regulatory

1. 1.

   restricting according to rules or principles

   “a regulatory gene”

   Synonymsregulative

   Similarrestrictive

Questions about regulatory

What does regulatory mean?

regulatory means "restricting according to rules or principles".

How many syllables are in regulatory?

regulatory has 5 syllables: reg-u-la-to-ry. The stress falls on "reg". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛɡjələˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for regulatory?

Close synonyms include regulative. 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 regulatory a common word?

regulatory 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 regulatory?

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