essive: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of essive
- progressive«Word Popularity Bar5/5
progressive
- noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
progressive tense; imperfect; imperfect tense; continuous tense.
- noun a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
liberal; liberalist.
- noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
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excessive
- adjective satellite beyond normal limits
undue; inordinate; unreasonable.
- excessive charges
- a book of inordinate length
- his dress stops just short of undue elegance
- unreasonable demands
- adjective satellite unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
extravagant; overweening; exuberant.
- extravagant praise
- exuberant compliments
- overweening ambition
- overweening greed
- adjective satellite beyond normal limits
- aggressive5/5
aggressive
- adjective having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; positive in his convictions"
- an aggressive businessman
- an aggressive basketball player
- he was aggressive and imperious
- aggressive drivers
- adjective satellite tending to spread quickly
strong-growing; fast-growing.
- an aggressive tumor
- adjective having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; positive in his convictions"
- impressive5/5
impressive
- adjective making a strong or vivid impression
- an impressive ceremony
- adjective satellite producing a strong effect
telling.
- gave an impressive performance as Othello
- a telling gesture
- adjective making a strong or vivid impression
- successive5/5
successive
- adjective satellite in regular succession without gaps
consecutive; serial; sequential; sequent.
- serial concerts
- adjective satellite in regular succession without gaps
- expressive4/5
expressive
- adjective satellite characterized by expression
- a very expressive face
- adjective satellite characterized by expression
- oppressive4/5
oppressive
- adjective satellite weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
- the atmosphere was oppressive
- oppressive sorrows
- adjective satellite marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
tyrannous; tyrannical.
- the oppressive government
- oppressive laws
- a tyrannical parent
- tyrannous disregard of human rights
- adjective satellite weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
- depressive4/5
depressive
- noun someone suffering psychological depression
- noun someone suffering psychological depression
- obsessive4/5
obsessive
- noun a person who has obsessions
- adjective satellite characterized by or constituting an obsession
obsessional.
- the obsessional character of his response
- obsessive gambling
- noun a person who has obsessions
- repressive4/5
repressive
- adjective satellite restrictive of action
repressing; inhibitory.
- a repressive regime
- an overly strict and inhibiting discipline
- adjective satellite restrictive of action
- compressive4/5
compressive
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a .compressive force
- recessive4/5
recessive
- noun an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
recessive allele.
- adjective of or pertaining to a recession
recessionary.
- noun an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
- possessive4/5
possessive
- noun the case expressing ownership
genitive; possessive case; genitive case.
- adjective serving to express or indicate possession
genitive.
- possessive pronouns
- the genitive endings
- noun the case expressing ownership
- regressive3/5
regressive
- adjective (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
- adjective opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
- adjective (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
- immunosuppressive3/5
immunosuppressive
- noun a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
immunosuppressive drug; immunosuppressant; immune suppressant drug; immunosuppressor.
- adjective of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression
- noun a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
- transgressive3/5
transgressive
Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -
- autoregressive3/5
- suppressive2/5
suppressive
- adjective satellite tending to suppress
- the government used suppressive measures to control the protest
- adjective satellite tending to suppress
- unimpressive2/5
unimpressive
- adjective not capable of impressing
- adjective not capable of impressing
- retrogressive2/5
retrogressive
- adjective satellite going from better to worse
retrograde.
- adjective satellite going from better to worse
- nonaggressive2/5
nonaggressive
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
unaggressive.
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
- concessive2/5
concessive
- adjective of or pertaining to concession
- adjective of or pertaining to concession
- digressive2/5
digressive
- adjective satellite of superficial relevance if any
tangential.
- a digressive allusion to the day of the week
- a tangential remark
- adjective satellite (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
excursive; rambling; discursive.
- amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
- a rambling discursive book
- his excursive remarks
- a rambling speech about this and that
- adjective satellite of superficial relevance if any
- inexpressive2/5
inexpressive
- adjective satellite not expressive
- an inexpressive face
- adjective satellite not expressive
- nonprogressive2/5
nonprogressive
- adjective satellite old-fashioned and out of date
unprogressive; fusty; standpat.
- adjective satellite old-fashioned and out of date
- decompressive1/5
decompressive
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- processive1/5
processive
Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge.
(Biochemistry) acting from one end of a polymer, and continuing to act on the same polymer, rather than detaching and re-binding randomly to other molecules. Said of polymerases or hydrolytic enzymes. Opposed to "distributive". Colloquially, (laboratory slang) processive and distributive enzymes may be referred to as "clingers" and "hoppers", respectively.
- unprogressive1/5
unprogressive
- adjective satellite old-fashioned and out of date
nonprogressive; fusty; standpat.
- adjective satellite old-fashioned and out of date
- unaggressive1/5
unaggressive
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
nonaggressive.
