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Pronunciation [IH F EH K T IH V] [IY F EH K T IH V]

Effective [IH F EH K T IH V] Alliteration | Wikipedia.com | Dictionary.com | Google.com | Images

1 Step Apart

Defective
Infective

2 Steps Apart

Affective
Effect
Effected
Effective
Effectively
Elective
Ineffective
Reflective

3 Steps Apart

Defect
Detective
Directive
Effectiveness
Effects
Festive
Infect
Infected
Invective

4 Steps Apart

Active
Addictive
Adjective
Affect
Affected
Affecting
Corrective
Defector
Deflect
Directive
Effect
Effect
Effected
Effected
Effectively
Effects
Eject
Elect
Emetic
Erect
Evict
Fetish
Fixative
Furtive
Inactive
Octave
Reflect
Reflected
Reflecting
Respective
Victim

5 Steps Apart

Additive
Beckett
Befit
Captive
Collective
Connective
Deceptive
Decorative
Defect
Defensive
Deflector
Detect
Direct
Directive
Directive
Disaffect
Disaffected
Disinfect
Eclectic
Effectiveness
Effects
Effectuate
Emotive
Event
Evocative
Evoked
Excessive
Executive
Extensive
Fayetteville
Feckless
Festival
Fitted
Fixed
Fretted
Gifted
Hectic
Incentive
Inductive
Ineffectiveness
Infest
Inflict
Inject
Insect
Interactive
Inventive
Irrespective
Lifted
Objective
Pectic
Pectin
Perfect
Phonetic
Receptive
Redemptive
Reflector
Reject
Restive
Seductive
Selective
Terrific
Thicket
Tiffin
Uninfected
Vector
Vexed
Victor

6 Steps Apart

Acetic
Activase
Actively
Activist
Activity
Affixed
Afflict
Afflicted
Airlift
Ascetic
Attentive
Bifurcate
Bifurcated
Catfish
Causative
Causative
Celtic
Celtic
Cognitive
Confect
Corrected
Corruptive
Creative
Cystic
Defeated
Definitive
Defunct
Detector
Diffract
Directed
Director
Diskette
Divest
Edited
Effected
Elected
Electra
Emphatic
Ephedrine
Eruptive
Except
Expletive
Exploitive
Exploitive
Factoring
Festering
Festivity
Fetishist
Fictitious
Fiftieth
Fixate
Focused
Focussed
Frenetic
Fugitive
Furtively
Imperative
Imperfect
Inactivate
Inattentive
Incentive
Incorrect
Indicative
Infinitive
Inflected
Inoffensive
Insectivorous
Intellect
Intensive
Interactive
Invent
Invest
Investing
Iterative
Lymphatic
Metric
Misfit
Narrative
Negative
Neglect
Offensive
Peptic
Perfect
Perfecta
Perspective
Phonetics
Poetic
Predictive
Predictive
Prefect
Preventive
Prophetic
Protective
Reactive
Redemptive
Reelect
Reflect
Reflecting
Reflexive
Refractive
Relative
Repetitive
Respective
Respectively
Rhetoric
Sedative
Selectivity
Sensitive
Septic
Subjective
Talkative
Unaffected
Vented
Venting
Verdict
Vested
Vestige
Vexing
Vignette
Vindictive
Vixen
Wickliffe

