Words That Rhyme With CLASSIFYING-ADJECTIVE
There are 1,435 words and
96 phrases
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| Rank | Word/Phrase | Save? | More.. | Letters | Usage | Syl'sSyllables | Type | |
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| 1 | affirmative | 11 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | alternative | 11 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 3 | detective | 9 | 3 | nounn | ||||
| 4 | primitive | 9 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 5 | relative | 8 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 6 | adjective | 9 | 3 | nounn | ||||
| 7 | objective | 9 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 8 | collective | 10 | 3 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 9 | comparative | 11 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 10 | inquisitive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 11 | intuitive | 9 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 12 | meditative | 10 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 13 | narrative | 9 | 3 | nounn | ||||
| 14 | perceptive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 15 | perspective | 11 | 3 | nounn | ||||
| 16 | protective | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 17 | expensive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 18 | active | 6 | 2 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 19 | attractive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 20 | destructive | 11 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
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1 Syllable
2 Syllables
Words (65)
- active
- motive
- native
- massive
- olive
- captive
- festive
- passive
- pensive
- furtive
- plaintive
- restive
- missive
- plosive
- octave
- endive
- forgive
- outlive
- cursive
- dative
- sportive
- votive
- belive
- pre-emptive
- costive
- fictive
- misgive
- plausive
- stative
- tractive
- unlive
- jussive
- outgive
- regive
- sorptive
- suasive
- tensive
- tussive
- visive
- coactive
- codrive
- crescive
- restrive
- essive
- factive
- fissive
- fixive
- fluxive
- fructive
- fruitive
- sative
- torsive
- tortive
- kharkiv
- plovdiv
- bylive
- caitive
- convive
- corsive
- descrive
- gainstrive
- musive
- practive
- proclive
- reprive
Phrases (3)
3 Syllables
Words (474)
- detective
- primitive
- relative
- adjective
- objective
- collective
- narrative
- perceptive
- perspective
- protective
- expensive
- attractive
- destructive
- subjective
- creative
- defective
- directive
- elective
- fugitive
- negative
- positive
- prospective
- reflective
- respective
- selective
- sensitive
- aggressive
- defensive
- effective
- excessive
- exclusive
- explosive
- impressive
- offensive
- addictive
- constructive
- digestive
- distinctive
- inactive
- instinctive
- proactive
- productive
- reactive
- restrictive
- seductive
- vindictive
- projective
- adoptive
- affective
- assertive
- attentive
- cognitive
- combative
- connective
- corrective
- deceptive
- disruptive
- exhaustive
- incentive
- invective
- inventive
- laxative
- lucrative
- preemptive
- preventive
- punitive
- receptive
- secretive
- sedative
- supportive
- talkative
- tentative
- abrasive
- abusive
- adhesive
- compulsive
- conclusive
- decisive
- depressive
- elusive
- evasive
- expressive
- extensive
- impulsive
- inclusive
- intensive
- intrusive
- invasive
- obsessive
- oppressive
- pervasive
- possessive
- progressive
- reclusive
- repressive
- repulsive
- responsive
- submissive
- subversive
- successive
- conductive
- congestive
- inductive
- instructive
- obstructive
- predictive
- refractive
- suggestive
- injunctive
- abortive
- adaptive
- additive
- assaultive
- causative
- corruptive
- curative
- descriptive
- emotive
- eruptive
- expletive
- exploitive
- formative
- infective
- nonnative
- normative
- nutritive
- presumptive
- probative
- putative
- redemptive
- reflexive
- substantive
- coercive
- cohesive
- collusive
- conducive
- convulsive
- corrosive
- derisive
- discursive
- dismissive
- divisive
- effusive
- erosive
- expansive
- illusive
- impassive
- incisive
- obtrusive
- permissive
- recessive
- recursive
- regressive
- convective
- persuasive
- appointive
- fixative
- dilutive
- allusive
- dispersive
- advective
- deflective
- ejective
- rejective
- bijective
- erective
- inflective
- injective
- inspective
- noneffective
- surjective
- afflictive
- constrictive
- consumptive
