Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contractive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: con-trac-tive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to contract; contractile

Etymology

From contract + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: contract

Inflected Forms

more contractive (comparative) most contractive (superlative)

Derived Forms

contractivity hypercontractive pseudocontractive

Rhymes With

active attractive interactive radioactive inactive reactive proactive unattractive refractive hyperactive extractive overactive

Questions

What does contractive mean?: Able to contract; contractile
Where does contractive come from?: From contract + -ive.

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