Meanings
adjectivecongressive (comparative more congressive, superlative most congressive)
comparative more congressive · superlative most congressive
- Encountering, or coming together.
congressive people
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congressive behavior
if it be understood of Sexes conjoined , all plants are Female ; and if of disjoined and congressive generation , there is no Male or Female in them at all
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with congressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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“congressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “congressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congressive.
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