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additive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of additive

produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
  • certain drugs have additive effects when taken in conjunction with each other that one doesnʼt see when any one is used alone
Synonyms of additive

accretive, accumulative, conglomerative, cumulative, incremental
Words Related to additive

gradual, step-by-step, stepwise

increscent, progressive

accruable, accrued, aggregated, amassed, built-up, compiled, conglomerated
Near Antonyms of additive

decremental, decrescent, degressive, regressive

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