What does eruptive mean?

eruptive means "producing or characterized by eruptions". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eruptive?

eruptive has 3 syllables: e-rup-tive. The stress falls on "rup". In IPA it is /ˌiˈɹʌptɪv/.

What is another word for eruptive?

Close synonyms include igneous. 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 eruptive a common word?

eruptive 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.

What rhymes with eruptive?

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

eruptive — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
producing or characterized by eruptions
“an eruptive disease”
2.
produced by the action of fire or intense heat
“rocks formed by igneous agents”
Synonymsigneous
geology
3.
actively spewing out lava
“a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring”
Similaractive

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What does eruptive mean?: eruptive means "producing or characterized by eruptions". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

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