200+ Rhyming Words For DIRECTIVES
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electives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • subject to popular election noun • a course that the student can select from among alternatives adjective satellite • optional | ||||||||
perspectives | 12 | 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 | ||||||||
detectives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • a police officer who investigates crimes • an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public | ||||||||
objectives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
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 | ||||||||
performatives | 13 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • A performative utterance. | ||||||||
collectives | 11 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • forming a whole or aggregate noun • members of a cooperative enterprise adjective satellite • done by or characteristic of individuals acting together • set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government | ||||||||
invectives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will | ||||||||
incentives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • a positive motivational influence • an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | ||||||||
narratives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program adjective satellite • consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story | ||||||||
imperatives | 11 | 4 | nounn | |||||
adjective • requiring attention or action • relating to verbs in the imperative mood noun • a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior • some duty that is essential and urgent • a verb in the imperative mood. | ||||||||
olives | 6 | 2 | nounn | |||||
noun • small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil • evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits • hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork • one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish • a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation adjective satellite • of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive | ||||||||
effectives | 10 | 3 | ||||||
noun • A soldier fit for duty | ||||||||
subjectives | 11 | 3 | adjectiveadj | |||||
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imperfectives | 13 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb | ||||||||
adjectives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • of or relating to or functioning as an adjective • relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law noun • a word that expresses an attribute of something • the word class that qualifies nouns | ||||||||
additives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree • characterized or produced by addition noun • something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine | ||||||||
disincentives | 13 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • a negative motivational influence | ||||||||
expletives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger • a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line | ||||||||
fixatives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study • a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging | ||||||||
laxatives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • stimulating evacuation of feces noun • a mild cathartic | ||||||||
natives | 7 | 2 | nounn | |||||
adjective • characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin • belonging to one by birth • characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning noun • an indigenous person who was born in a particular place • a person born in a particular place or country • indigenous plants and animals adjective satellite • as found in nature in the elemental form | ||||||||
negatives | 9 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features • expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial • not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition • reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive noun • a reply of denial • a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed adjective satellite • having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant • less than zero • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions • having a negative charge • involving disadvantage or harm verb • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | ||||||||
nonnatives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
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offensives | 10 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • for the purpose of attack rather than defense • causing anger or annoyance • morally offensive • unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses noun • the action of attacking an enemy adjective satellite • violating or tending to violate or offend against • causing or able to cause nausea | ||||||||
positives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. • indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen • of or relating to positivism • reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion noun • the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution • a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject adjective satellite • persuaded of; very sure • involving advantage or good • formally laid down or imposed • impossible to deny or disprove • greater than zero • having a positive charge • marked by excessive confidence | ||||||||
relatives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete noun • a person related by blood or marriage • an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) adjective satellite • properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' | ||||||||
abrasives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • a substance that abrades or wears down adjective satellite • causing abrasion • sharply disagreeable; rigorous | ||||||||
adhesives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • tending to adhere noun • a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | ||||||||
alternatives | 12 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen adjective satellite • serving or used in place of another • necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities • pertaining to unconventional choices | ||||||||
exclusives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority noun • a news report that is reported first by one news organization adjective satellite • not divided or shared with others • not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective | ||||||||
executives | 10 | 4 | nounn | |||||
adjective • having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. noun • a person responsible for the administration of a business • persons who administer the law • someone who manages a government agency or department | ||||||||
explosives | 10 | 3 | nounn | |||||
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 | ||||||||
initiatives | 11 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • readiness to embark on bold new ventures • the first of a series of actions adjective satellite • serving to set in motion | ||||||||
locomotives | 11 | 4 | nounn | |||||
adjective • of or relating to locomotion noun • a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | ||||||||
operatives | 10 | 4 | nounn | |||||
