200+ Words That Rhyme With TENTATIVES

• A gift; a largess; a gratuity.

• (ecclesiastical law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders.

• The ergative case.

• An ergative verb or other expression.

• a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study

• a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging

• a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

• stimulating evacuation of feces

• a mild cathartic

• 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

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

• 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

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

• 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)

• properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

• a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

• A drier; a catalyst used to promote drying.

• relating to a case used in some languages

• the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed

• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

• the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb

• containing or expressing accusation

• affirming or giving assent

• a reply of affirmation

• expecting the best

• expressing or manifesting praise or approval

• a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• serving or used in place of another

• necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

• pertaining to unconventional choices

• pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun

• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

• inclined to or serving for the giving of names

• a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

• very small

• having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.

• a person responsible for the administration of a business

• persons who administer the law

• someone who manages a government agency or department

• requiring attention or action

• relating to verbs in the imperative mood

• 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.

• relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements

• a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

• (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• the first of a series of actions

• serving to set in motion

• One who is not an executive.

• being in force or having or exerting force

• relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

• 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

• effective; producing a desired effect

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

• remedy that alleviates pain without curing

• moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

• A performative utterance.

• Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary

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

• tending to prevent or hinder

• 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

• preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

• a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

• a device for treating injury or disease

• tending to impart new life and vigor to

• promoting recuperation

• a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism

• actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

• exerting force or containing energy

• possessing life

• not recorded

• 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

• 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

• a positive motivational influence

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

• 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

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