invasive

Questions about invasive

What does invasive mean?

invasive means "relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in invasive?

invasive has 3 syllables: in-va-sive. The stress falls on "va". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈveɪsɪv/.

What is another word for invasive?

Close synonyms include incursive, invading, encroaching, trespassing. 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.

What is the opposite of invasive?

The recorded antonyms are noninvasive, confined.

Is invasive a common word?

invasive 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 invasive?

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