9 Letter Words for Directive
creditive, directive
8 Letter Words for Directive
dieretic, recidive, veredict
7 Letter Words for Directive
dictier, eidetic, evicted, icterid, recited, riveted, tierced, verdict, verdite, veridic
6 Letter Words for Directive
ceride, cerite, certie, cervid, citied, civite, credit, crevet, deceit, deicer, derive, device, dicier, dieter, dietic, direct, divert, evited, recide, recite, redive, reedit, reiced, reived, retied, revied, rieved, tedier, tidier, tierce, tiered, triced, verdet, verdit, verite, verted, vitric
5 Letter Words for Directive
ceder, cedre, cered, cider, cited, citee, citer, civet, creed, crete, cried, deice, deric, deriv, derve, deter, dicer, diter, diver, divet, drice, drive, edict, edite, eider, erect, evert, evict, evite, icier, idite, ivied, recit, recti, reice, reive, retie, revet, revie, riced, rieve, rived, rivet, teiid, terce, ticed, ticer, tired, tirve, tiver, treed, trice, tride, tried, vedet, vedic, verde, verdi, veter, viced, vired, virid
4 Letter Words for Directive
cede, cedi, cere, cert, cete, ceti, cide, cire, cite, cive, cred, crit, deer, deet, deev, dere, derv, deti, deve, devi, dice, dict, dier, diet, dire, dirt, dite, dive, divi, dree, drie, edit, eide, eire, ered, eric, erie, etic, ever, evet, iced, icer, idee, idic, ired, irid, iter, recd, rect, rede, reed, reet, reit, retd, rete, reve, rice, ride, rite, rive, teed, teer, tice, tide, tidi, tied, tier, tire, tree, trid, trie, veer, verd, veri, vert, vice, vide, vied, vier, vite
3 Letter Words for Directive
cdr, cee, cer, cid, cie, cir, cit, civ, crt, cte, ctr, dec, dee, dei, der, det, dev, die, dir, dit, div, ect, eec, eer, eir, erd, ere, ert, etc, eve, ice, ide, ire, itd, ive, rcd, rct, rec, red, ree, rei, rev, rid, rie, rit, riv, rte, rti, tdr, tec, ted, tee, ter, tic, tid, tie, tri, vcr, vee, vei, ver, vet, vic, vid, vie, vii
Definitions for Directive
[1] serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
[2] Psychology . pertaining to a type of psychotherapy in which the therapist actively offers advice and information rather than dealing only with information supplied by the patient.
[3] an authoritative instruction or direction; specific order: a new directive by the president on foreign aid.
[4] an instruction; order
[5] tending to direct; directing
[6] indicating direction
Words related to Directive
edict, decree, injunction, memo, memorandum, notice, regulation, ruling, mandate, message, order, word, ordinance, communication, charge, dictate, ukase
Words nearby Directive
directional, directional derivative, directional drilling, directional microphone, directions, directive, directly, directoire, director, director general, director of education
Origin of Directive
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word dīrēctīvus. See direct, -ive
Other words from Directive
self-di·rec·tive , adjective
Synonyms for Directive
decree, edict, injunction, mandate, memo, memorandum, message, notice, order, regulation, ruling, charge, communication, dictate, ordinance, ukase, word