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
- pressive1/5
pressive
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; R. Bp. Hall.as, .pressive taxation
- ingressive1/5
ingressive
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- antidepressive1/5
antidepressive
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- redressive1/5
redressive
Tending to redress. Thomson.
- unexpressive1/5
unexpressive
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
deadpan; impassive; poker-faced; expressionless.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
- overaggressive1/5
overaggressive
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- egressive1/5
egressive
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- degressive1/5
degressive
- adjective satellite going down by steps
- adjective satellite (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount
- adjective satellite going down by steps
- nonpossessive1/5
nonpossessive
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- introgressive1/5
- inessive1/5
- adessive1/5
- nonexpressive1/5
- hyperaggressive1/5
- nonrepressive1/5
- nonoppressive1/5
- antiprogressive1/5
Derived words of essive
- progressively«Word Popularity Bar4/5
progressively
- adverb advancing in amount or intensity
increasingly; more and more.
- she became increasingly depressed
- adverb advancing in amount or intensity
- excessively4/5
excessively
- adverb to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
to a fault; overly; too.
- too big
- adverb to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- aggressively4/5
aggressively
- adverb in an aggressive manner
sharply.
- she was being sharply questioned
- adverb in an aggressive manner
- successively4/5
successively
- adverb in proper order or sequence
in turn.
- talked to each child in turn
- the stable became in turn a chapel and then a movie theater
- adverb in proper order or sequence
- progressives3/5
progressive
- noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
progressive tense; imperfect; imperfect tense; continuous tense.
- noun a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
liberal; liberalist.
- noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- aggressiveness3/5
aggressiveness
- noun the quality of being bold and enterprising
- noun a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
aggression.
- noun the quality of being bold and enterprising
- impressively3/5
impressively
- adverb in an impressive manner
imposingly.
- the students progressed impressively fast
- adverb in an impressive manner
- expressiveness3/5
expressiveness
- noun the quality of being expressive
- noun the quality of being expressive
- obsessively3/5
obsessively
- adverb in a compulsive manner
compulsively; obsessionally.
- he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk
- adverb in a compulsive manner
- possessiveness2/5
possessiveness
- noun excessive desire to possess or dominate
- noun excessive desire to possess or dominate
- expressively2/5
expressively
- adverb with expression; in an expressive manner
- she gave the order to the waiter, using her hands very expressively
- adverb with expression; in an expressive manner
- oppressively2/5
oppressively
- adverb in a heavy and oppressive way
- it was oppressively hot in the office
- adverb in a heavy and oppressive way
- possessives2/5
possessive
- noun the case expressing ownership
genitive; possessive case; genitive case.
- adjective serving to express or indicate possession
genitive.
- possessive pronouns
- the genitive endings
- noun the case expressing ownership
- impressiveness2/5
impressiveness
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
magnificence; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- depressives2/5
depressive
- noun someone suffering psychological depression
- noun someone suffering psychological depression
- progressiveness2/5
progressiveness
- noun advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
progressivity.
- noun advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
- possessively2/5
possessively
- adverb in a possessive manner
- he was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife
- adverb in a possessive manner
- excessiveness2/5
excessiveness
- noun immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
inordinateness; excess.
- noun immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
- oppressiveness2/5
oppressiveness
- noun a feeling of being oppressed
oppression.
- noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty
heaviness; onerousness; burdensomeness.
- noun a feeling of being oppressed
- obsessiveness1/5
obsessiveness
- noun extreme compulsiveness
obsessivity.
- noun extreme compulsiveness
- recessively1/5
recessive
- noun an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
recessive allele.
- adjective of or pertaining to a recession
recessionary.
- noun an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
- repressiveness1/5
repressiveness
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- repressively1/5
repressive
- adjective satellite restrictive of action
repressing; inhibitory.
- a repressive regime
- an overly strict and inhibiting discipline
- adjective satellite restrictive of action
- regressively1/5
regressive
- adjective (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
- adjective opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
- adjective (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
- recessives1/5
recessive
- noun an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
recessive allele.
- adjective of or pertaining to a recession
recessionary.
- noun an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
- obsessives1/5
obsessive
- noun a person who has obsessions
- adjective satellite characterized by or constituting an obsession
obsessional.
- the obsessional character of his response
- obsessive gambling
- noun a person who has obsessions
- compressively1/5
compressive
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a .compressive force
- transgressively1/5
transgressively
Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself, might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne.
- recessiveness1/5
recessiveness
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- successiveness1/5
successiveness
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; sequence.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
- inexpressiveness1/5
inexpressiveness
The state or quality of being inexpressive.
- suppressiveness1/5
- regressiveness1/5
regressiveness
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- depressiveness1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `essive`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `essive`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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