missive

Other forms of missive

plural

missives·

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 missive

What does missive mean?

missive means "a written message addressed to a person or organization".

How many syllables are in missive?

missive has 2 syllables: mis-sive. The stress falls on "mis". In IPA it is /ˈmɪsɪv/.

What is another word for missive?

Close synonyms include letter. 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 missive a common word?

missive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 missive?

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