1K+ Words That Rhyme With ADAPTIVE
There are 1,434 words and
97 phrases
Top Ranked Rhymes
Expand? | Word/Phrase | Save? | More.. | Letters | Usage | Syl'sSyllables | Type | |
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captive | 7 | 2 | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war • an animal that is confined • a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion adjective satellite • being in captivity • giving or marked by complete attention to | ||||||||
adoptive | 8 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
perceptive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
expensive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
maladaptive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | |||||
nonadaptive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | |||||
attractive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
perspective | 11 | 3 | nounn | |||||
explosive | 9 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
impressive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
preadaptive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | |||||
addictive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
alternative | 11 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
deceptive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
disruptive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
preemptive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
productive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
receptive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
seductive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
vindictive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
adhesive | 8 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
contraceptive | 13 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
proactive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
prospective | 11 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
reproductive | 12 | 4 | adjectiveadj | |||||
respective | 10 | 3 | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
supportive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
abrasive | 8 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
abusive | 7 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
compulsive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
cooperative | 11 | 5 | adjectiveadj | |||||
depressive | 10 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
detective | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
expressive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
impulsive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
interactive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | |||||
narrative | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
obsessive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
oppressive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
pensive | 7 | 2 | adjectiveadj | |||||
repressive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
repulsive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
responsive | 10 | 3 | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
retrospective | 13 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
submissive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
subversive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
conductive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
corruptive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
descriptive | 11 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
eruptive | 8 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
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1 Syllable
2 Syllables
Words (65)
- captive
- pensive
- active
- motive
- native
- plosive
- massive
- olive
- festive
- passive
- furtive
- plaintive
- restive
- missive
- octave
- endive
- forgive
- pre-emptive
- outlive
- cursive
- dative
- sportive
- votive
- belive
- costive
- fictive
- misgive
- plausive
- stative
- tractive
- unlive
- jussive
- outgive
- regive
- sorptive
- suasive
- tensive
- tussive
- visive
- coactive
- codrive
- crescive
- restrive
- essive
- factive
- fissive
- fixive
- fluxive
- fructive
- fruitive
- sative
- torsive
- tortive
- kharkiv
- plovdiv
- bylive
- caitive
- convive
- corsive
- descrive
- gainstrive
- musive
- practive
- proclive
- reprive
Phrases (3)
3 Syllables
Words (473)
- adoptive
- perceptive
- expensive
- attractive
- perspective
- explosive
- impressive
- addictive
- deceptive
- disruptive
- preemptive
- productive
- receptive
- seductive
- vindictive
- adhesive
- proactive
- prospective
- respective
- supportive
- abrasive
- abusive
- compulsive
- depressive
- detective
- expressive
- impulsive
- narrative
- obsessive
- oppressive
- repressive
- repulsive
- responsive
- submissive
- subversive
- conductive
- corruptive
- descriptive
- eruptive
- inductive
- predictive
- presumptive
- redemptive
- abortive
- derisive
- expansive
- expletive
- exploitive
- collective
- creative
- destructive
- fugitive
- negative
- objective
- positive
- primitive
- protective
- relative
- sensitive
- aggressive
- defensive
- excessive
- exclusive
- offensive
- appointive
- inactive
- reactive
- adjective
- assertive
- attentive
- cognitive
- combative
- constructive
- defective
- digestive
- directive
- distinctive
- elective
- exhaustive
- incentive
- instinctive
- inventive
- laxative
- lucrative
- preventive
- punitive
- reflective
- restrictive
- secretive
- sedative
- selective
- subjective
- talkative
- tentative
- conclusive
- decisive
- effective
- elusive
- evasive
- extensive
- inclusive
- intensive
- intrusive
- invasive
- pervasive
- possessive
- progressive
- reclusive
- successive
- refractive
- additive
- affective
- assaultive
- causative
- congestive
- connective
- corrective
- curative
- emotive
- formative
- instructive
- invective
- nonnative
- normative
- nutritive
- obstructive
- probative
- putative
- substantive
- suggestive
- injunctive
- projective
- coercive
- cohesive
- collusive
- conducive
- convulsive
- corrosive
- discursive
- dismissive
- divisive
- effusive
- erosive
- illusive
- impassive
- incisive
- obtrusive
- permissive
- recessive
- recursive
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Phrases (7)
4 Syllables
Words (555)
- maladaptive
- nonadaptive
- preadaptive
- alternative
