iterative

Other forms of iterative

plural

iteratives·

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 iterative

What does iterative mean?

iterative means "the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in iterative?

iterative has 4 syllables: it-e-ra-tive. The stress falls on "it". In IPA it is /ˈɪtɚˌeɪtɪv/.

What is another word for iterative?

Close synonyms include iterative aspect, reiterative. 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 iterative a common word?

iterative 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 iterative?

5 words rhyme with iterative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.