Words that rhyme with affirmative

• agglutinative 0
  adj 1: forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning [syn: agglutinative, polysynthetic] 2: united as if by glue [syn: agglutinate, agglutinative]
• alternative 0
  adj 1: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" [syn: alternate, alternative, substitute] 2: necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "alternative possibilities were neutrality or war" 3: pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style" n 1: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: option, alternative, choice]
• carminative 0
  adj 1: relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping) [syn: carminative, flatus- relieving] n 1: medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing
• cognitive 0
  adj 1: of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"
• combinative 0
  adj 1: marked by or relating to or resulting from combination [syn: combinative, combinatory] [ant: noncombinative] 2: relating to or involving combinations [syn: combinative, combinatory, combinatorial]
• coordinative 0
  adj 1: serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction; "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'" [syn: coordinating(a), coordinative] [ant: subordinating(a), subordinative]
• definitive 0
  adj 1: clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney [syn: definitive, unequivocal] 2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn: authoritative, classical, classic, definitive] 3: supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" [syn: definitive, determinate]
• determinative 0
  adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)] n 1: one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases [syn: determiner, determinative] 2: a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor]
• detonative 0
  adj 1: exploding almost instantaneously
• discriminative 0
  adj 1: capable of making fine distinctions [syn: discriminative, discriminatory] 2: expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett [syn: discriminative, judicial]
• formative 0
  adj 1: capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone" 2: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn: formative, shaping, plastic] n 1: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
• genitive 0
  adj 1: serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: possessive, genitive] n 1: the case expressing ownership [syn: genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case]
• imaginative 0
  adj 1: (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics" [syn: imaginative, inventive]
• infinitive 0
  n 1: the uninflected form of the verb
• informative 0
  adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening, informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening, unilluminating] 2: serving to instruct or enlighten or inform [syn: instructive, informative] [ant: uninstructive] 3: providing or conveying information [syn: informative, informatory] [ant: uninformative]
• lenitive 0
  adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear [syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative] n 1: remedy that eases pain and discomfort
• live 0
  adv 1: not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live" adj 1: actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience" [syn: live, unrecorded] [ant: recorded] 2: exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play" [ant: dead] 3: possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" [syn: alive(p), live] [ant: dead] 4: highly reverberant; "a live concert hall" 5: charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb" 6: elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy] 7: abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch" 8: in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread" 9: of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option" 10: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: hot, live] 11: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" [syn: alive, live] v 1: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit] 2: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war" 3: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out] 4: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: exist, survive, live, subsist] 5: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 6: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" [syn: know, experience, live] 7: pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
• nominative 0
  adj 1: serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative" 2: named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" [syn: nominative, nominal] 3: appointed by nomination [syn: nominated, nominative] n 1: the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb [syn: nominative, nominative case, subject case] [ant: oblique, oblique case]
• opinionative 0
  adj 1: obstinate in your opinions [syn: opinionated, opinionative, self-opinionated]
• punitive 0
  adj 1: inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages" [syn: punitive, punitory] [ant: rehabilitative]
• reformative 0
  adj 1: tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" [syn: reformative, reformatory]
• ruminative 0
  adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative]
• sanative 0
  adj 1: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic]
• unimaginative 0
  adj 1: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing" [syn: sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive] 2: dealing only with concrete facts 3: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative" [syn: stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative]
• uninformative 0
  adj 1: lacking information [ant: informative, informatory]
• criminative 0
  adj 1: charging or suggestive of guilt or blame; "incriminatory testimony" [syn: criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory]
• originative 0
  adj 1: having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination" [syn: creative, originative] [ant: uncreative] 2: containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" [syn: germinal, originative, seminal]
• denominative 0
• estimative 0
• illuminative 0
• germinative 0
• performative 0

See also affirmative definition and affirmative synonyms