Words That Rhyme With RETENTIVE
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92 phrases
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| Rank | Word/Phrase | Save? | More.. | Letters | Usage | Syl'sSyllables | Type | |
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| 1 | attentive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 2 | incentive | 9 | 3 | nounn | ||||
| 3 | preventive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 4 | inattentive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 5 | adventive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 6 | agentive | 8 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 7 | assentive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 8 | pendentive | 10 | 3 | nounn | ||||
| 9 | disincentive | 12 | 4 | nounn | ||||
| 10 | uninventive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 11 | argumentive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 12 | overattentive | 13 | 5 | noun, adjectiven, adj | ||||
| 13 | expensive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 14 | fermentive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 15 | sustentive | 10 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 16 | unattentive | 11 | 4 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 17 | inventive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 18 | defensive | 9 | 3 | adjectiveadj | ||||
| 19 | give | 4 | 1 | verbv | ||||
| 20 | live | 4 | 1 | verb, adverbv, adv | ||||
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1 Syllable
2 Syllables
Words (63)
- forgive
- pensive
- active
- massive
- motive
- native
- olive
- captive
- festive
- outlive
- passive
- cursive
- dative
- furtive
- missive
- plaintive
- plosive
- restive
- sportive
- votive
- belive
- 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
- pre-emptive
- kharkiv
- plovdiv
- bylive
- caitive
- convive
- corsive
- descrive
- gainstrive
- musive
- practive
- proclive
- reprive
Phrases (3)
3 Syllables
Words (472)
- attentive
- incentive
- preventive
- adventive
- agentive
- assentive
- pendentive
- expensive
- fermentive
- sustentive
- inventive
- defensive
- detective
- extensive
- tentative
- aggressive
- attractive
- collective
- creative
- destructive
- excessive
- exclusive
- explosive
- fugitive
- impressive
- negative
- objective
- offensive
- perspective
- positive
- primitive
- protective
- relative
- sensitive
- abrasive
- abusive
- addictive
- adhesive
- adjective
- adoptive
- assertive
- cognitive
- combative
- compulsive
- conclusive
- constructive
- deceptive
- decisive
- defective
- depressive
- digestive
- directive
- disruptive
- distinctive
- elective
- elusive
- evasive
- exhaustive
- expressive
- impulsive
- inactive
- inclusive
- instinctive
- intensive
- intrusive
- invasive
- laxative
- lucrative
- narrative
- obsessive
- oppressive
- perceptive
- pervasive
- possessive
- preemptive
- proactive
- productive
- progressive
- prospective
- punitive
- reactive
- receptive
- reclusive
- reflective
- repressive
- repulsive
- respective
- responsive
- restrictive
- secretive
- sedative
- seductive
- selective
- subjective
- submissive
- subversive
- successive
- supportive
- talkative
- vindictive
- resentive
- abortive
- adaptive
- additive
- affective
- afflictive
- assaultive
- causative
- coercive
- cohesive
- collusive
- conducive
- conductive
- congestive
- connective
- constrictive
- consumptive
- convulsive
- corrective
- corrosive
- corruptive
- curative
- deductive
- derisive
- descriptive
- diffusive
- discursive
- dismissive
- divisive
- effusive
- emotive
- erosive
- eruptive
- expansive
- expletive
- exploitive
- formative
- genitive
- illusive
- impassive
- incisive
- inductive
- instructive
- invective
- mutative
- nonnative
- normative
- nutritive
- obstructive
- obtrusive
- percussive
- permissive
- predictive
