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1K+ Rhyming Words For PUNITIVE

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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

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

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

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

competitive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• involving competition or competitiveness

adjective satellite

• subscribing to capitalistic competition

• showing a fighting disposition

affirmative11
4
adjective

• affirming or giving assent

noun

• a reply of affirmation

adjective satellite

• expecting the best

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

insensitive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not responsive to physical stimuli

• deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive

secretive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

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

imaginative11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

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

nutritive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of or providing nourishment

informative11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

• serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

• providing or conveying information

noncompetitive14
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not involving competition or competitiveness

cognitive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or being or relating to or involving cognition

consecutive11
4 adjectiveadj
adverb

• in a sequential manner

adjective satellite

• one after the other

• in regular succession without gaps

• successive (without a break)

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

discriminative14
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• capable of making fine distinctions

• expressing careful judgment

formative9
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function

adjective satellite

• capable of forming new cells and tissues

• forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

normative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or dealing with norms

• pertaining to giving directives or rules

unimaginative13
6 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

• dealing only with concrete facts

• lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality

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

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'

uncompetitive13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not inclined to compete

dispositive11
4 adjectiveadj
noun

• A document that communicates the general stance taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.

• According to Michel Foucault, the aggregate of institutional, physical and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures that enhance and maintain the exercise of power within society.

adjective

• Intending to or resulting in disposition (disposing of or settling a matter).

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

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

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

interpretive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• that provides interpretation

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

genitive8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• serving to express or indicate possession

noun

• the case expressing ownership

laxative8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• stimulating evacuation of feces

noun

• a mild cathartic

lucrative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• producing a sizeable profit

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

sedative8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

adjective satellite

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

speculative11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not financially safe or secure

• not based on fact or investigation

• showing curiosity

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

transitive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning

noun

• a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

uninformative13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• lacking information

performative12
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• A performative utterance.

adjective

• Being enacted as it is said.

• Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.

argumentative13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• given to or characterized by argument

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

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

decorative10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

degenerative12
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function

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

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.

intransitive12
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object

noun

• a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

intuitive9
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency

• obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation

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

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