exploitive

1. 1.

   tending to exploit or make use of

   Synonymsexploitativeexploitatory

   Similarconsumptive

Questions about exploitive

What does exploitive mean?

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

How many syllables are in exploitive?

exploitive has 3 syllables: ex-ploi-tive. The stress falls on "ploi". In IPA it is /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/.

What is another word for exploitive?

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

exploitive 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.