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Showing words for SUPPRESSIVE using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Suppressive

suppressive

10 Letter Words for Suppressive

superspies, supervises, suppresive

9 Letter Words for Suppressive

supervise

8 Letter Words for Suppressive

preissue, pressies, pressive, previses, reissues, seisures, suppress, supprise, suspires, viperess

7 Letter Words for Suppressive

esprise, essives, issuers, ivresse, perseus, persues, peruses, pissers, presses, pressie, prieves, prisses, purpies, pursive, pussers, pussier, pussies, reissue, revises, risuses, seisure, sippers, speises, sperses, spuries, suppers, survise, suspire, uprises, upspire, vespers, viruses

6 Letter Words for Suppressive

eprise, epuise, espier, espies, essive, issuer, issues, peiser, pepsis, perses, persis, persue, peruse, perves, pipers, pisser, pisses, preses, prieve, purees, purpie, purses, pusser, pusses, reises, reives, repipe, repses, respue, reuses, revies, revise, revues, rieves, rupees, seises, sepses, sepsis, series, serves, servus, severs, sevier, sevres, sieurs, siever, sieves, sipers, sipper, siress, sivers, speers, speirs, speise, speiss, sperse, spiers, spires, sprees, sprues, suisse, superi, supers, supper, uppers, uprise, uprive, upsees, upsies, ureses, uresis, verses, versus, vesper, vesses, vipers

5 Letter Words for Suppressive

epeus, eppes, epris, erses, eruvs, esses, ipsus, isere, issue, issus, peeps, peers, pepsi, peres, peris, perps, perse, perve, pervs, piers, piper, pipes, prees, preps, press, pries, priss, prius, puers, puree, puris, purse, puses, reive, repps, resue, resup, reuse, revie, revue, rieve, ripes, ripps, ripup, rises, risps, risus, rives, rupee, rupie, ruses, russe, seeps, seers, seirs, seise, seres, serve, sever, sieur, sieve, siper, sipes, sires, sises, sissu, siver, speer, speir, spier, spies, spire, spise, spiss, spivs, spree, sprue, spues, spurs, suers, sueve, super, supes, supvr, suses, upper, uprip, upsee, users, uvres, veeps, veers, vepse, verse, verus, viers, viper, virus, vises

4 Letter Words for Suppressive

eire, eres, erie, eris, erse, eruv, eses, esse, eure, ever, eves, ipse, ires, irpe, iure, peep, peer, pees, peps, pere, peri, perp, pers, peru, perv, pess, pier, pies, pipe, pips, pirs, pise, piss, pius, pree, prep, pres, prie, priv, psis, puer, puir, pups, pure, puri, purs, puss, rees, repp, reps, resp, reve, revs, ries, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, rive, rsvp, rues, ruse, russ, seep, seer, sees, seir, seis, seps, sere, sers, serv, sese, sess, seve, sier, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, siss, spie, spiv, spue, spur, sris, suer, sues, supe, supp, supr, sups, sure, surv, susi, suss, ures, urps, usee, user, uses, ussr, uvre, veep, veer, vees, veps, veri, vers, vese, vesp, vier, vies, vips, vise, viss

3 Letter Words for Suppressive

eer, eir, epi, ere, ers, ese, esp, esr, ess, esu, eve, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ive, pee, pep, per, pes, pie, pip, pir, pis, piu, ppi, ppr, pps, pre, prp, prs, psi, pup, pur, pus, ree, rei, rep, res, rev, rie, rip, riv, rps, rue, see, sei, sep, ser, sie, sip, sir, sis, spp, sps, sri, sse, ssp, ssu, sue, sui, sup, sur, sus, ups, ure, urp, urs, use, vee, vei, ver, vie, vip, vis, vss

Definitions for Suppressive

[1] to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
[2] to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
[3] to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
[4] to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
[5] to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
[6] to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush.
[7] Electricity . to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.
[8] tending or acting to suppress; involving suppression
[9] psychiatry tending to prevent the expression of certain of one's desires or to resist the emergence of mental symptoms
[10] to put an end to; prohibit
[11] to hold in check; restrain I was obliged to suppress a smile
[12] to withhold from circulation or publication to suppress seditious pamphlets
[13] to stop the activities of; crush to suppress a rebellion
[14] electronics to reduce or eliminate (unwanted oscillations) in a circuit to eliminate (a particular frequency or group of frequencies) in a signal
[15] psychiatry to resist consciously (an idea or a desire entering one's mind) to exercise self-control by preventing the expression of (certain desires) Compare repress (def. 3)

Words related to Suppressive

suppressrepressive, stifling, withholding, curbing, quelling, silencing, subduing

Words nearby Suppressive

suppresssupposition, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, suppress, suppressant, suppressed carrier modulation, suppression, suppressive, suppressor

Origin of Suppressive

1375–1425; late Middle English suppressen < Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent to sup- sup- + pressus (see press1)

Other words from Suppressive

sup·pressed·ly [suh -prest -lee, -pres -id-] /səˈprɛst li, -ˈprɛs ɪd-/ , adverb
sup·press·i·ble , adjective
sup·pres·sive , adjective
sup·pres·sive·ly , adverb
sup·pres·sor , sup·press·er , noun
non·sup·pressed , adjective
non·sup·pres·sive , adjective
non·sup·pres·sive·ly , adverb
non·sup·pres·sive·ness , noun
pre·sup·press , verb (used with object)
qua·si-sup·pressed , adjective
re·sup·press , verb (used with object)
self-sup·press·ing , adjective
self-sup·pres·sive , adjective
un·sup·pressed , adjective
un·sup·press·i·ble , adjective
un·sup·pres·sive , adjective
well-sup·pressed , adjective

Word origin for Suppressive

C14: from Latin suppressus held down, from supprimere to restrain, from sub- down + premere to press

Synonyms for Suppressive

censoring, covering up, curbing, holding back, muffling, quelling, repressing, repressive, silencing, stifling, subduing, withholding