11 Letter Words for Restrictive
restrictive
10 Letter Words for Restrictive
trieterics
9 Letter Words for Restrictive
tirrivees, trieteric
8 Letter Words for Restrictive
critters, reciters, rectitis, reistier, restrict, restrive, reverist, riverets, riveters, rivetter, rivieres, scriever, sericite, servicer, stricter, tiercets, tirrivee, tristive, veristic, verities, veritist, vertices
7 Letter Words for Restrictive
cerevis, cerites, ceteris, cresive, critter, ectiris, eristic, etriers, evisite, iserite, reciter, recites, reister, reiters, reivers, rerivet, restier, restive, retires, retries, reversi, reverts, reviser, revisit, riciest, rievers, ritters, riveret, riveter, riviere, screver, scrieve, scriver, sective, sertive, service, servite, sievert, stiever, stivier, streite, striver, tercets, terrets, terries, territs, testier, tierces, tiercet, tirrits, treitre, trevets, trisect, trivets, veriest, verites, visitee, visiter, vitrics, vitrite
6 Letter Words for Restrictive
cerise, cerite, cerris, certes, certie, certis, citers, cities, civets, civite, crevet, crevis, criers, erects, errite, estive, etrier, everts, evicts, evites, iciest, irrite, recite, recits, reiter, reiver, reives, rerise, resect, resite, rester, restir, retest, retier, reties, retire, retter, revers, revert, revest, revets, revies, revise, ricers, ricier, riever, rieves, ritter, rivers, rivets, screet, screve, scrite, scrive, secret, server, servet, setier, setter, sevier, siever, sirree, sittee, sitter, steric, sterve, stieve, stirre, stiver, street, streit, strict, strive, tercer, terces, tercet, terret, terrie, territ, terser, tertii, tester, tetric, tierce, tierer, tirret, tirrit, titers, tretis, trevet, trevis, trices, triers, triste, triter, trites, trivet, vectis, verier, verist, verite, verser, verset, verste, vester, visier, visite, vitric
5 Letter Words for Restrictive
cerer, ceres, certs, ceste, cesti, cetes, cires, cirri, citee, citer, cites, cives, civet, crest, crete, crier, cries, crise, crits, erect, erics, ester, estre, evert, evets, evict, evite, icers, icier, isere, iters, ivies, recit, recti, reest, reice, reist, reive, reset, resit, restr, retes, retie, rever, revet, revie, ricer, rices, rieve, riser, rites, ritts, river, rives, rivet, scree, scrit, secre, serer, seric, serre, serve, sever, sicer, sieve, siver, steer, stere, steri, stert, steve, stire, stite, stive, strit, teers, teest, teise, terce, terre, terrs, terse, terts, teste, tetri, tevet, ticer, tices, tiers, tirer, tires, tirrs, tirve, tisic, titer, titis, tiver, trees, trest, trice, trier, tries, trist, trite, tsere, veers, verre, verse, verst, verts, veter, vices, viers, visie, visit, vitis
4 Letter Words for Restrictive
cees, cere, cert, cest, cete, ceti, cire, cist, cite, cits, cive, civs, cres, cris, crit, crts, eire, erer, eres, eric, erie, eris, errs, erse, erst, etic, ever, eves, evet, icer, ices, ires, iris, iter, rcvr, recs, rect, rees, reet, reit, rest, rete, rets, reve, revs, rice, rier, ries, risc, rise, rist, rite, rits, ritt, rive, scet, sect, seer, seir, seit, sere, serr, sert, serv, sett, seve, sice, sier, sire, siri, site, siti, ster, stet, stie, stir, stre, svce, teer, tees, teet, terr, test, tete, tets, tice, tics, tier, ties, tire, tirr, tite, titi, tits, tree, tres, tret, trie, trit, veer, vees, veri, vers, vert, vese, vest, vets, vice, vier, vies, vise, vite
3 Letter Words for Restrictive
cee, cer, cie, cir, cis, cit, civ, crs, crt, csi, cst, cte, ctr, cts, ect, eec, eer, eir, ere, err, ers, ert, esc, ese, esr, est, etc, eve, ice, ire, irs, ise, ist, its, ive, rct, rec, ree, rei, res, rev, rie, rit, riv, rte, rti, sci, scr, sct, sec, see, sei, ser, set, sic, sie, sir, sit, sri, str, svc, tec, tee, ter, tes, tet, tic, tie, tis, tit, tri, trs, trt, tsi, tst, vcr, vee, vei, ver, vet, vic, vie, vii, vis
Definitions for Restrictive
[1] tending or serving to restrict.
[2] of the nature of a restriction.
[3] expressing or implying restriction or limitation of application, as terms, expressions, etc.
[4] Grammar . limiting the meaning of a modified element: a restrictive adjective. Compare descriptive(def 2b) .
[5] restricting or tending to restrict
[6] grammar denoting a relative clause or phrase that restricts the number of possible referents of its antecedent. The relative clause in Americans who live in New York is restrictive; the relative clause in Americans, who are generally extrovert , is nonrestrictive
Words related to Restrictive
exclusive, selective, definitive, antagonistic, confining, opposed, prohibitive, prohibitory, conditional, limiting
Words nearby Restrictive
restriction fragment length polymorphism, restriction play, restriction site, restriction-site polymorphism, restrictionism, restrictive, restrictive clause, restrictive covenant, restrictive practice, restrike, restructure
Origin of Restrictive
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French restrictif < Latin restrict(us ) (see restrict) + Middle French -if -ive
Other words from Restrictive
re·stric·tive·ly , adverb
re·stric·tive·ness , noun
un·re·stric·tive , adjective
un·re·stric·tive·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Restrictive
antagonistic, confining, opposed, prohibitive, prohibitory
