corrective

/kɚˈɛktɪv/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. designed to promote discipline
   “the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional”
2. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
   “corrective measures”

noun

1. a device for treating injury or disease

Synonyms for corrective

• disciplinary
• disciplinal
• nonindulgent
• bettering
• restorative

Words that rhyme with corrective

• effective
• objective
• collective
• connective
• defective
• elective
• ineffective
• protective
• reflective
• detective
• directive
• infective
• perspective
• retrospective
• selective
• subjective
• affective
• introspective
• invective
• irrespective
• prospective
• respective
• convective
• projective