combustive

1. 1.

   supporting combustion

   Synonymscomburentcomburant

   Similarcombustible

Questions about combustive

What does combustive mean?

combustive means "supporting combustion".

How many syllables are in combustive?

combustive has 3 syllables: com-bu-stive. The stress falls on "com".

What is another word for combustive?

Close synonyms include comburent, comburant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combustive a common word?

combustive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.