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