Words That Rhyme With INOPERATIVE
There are 1,434 words and
97 phrases
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| Rank | Word/Phrase | Save? | More.. | Letters | Usage | Syl'sSyllables | Type | |
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| 1 | demonstrative | 13 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 2 | indicative | 10 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 3 | conservative | 12 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 4 | competitive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 5 | argumentative | 13 | 5 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 6 | commemorative | 13 | 5 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 7 | comparative | 11 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 8 | imperative | 10 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 9 | narrative | 9 | 3 | nounn | ||||
| 10 | operative | 9 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 11 | recuperative | 12 | 5 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 12 | uncooperative | 13 | 6 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 13 | appreciative | 12 | 5 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 14 | contemplative | 13 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 15 | normative | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 16 | superlative | 11 | 4 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 17 | collaborative | 13 | 5 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 18 | cumulative | 10 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 19 | neoconservative | 15 | 6 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 20 | penetrative | 11 | 4 | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | ||||
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1 Syllable
2 Syllables
Words (65)
- dative
- native
- stative
- pensive
- plosive
- active
- motive
- massive
- olive
- captive
- festive
- passive
- furtive
- plaintive
- restive
- missive
- octave
- endive
- forgive
- outlive
- cursive
- sportive
- votive
- belive
- pre-emptive
- costive
- fictive
- misgive
- plausive
- tractive
- unlive
- jussive
- outgive
- regive
- sorptive
- suasive
- tensive
- tussive
- visive
- coactive
- codrive
- crescive
- restrive
- sative
- essive
- factive
- fissive
- fixive
- fluxive
- fructive
- fruitive
- torsive
- tortive
- kharkiv
- plovdiv
- bylive
- caitive
- convive
- corsive
- descrive
- gainstrive
- musive
- practive
- proclive
- reprive
Phrases (3)
3 Syllables
Words (474)
- narrative
- normative
- expletive
- negative
- nutritive
- relative
- fugitive
- positive
- primitive
- sensitive
- laxative
- lucrative
- sedative
- talkative
- tentative
- expensive
- punitive
- secretive
- causative
- curative
- formative
- putative
- creative
- perspective
- durative
- explosive
- gustative
- hortative
- impressive
- precative
- dilative
- elative
- pulsative
- translative
- fixative
- prospective
- respective
- supportive
- compulsive
- depressive
- expressive
- impulsive
- nonnative
- oppressive
- probative
- repressive
- repulsive
- responsive
- abrasive
- abusive
- detective
- obsessive
- submissive
- subversive
- exploitive
- injunctive
- abortive
- expansive
- attractive
- collective
- destructive
- objective
- protective
- aggressive
- appointive
- combative
- defensive
- excessive
- exclusive
- offensive
- cognitive
- addictive
- adjective
- adoptive
- assertive
- attentive
- constructive
- deceptive
- defective
- digestive
- directive
- disruptive
- distinctive
- elective
- exhaustive
- inactive
- incentive
- instinctive
- inventive
- perceptive
- preemptive
- preventive
- proactive
- productive
- reactive
- receptive
- reflective
- restrictive
- seductive
- selective
- subjective
- vindictive
- adhesive
- conclusive
- decisive
- effective
- elusive
- evasive
- extensive
- inclusive
- intensive
- intrusive
- invasive
- pervasive
- possessive
- progressive
- reclusive
- successive
- adaptive
- additive
- affective
- assaultive
- conductive
- congestive
- connective
- corrective
- corrosive
- corruptive
- derisive
- descriptive
- emotive
- eruptive
- inductive
- instructive
- invective
- obstructive
- predictive
- presumptive
- redemptive
- refractive
- substantive
- suggestive
- curvative
- inflative
- nonstative
- projective
- prolative
- splenative
- unnative
- vitative
- coercive
- cohesive
- collusive
- conducive
- convulsive
- discursive
- dismissive
- divisive
- effusive
- erosive
