What it means
- (noun) An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
- (noun) A spy, secret agent, or detective.
- (noun) A participant in an operation.
- (adjective) Effectual or important. “He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.”
- (adjective) Functional, in working order.
- (adjective) Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects. “an operative motive”
- (adjective) Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious. “an operative dose, rule, or penalty”
- (adjective) Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. “operative surgery”
Letter analysis
- Operative contains 9 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with OPE
- open
- opened
- opener
- openers
- openest
- openhanded
- opening
- openings
- openly
- openness
- opens
- openwork
- opera
- operable
- operand
- operands
- operas
- operate
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Words ending with IVE
Sub-words
- operate
- overate
- overeat
- private
- opiate
- pirate
- privet
- repeat
- aerie
- apter
- avert
- eater
- irate
- opera
- orate
- overt
- patio
- peter
- pivot
- prate
- prove
- ratio
- rivet
- taper
- tapir
- tripe
- trope
- vapor
- viper
- vireo
- voter
- atop
- aver
- eave
- ever
- iota
- over
- pair
- pare
- part
- pate
- pave
- pear
- peat
- peer
- pert
- pier
- pita
- poet
- pore
- port
- rape
- rapt
- rate
- rave
- reap
- riot
- ripe
- rite
Common questions
What does Operative mean?
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
How many letters are in Operative?
Operative has 9 letters.
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