- contraceptive
- reproductive
- interactive
- retrospective
- indicative
- inexpensive
- unresponsive
- nonproductive
- unproductive
- federative
- contemplative
- interpretive
- introspective
- affirmative
- competitive
- conservative
- executive
- unimpressive
- nonresponsive
- unreceptive
- distributive
- hyperactive
- unattractive
- automotive
- comparative
- consecutive
- decorative
- definitive
- derivative
- imperative
- ineffective
- informative
- innovative
- inquisitive
- insensitive
- intuitive
- legislative
- locomotive
- meditative
- operative
- prerogative
- provocative
- repetitive
- speculative
- vegetative
- apprehensive
- comprehensive
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- overactive
- retroactive
- inadaptive
- acquisitive
- cumulative
- demonstrative
- diminutive
- educative
- evocative
- exploitative
- figurative
- generative
- illustrative
- imitative
- inattentive
- infinitive
- palliative
- pejorative
- preservative
- preventative
- prohibitive
- qualitative
- quantitative
- restorative
- superlative
- hypertensive
- inoffensive
- unobtrusive
- nonexclusive
- irrespective
- accusative
- consultative
- disincentive
- facultative
- iterative
- oxidative
- regulative
- stimulative
- dispositive
- dissipative
- duplicative
- performative
- reconstructive
- supermassive
- counteractive
- appositive
- copulative
- correlative
- detonative
- hypotensive
- implicative
- inexpressive
- intransitive
- nominative
- nonaddictive
- noninvasive
- penetrative
- precognitive
- procreative
- psychoactive
- recitative
- retributive
- retrogressive
- suppurative
- ulcerative
- unconstructive
- uncreative
- unperceptive
- unprogressive
- exudative
- interruptive
- noncognitive
- nonreactive
- reparative
- substitutive
- transformative
- adumbrative
- adversative
- affricative
- aggregative
- agitative
- antitussive
- appellative
- apperceptive
- applicative
- arbitrative
- attributive
- augmentative
- capacitive
- carminative
- circulative
- coextensive
- cogitative
- combinative
- commutative
- confutative
- connotative
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Phrases (14)
5 Syllables
Words (265)
- cooperative
- collaborative
- inoperative
- recuperative
- authoritative
- initiative
- representative
- photoconductive
- superconductive
- deliberative
- radioactive
- vituperative
- redistributive
- administrative
- appreciative
- argumentative
- commemorative
- degenerative
- hypersensitive
- imaginative
- investigative
- manipulative
- counterproductive
- accommodative
- accumulative
- alliterative
- communicative
- discriminative
- noncompetitive
- postoperative
- preoperative
- remunerative
- elucidative
- prognosticative
- uncompetitive
- uninformative
- nonautomotive
- noncumulative
- nonexecutive
- participative
- oversensitive
- counteroffensive
- dissociative
- overprotective
- associative
- contaminative
- corroborative
- determinative
- interpretative
- interrogative
- photosensitive
- proprioceptive
- supersensitive
- undemonstrative
- anticorrosive
- inconsecutive
- insinuative
- noncommutative
- photorefractive
- regenerative
- accelerative
- acculturative
- adjudicative
- agglomerative
- agglutinative
- ameliorative
- appropriative
- approximative
- articulative
- assimilative
- chemoreceptive
- commiserative
- conciliative
- confederative
- continuative
- coordinative
- delineative
- denunciative
- depreciative
- disintegrative
- evaluative
- evaporative
- excogitative
- exonerative
- exteroceptive
- facilitative
- incorporative
- interoceptive
- justificative
- multiplicative
- nonfigurative
- nonimitative
- opinionative
- originative
- photoemissive
- prefigurative
- reciprocative
- recriminative
- reiterative
- renunciative
- retaliative
- reverberative
- significative
- subordinative
- substantiative
- acetylative
- anticonvulsive
- anticreative
- antinarrative
- antiprogressive
- antireflective
- antisubversive
- asseverative
- denominative
- desiderative
- diapositive
- disaggregative
- elaborative
- eliminative
- enumerative
- evacuative
- exaggerative
- exfoliative
- exhilarative
- extrapolative
- gesticulative
- hyperaggressive
- hyperresponsive
- illuminative
- immunoreactive
- inoculative
- interpolative
- intersubjective
- intussusceptive
- irradiative
- nonacquisitive
- nonconsecutive
- nonconservative
- nonderivative
- nonevaluative
- noninteractive
- nonintuitive
- nonoperative
- nonquantitative
- nonreproductive
- nonretroactive
- nonspeculative
- obliterative
- overaggressive
- overassertive
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Phrases (28)
- bursting explosive
- denture adhesive
- fuel-air explosive
- impulse explosive
- linear perspective
- plastic explosive
- alaska native
- alaskan native
- chief executive
- ethical motive
- first derivative
- hotel detective
- house detective
- otc derivative
- partial derivative
- sales incentive
- steam locomotive
- store detective
- tank locomotive
- top executive
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Words (50)
- uncooperative
- neoconservative
- unimaginative
- rehabilitative
- anticompetitive
- incommunicative
- unappreciative
- uncommunicative
- noncooperative
- ultraconservative
- unrepresentative
- electronegative
- electropositive
- nonradioactive
- radiosensitive
- ratiocinative
- antiderivative
- antispeculative
- deteriorative
- excommunicative
- inappreciative
- interoperative
- radioprotective
- immunosuppressive
- electroconvulsive
- noncommunicative
- unremunerative
- decontaminative
- disassimilative
- exemplificative
- experimentative
- misappreciative
- recapitulative
- supererogative
- unauthoritative
- antihypertensive
- nonassociative
- nonprognosticative
- nonrepresentative
- unargumentative
- hypercompetitive
- mechanoreceptive
- misrepresentative
- overconservative
- philoprogenitive
- semiconservative
- semiquantitative
- supercompetitive
- superconservative
- cosignificative
Phrases (16)
7 Syllables
Words (6)
Phrases (15)
- sexually attractive
- account representative
- artificial additive
- business executive
- corporate executive
- electric locomotive
- legal representative
- pleading in the alternative
- relational adjective
- sales representative
- california olive
- meuse-argonne offensive
- mutually exclusive
- present perfect progressive
- one hundred forty-five
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