- illusive
- impassive
- incisive
- obtrusive
- permissive
- recessive
- recursive
- reflexive
- regressive
- frustrative
- persuasive
- infective
- dilutive
- allusive
- dispersive
- convective
- mutative
- purgative
- portative
- recreative
- ablative
- amative
- fricative
- illative
- locative
- optative
- placative
- sanative
- siccative
- summative
- vocative
- donative
- ergative
- gestative
- laudative
- ligative
- privative
- rotative
- vibrative
- afflictive
- constrictive
- consumptive
- deductive
- diffusive
- genitive
- percussive
- prescriptive
- propulsive
- reductive
- retentive
- subjunctive
- suppressive
- suspensive
- transitive
- calmative
- expulsive
- implosive
- seclusive
- transgressive
- absorptive
- abstractive
- acceptive
- accretive
- adductive
- adjunctive
- adjustive
- admissive
- adsorptive
- advective
- adventive
- amusive
- ascensive
- assistive
- assuasive
- assumptive
- auditive
- aversive
- combustive
- conceptive
- concessive
- conjunctive
- consultive
- contrastive
- deflective
- degressive
- delusive
- denotive
- detersive
- detractive
- digressive
- disjunctive
- dissuasive
- ejective
- enhancive
- excursive
- extrusive
- inceptive
- incursive
- ingressive
- inscriptive
- irruptive
- lenitive
- occlusive
- olfactive
- omissive
- ostensive
- partitive
- perversive
- preclusive
- promotive
- protrusive
- purposive
- rejective
- resistive
- subtractive
- suffusive
- vegetive
- vomitive
- agentive
- appraisive
- arrestive
- ascriptive
- aspersive
- assentive
- attritive
- bijective
- conative
- constative
- cunctative
- decoctive
- decretive
- depletive
- distractive
- divorcive
- divulsive
- eductive
- egestive
- embracive
- emissive
- emulsive
- enactive
- endorsive
- erective
- evincive
- exaptive
- exceptive
- excretive
- exemptive
- exertive
- extinctive
- extortive
- extractive
- factitive
- forgetive
- gerundive
- ideative
- impactive
- inflective
- inflictive
- infusive
- ingestive
- injective
- inspective
- inversive
- monitive
- neuroactive
- nonactive
- noneffective
- nonexploitive
- nonpassive
- pendentive
- perfusive
- pollutive
- preceptive
- prelusive
- profusive
- proscriptive
- protensive
- protractive
- remissive
- resentive
- resorptive
- revertive
- revulsive
- seducive
- suppletive
- surjective
- susceptive
- traditive
- transmissive
- uncoercive
- unitive
- vasoactive
- volitive
- perfective
- concussive
- leitmotiv
- permeative
- caressive
- coderive
- completive
- compressive
- concoctive
- conflictive
- contortive
- contractive
- contusive
- corrasive
- orective
- refective
- divertive
- allative
- babblative
- gemmative
- lustrative
- predative
- quotative
- semblative
- substrative
- taxative
- writative
- turgenev
- gram-negative
- rh-negative
- depictive
- abessive
- abreactive
- abstersive
- adessive
- affrontive
- applausive
- appulsive
- assortive
- astrictive
- collative
- cooptative
- decursive
- defunctive
- deletive
- demissive
- diffractive
- discoursive
- discretive
- discussive
- dissective
- distensive
- distortive
- dormitive
- excusive
- extorsive
- fermentive
- immersive
- inessive
- innative
- intentive
- nauseative
- neglective
- overgive
- persistive
- precisive
- precursive
- prehensive
- presentive
- pretensive
- promissive
- propensive
- quantitive
- quietive
- redressive
- resumptive
- retortive
- retractive
- solutive
- subreptive
- subscriptive
- subsumptive
- succussive
- sustentive
- totitive
- traductive
- transcriptive
- transfusive
- transumptive
- unactive
- unplausive
- accusive
- all-inclusive
- complaintive
- cost-effective
- gram-positive
- hypoactive
- incitive
- inducive
- non-elective
- reversive
- rh-positive
- self-assertive
- surface-active
- attuitive
- concretive
- connexive
- connotive
- convertive
- convictive
- discerptive
- entreative
- humective
- lambitive
- prepensive
- revengive
- subsecive
- subsultive
- tempestive
- transportive
Phrases (7)
4 Syllables
Words (555)
- demonstrative
- indicative
- conservative
- competitive
- comparative
- imperative
- operative
- contemplative
- superlative
- cumulative
- penetrative
- affirmative
- alternative
- interpretive
- diminutive
- duplicative
- executive
- decorative
- derivative
- informative
- prerogative
- provocative
- speculative
- consecutive
- figurative
- generative
- insensitive
- intuitive
- federative
- evocative
- exploitative
- illustrative
- pejorative
- preservative
- preventative
- restorative
- stimulative
- acquisitive
- adversative
- agitative
- applicative
