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Showing words for DESCRIPTIVE using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Descriptive

descriptive, discerptive

10 Letter Words for Descriptive

directives, discretive, predictive, previsited

9 Letter Words for Descriptive

creditive, depicters, depictive, dereistic, directive, divertise, pesticide, precisive, revisited, scriptive, septicide

8 Letter Words for Descriptive

ciderist, creedist, crepiest, decisive, decrepit, depicter, deprives, derisive, descript, descrive, desertic, desitive, dieretic, dipsetic, discreet, discrete, discrive, dispiece, eidetics, epeirids, epiciers, icterids, iridesce, picrites, precised, precited, predicts, preedits, prevised, previsit, priceite, priciest, priested, priviest, receipts, recidive, respiced, respited, riptides, scrieved, scripted, sericite, serviced, siderite, spirited, tiderips, verdicts, verdites, veredict, veristic, verities, vertices

7 Letter Words for Descriptive

cerevis, cerites, cervids, ceteris, credits, cresive, crested, crisped, deceits, decries, deicers, deistic, deities, depicts, deprest, deprive, derives, despect, despert, despite, devices, deviser, diciest, dictier, diester, dieters, dietics, dieties, directs, dirties, discept, discerp, ditsier, diverse, diverts, ectiris, edeitis, eidetic, epeiric, epeirid, epicier, epicist, ereptic, eristic, escript, evicted, evisite, icterid, iserite, pedetic, perseid, pestier, picrite, piecers, pierced, pierces, pierids, pieties, pitiers, pitside, precide, precise, precite, predict, predies, prediet, predive, preedit, preside, prested, previde, prieved, prieves, privets, privies, receipt, recepts, recipes, recited, recites, reedits, reisted, resited, respect, respice, respite, restive, revised, revisit, riciest, ridiest, riptide, riveted, scepter, scrieve, scripee, scrived, sective, septier, sertive, service, servite, sievert, specter, speired, spicier, spiered, stereid, steride, sterved, stiever, stivier, striped, tepider, tiderip, tidiers, tierced, tierces, tipsier, triceps, verdets, verdict, verdite, verdits, veridic, veriest, verites, viperid, visited, visitee, visiter, vitrics

6 Letter Words for Descriptive

ceders, cepter, ceride, cerise, cerite, certes, certie, certis, cervid, ciders, cisted, citers, citied, cities, civets, civite, credit, creeds, creeps, creped, crepes, crepis, crevet, crevis, cripes, deceit, decerp, decise, deicer, deices, deiist, depict, derive, desert, desire, deters, devest, device, devise, dicers, dicier, dieter, dietic, dipsie, dipter, direct, direst, disert, dister, divers, divert, divest, divies, divise, drices, driest, drives, edicts, eiders, eprise, erects, espied, espier, esprit, estive, everts, evicts, evited, evites, iciest, ideist, irides, irised, pecite, peirce, peiser, perced, perces, percid, perdie, perdit, perite, periti, persic, perved, perves, pester, peters, petres, petrie, picris, pieced, piecer, pieces, pierce, pierid, pieris, pierst, pietic, pistic, pitied, pitier, pities, pitris, precis, preset, priced, prices, prides, priest, prieve, privet, pteric, pteris, recept, recide, recipe, recite, recits, redips, redipt, redive, reedit, reiced, reived, reives, resect, reside, resite, rested, restep, retied, reties, revest, revets, revied, revies, revise, rieved, rieves, ripest, risped, rivets, screed, screet, screve, scride, scried, script, scrite, scrive, secret, septic, served, servet, setier, sevier, sieved, siever, sitrep, specie, spiced, spicer, spider, spired, spiric, spirit, spited, spreed, spried, sprite, steric, sterid, sterve, stieve, stiped, stired, stived, stiver, streep, stride, stripe, strive, tedier, teiids, terces, tidier, tidies, tierce, tiered, tipree, trepid, trevis, triced, tricep, trices, tripes, vectis, verdet, verdit, verist, verite, versed, verset, verste, verted, vertep, vesper, vespid, vested, vester, vipers, viscid, viseed, visier, visite, vitric

5 Letter Words for Descriptive

ceder, cedes, cedis, cedre, cepes, cered, ceres, certs, ceste, cesti, cetes, cider, cides, cires, cited, citee, citer, cites, cives, civet, creds, creed, creep, crepe, crept, crest, crete, cried, cries, cripe, crips, crise, crisp, crits, deeps, deets, deevs, deice, deist, depit, deres, deric, deriv, derve, dervs, deter, dicer, dices, dicts, diets, dirts, disci, distr, diter, dites, diver, dives, divet, divis, dreep, drees, drest, drice, dries, drips, dript, drive, dsect, edict, edite, edits, eider, epics, epist, epris, erect, erept, erics, espec, ester, estre, evert, evets, evict, evite, icers, icier, idest, idite, irids, isere, iters, ivied, ivies, pedes, peers, peert, perce, peres, peris, perit, perse, perst, perts, perve, pervs, peste, peter, petre, petri, piece, piers, piert, piest, piets, piste, preed, prees, price, pride, pried, pries, recip, recit, recpt, recti, redes, redip, reeds, reest, reice, reist, reive, repic, reset, resid, resit, retes, retie, retip, revet, revie, riced, rices, rides, rieve, riped, ripes, rites, rived, rives, rivet, scree, scrip, scrit, secre, seder, sepic, sered, seric, serve, sever, sicer, sider, sieve, siped, siper, sipid, sired, sited, siver, spece, spect, speed, speer, speir, spete, spice, spide, spied, spier, spire, spite, spred, spree, spret, sprit, stede, steed, steep, steer, steid, stere, steri, steve, stied, stipe, stire, stirp, stive, strep, strid, strip, teers, teiid, teise, tepid, terce, terse, ticed, ticer, tices, tides, tiers, tired, tires, tirve, tisic, tiver, treed, trees, trice, tride, tried, tries, tripe, trips, tsere, vedet, vedic, veeps, veers, vepse, verde, verdi, verse, verst, verts, veter, viced, vices, viers, viper, vired, virid, vised, visie, visit, vitis

