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1K+ Rhyming Words For RESPECTIVE

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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

prospective11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or concerned with or related to the future

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

introspective13
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

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

reflective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• capable of physically reflecting light or sound

adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• devoted to matters of the mind

defective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a defect

• markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior

• not working properly

directive9
3 nounn
noun

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

adjective satellite

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

elective8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• subject to popular election

noun

• a course that the student can select from among alternatives

adjective satellite

• optional

selective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to select; characterized by careful choice

• characterized by very careful or fastidious selection

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

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

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

explosive9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
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

affective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by emotion

corrective10
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• a device for treating injury or disease

adjective satellite

• designed to promote discipline

• tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition

effective9
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

adjective satellite

• able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively

• works well as a means or remedy

• exerting force or influence

• existing in fact; not theoretical; real

• ready for service

invective9
3 nounn
noun

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

projective10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
noun

• An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.

• A projective member of a category.

• A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.

adjective

• Projecting outward

• Of, relating to, or caused by a projection

• Describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection

responsive10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• containing or using responses; alternating

• readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

adjective satellite

• reacting to a stimulus

expressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• performing gestures or possessing qualities or features that suggest a certain state of being or emotion

adjective satellite

• characterized by expression

inexpensive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• relatively low in price or charging low prices

unresponsive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not responding to some influence or stimulus

adjective satellite

• aloof or indifferent

• not susceptible to suggestion or influence

expletive9
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

exploitive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to exploit or make use of

expansive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

adjective satellite

• of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

• marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur

• friendly and open and willing to talk

subjective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

• of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

nonresponsive13
4 adjectiveadj
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overprotective14
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• overly protective

advective9
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• of or relating to advection

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

deflective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)

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

impressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• making a strong or vivid impression

adjective satellite

• producing a strong effect

infective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• able to cause disease

• caused by infection or capable of causing infection

rejective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• rejecting or tending to reject

bijective9
3 adjectiveadj
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erective8
3
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inflective10
3 adjectiveadj
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injective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic

inspective10
3
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surjective10
3 adjectiveadj
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disruptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

imperfective12
4 adjectiveadj
noun

• aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb

nonelective11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• filled by appointment rather than by election

nonobjective12
4 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

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