- frequentative
- gravitative
- integrative
- meditative
- palliative
- prohibitive
- vegetative
- advocative
- devastative
- dominative
- germinative
- incubative
- infiltrative
- lubricative
- nonnarrative
- nonrelative
- personative
- presentative
- reeducative
- reprobative
- simulative
- syncopative
- urinative
- accusative
- consultative
- procreative
- uncreative
- performative
- ineffective
- interactive
- retrospective
- educative
- indecisive
- inexpensive
- quantitative
- unresponsive
- dispositive
- mediative
- noncreative
- inattentive
- infinitive
- introspective
- inoffensive
- oxidative
- unimpressive
- dissipative
- nonresponsive
- innovative
- legislative
- distributive
- automotive
- contraceptive
- definitive
- hyperactive
- inquisitive
- locomotive
- repetitive
- reproductive
- unattractive
- apprehensive
- comprehensive
- imitative
- inconclusive
- qualitative
- deprecative
- iterative
- medicative
- nonproductive
- overactive
- retroactive
- unproductive
- altercative
- fascinative
- granulative
- hebetative
- irrigative
- maturative
- modulative
- mutilative
- occupative
- oscillative
- percolative
- revelative
- ventilative
- facultative
- hypertensive
- regulative
- unobtrusive
- nonexclusive
- irrespective
- sanctionative
- disincentive
- unreceptive
- reconstructive
- miscreative
- punctuative
- somniative
- spoliative
- supermassive
- variative
- motivative
- copulative
- correlative
- detonative
- implicative
- nominative
- recitative
- suppurative
- ulcerative
- exudative
- reparative
- transformative
- counteractive
- adumbrative
- affricative
- aggregative
- appellative
- arbitrative
- augmentative
- carminative
- circulative
- cogitative
- combinative
- commutative
- confutative
- connotative
- declarative
- denigrative
- denotative
- derogative
- designative
- excitative
- exhortative
- explorative
- instigative
- irritative
- meliorative
- mitigative
- nonnegative
- nonnormative
- predicative
- preparative
- propagative
- rebarbative
- reformative
- ruminative
- separative
- suffocative
- terminative
- violative
- annotative
- assortative
- deformative
- degradative
- desiccative
- deverbative
- emanative
- emulative
- estimative
- execrative
- expectative
- explanative
- explicative
- fermentative
- imputative
- indurative
- irrelative
- lacerative
- limitative
- noncombative
- nonexploitative
- nuncupative
- reintegrative
- remonstrative
- renovative
- replicative
- segregative
- sporulative
- subcurative
- sustentative
- titillative
- tolerative
- transmutative
- uncombative
- vindicative
- appositive
- hypotensive
- inexpressive
- intransitive
- maladaptive
- nonadaptive
- nonaddictive
- noninvasive
- precognitive
- psychoactive
- retributive
- retrogressive
- unconstructive
- unperceptive
- unprogressive
- corporative
- interruptive
- noncognitive
- nonreactive
- substitutive
- antitussive
- apperceptive
- attributive
- capacitive
- coextensive
- constitutive
- contributive
- expositive
- imperfective
- inchoative
- introversive
- maladjustive
- nociceptive
- nonabsorptive
- nonadhesive
- nonaggressive
- nonassertive
- nonconductive
- nonelective
- nonexplosive
- nonobjective
- nonprogressive
- nonrestrictive
- nonsensitive
- nonsubjective
- normotensive
- postpositive
- putrefactive
- unaggressive
- unassertive
- underactive
- unexpressive
- uninstructive
- uninventive
- unpersuasive
- unreflective
- unselective
- absolutive
- argumentive
- bioactive
- colligative
- compensative
- concentrative
- consecrative
- consummative
- decongestive
- deconstructive
- deviative
- ditransitive
- exhibitive
- imperceptive
- indistinctive
- inhibitive
- intellective
- interdictive
- introgressive
- irreflexive
- irresponsive
- nonabrasive
- nonadditive
- noncoercive
- nonconstructive
- nonconsumptive
- noncorrosive
- nondeceptive
- nondeductive
- nondescriptive
- nondestructive
- nondirective
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nondisruptive
- nondistinctive
- noninductive
- noninfective
- nonintrusive
- nonnutritive
- nonpermissive
- nonpunitive
- nonpurposive
- nonselective
- persecutive
- photoinductive
- posteruptive
- preadaptive
- prepositive
- radiative
- repercussive
- reprehensive
- retrodictive
- unabusive
- calculative
- corresponsive
- cryoprotective
- unsupportive
- adaptative
- alterative
- approbative
- confirmative
- criminative
- disputative
- inculpative
- macerative
- sternutative
- abdicative
- abrogative
- admirative
- arrogative
- attestative
- auscultative
- dedicative
