repetitive
/ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/
repetitive adjective: happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.
Adjective
repetitive (comparative more repetitive, superlative most repetitive)
- Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.
- The lecture was too repetitive and lost its impact.
- He kept repeating the same repetitive tasks without making progress.
- Synonyms:
- recurrent, repetitious, habitual, monotonous, perennial, recurring, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary
repetitive meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Odia and Persian
repetitive in Tamil
- ஒரே மாதிரியாக திரும்பத்திரும்ப நேர்பவை
repetitive in Malayalam
- tedious, boring, monotonous
- ആവർത്തിച്ചുപറയുന്ന, ആവർത്തനവിരസമായ, ആവർത്തി, ആവർത്തക്കുന്ന, ഏകതാനമായ, വിരസമായ
repetitive in Odia
- ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତିଯୁକ୍ତ
repetitive in Persian
- happening many times in a similar way
- تکراری tekrâri
More languagesFewer languages
- repetitive in Thai
- ซ้ำซาก sám-sâak
Examples of repetitive in a sentence
- The movie was criticized for its repetitive scenes and predictable plot.
- He was also a bad writer: his principal work is diffuse, chaotic, vague, and repetitive.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon...
Synonyms of repetitive
Antonyms
Forms of repetitive
| comparative | more repetitive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most repetitive |
Origin of repetitive
From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.
Words formed from repetitive
Phrases with repetitive
Questions about repetitive
- What does repetitive mean?
- Repetitive means happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.
- What is repetitive in Tamil?
- Repetitive in Tamil is ஒரே மாதிரியாக திரும்பத்திரும்ப நேர்பவை. See Repetitive meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use repetitive in a sentence?
- The movie was criticized for its repetitive scenes and predictable plot.
- What part of speech is repetitive?
- Repetitive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce repetitive?
- Repetitive is pronounced /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/.
Words near repetitive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: repetitive (page history and authors); repetitive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repetitive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); repetitive (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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