Strives rhymes with:
deprives, drive's, drives, rives, thrives, arrives, chives, deprives, derives, dives, drive's, drives, five's, fives, gonaives, hives, ives, knives, lives', revives, rives, shives, survives, thrives, vives, wives, wives'
Strives sounds like:
starbuck, starbuck's, starbucks, starfish, stirrups, storbeck, storybook, storybooks, straps, strebeck, streps, strevig, strifes, strip's, stripes, strips