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Est. 1828
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'provocative'
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Words that Almost Rhyme with provocative

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3 syllables

  • causative
  • conative
  • donative
  • optative
  • positive
  • propulsive
  • auditive
  • constative
  • quantitive
  • collative
  • concretive
  • ostentive
  • rh-positive
  • solutive
  • volitive
  • vomitive

4 syllables

  • connotative
  • demonstrative
  • dispositive
  • postoperative
  • preoperative
  • prerogative
  • desquamative
  • nonpositive
  • proof positive
  • approbative
  • co-optative
  • compositive
  • delocutive
  • derogative
  • expositive
  • false positive
  • false-positive
  • gram-positive
  • improbative
  • oppositive
  • postpositive
  • prepositive
  • remonstrative

5 syllables

  • corroborative
  • interrogative
  • noncooperative
  • perioperative
  • seropositive
  • contrapositive
  • undemonstrative
  • biopositive
  • diapositive
  • direct positive
  • geopositive
  • hydropositive
  • incooperative
  • photopositive
  • retro-operative

6 syllables

  • electropositive
  • protocooperative
  • supererogative

8 syllables

  • biologic false positive
  • biologic false-positive

9 syllables

  • biological false positive
  • biological false-positive

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Adjectives for provocative:

  • stimulus
  • work
  • paper
  • insights
  • essays
  • language
  • actions
  • remark
  • study
  • piece
  • discussion
  • discussions
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  • revisionist
  • accusation
  • undiplomatic
  • irreverent
  • incitement
  • excitant
  • condemnatory
  • blasphemous
  • pretentious
  • playful
  • performative
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