Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suppressive

/səˈprɛ.sɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
sup-press-ive
IPA
/səˈprɛ.sɪv/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That serves to suppress.

noun

Any drug that acts to suppress a condition.

Etymology

Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suppressive From suppress + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more suppressive (comparative) most suppressive (superlative) suppressives (plural)

Derived Forms

allosuppressive atherosuppressive cardiosuppressive fibrosuppressive hypersuppressive immunosuppressive lymphosuppressive myelosuppressive neurosuppressive nonsuppressive oncosuppressive semisuppressive

Phrases

suppressive person

Rhymes With

impressive progressive aggressive past progressive future progressive present progressive past perfect progressive future perfect progressive excessive successive passive-aggressive oppressive

Questions

How do you pronounce suppressive?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˈprɛ.sɪv/.
What does suppressive mean?
That serves to suppress.
Where does suppressive come from?
Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suppressive From suppress + -ive.

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