adjective • being in force or having or exerting force • relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine noun • a person secretly employed in espionage for a government • someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations adjective satellite • effective; producing a desired effect • (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | ||||||||
palliatives | 11 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • remedy that alleviates pain without curing adjective satellite • moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | ||||||||
prerogatives | 12 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | ||||||||
preventatives | 13 | 4 | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • tending to prevent or hinder noun • remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease • any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome • an agent or device intended to prevent conception adjective satellite • preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | ||||||||
progressives | 12 | 3 | nounn | |||||
adjective • favoring or promoting progress • (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases noun • a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going • a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties adjective satellite • favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) • gradually advancing in extent • (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position • advancing in severity | ||||||||
representatives | 15 | 5 | nounn | |||||
adjective • standing for something else noun • a person who represents others • an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose • a member of the United States House of Representatives • an item of information that is typical of a class or group adjective satellite • serving to represent or typify • being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives | ||||||||
subversives | 11 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • a radical supporter of political or social revolution adjective satellite • in opposition to a civil authority or government | ||||||||
superlatives | 12 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • an exaggerated expression (usually of praise) • the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development • the superlative form of an adjective or adverb adjective satellite • highest in quality | ||||||||
actives | 7 | 2 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • tending to become more severe or wider in scope • disposed to take action or effectuate change • characterized by energetic activity • exerting influence or producing a change or effect • full of activity or engaged in continuous activity • (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions • expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: • (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being • (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting • (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt • engaged in full-time work noun • chemical agent capable of activity • the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb • a person who is a participating member of an organization adjective satellite • engaged in or ready for military or naval operations • taking part in an activity • in operation | ||||||||
captives | 8 | 2 | nounn | |||||
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 | ||||||||
contraceptives | 14 | 4 | nounn | |||||
noun • an agent or device intended to prevent conception adjective satellite • capable of preventing conception or impregnation | ||||||||
fugitives | 9 | 3 | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who flees from an uncongenial situation • someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice adjective satellite • lasting for a markedly brief time | ||||||||
motives | 7 | 2 | nounn | |||||
noun • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior • a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music • a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration adjective satellite • causing or able to cause motion • impelling to action | ||||||||
conservatives | 13 | 4 | nounn | |||||
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 | ||||||||
cooperatives | 12 | 4 | nounn | |||||
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 | ||||||||
derivatives | 11 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx • a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound • a financial instrument whose value is based on another security • (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word adjective satellite • resulting from or employing derivation | ||||||||
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Words (114)
- electives
- perspectives
- detectives
- objectives
- collectives
- invectives
- incentives
- narratives
- effectives
- subjectives
- adjectives
- additives
- expletives
- fixatives
- laxatives
- negatives
- nonnatives
- offensives
- positives
- relatives
- abrasives
- adhesives
- exclusives
- explosives
- progressives
- subversives
- fugitives
- humectives
- prospectives
- protectives
- nonelectives
- ablatives
- adventives
- agentives
- auditives
- aversives
- defectives
- defensives
- depressives
- detersives
- digestives
- disjunctives
- donatives
- duratives
- ejectives
- elatives
- ergatives
- eruptives
- extractives
- formatives
- fricatives
- genitives
- illatives
- implosives
- inceptives
- ingressives
- intensives
- intrusives
- lenitives
- obsessives
- obstructives
- occlusives
- optatives
- partitives
- pendentives
- perfectives
- possessives
- preventives
- primitives
- privatives
- recessives
- reflexives
- restrictives
- sedatives
- sensitives
- siccatives
- subjunctives
- substantives
- tentatives
- vocatives
- vomitives
- calmatives
- causatives
- coderives
- conjunctives
- connectives
- constatives
- consumptives
- corrosives
- curatives
- leitmotivs
- abessives
- abstersives
- abstractives
- adessives
- destructives
- distinctives
- dormitives
- inessives
- lambitives
- laudatives
- noneffectives
- nonstatives
- overgives
- portatives
- quotatives
- revulsives
- suppletives
- transitives
- translatives
- volitives
- combustives
- compulsives
- vegetives
Phrases (2)
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Words (75)
- performatives
- imperatives
- imperfectives
- disincentives
- alternatives
- executives
- initiatives
- locomotives
- operatives
- palliatives
- prerogatives
- preventatives
- superlatives
- contraceptives
- conservatives
- cooperatives
- derivatives
- preservatives
- accusatives
- adversatives
- affirmatives
- affricatives
- antitussives
- appellatives
- appositives
- attributives
- augmentatives
- demonstratives
- deverbatives
- diminutives
- ditransitives
- hypertensives
- indicatives
- infinitives
- legislatives
- nonexecutives
- normotensives
- pejoratives
- preparatives
- provocatives
- recitatives
- reproductives
- restoratives
- carminatives
- comparatives
- contemplatives
- copulatives
- correlatives
- alteratives
- aperitives
- depuratives
- desiccatives
- dissuasives
- distributives
- expectatives
- flexecutives
- incitatives
- intensitives
- mitigatives
- postpositives
- prepositives
- reiteratives
- sternutatives
- stimulatives
- suppositives
- suppuratives
- nonprogressives
- subcuratives
- cohortatives
- comitatives
- compellatives
- comprehensives
- contragestives
- corelatives
- intensatives
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