- prescriptive
- presumptive
- probative
- propulsive
- purgative
- putative
- recessive
- recursive
- redemptive
- reductive
- reflexive
- refractive
- regressive
- subjunctive
- substantive
- suggestive
- suppressive
- suspensive
- transitive
- expulsive
- implosive
- injunctive
- portative
- projective
- seclusive
- transgressive
- persuasive
- ablative
- absorptive
- abstractive
- acceptive
- accretive
- adductive
- adjunctive
- adjustive
- admissive
- adsorptive
- advective
- allusive
- amative
- amusive
- appointive
- ascensive
- assistive
- assuasive
- assumptive
- auditive
- aversive
- combustive
- conceptive
- concessive
- conjunctive
- consultive
- contrastive
- deflective
- degressive
- delusive
- denotive
- detersive
- detractive
- digressive
- disjunctive
- dispersive
- dissuasive
- durative
- ejective
- enhancive
- excursive
- extrusive
- fixative
- fricative
- gustative
- hortative
- illative
- inceptive
- incursive
- infective
- ingressive
- inscriptive
- irruptive
- lenitive
- locative
- occlusive
- olfactive
- omissive
- optative
- ostensive
- partitive
- perversive
- placative
- precative
- preclusive
- promotive
- protrusive
- purposive
- rejective
- resistive
- sanative
- siccative
- subtractive
- suffusive
- summative
- vegetive
- vocative
- vomitive
- appraisive
- arrestive
- ascriptive
- aspersive
- attritive
- bijective
- decoctive
- decretive
- depletive
- dilative
- dilutive
- distractive
- divorcive
- divulsive
- donative
- eductive
- egestive
- elative
- embracive
- emissive
- emulsive
- enactive
- endorsive
- erective
- ergative
- evincive
- exaptive
- exceptive
- excretive
- exemptive
- exertive
- extinctive
- extortive
- extractive
- factitive
- forgetive
- gerundive
- gestative
- ideative
- impactive
- inflective
- inflictive
- infusive
- ingestive
- injective
- inspective
- inversive
- laudative
- ligative
- monitive
- neuroactive
- nonactive
- noneffective
- nonexploitive
- nonpassive
- perfusive
- pollutive
- preceptive
- prelusive
- privative
- profusive
- proscriptive
- protensive
- protractive
- pulsative
- recreative
- remissive
- resorptive
- revertive
- revulsive
- rotative
- seducive
- suppletive
- surjective
- susceptive
- traditive
- translative
- transmissive
- uncoercive
- unitive
- vasoactive
- vibrative
- volitive
- perfective
- calmative
- concussive
- convective
- leitmotiv
- permeative
- caressive
- coderive
- completive
- compressive
- conative
- concoctive
- conflictive
- constative
- contortive
- contractive
- contusive
- corrasive
- cunctative
- orective
- refective
- divertive
- intentive
- presentive
- turgenev
- depictive
- abessive
- abreactive
- abstersive
- adessive
- affrontive
- allative
- applausive
- appulsive
- assortive
- astrictive
- babblative
- curvative
- decursive
- defunctive
- deletive
- demissive
- diffractive
- discoursive
- discretive
- discussive
- dissective
- distensive
- distortive
- dormitive
- excusive
- extorsive
- gemmative
- immersive
- inessive
- inflative
- lustrative
- nauseative
- neglective
- nonstative
- overgive
- persistive
- precisive
- precursive
- predative
- prehensive
- pretensive
- prolative
- promissive
- propensive
- quantitive
- quietive
- quotative
- redressive
- resumptive
- retortive
- retractive
- semblative
- solutive
- splenative
- subreptive
- subscriptive
- substrative
- subsumptive
- succussive
- taxative
- totitive
- traductive
- transcriptive
- transfusive
- transumptive
- unactive
- unnative
- unplausive
- vitative
- writative
- accusive
- all-inclusive
- complaintive
- cost-effective
- frustrative
- gram-negative
- gram-positive
- hypoactive
- incitive
- inducive
- non-elective
- reversive
- rh-negative
- rh-positive
- self-assertive
- surface-active
- attuitive
- collative
- concretive
- connexive
- connotive
- convertive
- convictive
- cooptative
- discerptive
- entreative
- humective
- innative
- lambitive
- prepensive
