9 Letter Words for Selective
cleveites, electives, selective
8 Letter Words for Selective
cleveite, elecives, elective, evictees, televise
7 Letter Words for Selective
cleeves, eeliest, elecive, evictee, evilest, levites, lievest, sectile, sective, steelie, velites, vesicle
6 Letter Words for Selective
celite, celtis, cisele, civets, cleeve, cleves, clevis, clites, elects, elites, estive, evicts, evites, levees, levies, levite, listee, livest, select, siecle, sleeve, slieve, steele, steeve, stelic, stevel, stieve, svelte, vectis, vestee, vilest
5 Letter Words for Selective
ceile, ceils, celts, ceste, cesti, cetes, ciels, citee, cites, cives, civet, cleve, clies, clite, clits, clive, eisel, elect, eleve, elite, elves, elvet, elvis, esile, evese, evets, evict, evils, evite, islet, istle, lects, leese, leets, leste, levee, levet, licet, liest, lieve, lites, lives, sicle, sieve, sleet, slete, slice, slite, slive, steel, steil, stele, steve, stile, stive, svelt, teels, teils, teise, teles, telic, tices, tiles, veils, veles, velic, velte, vices, vleis, vlies
4 Letter Words for Selective
cees, ceil, cele, cels, celt, cest, cete, ceti, ciel, cist, cite, cits, cive, civs, clee, clit, cliv, eels, elec, elev, else, elts, elve, etic, eves, evet, evil, ices, ieee, isle, itel, lect, lees, leet, leis, lese, lest, lete, lets, leve, levi, lice, lies, list, lite, lits, live, scet, scil, sect, seel, seil, seit, sele, selt, seve, sice, sile, silt, site, slee, slit, stie, svce, teel, tees, teil, tele, teli, tels, tice, tics, ties, tile, tils, vees, veil, vele, vese, vest, vets, vice, vies, vile, vise, vite, vlei, vlsi
3 Letter Words for Selective
cee, cel, cie, cis, cit, civ, cli, csi, cst, cte, cts, ect, eec, eel, eli, els, elt, esc, ese, est, etc, eve, ice, ile, ise, isl, ist, its, ive, lee, lei, les, let, lev, lie, lis, lit, lsc, lst, sci, sct, sec, see, sei, sel, set, sic, sie, sil, sit, sle, slt, svc, tec, tee, tel, tes, tic, tie, til, tis, tlc, tsi, vee, vei, vel, vet, vic, vie, vil, vis
Definitions for Selective
[1] having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
[2] characterized by selection, especially fastidious selection.
[3] of or relating to selection.
[4] Electricity , Radio . having good selectivity.
[5] of or characterized by selection
[6] tending to choose carefully or characterized by careful choice
[7] electronics occurring at, operating at, or capable of separating out a particular frequency or band of frequencies
Words related to Selective
choosy, discriminatory, scrupulous, judicious, careful, fussy, discerning, eclectic, particular, persnickety, picky, select
Words nearby Selective
selecta, selectance, selectee, selection, selection rule, selective, selective attention, selective inhibition, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, selective service, selective service system
Origin of Selective
First recorded in 1615–25; select + -ive
Other words from Selective
se·lec·tive·ly , adverb
se·lec·tive·ness , noun
non·se·lec·tive , adjective
un·se·lec·tive , adjective
Synonyms for Selective
careful, choosy, discriminatory, fussy, judicious, scrupulous, choicy, discerning, eclectic, particular, persnickety, picky, select