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1K+ Rhyming Words For EFFECTIVE

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defective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a defect

• markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior

• not working properly

detective9
3 nounn
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

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

collective10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

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

defensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

noun

• an attitude of defensiveness

adjective satellite

• attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

ineffective11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not producing an intended effect

adjective satellite

• lacking in power or forcefulness

• lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate

offensive9
3 adjectiveadj
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

directive9
3 nounn
noun

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

adjective satellite

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

reflective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• capable of physically reflecting light or sound

adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• devoted to matters of the mind

respective10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• considered individually

selective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to select; characterized by careful choice

• characterized by very careful or fastidious selection

affective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by emotion

festive7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• offering fun and gaiety

invective9
3 nounn
noun

• abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

inventive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

preventive10
3 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

convective10
3 adjectiveadj
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connective10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

• an instrumentality that connects

adjective satellite

• connecting or tending to connect

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

protective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind

adjective satellite

• showing care

• (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful

expensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• high in price or charging high prices

infective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• able to cause disease

• caused by infection or capable of causing infection

active6
2 adjectiveadj
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

attractive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

• having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull

adjective satellite

• having power to arouse interest

destructive11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing destruction or much damage

effusive8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

• extravagantly demonstrative

elective8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• subject to popular election

noun

• a course that the student can select from among alternatives

adjective satellite

• optional

inoffensive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not causing anger or annoyance

• giving no offense

prospective11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or concerned with or related to the future

subjective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

• of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

adjective9
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

convulsive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

• resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent

creative8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having the ability or power to create

adjective satellite

• promoting construction or creation

fugitive8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

motive6
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

native6
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

negative8
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, 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

positive8
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
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

primitive9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

• a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

• a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

adjective satellite

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

relative8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
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'

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

sensitive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• responsive to physical stimuli

• being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

• able to feel or perceive

noun

• someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

adjective satellite

• hurting

• of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security

affirmative11
4
adjective

• affirming or giving assent

noun

• a reply of affirmation

adjective satellite

• expecting the best

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

aggressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

adjective satellite

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

alternative11
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

competitive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• involving competition or competitiveness

adjective satellite

• subscribing to capitalistic competition

• showing a fighting disposition

conservative12
4 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

excessive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• beyond normal limits

• unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

exclusive9
3 adjectiveadj
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

executive9
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

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