exploitatory

1. 1.

   tending to exploit or make use of

   Synonymsexploitativeexploitive

   Similarconsumptive

Questions about exploitatory

What does exploitatory mean?

exploitatory means "tending to exploit or make use of".

How many syllables are in exploitatory?

exploitatory has 5 syllables: ex-ploi-ta-to-ry. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for exploitatory?

Close synonyms include exploitative, exploitive. 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 exploitatory a common word?

exploitatory 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.