- defensative
- dehortative
- deprivative
- depurative
- desquamative
- dispensative
- dissertative
- disturbative
- dubitative
- enervative
- entitative
- eructative
- exclamative
- exprobrative
- extirpative
- fabricative
- hesitative
- impetrative
- incitative
- incrassative
- inculcative
- indagative
- inspirative
- invocative
- isolative
- judicative
- memorative
- mensurative
- ministrative
- nomenclative
- numerative
- objurgative
- obligative
- observative
- oppilative
- perforative
- perturbative
- preformative
- quidditative
- relaxative
- reputative
- resultative
- retardative
- similative
- subornative
- transmigrative
- unrelative
- usurpative
- vellicative
- visitative
- voluntative
- conspirative
- noncausative
- untalkative
- compositive
- benedictive
- calefactive
- extraversive
- extroversive
- introvertive
- oppositive
- recollective
- unexclusive
- unreactive
- unretentive
- unsubmissive
- adequative
- admonitive
- affinitive
- aperitive
- capitative
- celebrative
- cirrostrative
- cohortative
- comitative
- comminative
- compellative
- complicative
- compulsative
- computative
- conflagrative
- congregative
- conjugative
- conversative
- convocative
- corelative
- crepitative
- decompressive
- deglutitive
- depositive
- disconnective
- disillusive
- disquietive
- disquisitive
- dissolutive
- electroactive
- evolutive
- expatiative
- expeditive
- flexecutive
- impeditive
- inadaptive
- incorruptive
- indigestive
- inexhaustive
- inobtrusive
- institutive
- insusceptive
- intempestive
- intensative
- interceptive
- intermissive
- internecive
- introductive
- introjective
- intromissive
- investitive
- irreceptive
- irreflective
- irremissive
- irretentive
- jurisdictive
- liquefactive
- maledictive
- nonreflexive
- nontransitive
- petrifactive
- photoactive
- premonitive
- preteritive
- progenitive
- rarefactive
- recognitive
- resolutive
- restitutive
- resurrective
- retrocessive
- retropulsive
- sociative
- stupefactive
- subdivisive
- superactive
- superstructive
- suppositive
- temperative
- terremotive
- unapplausive
- unattentive
- unconclusive
- unconjunctive
- undecisive
- undistinctive
- unexpensive
- unobstructive
- unoffensive
- unoppressive
- unrespective
- unsensitive
- unsuccessive
- vivisective
- ambiversive
- chemisorptive
- chemosorptive
- chylifactive
- expiative
- extravertive
- extrospective
- extrovertive
- light-sensitive
- manic-depressive
- nonadsorptive
- nonappointive
- nonpsychoactive
- nonreflective
- self-destructive
- undescriptive
- uneffective
- unexpansive
- unintrusive
- unobjective
- unpermissive
- unpredictive
- unprotective
- unrestrictive
- unseductive
- unvindictive
- circumscriptive
- circumspective
- circumventive
- cohibitive
- colliquative
- contradictive
- contragestive
- intensitive
- locorestive
- obvolutive
- tonalitive
- transpositive
Phrases (14)
5 Syllables
Words (264)
- argumentative
- commemorative
- recuperative
- appreciative
- collaborative
- cooperative
- representative
- vituperative
- noncompetitive
- coordinative
- degenerative
- deliberative
- initiative
- noncumulative
- imaginative
- uncompetitive
- alliterative
- interpretative
- remunerative
- redistributive
- communicative
- discriminative
- postoperative
- preoperative
- accelerative
- ameliorative
- assimilative
- evaporative
- incorporative
- investigative
- originative
- subordinative
- acetylative
- elaborative
- extrapolative
- interpolative
- nonspeculative
- premeditative
- resuscitative
- uninformative
- participative
- accommodative
- nonexecutive
- accumulative
- denunciative
- evaluative
- oversensitive
- renunciative
- anticreative
- evacuative
- irradiative
- nonevaluative
- elucidative
- administrative
- manipulative
- hypersensitive
- radioactive
- authoritative
- consolidative
- debilitative
- emancipative
- domesticative
- enculturative
- exterminative
- intoxicative
- modificative
- mundificative
- predestinative
- procrastinative
- specificative
- verificative
- prognosticative
- unmedicative
- archconservative
- photoconductive
- nonautomotive
- superconductive
- alleviative
- interrogative
- propitiative
- annunciative
- enunciative
- counterproductive
- contaminative
- corroborative
- determinative
- undemonstrative
- noncommutative
- regenerative
- counteroffensive
- dissociative
- overprotective
- acculturative
- adjudicative
- agglomerative
- agglutinative
- approximative
- articulative
- commiserative
- confederative
- disintegrative
- excogitative
- exonerative
