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Definition: Attentive |
AttentiveAdjective1. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor". 2. Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attentive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: AttentiveSynonyms: heedful (adj), thoughtful (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: heedless (adj), inattentive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Verb: be attentive; Adjective: attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate; (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note. |
Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Attentive |
| English words defined with "attentive": alert, argus-eyed, Arrected, Attent, attentively, aware ♦ careful, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, close, closely, cogitation ♦ Ententive ♦ forgetful ♦ heedful ♦ in the meantime, Inofficious, Intendant, Intentive ♦ Listful ♦ meantime, meanwhile, mindful, mindless ♦ Negotious ♦ obsequious, open-eyed ♦ paying attention, Perpend, Propendency ♦ sedulity, sedulousness, study ♦ Tentif, tight ♦ unalert, unmindful ♦ vigilant ♦ wakeful, watchful, with attention ♦ Yielding and paying. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "attentive": cognitive ergonomics ♦ INAUSPICIOUSLY ♦ LACHAISE. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "attentive": Listful ♦ Tentif. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There's such a fine line between stalking and, and being attentive, and I was -- I don't know -- going for being attentive. (Happy, Texas; writing credit: Ed Stone; Mark Illsley) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Attentive walrus - Odobenus rosmarus divergens - inspecting photographer. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
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Alexander Pope | Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. |
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Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It shall, however, receive a more attentive consideration. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | There is nobody half so attentive and civil as you are. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Above them, at a third story window, Marius distinguished a sort of spectator or witness who seemed to him singularly attentive. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | There is no specific diagnostic test for depression so that an attentive and focused clinical assessment is essential for diagnosis. (references) | |
Ongoing developmental surveillance by attentive and educated primary health providers would likely identify those children with acquired hearing impairment. (references) | ||
Business | Though traditionally disinclined towards auto maintenance, the typical Italian driver is thus becoming more attentive to auto repairs. (references) | |
Economic History | Thailand | State-owned SME banks will be more attentive to their needs. (references) |
Korea | However, these larger firms may be less attentive to building the U.S. supplier's business, placing a higher emphasis on diversifying their portfolio of products from different countries. (references) | |
Political Economy | Syria | Given the widespread use of commercial agents in Syria, U.S. businesses must be extremely attentive to the requirements of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. Among the Romans it was customary before undertaking any important action or enterprise to obtain from the augurs, or state prophets, some hint of its probable outcome; and one of their favorite and most trustworthy modes of divination consisted in observing the flight of birds -- the omens thence derived being called auspices. Newspaper reporters and certain miscreant lexicographers have decided that the word -- always in the plural -- shall mean "patronage" or "management"; as, "The festivities were under the auspices of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Body-Snatchers"; or, "The hilarities were auspicated by the Knights of Hunger." A Roman slave appeared one day Before the Augur. "Tell me, pray, If --" here the Augur, smiling, made A checking gesture and displayed His open palm, which plainly itched, For visibly its surface twitched. A denarius (the Latin nickel) Successfully allayed the tickle, And then the slave proceeded: "Please Inform me whether Fate decrees Success or failure in what I To-night (if it be dark) shall try. Its nature? Never mind -- I think 'Tis writ on this" -- and with a wink Which darkened half the earth, he drew Another denarius to view, Its shining face attentive scanned, Then slipped it into the good man's hand, Who with great gravity said: "Wait While I retire to question Fate." That holy person then withdrew His scared clay and, passing through The temple's rearward gate, cried "Shoo!" Waving his robe of office. Straight Each sacred peacock and its mate (Maintained for Juno's favor) fled With clamor from the trees o'erhead, Where they were perching for the night. The temple's roof received their flight, For thither they would always go, When danger threatened them below. Back to the slave the Augur went: "My son, forecasting the event By flight of birds, I must confess The auspices deny success." That slave retired, a sadder man, Abandoning his secret plan -- Which was (as well the craft seer Had from the first divined) to clear The wall and fraudulently seize On Juno's poultry in the trees. G.J. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Both Governments being instituted for the common good, we can not fail to prosper while those who made them are attentive to the conduct of their representatives and control their measures. |
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| "Attentive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Attentive" is used about 255 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 255 | 18,554 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "attentive": half-attentive, over-attentive. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
attentive | 5 |
attentive child | 3 |
attentive meeting | 3 |
attentive child natural source | 2 |
attentive care health | 2 |
attentive child people | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "attentive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | attent, aandagtig (attentively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i vëmendshëm (careful, considerate, heedful, observant, regardful), i kujdesshëm (accurate, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, considerate, deliberate, diligent, forethoughtful, forward-looking, grandmotherly, guarded, heedful, monitorial, observant, precise, thoughtful, up and coming, wary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكترث (heedful, observant), مهتم (concerned, heedful, interested, mindful, solicitous), منتبه (advertent, careful, heedful, mindful, observant), ملاطف بخاصة للمرأة, مجامل (civil, complimentary, courteous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | учтив (civil, courteous, fair-spoken, forthcoming, mannerly, polite, suave, urbane, well mannered), грижлив (careful, fatherly, mindful, nice, regardful, solicitous, tender, thorough, thoughtful, tidy), внимателен (affable, alert, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, delicate, guarded, heedful, intent, nice, precautious, scrupulous, thoughtful, ware, wary, watchful), внимаващ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 細心 (careful), 殷勤, "細 (careful, cautious), 周 (all, circuit, complete, cycle, encircle, every, lap, thoughtful, week). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pozorný (civil, considerate, courteous, heedful, intent, observant, observing, regardful, thoughtful), ohleduplný (considerate, thoughtful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opmærksom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oplettend (attentively), attent (attentively, kind, obliging), aandachtig (attentively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | atentema, atenta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | ansin, umhugsin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ملتفت (Aware, Conscious), مواظب (Alert, Assiduous, Attendant, Aware, Careful, Cautious, Heedful, Shy, Tooter, Watchful, Watchman), متوجه (Heedful, Tendentious, Wistful), بادقت (Careful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tarkkaavainen (heedful, observant, watchful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attentif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | attint (kind, obliging), opmerksum, oandachtig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aufmerksam (alert, attentively, awake, considerate, keen, mindful, observant, observantly, observing, perceptive, thoughtful, thoughtfully), achtsam (careful, heedful, mindful, observant, observantly, regardful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσεκτικόσ (advertent, canny, careful, cautious, chary, chary of, close, heedful, mindful, observing, painstaking, precautious, regardful, tactful, thoughtful, wakeful, wary, watchful), επιμελήσ (assiduous, careful, diligent, mindful, painstaking, sedulous, studious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקשיב (listener, listening), קשוב. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | figyelmes (be observant, considerate, mindful, observant, observing, open-eyed, thoughtful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | anut (meek, pliant), waspada (qui, vigilant, watchful, wide awake), bersifat memperhatikan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attento (alert, careful, heedful, mindful, observant, observing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 行き届く (to be attentive, to be prudent, to be scrupulous), 行き届く (to be attentive, to be complete, to be prudent, to be scrupulous, to be thorough), 心する (to be attentive, to mind, to take care). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いきとどく (to be attentive, to be complete, to be prudent, to be scrupulous, to be thorough), ""ろする (to be attentive, to mind, to take care), ゆきとどく (to be attentive, to be complete, to be prudent, to be scrupulous, to be thorough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 세심한. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | geilloil, frioosagh (advertent, careful, considerate, heedful, momentous, painstaker, thoughtful), eaishtagh (confess, harken, hear, hearken, listen, listen in, sound), currymagh (considerate, dutiful, incumbent, painstaker, responsible), arreydagh (alert, caretaker, cautious, circumspect, immigrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | atento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attentiveay atento (argus-eyed, careful, hawk-eyed, intent, mindful, observant, regardful, wary, watchful), atencioso (considerate, courteous, deferent, deferential, dutiful, gallant, gracious, kind, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, regardful, respectful), amável (accommodating, affable, amiable, complaisant, complimentary, courteous, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-humoured, good-natured, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, nice, obsequious, pleasing, sociable, sporty, sweet, well-natured), polido (cleanly cut, courtly, gentle, glossy, mannerly, neat, net, polished, polite, precise, shiny, sleek, sleeky, smooth, specular, urbane, well-bred, well-spoken), delicado (airy, chivalrous, civil, complaisant, considerate, courteous, courtly, dainty, delicate, exquisite, fastidious, fine, flossy, fragile, frail, gaunt, gentle, gingerly, kid-glove, kittle, lean, mannerly, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, out-and-out, pernickety, polite, refined, scabrous, sensitive, sensory, sleazy, slender, slight, sophisticated, tactful, tender, thin, ticklish, urbane, well-made), cuidadoso (accurate, careful, chary, close, convinced, earnest, exact, gingerly, heedful, mature, meticulous, mindful, painstaking, regardful, safe, scrupulous, solicitous, thorough, tidy, tiptoe). (various references) atent (advertent, alert, amiable, attentively, careful, carefully, close, closely, complaisant, considerate, courteous, curious, deliberately, delicate, heedful, intent, jealous, listening, mindfully, nice, observant, observantly, painstaking, regardful, searching, tender, watchful). (various references) внимательный (careful, eye for detail, heedful, intent, mindful, nice observer, regardful, scrutinous, thoughtful). (various references) sgoinneil (neat, tidy, trim). (various references) uslužan (complaisant, obliging, serviceable), predusretljiv (accommodating, affable, receptive), pažljiv (careful, considerate, heedful, mindful, regardful, thoughtful). (various references) atento (alive, appreciative, appreciatory, careful, courteous, gallant, heedful, helpful, intent, obliging, polite, solicitous, thoughtful). (various references) uppmärksam (all eyes, aware, heedful, mindful, observant, regardful, watchful). (various references) ใส่ใจ, ระมั"ระวัง (gingerly, guarded, tiptoe). (various references) nazik (affable, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, exquisite, fair, genteel, gentle, gracious, kid glove, kind, mannerly, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, suave, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), kibar (aristocratic, aristocratical, blancmange, bland, chivalrous, civil, civilized, courteous, courtly, distingue, Douce, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, gallant, genteel, gentle, kid glove, mild, nice, parliamentary, polished, polite, refined, sharp, urbane, well born, well disposed, well mannered), dikkatli (argus-eyed, assiduous, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, gingerly, heedful, intense, intent, mindful, particular, regardful, rigorous, scrupulous, sleepless, solicitous, studious, thoughtful, wary, watchful), özenli (assiduous, careful, elaborate, heedful, jealous, painstaking, regardful, scrupulous, thoughtful). (various references) уважний (attent, careful, considerate, heedful, mindful, nice, observant, observative, observing, ponderate, thoughtful, watchful), чемний (affable, civil, courteous, debonair, gentlemanly, mannerly, well spoken), люб'язний (accommodating, affable, amiable, complaisant, courteous, dear, good, kind, nice, obliging, polite), пильний (alert, awake, circumspect, circumspective, dusty, hawk-eyed, open-eyed, sleepless, staring, vigilant, ware, wide awake), дбайливий (careful, considerate, diligent, heedful, mindful, regardful, respective, solicitous). (various references) lưu tâm ân cần, chu đáo (careful, conscientious, considerate), chăm chú chú ý. (various references) astud (diligent), achlust, ystyriol (considerate, heedful, mindful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adtente, adtenti, adtentiore, attentus, curiosa, curiosae, curiose, curiosius, curiosus, intentus, officiosus, sedulae, sedule, sedulus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 19, Verse 48 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ouc euriskon to ti poihswsin o laoV gar apaV exekremato autou akouwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et non inveniebant quid facerent illi omnis enim populus suspensus erat audiens illum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And hig ne fundon hwæt hi him to gylte dydon; Soðlice eall folc wæs abysgod þe be him gehyrde secgan; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei founden not what thei schulden do to him, for al the peple was `al ocupyed, heeringe him. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But coulde not finde what to do. For all the people stacke by him and gave him audience. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 19, Verse 48 |
| Cebuano | apan wala silay nakaplagan nga sarang mahimo nila, kay ang tanang mga tawo nagpadayon man sa paghangad sa pagpatalinghug kaniya. |
| Croatian | ali nikako naæi što da uèine jer je sav narod visio o njegovoj rijeèi. |
| Danish | Og de fandt ikke, hvad de skulde gøre; thi hele Folket hang ved ham og hørte ham. |
| Dutch | En zij vonden niet, wat zij doen zouden; want al het volk hing Hem aan, en hoorde Hem. |
| Finnish | mutta he eivät keksineet, mitä tekisivät, sillä kaikki kansa riippui hänessä ja kuunteli häntä. |
| French | mais ils ne savaient comment s`y prendre, car tout le peuple l`écoutait avec admiration. |
| German | und fanden nicht, wie sie ihm tun sollten, denn das Volk hing ihm an und hörte ihn. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, yo pa t' kapab jwenn yon jan pou yo te fè sa, paske tout pèp la t'ap koute sa l' t'ap di san yo pa pèdi yon mo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | tetapi tidak menemukan jalan untuk melakukan hal itu, karena semua orang terus saja mendengarkan Dia, dan terpikat pada kata-kata-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tiada didapatinya seperti yang dimaksudkannya itu; karena segenap kaum itu berpaut kepada-Nya serta mendengarkan Dia. |
| Italian | ma non sapevano come fare, perché tutto il popolo pendeva dalle sue parole. |
| Maori | Heoi kihai i kitea ta ratou e mea ai: no te mea e u ana nga tangata katoa ki a ia, e whakarongo ana. |
| Norwegian | Og de fant ikke ut hvad de skulde gjøre; for hele folket hang ved ham og hørte på ham. |
| Portuguese | mas não achavam meio de o fazer; porque todo o povo ficava enlevado ao ouvi-lo. |
| Rumanian | dar nu wtiau cum sq facq, pentrucq tot norodul Ki sorbea vorbele de pe buze. |
| Russian | Й ОЕ ОБИП"ЙМЙ, ЮФП 'Щ У"ЕМБФШ У оЙН; ПФПНХ ЮФП ЧЕУШ ОБТП" ОЕПФУФХ ОП УМХЫБМ еЗП. |
| Shuar | Túrasha Ashí aents émamkes anturainiakui Máatniun tujinkiarmiayi. |
| Swahili | lakini hawakuwa na la kufanya, maana watu wote walikuwa wakimsikiliza kwa makini kabisa. |
| Swedish | men de kunde icke finna någon utväg därtill, ty allt folket höll sig till honom och hörde honom. |
| Uma | aga uma ria ohea-ra mpobabehi anu hi nono-ra, apa' lutu-ramo ntodea mpe'epei lolita-na. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attentive": attentively, attentiveness, attentivenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "attentive": inattentive. (additional references) | |
Words containing "attentive": inattentively, inattentiveness, inattentivenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Attentive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atentive, attente, attentif, autentike. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "attentive" (pronounced ute"ntiv) |
| 7 | u t e" n t i v | inattentive. |
| 5 | -e" n t i v | disincentive, incentive, inventive, preventive. |
| 4 | -n t i v | appointive, plaintive, substantive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tentative. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-t-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: naivete, navette, vittate. | |
-3 letters: attent, native, tattie, teniae, tentie, vittae. | |
-4 letters: eaten, enate, entia, event, evite, naevi, naive, nieve, taint, tenet, tenia, tinea, titan, veena, venae, vitae, vitta. | |
-5 letters: ante, anti, eave, etna, even, nave, neat, nett, neve, nevi, nite, tain, tate, teat, teen, tent, tine, tint, vain, vane, vein, vena, vent, vina, vine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-t-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: tentatives. | |
+2 letters: attentively, inattentive, tentatively. | |
+3 letters: sustentative, transvestite. | |
+4 letters: attentiveness, inattentively, overattention, tentativeness, transvestites. | |
+5 letters: attractiveness, interpretative, overattentions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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