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1K+ Rhyming Words For SUSTENTIVE

There are 1,430 words and 92 phrases

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attentive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

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

• taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

incentive9
3 nounn
noun

• a positive motivational influence

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

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

retentive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• good at remembering

• having the capacity to retain something

adjective satellite

• having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water

inattentive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• showing a lack of attention or care

adjective satellite

• not showing due care or attention

adventive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized

agentive8
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• A word having this construction.

adjective

• Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).

• Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.

assentive9
3 adjectiveadj
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pendentive10
3 nounn
noun

• The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.

disincentive12
4 nounn
noun

• a negative motivational influence

uninventive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

argumentive11
4 adjectiveadj
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overattentive13
5 noun, adjectiven, adj
No meanings yet for this word...
unretentive11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

fermentive10
3 adjectiveadj
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unattentive11
4 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
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

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

give4
1 verbv
noun

• the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

verb

• cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

• be the cause or source of

• transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody

• convey or reveal information

• convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

• organize or be responsible for

• convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture

• give as a present; make a gift of

• cause to happen or be responsible for

• dedicate

• give or supply

• transmit (knowledge or skills)

• bring about

• leave with; give temporarily

• emit or utter

• endure the loss of

• place into the hands or custody of

• give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

• give (as medicine)

• give or convey physically

• bestow

• bestow, especially officially

• move in order to make room for someone for something

• give food to

• contribute to some cause

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• estimate the duration or outcome of something

• execute and deliver

• deliver in exchange or recompense

• afford access to

• present to view

• perform for an audience

• be flexible under stress of physical force

• propose

• accord by verdict

• manifest or show

• offer in good faith

• submit for consideration, judgment, or use

• guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion

• allow to have or take

• inflict as a punishment

• occur

• consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man

• proffer (a body part)

live4
1 verb, adverbv, adv
adjective

• actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

• exerting force or containing energy

• possessing life

adverb

• not recorded

adjective satellite

• highly reverberant

• charged with an explosive

• elastic; rebounds readily

• abounding with life and energy

• in current use or ready for use

• of current relevance

• charged or energized with electricity

• capable of erupting

verb

• be an inhabitant of or reside in

• lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

• continue to live and avoid dying

• support oneself

• have life, be alive

• have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

• pursue a positive and satisfying existence

counterincentive16
5 nounn
No meanings yet for this word...
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

disruptive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

elusive7
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• difficult to describe

• skillful at eluding capture

• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

expensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• high in price or charging high prices

forgive7
2 verbv
verb

• stop blaming or grant forgiveness

• absolve from payment

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

inventive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

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

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

aggressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

adjective satellite

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

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

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

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

creative8
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having the ability or power to create

adjective satellite

• promoting construction or creation

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

destructive11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing destruction or much damage

dismissive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing indifference or disregard

• stopping to associate with

excessive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• beyond normal limits

• unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

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

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

impressive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• making a strong or vivid impression

adjective satellite

• producing a strong effect

massive7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• imposing in size or bulk or solidity

• being the same substance throughout

• imposing in scale or scope or degree or power

• consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter

motive6
2 nounn
noun

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

• a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

• a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

adjective satellite

• causing or able to cause motion

• impelling to action

native6
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

• belonging to one by birth

• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

noun

• an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

• a person born in a particular place or country

• indigenous plants and animals

adjective satellite

• as found in nature in the elemental form

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

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

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

olive5
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

• evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits

• hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork

• one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish

• a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

adjective satellite

• of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

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

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