congestive

1. 1.

   relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid

   “congestive heart disease”

Questions about congestive

What does congestive mean?

congestive means "relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid".

How many syllables are in congestive?

congestive has 3 syllables: con-ges-tive. The stress falls on "ges". In IPA it is /kənˈdʒɛstɪv/.

Is congestive a common word?

congestive 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.

What rhymes with congestive?

2 words rhyme with congestive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.