- facilitative
- justificative
- multiplicative
- nonfigurative
- nonimitative
- opinionative
- prefigurative
- reciprocative
- recriminative
- reiterative
- reverberative
- significative
- antinarrative
- asseverative
- denominative
- desiderative
- disaggregative
- eliminative
- enumerative
- exaggerative
- exhilarative
- gesticulative
- illuminative
- inoculative
- nonconservative
- nonderivative
- nonoperative
- nonquantitative
- obliterative
- overtalkative
- perseverative
- photonegative
- photooxidative
- precipitative
- proliferative
- redintegrative
- reduplicative
- seronegative
- associative
- photosensitive
- proprioceptive
- supersensitive
- anticorrosive
- inconsecutive
- insinuative
- photorefractive
- appropriative
- chemoreceptive
- conciliative
- continuative
- delineative
- depreciative
- exteroceptive
- interoceptive
- photoemissive
- retaliative
- substantiative
- anticonvulsive
- antiprogressive
- antireflective
- antisubversive
- configurative
- conglomerative
- diapositive
- exfoliative
- hyperaggressive
- hyperresponsive
- immunoreactive
- intersubjective
- intussusceptive
- nonacquisitive
- nonconsecutive
- noninteractive
- nonintuitive
- nonreproductive
- nonretroactive
- overaggressive
- overassertive
- photopositive
- photoreceptive
- retroreflective
- seropositive
- supereffective
- superexpensive
- ultraexclusive
- ultrasensitive
- contrapositive
- incomprehensive
- overattentive
- counterintuitive
- alimentative
- amalgamative
- annihilative
- anticipative
- disseminative
- dissimulative
- unprovocative
- delimitative
- deoppilative
- disapprobative
- dissimilative
- edulcorative
- ejaculative
- emasculative
- eradicative
- exasperative
- expectorative
- expostulative
- hallucinative
- impredicative
- incogitative
- intercalative
- invigorative
- manifestative
- necessitative
- prejudicative
- purificative
- qualificative
- refrigerative
- subindicative
- unoperative
- unspeculative
- noncombinative
- nonexplorative
- nonsuppurative
- underivative
- unexplorative
- vasodilative
- electromotive
- repudiative
- unapprehensive
- uninquisitive
- autodestructive
- autosuggestive
- bisociative
- coadunative
- coagulative
- conglutinative
- congratulative
- considerative
- extenuative
- humiliative
- inapprehensive
- magnetomotive
- misapprehensive
- neurocognitive
- precompetitive
- primogenitive
- uncomprehensive
- fire-resistive
- labor-intensive
- labour-intensive
- noncomprehensive
- nonrepetitive
- semiconductive
- unacquisitive
- vasoconstrictive
- contradistinctive
- counterincentive
- magnetostrictive
- ultraprogressive
Phrases (28)
- first derivative
- otc derivative
- partial derivative
- chief executive
- top executive
- peace initiative
- linear perspective
- bursting explosive
- fuel-air explosive
- impulse explosive
- plastic explosive
- alaska native
- alaskan native
- ethical motive
- hotel detective
- house detective
- sales incentive
- steam locomotive
- store detective
- tank locomotive
- denture adhesive
- on the offensive
- present progressive
- musical octave
- rational motive
- belgian endive
- anal retentive
- atomic number 55
6 Syllables
Words (50)
- uncooperative
- neoconservative
- unimaginative
- ultraconservative
- rehabilitative
- anticompetitive
- disassimilative
- exemplificative
- experimentative
- supererogative
- unrepresentative
- nonprognosticative
- nonrepresentative
- incommunicative
- uncommunicative
- noncooperative
- electronegative
- ratiocinative
- antiderivative
- antispeculative
- deteriorative
- excommunicative
- interoperative
- unappreciative
- electropositive
- nonradioactive
- radiosensitive
- inappreciative
- radioprotective
- noncommunicative
- immunosuppressive
- electroconvulsive
- unremunerative
- decontaminative
- recapitulative
- unauthoritative
- unargumentative
- misrepresentative
- overconservative
- semiconservative
- semiquantitative
- superconservative
- cosignificative
- misappreciative
- antihypertensive
- nonassociative
- hypercompetitive
- mechanoreceptive
- philoprogenitive
- supercompetitive
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- account representative
- legal representative
- pleading in the alternative
- sales representative
- business executive
- corporate executive
- artificial additive
- electric locomotive
- relational adjective
- sexually attractive
- california olive
- meuse-argonne offensive
- mutually exclusive
- present perfect progressive
- one hundred forty-five
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