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1K+ Rhyming Words For RETROACTIVE

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proactive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

adjective satellite

• (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens

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

reactive8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• participating readily in reactions

adjective satellite

• reacting to a stimulus

interactive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)

adjective satellite

• capable of acting on or influencing each other

radioactive11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• exhibiting or caused by radioactivity

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

hyperactive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• more active than normal

inactive8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

• (military) not involved in military operations

• not exerting influence or change

• (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct

• lacking in energy or will

• lacking activity; lying idle or unused

• not engaged in full-time work

• not active physically or mentally

adjective satellite

• (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert

• not in physical motion

unattractive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• lacking beauty or charm

adjective satellite

• lacking power to arouse interest

• not appealing to the senses

overactive10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• more active than normal

refractive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to or capable of refraction

adjective satellite

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

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'

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

vasoactive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Active on vessel walls, that is, causing either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel, thus affecting hemodynamics (blood flow). Vasoactive substances may be endogenous (for example, endogenous angiotensin, vasopressin, or epinephrine) or exogenous (for example, pharmaceutical vasopressin or epinephrine).

nonreactive11
4 adjectiveadj
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prerogative11
4 nounn
noun

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

detective9
3 nounn
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

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

directive9
3 nounn
noun

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

adjective satellite

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

inquisitive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing curiosity

• inquiring or appearing to inquire

reflective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• capable of physically reflecting light or sound

adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• devoted to matters of the mind

selective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to select; characterized by careful choice

• characterized by very careful or fastidious selection

abstractive11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting

detractive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing to decrease in importance or value

olfactive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to olfaction

probative9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation

subtractive11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• constituting or involving subtraction

tractive8
2 adjectiveadj
adjective

• exerting traction and serving to pull

underactive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• abnormally inactive

bioactive9
4 adjectiveadj
noun

• Such a material

adjective

• Biologically active; having a biological effect.

distractive11
3 adjectiveadj
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extractive10
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• Something that may be extracted

• The substance left behind after something has been extracted

adjective

• That serves to extract something

• That withdraws natural resources by extraction

• Able to be extracted

impactive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.

protractive11
3 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
expensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• high in price or charging high prices

nonradioactive14
6 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not radioactive

pensive7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• showing pensive sadness

immunoreactive14
5 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
noninteractive14
5 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
acquisitive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas

authoritative13
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• endowed with authority

adjective satellite

• having authority or ascendancy or influence

• of recognized authority or excellence

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

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

destructive11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing destruction or much damage

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

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

recessive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or pertaining to a recession

• (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical

noun

• an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

recursive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of or relating to a recursion

affirmative11
4
adjective

• affirming or giving assent

noun

• a reply of affirmation

adjective satellite

• expecting the best

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

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

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