- deductive
- diffusive
- genitive
- mutative
- percussive
- perfective
- prescriptive
- propulsive
- purgative
- reductive
- retentive
- subjunctive
- suppressive
- suspensive
- transitive
- expulsive
- implosive
- portative
- seclusive
- transgressive
- ablative
- absorptive
- abstractive
- acceptive
- accretive
- adductive
- adjunctive
- adjustive
- admissive
- adsorptive
- adventive
- amative
- amusive
- ascensive
- assistive
- assuasive
- assumptive
- auditive
- aversive
- combustive
- conceptive
- concessive
- conjunctive
- consultive
- contrastive
- degressive
- delusive
- denotive
- detersive
- detractive
- digressive
- disjunctive
- dissuasive
- durative
- enhancive
- excursive
- extrusive
- fricative
- gustative
- hortative
- illative
- inceptive
- incursive
- ingressive
- inscriptive
- irruptive
- lenitive
- locative
- occlusive
- olfactive
- omissive
- optative
- ostensive
- partitive
- perversive
- placative
- precative
- preclusive
- promotive
- protrusive
- purposive
- resistive
- sanative
- siccative
- subtractive
- suffusive
- summative
- vegetive
- vocative
- vomitive
- agentive
- appraisive
- arrestive
- ascriptive
- aspersive
- assentive
- attritive
- decoctive
- decretive
- depletive
- dilative
- distractive
- divorcive
- divulsive
- donative
- eductive
- egestive
- elative
- embracive
- emissive
- emulsive
- enactive
- endorsive
- ergative
- evincive
- exaptive
- exceptive
- excretive
- exemptive
- exertive
- extinctive
- extortive
- extractive
- factitive
- forgetive
- gerundive
- gestative
- ideative
- impactive
- inflictive
- infusive
- ingestive
- inversive
- laudative
- ligative
- monitive
- neuroactive
- nonactive
- nonexploitive
- nonpassive
- orective
- pendentive
- perfusive
- pollutive
- preceptive
- prelusive
- privative
- profusive
- proscriptive
- protensive
- protractive
- pulsative
- recreative
- refective
- remissive
- resentive
- resorptive
- revertive
- revulsive
- rotative
- seducive
- suppletive
- susceptive
- traditive
- translative
- transmissive
- uncoercive
- unitive
- vasoactive
- vibrative
- volitive
- calmative
- concussive
- leitmotiv
- permeative
- caressive
- coderive
- completive
- compressive
- conative
- concoctive
- conflictive
- constative
- contortive
- contractive
- contusive
- corrasive
- cunctative
- divertive
- dissective
- neglective
- turgenev
- cost-effective
- non-elective
- depictive
- abessive
- abreactive
- abstersive
- adessive
- affrontive
- allative
- applausive
- appulsive
- assortive
- astrictive
- babblative
- curvative
- decursive
- defunctive
- deletive
- demissive
- diffractive
- discoursive
- discretive
- discussive
- distensive
- distortive
- dormitive
- excusive
- extorsive
- fermentive
- gemmative
- humective
- immersive
- inessive
- inflative
- intentive
- lustrative
- nauseative
- nonstative
- overgive
- persistive
- precisive
- precursive
- predative
- prehensive
- presentive
- pretensive
- prolative
- promissive
- propensive
- quantitive
- quietive
- quotative
- redressive
- resumptive
- retortive
- retractive
- semblative
- solutive
- splenative
- subreptive
- subscriptive
- substrative
- subsumptive
- succussive
- sustentive
- taxative
- totitive
- traductive
- transcriptive
- transfusive
- transumptive
- unactive
- unnative
- unplausive
- vitative
- writative
- accusive
- all-inclusive
- complaintive
- frustrative
- gram-negative
- gram-positive
- hypoactive
- incitive
- inducive
- reversive
- rh-negative
- rh-positive
- self-assertive
- surface-active
- attuitive
- collative
- concretive
- connexive
- connotive
- convertive
- convictive
- cooptative
- discerptive
- entreative
- innative
- lambitive
- prepensive
- revengive
- subsecive
- subsultive
- tempestive
- transportive
Phrases (7)
4 Syllables
Words (555)
- affirmative
- alternative
- comparative
- inquisitive
- intuitive
- meditative
- competitive
- conservative
- executive
- ineffective
- retrospective
- hyperactive
- interactive
- reproductive
- unattractive
- automotive
- consecutive
- contraceptive
- decorative
- definitive
- derivative
- imperative
- indicative
- informative
- innovative
- insensitive
- introspective
- legislative
- locomotive
- operative
- prerogative
- provocative
- repetitive
- speculative
- vegetative
- apprehensive
- comprehensive
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- inexpensive
- unresponsive
- nonproductive
- overactive
- retroactive
- unproductive
- acquisitive
- contemplative
- cumulative
- demonstrative
- diminutive
- educative
- evocative
