12 Letter Words for Prescriptive
prescriptive
11 Letter Words for Prescriptive
rescriptive
9 Letter Words for Prescriptive
epipteric, peripters, precepits, precisive, preprices, prescript, prescrive, scriptive, tirrivees, triperies
8 Letter Words for Prescriptive
crepiest, crispier, epiciers, percepts, peripter, perspire, perverts, picrites, piercers, precepit, precepts, precipes, preciser, preprice, previsit, priceite, priciest, priviest, receipts, reciters, reistier, reprices, reprives, rescript, respirit, restrive, reverist, rippiers, riverets, riveters, rivieres, scriever, scripter, sericite, servicer, spiriter, stripier, stripper, tirrivee, trippers, trippier, veristic, verities, vertices
7 Letter Words for Prescriptive
cerevis, cerites, ceteris, crepier, cresive, crisper, ectiris, epeiric, epicier, epicist, ereptic, eristic, escript, etriers, evisite, iserite, peptics, percept, percipi, perries, pervert, pestier, picrite, piecers, piercer, pierces, pieties, piperic, pipiest, pitiers, precept, precipe, precise, precite, prester, pretire, pricers, pricier, prieves, prisere, privets, privier, privies, receipt, recepts, recipes, reciter, recites, reister, reiters, reivers, reprice, reprise, reprive, rerivet, respect, respice, respire, respite, restier, restive, restrip, retires, retries, reversi, reverts, reviser, revisit, riciest, rievers, rippers, rippier, riveret, riveter, riviere, scepter, screver, scrieve, scripee, scriver, sective, septier, sertive, service, servite, sievert, specter, spicier, spirier, stepper, stiever, stivier, striper, striver, terries, tierces, tippers, tippier, tipsier, triceps, tripier, tripper, veriest, verites, visitee, visiter, vitrics
6 Letter Words for Prescriptive
cepter, cerise, cerite, cerris, certes, certie, certis, citers, cities, civets, civite, creeps, crepes, crepis, crevet, crevis, criers, cripes, eprise, erects, errite, espier, esprit, estive, etrier, everts, evicts, evites, iciest, irrite, pecite, peirce, peiser, peptic, perces, perite, periti, perpet, perrie, persic, perter, perves, pester, peters, petres, petrie, picris, piecer, pieces, pierce, pieris, pierre, pierst, pietic, pipers, pipier, pipits, pirrie, pistic, pitier, pities, pitris, precis, preser, preset, preter, pricer, prices, priers, priest, prieve, priser, privet, pteric, pteris, recept, recipe, recite, recits, reiter, reiver, reives, repipe, rerise, resect, resite, restep, rester, restir, retier, reties, retire, retrip, revers, revert, revest, revets, revies, revise, ricers, ricier, riever, rieves, ripers, ripest, ripier, ripper, rippet, rippit, risper, rivers, rivets, screet, screve, script, scrite, scrive, secret, septic, server, servet, setier, sevier, siever, sipper, sippet, sirree, sitrep, specie, sperre, spicer, spiric, spirit, sprier, sprite, steppe, steric, sterve, stieve, stirre, stiver, streep, stripe, strive, tercer, terces, terrie, terser, tierce, tierer, tippee, tipper, tipree, treppe, trevis, tricep, trices, triers, tripes, vectis, verier, verist, verite, verser, verset, verste, vertep, vesper, vester, vipers, visier, visite, vitric
5 Letter Words for Prescriptive
cepes, cerer, ceres, certs, ceste, cesti, cetes, cippi, cires, cirri, citee, citer, cites, cives, civet, creep, crepe, crept, crest, crete, crier, cries, cripe, crips, crise, crisp, crits, epics, epist, eppes, epris, erect, erept, erics, espec, ester, estre, evert, evets, evict, evite, icers, icier, isere, iters, ivies, peeps, peers, peert, pepsi, perce, peres, peris, perit, perps, perse, perst, perts, perve, pervs, peste, peter, petre, petri, piece, piers, piert, piest, piets, piper, pipes, pipis, pipit, piste, prees, preps, price, prier, pries, recip, recit, recpt, recti, reest, reice, reist, reive, repic, repps, reset, resit, restr, retes, retie, retip, rever, revet, revie, ricer, rices, rieve, riper, ripes, ripps, riser, rites, river, rives, rivet, scree, scrip, scrit, secre, sepic, serer, seric, serre, serve, sever, sicer, sieve, siper, siver, spece, spect, speer, speir, spete, spice, spier, spire, spite, spree, spret, sprit, steep, steer, stere, steri, steve, stipe, stire, stirp, stive, strep, strip, teers, teise, terce, terre, terrs, terse, ticer, tices, tiers, tirer, tires, tirrs, tirve, tisic, tiver, trees, trice, trier, tries, tripe, trips, tsere, veeps, veers, vepse, verre, verse, verst, verts, veter, vices, viers, viper, visie, visit, vitis
4 Letter Words for Prescriptive
cees, cepe, ceps, cere, cert, cest, cete, ceti, cire, cist, cite, cits, cive, civs, cres, crip, cris, crit, crpe, crts, eire, epic, epit, erer, eres, eric, erie, eris, errs, erse, erst, etic, ever, eves, evet, icer, ices, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, iter, pecs, peep, peer, pees, peps, pere, peri, perp, pers, pert, perv, pest, pete, pets, pice, pics, pict, pier, pies, piet, pipe, pipi, pips, pirr, pirs, pise, pist, pits, prec, pree, prep, pres, pret, prie, priv, psec, rcpt, rcvr, recs, rect, rees, reet, reit, repp, repr, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, reve, revs, rice, rier, ries, ripe, ripp, rips, ript, risc, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, rive, rsvp, scet, sect, seep, seer, seir, seit, sept, sere, serr, sert, serv, seve, sice, sier, sipe, sire, siri, site, siti, spec, spet, spic, spie, spit, spiv, step, ster, stie, stir, stre, svce, teer, tees, tepe, terp, terr, tice, tics, tier, ties, tipe, tips, tire, tirr, tree, tres, trie, trip, veep, veer, vees, veps, veri, vers, vert, vese, vesp, vest, vets, vice, vier, vies, vips, vise, vite
3 Letter Words for Prescriptive
cee, cep, cer, cie, cir, cis, cit, civ, cpi, cpr, cps, cpt, crs, crt, csi, csp, cst, cte, ctr, cts, ect, eec, eer, eir, epi, ere, err, ers, ert, esc, ese, esp, esr, est, etc, eve, ice, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ist, its, ive, pci, pcp, pct, pec, pee, pep, per, pes, pet, pic, pie, pip, pir, pis, pit, ppi, ppr, pps, ppt, prc, pre, prp, prs, psi, pst, pte, ptp, pts, pvc, pvt, rct, rec, ree, rei, rep, res, rev, rie, rip, rit, riv, rps, rpt, rte, rti, sci, scr, sct, sec, see, sei, sep, ser, set, sic, sie, sip, sir, sit, spp, spt, sri, str, svc, tcp, tec, tee, ter, tes, tic, tie, tip, tis, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp, vcr, vee, vei, ver, vet, vic, vie, vii, vip, vis
Definitions for Prescriptive
[1] that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
[2] depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure.
[3] making or giving directions, rules, or injunctions
[4] sanctioned by long-standing usage or custom
[5] derived from or based upon legal prescription a prescriptive title
Words related to Prescriptive
accepted, authoritative, customary, prescribed, rigid, sanctioned
Words nearby Prescriptive
prescreen, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, prescriptive grammar, prescriptivism, prescriptivist, prescutum, preseason
Origin of Prescriptive
1740–50; prescript + -ive, modeled on descriptive, etc.
Other words from Prescriptive
pre·scrip·tive·ly , adverb
pre·scrip·tive·ness , noun
non·pre·scrip·tive , adjective
Synonyms for Prescriptive
accepted, authoritative, customary, prescribed, rigid, sanctioned