- revengive
- subsecive
- subsultive
- tempestive
- transportive
Phrases (5)
4 Syllables
Words (555)
- inattentive
- disincentive
- uninventive
- argumentive
- unattentive
- apprehensive
- affirmative
- alternative
- competitive
- conservative
- executive
- preventative
- automotive
- comparative
- comprehensive
- consecutive
- contraceptive
- counteractive
- decorative
- definitive
- derivative
- hyperactive
- imperative
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indicative
- ineffective
- inexpensive
- informative
- innovative
- inquisitive
- insensitive
- interactive
- intuitive
- legislative
- locomotive
- meditative
- operative
- prerogative
- provocative
- repetitive
- reproductive
- retrospective
- speculative
- unattractive
- unresponsive
- vegetative
- acquisitive
- appositive
- contemplative
- copulative
- correlative
- cumulative
- demonstrative
- detonative
- diminutive
- educative
- evocative
- exploitative
- figurative
- generative
- hypertensive
- hypotensive
- illustrative
- imitative
- implicative
- inexpressive
- infinitive
- inoffensive
- interpretive
- intransitive
- introspective
- maladaptive
- nominative
- nonadaptive
- nonaddictive
- noninvasive
- nonproductive
- overactive
- palliative
- pejorative
- penetrative
- precognitive
- preservative
- procreative
- prohibitive
- psychoactive
- qualitative
- quantitative
- recitative
- restorative
- retributive
- retroactive
- retrogressive
- superlative
- suppurative
- ulcerative
- unconstructive
- uncreative
- unimpressive
- unobtrusive
- unperceptive
- unproductive
- unprogressive
- exudative
- federative
- interruptive
- noncognitive
- nonexclusive
- nonreactive
- nonresponsive
- reparative
- substitutive
- transformative
- unretentive
- accusative
- adumbrative
- adversative
- affricative
- aggregative
- agitative
- antitussive
- appellative
- apperceptive
- applicative
- arbitrative
- attributive
- augmentative
- capacitive
- carminative
- circulative
- coextensive
- cogitative
- combinative
- commutative
- confutative
- connotative
- constitutive
- consultative
- contributive
- declarative
- denigrative
- denotative
- derogative
- designative
- distributive
- excitative
- exhortative
- explorative
- expositive
- facultative
- frequentative
- gravitative
- imperfective
- inchoative
- instigative
- integrative
- introversive
- irritative
- iterative
- maladjustive
- meliorative
- mitigative
- motivative
- nociceptive
- nonabsorptive
- nonadhesive
- nonaggressive
- nonassertive
- nonconductive
- nonelective
- nonexplosive
- nonnegative
- nonnormative
- nonobjective
- nonprogressive
- nonrestrictive
- nonsensitive
- nonsubjective
- normotensive
- oxidative
- postpositive
- predicative
- preparative
- propagative
- putrefactive
- rebarbative
- reformative
- regulative
- ruminative
- separative
- stimulative
- suffocative
- terminative
- unaggressive
- unassertive
- underactive
- unexpressive
- uninstructive
- unpersuasive
- unreceptive
- unreflective
- unselective
- violative
- absolutive
- advocative
- annotative
- assortative
- bioactive
- decongestive
- deconstructive
- deformative
- degradative
- desiccative
- devastative
- deverbative
- deviative
- dispositive
- dissipative
- ditransitive
- dominative
- duplicative
- emanative
- emulative
- estimative
- execrative
- exhibitive
- expectative
- explanative
- explicative
- fermentative
- germinative
- imperceptive
- imputative
- incubative
- indistinctive
- indurative
- infiltrative
- inhibitive
- intellective
- interdictive
- introgressive
- irreflexive
- irrelative
- irresponsive
- lacerative
- limitative
- lubricative
- mediative
- nonabrasive
- nonadditive
- noncoercive
- noncombative
- nonconstructive
- nonconsumptive
- noncorrosive
- noncreative
- nondeceptive
- nondeductive
- nondescriptive
- nondestructive
- nondirective
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nondisruptive
