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Showing words for DIRECTIVE using the English dictionary

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