball" 18: hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball" 19: excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel" 20: cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer" 21: hunting: search for game; "drive the forest" 22: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"

adj 1: being one more than four [syn: five, 5, v] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe] 2: a team that plays basketball [syn: basketball team, five] 3: a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips [syn: five-spot, five]

v 1: stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" 2: absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt"

n 1: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: give, spring, springiness] v 1: cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" 2: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn: yield, give, afford] 3: transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" [ant: take] 4: convey or reveal information; "Give one's name" 5: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" [syn: give, pay] 6: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold, throw, have, make, give] 7: convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look" [syn: give, throw] 8: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present] 9: cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: give, yield] 10: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" [syn: give, pay, devote] 11: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate] 12: transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give, pass on] 13: bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" [syn: establish, give] 14: leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?" 15: emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp" 16: endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" [syn: sacrifice, give] 17: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give] 18: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote] 19: give (as medicine); "I gave him the drug" 20: give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" [syn: give, apply] 21: bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: give, render] 22: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant, give] 23: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield] 24: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant: famish, starve] 25: contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office" [syn: contribute, give, chip in, kick in] 26: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" [syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder] 27: estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success" 28: execute and deliver; "Give bond" 29: deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs" 30: afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" [syn: afford, open, give] 31: present to view; "He gave the sign to start" 32: perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York" 33: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: give, yield] 34: propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party" 35: accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff" 36: manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering" 37: offer in good faith; "He gave her his word" 38: submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse" 39: guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me" 40: allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond" 41: inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years" 42: occur; "what gives?" 43: consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men" 44: proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"

n 1: a teeming multitude 2: a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [syn: beehive, hive] 3: a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree [syn: beehive, hive] v 1: store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information" 2: move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving" 3: gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

n 1: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz [syn: swing, swing music, jive] v 1: dance to jive music; dance the jive

adv 1: not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live" adj 1: actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience" [syn: live, unrecorded] [ant: recorded] 2: exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play" [ant: dead] 3: possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" [syn: alive(p), live] [ant: dead] 4: highly reverberant; "a live concert hall" 5: charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb" 6: elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy] 7: abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch" 8: in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread" 9: of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option" 10: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: hot, live] 11: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" [syn: alive, live] v 1: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit] 2: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war" 3: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out] 4: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: exist, survive, live, subsist] 5: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 6: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" [syn: know, experience, live] 7: pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"

adj 1: characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign" [ant: neutral, positive] 2: expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial [ant: affirmative, affirmatory] 3: having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life" 4: not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative" [syn: negative, disconfirming] [ant: confirming, positive] 5: reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; "negative interest rates" [ant: positive] 6: less than zero; "a negative number" 7: designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" [syn: damaging, negative] 8: having a negative charge; "electrons are negative" [syn: negative, electronegative, negatively charged] 9: involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors" [syn: minus, negative] n 1: a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative" [ant: affirmative] 2: a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed v 1: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball, negative]

v 1: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" [syn: outlive, outlast, survive]

adj 1: characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" [ant: negative, neutral] 2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)] 3: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor" [syn: plus, positive] 4: indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" [syn: positive, confirming] [ant: disconfirming, negative] 5: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn: positive, prescribed] 6: impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument" [syn: incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive] 7: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn: positivist, positivistic, positive] 8: reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; "positive increase in graduating students" [ant: negative] 9: greater than zero; "positive numbers" 10: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged] 11: marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets" [syn: cocksure, overconfident, positive] n 1: the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution [syn: positive, positive degree] 2: a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

v 1: experience again, often in the imagination; "He relived the horrors of war" [syn: relive, live over]

v 1: cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" [syn: resuscitate, revive] 2: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify] 3: be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived" 4: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" [syn: revive, resurrect] 5: return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" [syn: come to, revive, resuscitate]

v 1: grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" [syn: shrive, absolve]

n 1: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: sieve, screen] v 1: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort] 2: check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn: sieve, sift] 3: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn: sift, sieve, strain] 4: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates" [syn: sieve, sift]

v 1: remove the surface of; "skive leather"

n 1: a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time

v 1: attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" [syn: endeavor, endeavour, strive] 2: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" [syn: strive, reach, strain]

v 1: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out] 2: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" [syn: survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it] [ant: succumb, yield] 3: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: exist, survive, live, subsist] 4: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" [syn: outlive, outlast, survive]

v 1: grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: boom, thrive, flourish, expand] 2: make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving" [syn: thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish]

v 1: suggest fear or doubt; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"

n 1: a knife used as a weapon

n 1: British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) [syn: Clive, Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey]