10 Letter Words for Expletives
expletives
9 Letter Words for Expletives
expletive
8 Letter Words for Expletives
televise
7 Letter Words for Expletives
eeliest, epeeist, epistle, evilest, explees, explete, levites, lievest, peelite, pelites, septile, sextile, steelie, steeple, telexes, velites, vitexes
6 Letter Words for Expletives
elites, elpees, estive, evites, exiles, expels, ilexes, ixtles, leepit, levees, levies, levite, listee, livest, peeves, pelite, pelvis, pestle, pielet, pistle, pixels, silvex, sleeve, slieve, spleet, splite, steele, steeve, stevel, stieve, stipel, svelte, tepees, vestee, vexils, vilest
5 Letter Words for Expletives
eisel, eleve, elite, elpee, elves, elvet, elvis, epees, epist, esile, evese, evets, evils, evite, exies, exile, exist, exite, exits, expel, exptl, islet, istle, ixtle, leeps, leese, leets, leste, levee, levet, lexes, lexis, liest, lieve, lipse, lites, lives, peele, peels, peeve, peles, pelts, peste, piest, piets, piles, piste, pixel, pixes, pleis, plies, sieve, silex, sixte, sleep, sleet, slept, slete, slipe, slipt, slite, slive, speel, speil, spete, spiel, spile, spite, splet, split, steel, steep, steil, stele, steve, stile, stipe, stive, svelt, teels, teils, teise, teles, telex, tepee, tiles, tiple, veeps, veils, veles, velte, vepse, vexes, vexil, vitex, vleis, vlies
4 Letter Words for Expletives
eels, elev, elix, else, elts, elve, epee, epil, epit, eves, evet, evil, exes, exit, expt, ieee, ilex, ipse, isle, itel, leep, lees, leet, leis, leps, lese, lest, lete, lets, leve, levi, lies, lipe, lips, lisp, list, lite, lits, live, peel, pees, pele, pelt, pest, pete, pets, pies, piet, pile, pise, pist, pits, plex, plie, seel, seep, seil, seit, sele, selt, sept, seve, sext, sile, silt, sipe, site, slee, slip, slit, spet, spex, spie, spit, spiv, step, stie, teel, tees, teil, tele, teli, tels, tepe, ties, tile, tils, tipe, tips, veep, vees, veil, vele, veps, vese, vesp, vest, vets, vext, vies, vile, vips, vise, vite, vlei, vlsi
3 Letter Words for Expletives
eel, eli, els, elt, epi, ese, esp, est, eve, exp, ext, ile, ipl, ips, ise, isl, ist, its, ive, lee, lei, lep, les, let, lev, lex, lie, lip, lis, lit, lst, pee, pel, pes, pet, pie, pil, pis, pit, pix, pli, psi, pst, pte, pts, pvt, see, sei, sel, sep, set, sex, sie, sil, sip, sit, six, sle, slt, spl, spt, tee, tel, tes, tex, tie, til, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tsi, tsp, vee, vei, vel, vet, vex, vie, vil, vip, vis, xis, xiv, xvi
Definitions for Expletives
[1] an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath.
[2] a syllable, word, or phrase serving to fill out.
[3] Grammar . a word considered as regularly filling the syntactic position of another, as it in It is his duty to go, or there in There is nothing here.
[4] Also ex·ple·to·ry [ek -spli-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈɛk splɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ . added merely to fill out a sentence or line, give emphasis, etc.: Expletive remarks padded the speech.
[5] an exclamation or swearword; an oath or a sound expressing an emotional reaction rather than any particular meaning
[6] any syllable, word, or phrase conveying no independent meaning, esp one inserted in a line of verse for the sake of the metre
[7] expressing no particular meaning, esp when filling out a line of verse
Words related to Expletives
expletivecurse, cuss, oath, interjection
Words nearby Expletives
expletiveexplanation, explanatory, explant, explement, explementary angle, expletive, explicable, explicandum, explicans, explicate, explication
Origin of Expletives
1600–10; < Late Latin explētīvus serving to fill out, equivalent to Latin explēt(us ) filled, filled up (past participle of explēre; see explement) + -īvus -ive
Other words from Expletives
ex·ple·tive·ly , adverb
Word origin for Expletives
C17: from Late Latin explētīvus for filling out, from explēre, from plēre to fill
Synonyms for Expletives
curse, cuss, interjection, oath, cuss word
