9 Letter Words for Purposive
purposive
8 Letter Words for Purposive
pervious, prepious, previous, pupivore, viperous
7 Letter Words for Purposive
euripos, oversup, peropus, poisure, pouries, purpies, purpose, pursive, soppier, soupier, uppoise, upspire
6 Letter Words for Purposive
persio, pipers, poiser, popsie, poseur, posier, poupes, pourie, pouser, preops, proves, psovie, purpie, purvoe, rivose, roupie, sipper, sopper, souper, superi, supper, uppers, uprise, uprive, uprose, vipers, vireos, virose, virous
5 Letter Words for Purposive
epris, eruvs, euois, euros, ireos, irous, osier, ourie, ouvre, overs, pepos, pepsi, peris, perps, pervs, piers, pious, piper, pipes, poire, poise, popes, popie, pores, porus, poser, poupe, pours, preop, preps, pries, prius, props, prose, prove, puers, puris, purse, repos, repps, resup, ripes, ripps, ripup, rives, rivos, ropes, roues, roups, rouse, roves, rupie, serio, servo, sieur, siper, sirop, siver, speir, spier, spire, spiro, spore, sprue, super, supvr, upper, uprip, uvres, verso, verus, viers, viper, vireo, virus, visor
4 Letter Words for Purposive
epop, epos, eris, eros, eruv, esop, euoi, euro, ipse, ipso, ires, irpe, iure, opes, opus, ores, oups, ours, over, ovis, pepo, peps, peri, perp, pers, peru, perv, peso, pier, pies, pipe, pips, pirs, pise, piso, pius, pois, pope, pops, pore, pose, pour, prep, pres, prie, prio, priv, prop, pros, prov, puer, puir, pups, pure, puri, purs, repo, repp, reps, resp, revs, ries, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, rive, rivo, roes, rope, ropp, rose, roue, roup, rous, rove, rsvp, rues, ruse, seir, seor, sero, serv, sier, sipe, sire, soir, sope, sore, sori, soup, sour, spie, spiv, spor, spue, spur, suer, supe, supp, supr, sure, surv, ures, urps, user, uvre, veps, veri, vers, vesp, vier, vies, vips, vise, voes, vors
3 Letter Words for Purposive
eir, eos, epi, ers, esp, esr, esu, ios, iou, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, iso, ive, oer, oes, oie, ois, ope, opp, ops, opv, ore, ors, ose, osi, oui, oup, our, ous, pep, per, pes, pie, pip, pir, pis, piu, poi, pop, por, pos, ppi, ppr, pps, pre, pro, prp, prs, psi, pup, pur, pus, rei, rep, res, rev, rie, rio, rip, riv, roe, roi, ros, rps, rue, sei, sep, ser, sie, sip, sir, sop, sou, sov, spp, sri, sue, sui, sup, sur, upo, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, vei, ver, vie, vip, vis, voe, vor
Definitions for Purposive
[1] having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
[2] adapted to a purpose or end.
[3] serving some purpose.
[4] determined; resolute.
[5] of or characteristic of purpose.
[6] relating to, having, or indicating conscious intention
[7] serving a purpose; useful
Words related to Purposive
deliberate, resolute, calculated, persistent, strong-willed, determined, intense, profitable, good, helpful, effective, convenient, fruitful, practical, appropriate, favorable, proper, pragmatic, suitable, handy
Words nearby Purposive
purpose, purpose-built, purposeful, purposeless, purposely, purposive, purpresture, purpura, purpura annularis telangiectodes, purpura fulminans, purpura hemorrhagica
Origin of Purposive
First recorded in 1850–55; purpose + -ive
Other words from Purposive
pur·pos·ive·ly , adverb
pur·pos·ive·ness , noun
non·pur·pos·ive , adjective
non·pur·pos·ive·ly , adverb
non·pur·pos·ive·ness , noun
pre·pur·pos·ive , adjective
sem·i·pur·pos·ive , adjective
sem·i·pur·pos·ive·ly , adverb
sem·i·pur·pos·ive·ness , noun
un·pur·pos·ive , adjective
Synonyms for Purposive
calculated, deliberate, determined, intense, persistent, resolute, strong-willed, be out for blood, bent, bound, dead set on, decided, firm, fixed, intent, mean business, obstinate, playing hard ball, positive, settled, single-minded, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, telelogical, tenacious, undeviating, unfaltering, unwavering
