What are some opposite words for corrective?
Antonyms for corrective
kəˈrɛk tɪvcor·rec·tive
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term corrective.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
corrective
Antonyms:
confirmative, conducive, provocative, stimulative, intensitiveSynonyms:
regulative, alterative, preventative, restorative
Princeton's WordNet
corrective, restorativeadjective
a device for treating injury or disease
Synonyms:
restorative, toniccorrective, disciplinary, disciplinaladjective
designed to promote discipline
"the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
Synonyms:
disciplinary, disciplinalcorrectiveadjective
tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
"corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
Synonyms:
disciplinary, disciplinal
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
correctiveadjective
Synonyms:
rectifying, reformatory, correctory, disciplinary emendatory
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
corrective
Synonyms:
Corrigent, see there
How to use corrective in a sentence?
This display of hate and cowardice does not represent the dedicated hardworking men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, it has no place in an organization that works tirelessly to protect the American people and combat hate in all its forms. The situation was immediately referred to the Office of the Inspector General and is currently being investigating to ensure that swift and corrective action is taken.
We are hopeful the public attention the complaint receives forces The Trump campaign to recognize that they are breaking the law and take corrective action.
They have finally started taking corrective action and are now dedicating their resources to where they think they can grow.
In a time when men are bombarded with ads for bogus penis enhancers and images of porn star penises, it's refreshing to see a scientific study assert penile dimensions that are refreshingly normal, in the world of porn, even penises that meet the baseline for normal are often tagged as small, so hopefully men who worry about their size will get this corrective message.
One of the worst ways to mess with a change in our weather is by trying to create more changes in the weather, the climate change dilemma certainly requires solutions that improve our air quality and overall level of pollution, but what we don't need is over-corrective research that attempts to play the hand of God.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#13548 | corrective | |
#22377 | provocative | |
#24389 | conducive | |
#33235 | worsening | |
#41963 | indulgent | |
#226889 | stimulative |
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