4 Letter Words for Descriptive

cede, cedi, cees, cepe, ceps, cere, cert, cest, cete, ceti, cide, cids, cire, cist, cite, cits, cive, civs, cred, cres, crip, cris, crit, crpe, crts, deep, deer, dees, deet, deev, deis, depe, depr, dept, dere, derv, desc, desi, deti, deve, devi, devs, dice, dict, dier, dies, diet, dips, dipt, dire, dirt, disc, disp, dist, dite, dits, dive, divi, divs, dree, drie, drip, dsri, edit, eide, eire, epic, epit, ered, eres, eric, erie, eris, erse, erst, etic, ever, eves, evet, iced, icer, ices, idee, ides, idic, ipid, ipse, ired, ires, irid, iris, irpe, ised, iter, pecs, peds, peed, peer, pees, pere, peri, pers, pert, perv, pest, pete, pets, pice, pics, pict, pied, pier, pies, piet, pirs, pise, pist, pits, prec, pred, pree, pres, pret, prie, priv, psec, psid, ptsd, rcpt, recd, recs, rect, rede, reds, reed, rees, reet, reit, reps, rept, resp, rest, retd, rete, rets, reve, revs, rice, ride, rids, ries, ripe, rips, ript, risc, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, rive, rsvp, scet, sctd, sect, seed, seep, seer, seir, seit, sepd, sept, sere, sert, serv, seve, sice, side, sidi, sier, sipe, sire, siri, site, siti, spec, sped, spet, spic, spie, spit, spiv, sted, step, ster, stid, stie, stir, stre, svce, teds, teed, teer, tees, tepe, terp, tice, tics, tide, tidi, tids, tied, tier, ties, tipe, tips, tire, tree, tres, trid, trie, trip, veep, veer, vees, veps, verd, veri, vers, vert, vese, vesp, vest, vets, vice, vide, vids, vied, vier, vies, vips, vise, vite

3 Letter Words for Descriptive

cdr, cee, cep, cer, cid, cie, cir, cis, cit, civ, cpd, cpi, cpr, cps, cpt, crs, crt, csi, csp, cst, cte, ctr, cts, dec, dee, dei, dep, der, des, det, dev, die, dip, dir, dis, dit, div, dpi, dpt, dsp, dsr, ect, edp, eds, eec, eer, eir, epi, erd, ere, ers, ert, esc, esd, ese, esp, esr, est, etc, eve, ice, ide, idp, ids, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ist, itd, its, ive, pci, pct, pec, ped, pee, per, pes, pet, pic, pid, pie, pir, pis, pit, prc, pre, prs, psi, pst, pte, pts, pvc, pvt, rcd, rct, rec, red, ree, rei, rep, res, rev, rid, rie, rip, rit, riv, rps, rpt, rte, rti, scd, sci, scr, sct, sec, sed, see, sei, sep, ser, set, sic, sie, sip, sir, sit, spt, sri, std, str, svc, tcp, tdr, tec, ted, tee, ter, tes, tic, tid, tie, tip, tis, tpd, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp, vcr, vee, vei, ver, vet, vic, vid, vie, vii, vip, vis

Definitions for Descriptive

[1] having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
[2] Grammar . (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk. Compare limiting(def 2) . (of a clause) nonrestrictive. Compare restrictive(def 4) .
[3] noting, concerned with, or based upon the fact or experience.
[4] characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field: descriptive botany.
[5] characterized by or containing description; serving to describe
[6] grammar (of an adjective) serving to describe the referent of the noun modified, as for example the adjective brown as contrasted with my and former
[7] relating to or based upon description or classification rather than explanation or prescription descriptive linguistics

Words related to Descriptive

detailed, vivid, eloquent, illuminating, pictorial, expressive, definitive, revealing, characteristic, circumstantial, clear, expository, extended, graphic, illustrative, indicative, lifelike, narrative, picturesque, specific

Words nearby Descriptive

descloizite, descramble, descrambler, describe, description, descriptive, descriptive bibliography, descriptive cataloging, descriptive clause, descriptive geometry, descriptive grammar

Origin of Descriptive

1745–55; < Late Latin dēscrīptīvus, equivalent to Latin dēscrīpt(us ) (see description) + -īvus -ive

Other words from Descriptive

de·scrip·tive·ly , adverb
de·scrip·tive·ness , noun
non·de·scrip·tive , adjective
non·de·scrip·tive·ly , adverb
non·de·scrip·tive·ness , noun
o·ver·de·scrip·tive , adjective
o·ver·de·scrip·tive·ly , adverb
o·ver·de·scrip·tive·ness , noun
self-de·scrip·tive , adjective
un·de·scrip·tive , adjective
un·de·scrip·tive·ly , adverb
un·de·scrip·tive·ness , noun

Synonyms for Descriptive

definitive, detailed, eloquent, expressive, identifying, illuminating, pictorial, revealing, vivid, anecdotic, characteristic, characterizing, circumstantial, classificatory, clear, delineative, depictive, describing, designating, explicative, expository, extended, graphic, illuminative, illustrative, indicative, interpretive, lifelike, narrative, particularized, picturesque, specific, true to life