oppressive

Questions about oppressive

What does oppressive mean?

oppressive means "weighing heavily on the senses or spirit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oppressive?

oppressive has 3 syllables: op-pres-sive. The stress falls on "pres". In IPA it is /əˈpɹɛsɪv/.

What is another word for oppressive?

Close synonyms include tyrannical, tyrannous. 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 oppressive a common word?

oppressive 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 oppressive?

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