- exploitative
- figurative
- generative
- illustrative
- imitative
- inattentive
- infinitive
- interpretive
- palliative
- pejorative
- preservative
- preventative
- prohibitive
- qualitative
- quantitative
- restorative
- superlative
- federative
- hypertensive
- inoffensive
- unimpressive
- unobtrusive
- nonexclusive
- nonresponsive
- accusative
- consultative
- disincentive
- distributive
- facultative
- iterative
- oxidative
- reconstructive
- regulative
- stimulative
- unreceptive
- dispositive
- dissipative
- duplicative
- performative
- supermassive
- irrespective
- counteractive
- imperfective
- nonelective
- nonobjective
- nonsubjective
- unreflective
- unselective
- intellective
- nondirective
- noninfective
- nonselective
- appositive
- copulative
- correlative
- detonative
- hypotensive
- implicative
- inexpressive
- intransitive
- maladaptive
- nominative
- nonadaptive
- nonaddictive
- noninvasive
- penetrative
- precognitive
- procreative
- psychoactive
- recitative
- retributive
- retrogressive
- suppurative
- ulcerative
- unconstructive
- uncreative
- unperceptive
- unprogressive
- exudative
- interruptive
- noncognitive
- nonreactive
- reparative
- substitutive
- transformative
- adumbrative
- adversative
- affricative
- aggregative
- agitative
- antitussive
- appellative
- apperceptive
- applicative
- arbitrative
- attributive
- augmentative
- capacitive
- carminative
- circulative
- coextensive
- cogitative
- combinative
- commutative
- confutative
- connotative
- constitutive
- contributive
- declarative
- denigrative
- denotative
- derogative
- designative
- excitative
- exhortative
- explorative
- expositive
- frequentative
- gravitative
- inchoative
- instigative
- integrative
- introversive
- irritative
- maladjustive
- meliorative
- mitigative
- motivative
- nociceptive
- nonabsorptive
- nonadhesive
- nonaggressive
- nonassertive
- nonconductive
- nonexplosive
- nonnegative
- nonnormative
- nonprogressive
- nonrestrictive
- nonsensitive
- normotensive
- postpositive
- predicative
- preparative
- propagative
- putrefactive
- rebarbative
- reformative
- ruminative
- separative
- suffocative
- terminative
- unaggressive
- unassertive
- underactive
- unexpressive
- uninstructive
- uninventive
- unpersuasive
- violative
- absolutive
- advocative
- annotative
- argumentive
- assortative
- bioactive
- cryoprotective
- decongestive
- deconstructive
- deformative
- degradative
- desiccative
- devastative
- deverbative
- deviative
- ditransitive
- dominative
- emanative
- emulative
- estimative
- execrative
- exhibitive
- expectative
- explanative
- explicative
- fermentative
- germinative
- imperceptive
- imputative
- incubative
- indistinctive
- indurative
- infiltrative
- inhibitive
- interdictive
- introgressive
- irreflexive
- irrelative
- irresponsive
- lacerative
- limitative
- lubricative
- mediative
- nonabrasive
- nonadditive
- noncoercive
- noncombative
- nonconstructive
- nonconsumptive
- noncorrosive
- noncreative
- nondeceptive
- nondeductive
- nondescriptive
- nondestructive
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nondisruptive
- nondistinctive
- nonexploitative
- noninductive
- nonintrusive
- nonnarrative
- nonnutritive
- nonpermissive
- nonpunitive
- nonpurposive
- nonrelative
- nuncupative
- persecutive
- personative
- photoinductive
- posteruptive
- preadaptive
- prepositive
- presentative
- radiative
- reeducative
- reintegrative
- remonstrative
- renovative
- repercussive
- replicative
- reprehensive
- reprobative
- retrodictive
- segregative
- simulative
- sporulative
- subcurative
- sustentative
- syncopative
- titillative
- tolerative
- transmutative
- unabusive
- uncombative
- urinative
- vindicative
- corporative
- colligative
- compensative
- concentrative
- consecrative
- consummative
- corresponsive
- calculative
- unsupportive
- recollective
- disconnective
- introjective
- irreflective
- resurrective
- unrespective
- vivisective
- extrospective
- nonreflective
- uneffective
- unobjective
- unprotective
- compositive
- adaptative
- alterative
- approbative
- benedictive
- calefactive
- confirmative
- criminative
- deprecative
- disputative
- extraversive
- extroversive
- inculpative
- introvertive
- macerative
- medicative
- oppositive
- sternutative
- unexclusive
- unreactive
- unretentive
- unsubmissive
- abdicative
- abrogative
- adequative
- admirative
- admonitive
- affinitive
- altercative
- aperitive
- arrogative
- attestative
- auscultative
- circumspective
