Adjectives Containing CTIVE

Here's the list of all the 181 Adjectives Containing CTIVE in the English Language.

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active
1. engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
2. taking part in an activity
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effective
1. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
2. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
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respective
1. considered individually
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interactive
1. capable of acting on or influencing each other
2. used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)
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objective
1. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
2. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
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collective
1. done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
2. set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
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attractive
1. having power to arouse interest
2. pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
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protective
1. showing care
2. (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful
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prospective
1. of or concerned with or related to the future
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directive
1. showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
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productive
1. yielding positive results
2. marked by great fruitfulness
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reproductive
1. producing new life or offspring
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selective
1. tending to select; characterized by careful choice
2. characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
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subjective
1. taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
2. of a mental act performed entirely within the mind
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distinctive
1. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
2. capable of being classified
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inactive
1. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
2. (military) not involved in military operations
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defective
1. having a defect
2. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
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elective
1. optional
2. subject to popular election
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radioactive
1. exhibiting or caused by radioactivity
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reflective
1. capable of physically reflecting light or sound
2. deeply or seriously thoughtful
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constructive
1. emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good
2. constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
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destructive
1. causing destruction or much damage
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reactive
1. reacting to a stimulus
2. participating readily in reactions
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corrective
1. designed to promote discipline
2. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
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proactive
1. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
2. (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
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restrictive
1. serving to restrict
2. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
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predictive
1. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
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addictive
1. causing or characterized by addiction
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retrospective
1. concerned with or related to the past
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ineffective
1. not producing an intended effect
2. lacking in power or forcefulness
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affective
1. characterized by emotion
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adjective
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
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conductive
1. having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity
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seductive
1. tending to entice into a desired action or state
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inductive
1. arising from inductance
2. of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
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refractive
1. of or relating to or capable of refraction
2. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
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connective
1. connecting or tending to connect
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obstructive
1. preventing movement
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retroactive
1. affecting things past
2. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
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instructive
1. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
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reconstructive
1. helping to restore to good condition
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deductive
1. relating to logical deduction
2. involving inferences from general principles
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unattractive
1. lacking power to arouse interest
2. not appealing to the senses
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counterproductive
1. tending to hinder the achievement of a goal
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instinctive
1. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
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hyperactive
1. more active than normal
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introspective
1. given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
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infective
1. able to cause disease
2. caused by infection or capable of causing infection
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unproductive
1. not producing desired results
2. not producing or capable of producing
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overactive
1. more active than normal
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psychoactive
1. affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
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reductive
1. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
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vindictive
1. disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
2. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
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conjunctive
1. involving the joint activity of two or more
2. serving or tending to connect
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disjunctive
1. serving or tending to divide or separate
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subjunctive
1. relating to a mood of verbs
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adjunctive
1. joining; forming an adjunct
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subtractive
1. constituting or involving subtraction
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