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acclive

/əˈklaɪv/

acclive adjective: synonym of acclivous (“sloping upwards”).

Adjective

acclive (comparative more acclive, superlative most acclive)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of acclivous (“sloping upwards”).
    Synonyms:
    acclivous

Synonyms of acclive

Forms of acclive

comparativemore acclive
superlativemost acclive

Origin of acclive

Learned borrowing from Latin acclīvis.

Words that rhyme with acclive

34 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about acclive

What does acclive mean?
Acclive means synonym of acclivous (“sloping upwards”).
What part of speech is acclive?
Acclive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce acclive?
Acclive is pronounced /əˈklaɪv/.

Words near acclive in the dictionary

  1. acclimators
  2. acclimatory
  3. acclimature
  4. acclinate
  5. acclivated
  6. acclive
  7. acclivities
  8. acclivitous
  9. acclivity
  10. acclivous
  11. accloy

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