addressive
addressive adjective: tending to address; directed towards the attention of another.
Adjective
addressive (comparative more addressive, superlative most addressive)
- Tending to address; directed towards the attention of another.
Noun
addressive (plural addressives)
- A word or phrase used to address somebody.
Forms of addressive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more addressive |
| superlative | most addressive |
| Noun | |
| plural | addressives |
Origin of addressive
From address + -ive.
Words formed from addressive
Words that rhyme with addressive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- concessive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- adessive
- alloaggressive
- allosuppressive
- antessive
- antidepressive
- antiexpressive
- antioppressive
- antiprogressive
- antirepressive
- anxiodepressive
- atheroprogressive
- atherosuppressive
- autogressive
- autoregressive
- autorepressive
- brogressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- excessive
- exessive
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
- future progressive
Questions about addressive
- What does addressive mean?
- Addressive means tending to address; directed towards the attention of another.
- What part of speech is addressive?
- Addressive can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near addressive in the dictionary
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