Definition of
facultative has definitions from the field of biology
1
[ adjective ] granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something

Examples

"a facultative enactment"

Related terms

enabling

2
[ adjective ] (biology) able to exist under more than one set of conditions

Examples

"a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte"

Related terms

obligate biology

3
[ adjective ] of or relating to the mental faculties

Related terms

faculty

4
[ adjective ] not compulsory

Examples

"facultative courses in the sciences"

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Rhymes with

imitative manipulative accumulative qualitative rehabilitative regulative authoritative meditative legislative stimulative vegetative administrative quantitative elucidative accommodative consultative prognosticative innovative investigative iterative alliterative protective selective inattentive collective assaultive attentive collaborative cooperative cumulative speculative deliberative native elective detective contraceptive appreciative nonnative commemorative innovative plaintive assertive connective illustrative protective reflective probative alliterative affective directive creative adaptive adoptive palliative counterproductive supportive reproductive deliberative nonproductive introspective irrespective unproductive interpretive retrospective productive prospective furtive captive indicative digestive primitive automotive imaginative unimaginative communicative fugitive commemorative derivative fixative attractive decorative relative executive diminutive oversensitive combative unattractive curative sensitive exploitative accusative lucrative locomotive acquisitive consecutive insensitive secretive punitive interactive alternative appreciative prohibitive initiative superlative expletive substantive nutritive exploitive demonstrative contemplative abortive addictive intuitive appointive uncooperative operative inoperative deceptive unreceptive receptive restive festive octave corruptive active redemptive tentative eruptive suggestive effective subjective objective congestive presumptive preemptive disruptive perceptive receptive vituperative recuperative ineffective productive preventive perspective directive photoconductive collaborative defective seductive introspective conductive directive corrective inactive positive remunerative negative narrative reactive sedative talkative causative redemptive motive proactive unrepresentative imperative hypersensitive hyperactive preventive preventative restorative formative preservative figurative repetitive prerogative exhaustive evocative rep representative effective distinctive pejorative refractive directive uncompetitive determinative destructive overactive obstructive comparative noncompetitive normative competitive argumentative neoconservative conservative constructive reconstructive

Phonetic and Homophones

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