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recessive has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is dominant.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
of or pertaining to a recession
(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for recessive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.