Words that rhyme with denotive

• alliterative 0
  adj 1: having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"
• ameliorative 0
  adj 1: tending to ameliorate [syn: ameliorating(a), ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative]
• assertive 0
  adj 1: aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act" [syn: assertive, self- asserting, self-assertive] [ant: unassertive]
• automotive 0
  adj 1: of or relating to motor vehicles; "automotive supplies" 2: containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle" [syn: automotive, self- propelled, self-propelling]
• commemorative 0
  adj 1: intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque" [syn: commemorative, commemorating] n 1: an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
• consecutive 0
  adv 1: in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively" [syn: consecutive, sequentially] adj 1: one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [syn: back-to-back, consecutive] 2: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive] 3: successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: straight, consecutive]
• consumptive 0
  adj 1: tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" [ant: generative, productive] 2: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough" n 1: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: consumptive, lunger, tubercular]
• contemplative 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] n 1: a person devoted to the contemplative life
• contraceptive 0
  adj 1: capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications" [syn: contraceptive, prophylactic, antifertility] n 1: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device]
• cooperative 0
  adj 1: involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities" [syn: concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative] 2: done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; "a cooperative effort" [ant: uncooperative] 3: willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement [syn: accommodative, cooperative] n 1: a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners [syn: cooperative, co-op] 2: an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
• copulative 0
  adj 1: syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction" n 1: an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence [syn: copula, copulative, linking verb]
• correlative 0
  adj 1: mutually related [syn: correlative, correlate, correlated] 2: expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation; "correlative conjunctions" n 1: either of two or more related or complementary variables [syn: correlate, correlative]
• corroborative 0
  adj 1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying]
• corruptive 0
  adj 1: tending to corrupt or pervert [syn: corruptive, perversive, pestiferous]
• cumulative 0
  adj 1: increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances" [syn: accumulative, cumulative]
• deceptive 0
  adj 1: causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure" [syn: deceptive, delusory] 2: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices" [syn: deceptive, misleading, shoddy]
• declarative 0
  adj 1: relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration [syn: declarative, declaratory, asserting(a)] [ant: interrogative, interrogatory] 2: relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn: indicative, declarative] n 1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood]
• decorative 0
  adj 1: serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose; "cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative" [syn: cosmetic, decorative, ornamental]
• degenerative 0
  adj 1: (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases of old age"
• deliberative 0
  adj 1: involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination; "a deliberative body"
• demonstrative 0
  adj 1: given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family" [ant: undemonstrative] 2: serving to demonstrate [syn: demonstrative, illustrative] n 1: a pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: demonstrative pronoun, demonstrative]
• descriptive 0
  adj 1: serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage" [ant: undescriptive] 2: describing the structure of a language; "descriptive grammar" [ant: normative, prescriptive]
• diminutive 0
  adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck] n 1: a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
• disintegrative 0
  adj 1: tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts [ant: integrative]
• disruptive 0
  adj 1: characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent]
• distributive 0
  adj 1: serving to distribute or allot or disperse [ant: collective]
• emotive 0
  adj 1: characterized by emotion [syn: affectional, affective, emotive]
• locomotive 0
  adj 1: of or relating to locomotion [syn: locomotive, locomotor] n 1: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive]
• motive 0
  adj 1: causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy" [syn: motive(a), motor] 2: impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments" [syn: motivative(a), motive(a), motivating] n 1: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" [syn: motivation, motive, need] 2: a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music [syn: motif, motive] 3: a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration [syn: motif, motive]
• votive 0
  adj 1: dedicated in fulfillment of a vow; "votive prayers"
• corporative 0

See also denotive definition and denotive synonyms