promotive adjective pro·mo·tive \ prə-ˈmō-tiv \ Trending Now: More Trending: lowlife kakistocracy slimeball salacious oligarch SEE ALL See What's Trending Now See More Trending Words What's Trending Now More Trending Words lowlife 'a person of low moral character' kakistocracy 'government by the worst people' slimeball 'a morally repulsive or odious person' salacious 'arousing or appealing to sexual desire' oligarch 'government in which a small group exercises control' SEE ALL Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared Definition of promotive : tending or serving to promote measures promotive of good health — promotiveness noun First Known Use of promotive 1523 See Words from the same year NEW! Time Traveler Learn More about promotive See words that rhyme with promotive Seen and Heard What made you want to look up promotive? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). show hide