repressive

repressive is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
2. adjective. restrictive of action

   "a repressive regime"

   "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"

   Synonyms: inhibitory, repressing

Synonyms

inhibitory, repressing

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in repressive:

respersive

Common word forms

repressively, repressiveness

Words from these letters

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