egressive

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adjective

Going or directed outward.

“This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.”

Opposite
ingressive
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Going or directed outward.
  2. human sciencesUttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
  3. geographydescriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.

    This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.

nounegressive (plural egressives)

plural egressives

  1. human sciencesA speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
ingressive
Opposite
ingressive

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with egressive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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Cite this entry
APA

egressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egressive

MLA

“egressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egressive.

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