suppressive
Syllables: sup·press·ive/səˈprɛ.sɪv/
suppressive adjective: that serves to suppress.
Adjective
suppressive (comparative more suppressive, superlative most suppressive)
- That serves to suppress.
Noun
suppressive (plural suppressives)
Forms of suppressive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more suppressive |
| superlative | most suppressive |
| Noun | |
| plural | suppressives |
Origin of suppressive
From suppress + -ive.
Words formed from suppressive
Phrases with suppressive
Words that rhyme with suppressive
- 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
- 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
Questions about suppressive
- What does suppressive mean?
- Suppressive means that serves to suppress.
- What part of speech is suppressive?
- Suppressive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce suppressive?
- Suppressive is pronounced /səˈprɛ.sɪv/.
Words near suppressive in the dictionary
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