admissive

1. 1.

   characterized by or allowing admission

   “an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes”

   Similarreceptive

Questions about admissive

What does admissive mean?

admissive means "characterized by or allowing admission".

How many syllables are in admissive?

admissive has 3 syllables: ad-mis-sive. The stress falls on "ad".

Is admissive a common word?

admissive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.