Operative
Operative is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 14 points
- Letters
- 9
- Syllables
- 4
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of operative
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nounA person secretly employed in espionage for a government.
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nounSomeone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
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adjectiveBeing in force or having or exerting force.
“operative regulations”
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adjectiveRelating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine.
“a surgical appendix”
Similar: surgical
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adjectiveEffective; producing a desired effect.
“the operative word”
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of operative
Words inside operative
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- private12
- operate9
- overeat10
- overapt12
- overate10
- overtip12
- peatier9
- repeat8
- pirate8
- opiate8
- privet11
- protea8
- repave11
- revote9
- verite9
- viator9
- pareve11
- pavior11
- pereia8
- protei8
- retape8
- vetoer9
- opera7
- peter7
- prove10
- ratio5
- voter8
- avert8
- eater5
- overt8
- patio7
- pivot10
- taper7
- trope7
- trove8
- vapor10
- viper10
- aerie5
- apter7
- arete5
Words that rhyme with operative
- inoperative
- uncooperative
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