- nondistinctive
- nonexploitative
- noninductive
- noninfective
- nonintrusive
- nonnarrative
- nonnutritive
- nonpermissive
- nonpunitive
- nonpurposive
- nonrelative
- nonselective
- nuncupative
- performative
- persecutive
- personative
- photoinductive
- posteruptive
- preadaptive
- prepositive
- presentative
- radiative
- reeducative
- reintegrative
- remonstrative
- renovative
- repercussive
- replicative
- reprehensive
- reprobative
- retrodictive
- segregative
- simulative
- sporulative
- subcurative
- supermassive
- sustentative
- syncopative
- titillative
- tolerative
- transmutative
- unabusive
- uncombative
- urinative
- vindicative
- reconstructive
- corporative
- colligative
- compensative
- concentrative
- consecrative
- consummative
- corresponsive
- cryoprotective
- calculative
- irrespective
- unsupportive
- compositive
- adaptative
- alterative
- approbative
- benedictive
- calefactive
- confirmative
- criminative
- deprecative
- disputative
- extraversive
- extroversive
- inculpative
- introvertive
- macerative
- medicative
- oppositive
- recollective
- sternutative
- unexclusive
- unreactive
- unsubmissive
- abdicative
- abrogative
- adequative
- admirative
- admonitive
- affinitive
- altercative
- aperitive
- arrogative
- attestative
- auscultative
- circumventive
- decompressive
- dedicative
- defensative
- deglutitive
- dehortative
- depositive
- deprivative
- depurative
- desquamative
- disconnective
- 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
- introjective
- intromissive
- investitive
- invocative
- irreceptive
- irreflective
- irremissive
- 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
- resurrective
- retardative
- retrocessive
- retropulsive
- revelative
- similative
- sociative
- somniative
- spoliative
- stupefactive
- subdivisive
- subornative
- superactive
- superstructive
- suppositive
- terremotive
- transmigrative
- unapplausive
- unconclusive
- unconjunctive
- undecisive
- undistinctive
- unexpensive
- unobstructive
- unoffensive
- unoppressive
- unrelative
- unrespective
- unsensitive
- unsuccessive
- usurpative
- variative
- vellicative
- ventilative
- visitative
- vivisective
- voluntative
- ambiversive
- chemisorptive
- chemosorptive
- chylifactive
- conspirative
- expiative
- extravertive
- extrospective
- extrovertive
- light-sensitive
- manic-depressive
- nonadsorptive
- nonappointive
- noncausative
- nonpsychoactive
- nonreflective
- sanctionative
- self-destructive
- undescriptive
- uneffective
- unexpansive
- unintrusive
- unobjective
- unpermissive
- unpredictive
- unprotective
- unrestrictive
- unseductive
- untalkative
- unvindictive
- irretentive
- capitative
- celebrative
- circumscriptive
- circumspective
- 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 (12)
5 Syllables
Words (265)
- overattentive
- counterincentive
- initiative
- representative
- administrative
- appreciative
- argumentative
- commemorative
- cooperative
- degenerative
- dissociative
- hypersensitive
- imaginative
- investigative
- manipulative
- overprotective
- radioactive
- accommodative
- accumulative
- alliterative
- associative
- authoritative
- collaborative
- communicative
- contaminative
- corroborative
- determinative
- discriminative
- inoperative
- interpretative
- interrogative
- noncompetitive
- photosensitive
- postoperative
- preoperative
- proprioceptive
- recuperative
- remunerative
- supersensitive
- undemonstrative
- anticorrosive
- inconsecutive
- insinuative
- noncommutative
- regenerative
- accelerative
- acculturative
- adjudicative
- agglomerative
- agglutinative
- ameliorative
- appropriative
- approximative
- articulative
- assimilative
- chemoreceptive
- commiserative
- conciliative
- confederative
- continuative
- coordinative
- deliberative
- delineative
- denunciative
- depreciative
- disintegrative
- elucidative
- evaluative
- evaporative
- excogitative
