concessive
/kənˈsɛsɪv/
concessive adjective: of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding.
Adjective
concessive (comparative more concessive, superlative most concessive)
- Of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding.
- Joining clauses while conceding some notion.
Noun
concessive (plural concessives)
- A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although".
- Synonyms:
- concessional
concessive meaning in Indonesian
concessive in Indonesian
- of, pertaining to, or being a concession
- konsesif
Synonyms of concessive
Forms of concessive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more concessive |
| superlative | most concessive |
| Noun | |
| plural | concessives |
Words formed from concessive
Phrases with concessive
Words that rhyme with concessive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- addressive
- 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 concessive
- What does concessive mean?
- Concessive means of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding.
- What is concessive in Indonesian?
- Concessive in Indonesian is konsesif. See Concessive meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is concessive?
- Concessive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce concessive?
- Concessive is pronounced /kənˈsɛsɪv/.
Words near concessive in the dictionary
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