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1K+ Rhyming Words For PREOPERATIVE

There are 1,434 words and 97 phrases

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operative9
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

comparative11
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• relating to or based on or involving comparison

• estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

noun

• the comparative form of an adjective or adverb

imperative10
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
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.

postoperative13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• happening or done after a surgical operation

restorative11
4 adjectiveadj
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

commemorative13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• intended as a commemoration

noun

• an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person

narrative9
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

representative14
5 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

affirmative11
4
adjective

• affirming or giving assent

noun

• a reply of affirmation

adjective satellite

• expecting the best

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

interpretive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• that provides interpretation

decorative10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

lucrative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• producing a sizeable profit

illustrative12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• clarifying by use of examples

• serving to demonstrate

pejorative10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• expressing disapproval

preventative12
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

recuperative12
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• promoting recuperation

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

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

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

preservative12
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

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

adjective satellite

• tending or having the power to preserve

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'

superlative11
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

participative13
5 adjectiveadj
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competitive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• involving competition or competitiveness

adjective satellite

• subscribing to capitalistic competition

• showing a fighting disposition

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

imaginative11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

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

initiative10
5 nounn
noun

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• the first of a series of actions

adjective satellite

• serving to set in motion

palliative10
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• remedy that alleviates pain without curing

adjective satellite

• moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

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

speculative11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not financially safe or secure

• not based on fact or investigation

• showing curiosity

argumentative13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• given to or characterized by argument

derivative10
4 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, 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

indicative10
4 adjectiveadj
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

informative11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

• providing or conveying information

laxative8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• stimulating evacuation of feces

noun

• a mild cathartic

provocative11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

adjective satellite

• intentionally arousing sexual desire

sedative8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

adjective satellite

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

talkative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• full of trivial conversation

• unwisely talking too much

• friendly and open and willing to talk

tentative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

• unsettled in mind or opinion

communicative13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to communication

• able or tending to communicate

consecutive11
4 adjectiveadj
adverb

• in a sequential manner

adjective satellite

• one after the other

• in regular succession without gaps

• successive (without a break)

cumulative10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• increasing by successive addition

secretive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

alliterative12
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

causative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• producing an effect

contemplative13
4 adjectiveadj
noun

• a person devoted to the contemplative life

adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

curative8
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

adjective satellite

• tending to cure or restore to health

demonstrative13
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• given to or marked by the open expression of emotion

noun

• a pronoun that points out an intended referent

adjective satellite

• serving to demonstrate

evocative9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• serving to bring to mind

figurative10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

adjective satellite

• consisting of or forming human or animal figures

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