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200+ Rhyming Words For IMPERATIVES

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operatives10
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

narratives10
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

alternatives12
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

positives9
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

superlatives12
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

cooperatives12
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

conservatives13
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

negatives9
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

relatives9
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'

executives10
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

fixatives9
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

initiatives11
4 nounn
noun

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• the first of a series of actions

adjective satellite

• serving to set in motion

laxatives9
3 nounn
adjective

• stimulating evacuation of feces

noun

• a mild cathartic

palliatives11
4 nounn
noun

• remedy that alleviates pain without curing

adjective satellite

• moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

performatives13
4 nounn
noun

• A performative utterance.

prerogatives12
4 nounn
noun

• a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

preventatives13
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

neoconservatives16
6 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism

abrasives9
3 nounn
noun

• a substance that abrades or wears down

adjective satellite

• causing abrasion

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

expletives10
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

objectives10
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

progressives12
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

representatives15
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

derivatives11
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

preservatives13
4 nounn
noun

• a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition

adjective satellite

• tending or having the power to preserve

natives7
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

olives6
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

ablatives9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• relating to the ablative case

noun

• the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

adjective satellite

• tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature

accusatives11
4 nounn
adjective

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

noun

• the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb

adjective satellite

• containing or expressing accusation

adversatives12
4 adverb, nounadv, n
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affirmatives12
4 nounn
adjective

• affirming or giving assent

noun

• a reply of affirmation

adjective satellite

• expecting the best

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

affricatives12
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

appellatives12
4 nounn
adjective

• pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun

noun

• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

adjective satellite

• inclined to or serving for the giving of names

augmentatives13
4 nounn
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deverbatives12
4 nounn
No meanings yet for this word...
diminutives11
4 nounn
noun

• a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

adjective satellite

• very small

donatives9
3 nounn
noun

• A gift; a largess; a gratuity.

• (ecclesiastical law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders.

ergatives9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• The ergative case.

• An ergative verb or other expression.

fricatives10
3 nounn
noun

• a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

adjective satellite

• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

indicatives11
4 nounn
adjective

• relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements

noun

• a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

adjective satellite

• (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

nonexecutives13
4 nounn
noun

• One who is not an executive.

preparatives12
4 nounn
noun

• Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary

privatives10
3 nounn
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provocatives12
4
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restoratives12
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

• a device for treating injury or disease

adjective satellite

• tending to impart new life and vigor to

• promoting recuperation

sedatives9
3 nounn
noun

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

adjective satellite

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

siccatives10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• A drier; a catalyst used to promote drying.

tentatives10
3 nounn
No meanings yet for this word...
vocatives9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• relating to a case used in some languages

noun

• the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed

actives7
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

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