Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retractive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-trac-tive
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which retracts or withdraws.

noun

A verb that serves to cancel or retract a previously established obligation.

adj

Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.

adj

Mapping from a space onto a subset of that space.

adj

Serving to distance or alienate.

Etymology

From retract + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

retractives (plural) more retractive (comparative) most retractive (superlative)

Derived Forms

retractively retractiveness

Frequently Paired Words

retractibility retractible

Questions

What does retractive mean?
That which retracts or withdraws.
Where does retractive come from?
From retract + -ive.

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