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1K+ Rhyming Words For SUBSTANTIVE

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expensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• high in price or charging high prices

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

defensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

noun

• an attitude of defensiveness

adjective satellite

• attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

extensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor

adjective satellite

• large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

• broad in scope or content

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

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

detective9
3 nounn
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

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

inventive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

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

preventive10
3 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

hypertensive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having abnormally high blood pressure

noun

• a person who has abnormally high blood pressure

pensive7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• showing pensive sadness

nonresponsive13
4 adjectiveadj
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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

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

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

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

offensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• for the purpose of attack rather than defense

• causing anger or annoyance

• morally offensive

• unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

noun

• the action of attacking an enemy

adjective satellite

• violating or tending to violate or offend against

• causing or able to cause nausea

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

attentive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• (often followed by `to') giving care or attention

• taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

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

dismissive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing indifference or disregard

• stopping to associate with

administrative14
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to or responsible for administration

disruptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

incentive9
3 nounn
noun

• a positive motivational influence

• an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

intensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to give force or emphasis

• of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

noun

• a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

adjective satellite

• characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form

prospective11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or concerned with or related to the future

respective10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• considered individually

sedative8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

adjective satellite

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

deceptive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

• designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

defective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a defect

• markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior

• not working properly

digestive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion

noun

• any substance that promotes digestion

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

perceptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to perception

• having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment

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

punitive8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• inflicting punishment

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

apprehensive12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• quick to understand

• mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

• in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

comprehensive13
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• including all or everything

noun

• an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

adjective satellite

• broad in scope

decorative10
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

depressive10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• someone suffering psychological depression

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

manipulative12
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage

radioactive11
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• exhibiting or caused by radioactivity

reflective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• capable of physically reflecting light or sound

adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• devoted to matters of the mind

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

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

illustrative12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• clarifying by use of examples

• serving to demonstrate

inattentive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• showing a lack of attention or care

adjective satellite

• not showing due care or attention

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