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EXPULSIVE Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word expulsive. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For EXPULSIVE

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confining
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• restricting the scope or freedom of action

• crowded

conservative
adjectiveadj
adjective

• resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion

noun

• a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

• a member of a Conservative Party

adjective satellite

• having social or political views favoring conservatism

• avoiding excess

• unimaginatively conventional

• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

constraining
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• restricting the scope or freedom of action

repressive
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• restrictive of action

restrictive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• serving to restrict

adjective satellite

• (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

retentive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• good at remembering

• having the capacity to retain something

adjective satellite

• having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water

suppressive
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to suppress

containing
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• include or contain; have as a component

• contain or hold; have within

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• be divisible by

• be capable of holding or containing

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

inhibitive
adjectiveadj
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modulating
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• change the key of, in music

• vary the pitch of one's speech

• fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

• adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of

• vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)

Alternatives for CONFINING

Alternatives for CONSERVATIVE

Alternatives for CONSTRAINING

Alternatives for REPRESSIVE

Alternatives for RESTRICTIVE

Alternatives for RETENTIVE

Alternatives for SUPPRESSIVE

Alternatives for CONTAINING

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