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inhibitive

inhibitive adjective: that inhibits.

Adjective

inhibitive (comparative more inhibitive, superlative most inhibitive)

  1. that inhibits
    Synonyms:
    inhibitory

Synonyms of inhibitive

Antonyms

Forms of inhibitive

comparativemore inhibitive
superlativemost inhibitive

Origin of inhibitive

From inhibit + -ive.

Words formed from inhibitive

Questions about inhibitive

What does inhibitive mean?
Inhibitive means that inhibits.
What part of speech is inhibitive?
Inhibitive is an adjective.

Words near inhibitive in the dictionary

  1. inhibiting hormones
  2. inhibitingly
  3. inhibition
  4. inhibitionless
  5. inhibitions
  6. inhibitive
  7. inhibitively
  8. inhibitor
  9. inhibitorily
  10. inhibitors
  11. inhibitory

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