- exonerative
- exteroceptive
- facilitative
- incorporative
- interoceptive
- justificative
- multiplicative
- nonfigurative
- nonimitative
- opinionative
- originative
- photoconductive
- photoemissive
- prefigurative
- prognosticative
- reciprocative
- recriminative
- reiterative
- renunciative
- retaliative
- reverberative
- significative
- subordinative
- substantiative
- uncompetitive
- uninformative
- vituperative
- acetylative
- anticonvulsive
- anticreative
- antinarrative
- antiprogressive
- antireflective
- antisubversive
- asseverative
- denominative
- desiderative
- diapositive
- disaggregative
- elaborative
- eliminative
- enumerative
- evacuative
- exaggerative
- exfoliative
- exhilarative
- extrapolative
- gesticulative
- hyperaggressive
- hyperresponsive
- illuminative
- immunoreactive
- inoculative
- interpolative
- intersubjective
- intussusceptive
- irradiative
- nonacquisitive
- nonautomotive
- nonconsecutive
- nonconservative
- noncumulative
- nonderivative
- nonevaluative
- nonexecutive
- noninteractive
- nonintuitive
- nonoperative
- nonquantitative
- nonreproductive
- nonretroactive
- nonspeculative
- obliterative
- overaggressive
- overassertive
- overtalkative
- participative
- perseverative
- photonegative
- photooxidative
- photopositive
- photoreceptive
- precipitative
- premeditative
- proliferative
- redintegrative
- redistributive
- reduplicative
- resuscitative
- retroreflective
- seronegative
- seropositive
- superconductive
- supereffective
- superexpensive
- ultraexclusive
- ultrasensitive
- oversensitive
- counterproductive
- configurative
- conglomerative
- contrapositive
- incomprehensive
- counterintuitive
- counteroffensive
- 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
- photorefractive
- 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
- magnetostrictive
- ultraprogressive
- coadunative
- coagulative
- conglutinative
- congratulative
- considerative
Phrases (27)
- sales incentive
- anal retentive
- alaska native
- alaskan native
- bursting explosive
- chief executive
- denture adhesive
- ethical motive
- first derivative
- fuel-air explosive
- hotel detective
- house detective
- impulse explosive
- linear perspective
- on the offensive
- otc derivative
- partial derivative
- plastic explosive
- present progressive
- steam locomotive
- store detective
- tank locomotive
- top executive
- atomic number 55
- musical octave
- peace initiative
- rational motive
6 Syllables
Words (50)
- incommunicative
- neoconservative
- unappreciative
- uncommunicative
- uncooperative
- unimaginative
- noncooperative
- electronegative
- electropositive
- nonradioactive
- radiosensitive
- ratiocinative
- rehabilitative
- anticompetitive
- antiderivative
- antispeculative
- deteriorative
- excommunicative
- inappreciative
- interoperative
- radioprotective
- immunosuppressive
- electroconvulsive
- noncommunicative
- unremunerative
- decontaminative
- disassimilative
- exemplificative
- experimentative
- misappreciative
- recapitulative
- supererogative
- unauthoritative
- antihypertensive
- nonassociative
- nonprognosticative
- nonrepresentative
- ultraconservative
- unargumentative
- unrepresentative
- hypercompetitive
- mechanoreceptive
- misrepresentative
- overconservative
- philoprogenitive
- semiconservative
- semiquantitative
- supercompetitive
- superconservative
- cosignificative
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- account representative
- artificial additive
- business executive
- california olive
- corporate executive
- electric locomotive
- legal representative
- meuse-argonne offensive
- mutually exclusive
- one hundred forty-five
- pleading in the alternative
- present perfect progressive
- relational adjective
- sales representative
- sexually attractive
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9 Syllables
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