recessive

recessive is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Going back; receding. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Going back; receding.
2. noun. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
3. adjective. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
4. adjective. of or pertaining to a recession

   Synonyms: recessionary

Synonyms

recessionary

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in recessive:

ecrevisse

Common word forms

recessively, recessiveness

Words from these letters

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