- decompressive
- dedicative
- defensative
- deglutitive
- dehortative
- depositive
- deprivative
- depurative
- desquamative
- disillusive
- dispensative
- disquietive
- disquisitive
- dissertative
- dissolutive
- disturbative
- dubitative
- electroactive
- enervative
- entitative
- eructative
- evolutive
- exclamative
- expatiative
- expeditive
- exprobrative
- extirpative
- fabricative
- fascinative
- flexecutive
- granulative
- hebetative
- hesitative
- impeditive
- impetrative
- inadaptive
- incitative
- incorruptive
- incrassative
- inculcative
- indagative
- indigestive
- inexhaustive
- inobtrusive
- inspirative
- institutive
- insusceptive
- intempestive
- interceptive
- intermissive
- internecive
- introductive
- intromissive
- investitive
- invocative
- irreceptive
- irremissive
- irretentive
- irrigative
- isolative
- judicative
- jurisdictive
- liquefactive
- maledictive
- maturative
- memorative
- mensurative
- ministrative
- miscreative
- modulative
- mutilative
- nomenclative
- nonreflexive
- nontransitive
- numerative
- objurgative
- obligative
- observative
- occupative
- oppilative
- oscillative
- percolative
- perforative
- perturbative
- petrifactive
- photoactive
- preformative
- premonitive
- preteritive
- progenitive
- punctuative
- quidditative
- rarefactive
- recognitive
- relaxative
- reputative
- resolutive
- restitutive
- resultative
- retardative
- retrocessive
- retropulsive
- revelative
- similative
- sociative
- somniative
- spoliative
- stupefactive
- subdivisive
- subornative
- superactive
- superstructive
- suppositive
- terremotive
- transmigrative
- unapplausive
- unattentive
- unconclusive
- unconjunctive
- undecisive
- undistinctive
- unexpensive
- unobstructive
- unoffensive
- unoppressive
- unrelative
- unsensitive
- unsuccessive
- usurpative
- variative
- vellicative
- ventilative
- visitative
- voluntative
- ambiversive
- chemisorptive
- chemosorptive
- chylifactive
- conspirative
- expiative
- extravertive
- extrovertive
- light-sensitive
- manic-depressive
- nonadsorptive
- nonappointive
- noncausative
- nonpsychoactive
- sanctionative
- self-destructive
- undescriptive
- unexpansive
- unintrusive
- unpermissive
- unpredictive
- unrestrictive
- unseductive
- untalkative
- unvindictive
- capitative
- celebrative
- circumscriptive
- circumventive
- cirrostrative
- cohibitive
- cohortative
- colliquative
- comitative
- comminative
- compellative
- complicative
- compulsative
- computative
- conflagrative
- congregative
- conjugative
- contradictive
- contragestive
- conversative
- convocative
- corelative
- crepitative
- intensative
- intensitive
- locorestive
- obvolutive
- temperative
- tonalitive
- transpositive
Phrases (14)
5 Syllables
Words (265)
- initiative
- representative
- radioactive
- administrative
- appreciative
- argumentative
- commemorative
- cooperative
- degenerative
- hypersensitive
- imaginative
- investigative
- manipulative
- accommodative
- accumulative
- alliterative
- authoritative
- collaborative
- communicative
- discriminative
- inoperative
- noncompetitive
- postoperative
- preoperative
- recuperative
- remunerative
- photoconductive
- superconductive
- deliberative
- elucidative
- prognosticative
- uncompetitive
- uninformative
- vituperative
- nonautomotive
- noncumulative
- nonexecutive
- participative
- redistributive
- oversensitive
- counterproductive
- overprotective
- counteroffensive
- dissociative
- antireflective
- intersubjective
- retroreflective
- supereffective
- associative
- contaminative
- corroborative
- determinative
- interpretative
- interrogative
- photosensitive
- proprioceptive
- supersensitive
- undemonstrative
- anticorrosive
- inconsecutive
- insinuative
- noncommutative
- regenerative
- photorefractive
- accelerative
- acculturative
- adjudicative
- agglomerative
- agglutinative
- ameliorative
- appropriative
- approximative
- articulative
- assimilative
- chemoreceptive
- commiserative
- conciliative
- confederative
- continuative
- coordinative
- delineative
- denunciative
- depreciative
- disintegrative
- evaluative
- evaporative
- excogitative
- exonerative
- exteroceptive
- facilitative
- incorporative
- interoceptive
- justificative
- multiplicative
- nonfigurative
- nonimitative
- opinionative
- originative
- photoemissive
- prefigurative
- reciprocative
- recriminative
- reiterative
- renunciative
- retaliative
- reverberative
- significative
- subordinative
- substantiative
- acetylative
- anticonvulsive
- anticreative
