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- pronunciation:
- p
 r
mI
sihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
allowing much, often excessive, freedom of behavior; lenient.
The parents are very permissive, and the children are rather spoiled as a result.- synonyms:
- indulgent, lax, lenient
- antonyms:
- intolerant, puritanical, strict
- similar words:
- easy, latitudinarian, loose, soft
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| definition 2: |
indicating permission.
- similar words:
- affirmative, approving, consenting, favorable
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| related words: |
sparing |
adverb + (adj.)permissive
either, excessively, fairly, generally, less, more, overly, relatively, sexually, too
(adj.)permissive
+ adverb
particularly, significantly
(adj.)permissive
+ noun
abortion,
atmosphere,
attitude,
behavior,
consensus,
context,
culture,
drinking,
environment,
jurisdiction,
law,
mom,
norm,
parent,
parenting,
policy,
regime,
rule,
sex,
society,
standard,
style,
tendency
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| derivations: |
permissively (adv.), permissiveness (n.) |
The word permissive
contains the following parts:
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
  Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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