defective

Questions about defective

What does defective mean?

defective means "having a defect". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in defective?

defective has 3 syllables: de-fec-tive. The stress falls on "fec". In IPA it is /dɪˈfɛktɪv/.

What is another word for defective?

Close synonyms include faulty, bad. 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 defective a common word?

defective is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 defective?

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