- antinarrative
- antiprogressive
- antisubversive
- asseverative
- denominative
- desiderative
- diapositive
- disaggregative
- elaborative
- eliminative
- enumerative
- evacuative
- exaggerative
- exfoliative
- exhilarative
- extrapolative
- gesticulative
- hyperaggressive
- hyperresponsive
- illuminative
- immunoreactive
- inoculative
- interpolative
- intussusceptive
- irradiative
- nonacquisitive
- nonconsecutive
- nonconservative
- nonderivative
- nonevaluative
- noninteractive
- nonintuitive
- nonoperative
- nonquantitative
- nonreproductive
- nonretroactive
- nonspeculative
- obliterative
- overaggressive
- overassertive
- overtalkative
- perseverative
- photonegative
- photooxidative
- photopositive
- photoreceptive
- precipitative
- premeditative
- proliferative
- redintegrative
- reduplicative
- resuscitative
- seronegative
- seropositive
- superexpensive
- ultraexclusive
- ultrasensitive
- configurative
- conglomerative
- contrapositive
- incomprehensive
- overattentive
- counterintuitive
- alimentative
- alleviative
- amalgamative
- annihilative
- anticipative
- consolidative
- debilitative
- disseminative
- dissimulative
- electromotive
- emancipative
- propitiative
- repudiative
- unapprehensive
- uninquisitive
- unprovocative
- annunciative
- autodestructive
- autosuggestive
- bisociative
- delimitative
- deoppilative
- disapprobative
- dissimilative
- domesticative
- edulcorative
- ejaculative
- emasculative
- enculturative
- enunciative
- eradicative
- exasperative
- expectorative
- expostulative
- extenuative
- exterminative
- hallucinative
- humiliative
- impredicative
- inapprehensive
- incogitative
- intercalative
- intoxicative
- invigorative
- magnetomotive
- manifestative
- misapprehensive
- modificative
- mundificative
- necessitative
- neurocognitive
- precompetitive
- predestinative
- prejudicative
- primogenitive
- procrastinative
- purificative
- qualificative
- refrigerative
- specificative
- subindicative
- uncomprehensive
- unoperative
- unspeculative
- verificative
- fire-resistive
- labor-intensive
- labour-intensive
- noncombinative
- noncomprehensive
- nonexplorative
- nonrepetitive
- nonsuppurative
- semiconductive
- unacquisitive
- underivative
- unexplorative
- unmedicative
- vasoconstrictive
- vasodilative
- archconservative
- contradistinctive
- counterincentive
- magnetostrictive
- ultraprogressive
- coadunative
- coagulative
- conglutinative
- congratulative
- considerative
Phrases (28)
- hotel detective
- house detective
- linear perspective
- store detective
- alaska native
- alaskan native
- chief executive
- ethical motive
- first derivative
- otc derivative
- partial derivative
- sales incentive
- steam locomotive
- tank locomotive
- top executive
- musical octave
- bursting explosive
- denture adhesive
- fuel-air explosive
- impulse explosive
- on the offensive
- plastic explosive
- present progressive
- peace initiative
- rational motive
- belgian endive
- anal retentive
- atomic number 55
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Words (50)
- neoconservative
- uncooperative
- unimaginative
- rehabilitative
- anticompetitive
- radioprotective
- incommunicative
- unappreciative
- uncommunicative
- noncooperative
- ultraconservative
- unrepresentative
- electronegative
- electropositive
- nonradioactive
- radiosensitive
- ratiocinative
- antiderivative
- antispeculative
- deteriorative
- excommunicative
- inappreciative
- interoperative
- immunosuppressive
- electroconvulsive
- noncommunicative
- unremunerative
- decontaminative
- disassimilative
- exemplificative
- experimentative
- misappreciative
- recapitulative
- supererogative
- unauthoritative
- antihypertensive
- nonassociative
- nonprognosticative
- nonrepresentative
- unargumentative
- hypercompetitive
- mechanoreceptive
- misrepresentative
- overconservative
- philoprogenitive
- semiconservative
- semiquantitative
- supercompetitive
- superconservative
- cosignificative
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Phrases (15)
- relational adjective
- sexually attractive
- account representative
- artificial additive
- business executive
- corporate executive
- electric locomotive
- legal representative
- pleading in the alternative
- sales representative
- california olive
- meuse-argonne offensive
- mutually exclusive
- present perfect progressive
- one hundred forty-five
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9 Syllables
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