directive

Other forms of directive

plural

directives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about directive

What does directive mean?

directive means "a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in directive?

directive has 3 syllables: di-rec-tive. The stress falls on "rec". In IPA it is /dɚˈɛktɪv/.

What is another word for directive?

Close synonyms include directing, directional, guiding. 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 directive a common word?

directive 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 directive?

1 word rhymes with directive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.