Words that rhyme with iterative

• ablative 0
  adj 1: relating to the ablative case 2: tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature; "ablative material on a rocket cone" n 1: the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb [syn: ablative, ablative case]
• adaptive 0
  adj 1: having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon" [syn: adaptive, adaptative] [ant: maladaptive]
• alliterative 0
  adj 1: having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"
• captive 0
  adj 1: being in captivity [syn: captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed] 2: giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped] n 1: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn: prisoner, captive] 2: an animal that is confined 3: a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
• deliberative 0
  adj 1: involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination; "a deliberative body"
• furtive 0
  adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious] 2: secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" [syn: backstair, backstairs, furtive]
• inscriptive 0
  adj 1: of or relating to an inscription
• interpretive 0
  adj 1: that provides interpretation [syn: interpretative, interpretive]
• irruptive 0
  adj 1: of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro [syn: irruptive, plutonic]
• legislative 0
  adj 1: relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; "legislative council" 2: of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"
• 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]
• nutritive 0
  adj 1: of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn: alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive]
• operative 0
  adj 1: being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system" [ant: inoperative] 2: relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" [syn: surgical, operative] [ant: medical] 3: effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word" 4: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)] n 1: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government [syn: secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative] 2: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock]
• pejorative 0
  adj 1: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" [syn: dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative]
• penetrative 0
  adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp] 2: tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor" [syn: penetrative, penetrating]
• perceptive 0
  adj 1: of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties" 2: having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation" [ant: unperceiving, unperceptive]
• postoperative 0
  adj 1: happening or done after a surgical operation; "postoperative complications"; "postoperative care"
• preoperative 0
  adj 1: happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation
• preparative 0
  adj 1: preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps" [syn: preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic]
• prescriptive 0
  adj 1: pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" [syn: prescriptive, normative] [ant: descriptive]
• presumptive 0
  adj 1: having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance; "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)" 2: affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance; "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out"
• receptive 0
  adj 1: open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts" 2: ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals" [syn: receptive, open] [ant: unreceptive] 3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn: centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)] 4: able to absorb liquid (not repellent); "the paper is ink- receptive"
• reiterative 0
  adj 1: marked by iteration [syn: iterative, reiterative]
• votive 0
  adj 1: dedicated in fulfillment of a vow; "votive prayers"
• desiderative 0
• interruptive 0
• irrelative 0
• proscriptive 0
• obliterative 0

See also iterative definition and iterative synonyms