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1K+ Rhyming Words For ADOPTIVE

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adaptive8
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• having a capacity for adaptation

addictive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing or characterized by addiction

captive7
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

perceptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to perception

• having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment

receptive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• ready or willing to receive favorably

adjective satellite

• open to arguments, ideas, or change

• of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

• able to absorb liquid (not repellent)

expensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• high in price or charging high prices

perspective11
3 nounn
noun

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

explosive9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst

noun

• a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

adjective satellite

• liable to lead to sudden change or violence

• sudden and loud

impressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• making a strong or vivid impression

adjective satellite

• producing a strong effect

objective9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena

• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

noun

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

adjective satellite

• emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation

• belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

deceptive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

• designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

disruptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

preemptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence

productive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)

• having the ability to produce or originate

adjective satellite

• yielding positive results

• marked by great fruitfulness

seductive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to entice into a desired action or state

vindictive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

• showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

adhesive8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• tending to adhere

noun

• a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

contraceptive13
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• an agent or device intended to prevent conception

adjective satellite

• capable of preventing conception or impregnation

prospective11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or concerned with or related to the future

reproductive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• producing new life or offspring

respective10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• considered individually

responsive10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• containing or using responses; alternating

• readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

adjective satellite

• reacting to a stimulus

supportive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• furnishing support or assistance

abrasive8
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• a substance that abrades or wears down

adjective satellite

• causing abrasion

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

abusive7
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• expressing offensive reproach

• characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment

compulsive10
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things

adjective satellite

• caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion

• strongly motivated to succeed

cooperative11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit

noun

• a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners

• an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it

adjective satellite

• involving the joint activity of two or more

• willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement

depressive10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• someone suffering psychological depression

detective9
3 nounn
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

directive9
3 nounn
noun

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

adjective satellite

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

expressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion

adjective satellite

• characterized by expression

impulsive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus

• without forethought

• having the power of driving or impelling

• determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

obsessive9
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• a person who has obsessions

adjective satellite

• characterized by or constituting an obsession

oppressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

pensive7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• showing pensive sadness

repressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• restrictive of action

repulsive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• possessing the ability to repel

adjective satellite

• offensive to the mind

• so extremely ugly as to be terrifying

retrospective13
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• concerned with or related to the past

noun

• an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

selective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to select; characterized by careful choice

• characterized by very careful or fastidious selection

submissive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

adjective satellite

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

subversive10
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• a radical supporter of political or social revolution

adjective satellite

• in opposition to a civil authority or government

unresponsive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not responding to some influence or stimulus

adjective satellite

• aloof or indifferent

• not susceptible to suggestion or influence

conductive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity

corruptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to corrupt or pervert

descriptive11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• serving to describe or inform or characterized by description

• of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage

effective9
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

adjective satellite

• able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively

• works well as a means or remedy

• exerting force or influence

• existing in fact; not theoretical; real

• ready for service

eruptive8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• producing or characterized by eruptions

• produced by the action of fire or intense heat

adjective satellite

• actively spewing out lava

inductive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• arising from inductance

• of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion

adjective satellite

• inducing or influencing; leading on

inexpensive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• relatively low in price or charging low prices

predictive10
3 adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
adjective satellite

• of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions

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