7 Steps Apart

Acquisitive
Activated
Activism
Aesthetic
Affirmative
Aircraft
Alphabetic
Arithmetic
Athletic
Attractive
Authentic
Captivate
Caregiver
Certificate
Character
Checklist
Collectively
Collectivist
Collectivize
Combative
Combative
Competitive
Confetti
Congestive
Connectivity
Convict
Convict
Coveted
Crested
Curative
Deceptively
Deductive
Defeatist
Defection
Defending
Defensively
Degenerative
Depressive
Derivative
Derivative
Descriptive
Destructive
Devoted
Difficult
Difficulty
Digestive
Discursive
Distinctive
Diverted
Diverting
Divestiture
Ecstatic
Effusive
Electrify
Electrifying
Epileptic
Equivocate
Esthetic
Eventful
Excessively
Exhaustive
Expensive
Expressive
Extensively
Extent
Factitious
Facultative
Fanatic
Federated
Fermenting
Festival
Fetishism
Fetishist
Figurative
Fixings
Forensic
Forgiving
Formative
Frantic
Frederick
Frederick
Fugitive
Generative
Heretic
Honorific
Imitative
Impressive
Inactivity
Inclusive
Infection
Infectious
Infidel
Informative
Initiative
Innovative
Innovative
Inquisitive
Insensitive
Insensitive
Instinctive
Instructive
Interfere
Introspective
Introspective
Intrusive
Intuitive
Inventor
Inverted
Investor
Inviting
Keratin
Kinetic
Kitchenette
Laxative
Leftist
Leftover
Lucrative
Makeshift
Medivac
Metrics
Objectively
Objectivity
Outfitted
Outfitting
Overactive
Perceptive
Perfected
Pharynx
Phlegmatic
Phonetically
Prevent
Preventive
Primitive
Primitive
Proactive
Productive
Prospective
Quintet
Quivering
Receptive
Reclusive
Rectify
Recuperative
Reflexivity
Refreshing
Request
Restrictive
Retroactive
Reverting
Riveting
Secretive
Selectively
Sensitive
Sexist
Suggestive
Tectonic
Tentative
Terrifically
Testify
Unreceptive
Victory
Viscount
Visiting

Effective(1) [IY F EH K T IH V] Alliteration | Wikipedia.com | Dictionary.com | Google.com | Images

2 Steps Apart

Affective
Effect
Effected
Effective
Effectively

3 Steps Apart

Defect
Defective
Directive
Effect
Effectively
Effectiveness
Effects
Festive
Infective

4 Steps Apart

Active
Affect
Affected
Affecting
Corrective
Defect
Directive
Effect
Effected
Effected
Effects
Effects
Elective
Fetish
Furtive
Ineffective
Infect
Kiev
Octave
Prefect
Reactive
Reflective
Respective

5 Steps Apart

Actively
Beckett
Captive
Collective
Connective
Creative
Decorative
Defector
Deflect
Detective
Directive
Directive
Edict
Effected
Effectiveness
Effects
Elect
Emotive
Erect
Event
Evoked
Fayetteville
Feckless
Festival
Festivity
Fixative
Fixed
Fretted
Furtively
Infected
Invective
Objective
Perfect
Phonetic
Receptive
Reelect
Refit
Reflect
Restive
Secretive
Selective
Vector
Vexed

6 Steps Apart

Activase
Activity
Addictive
Adjective
Affixed
Afflict
Attentive
Causative
Causative
Celtic
Celtic
Collectively
Confect
Confetti
Corruptive
Deactivate
Deflector
Directed
Disaffect
Effectuate
Effeminate
Emetic
Emphatic
Entity
Equity
Eruptive
Expletive
Exploitive
Factory
Feasting
Ferrying
Festering
Fiesta
Fixate
Fleeting
Focused
Focussed
Frenetic
Inactive
Infest
Key_West
Lafayette
Levity
Mesquite
Narrative
Negative
Objectively
Offensive
Peptic
Perfect
Perfecta
Perspective
Phonetically
Phonetics
Pre-emptive
Predictive
Preemptive
Preventive
Prophetic
Protective
Rectory
Reflect
Reflected
Reflecting
Reflecting
Reflector
Reflex
Reflexive
Reflexively
Reflexivity
Refractive
Refreshed
Relative
Respective
Rhetoric
Sedative
Selectively
Soviet
Subjective
Talkative
Tivoli
Trivia
Unaffected
Vented
Venting
Verity
Vested
Vestige
Vexing
Victim
Vignette

7 Steps Apart

Activist
Affirmative
Afflicted
Aircraft
Alphabetic
Attentively
Attractive
Beefsteak
Bifurcate
Captivate
Captivity
Caregiver
Clarity
Cognitive
Cohesive
Collectivize
Combative
Combative
Congestive
Connectivity
Correctly
Coveted
Creatively
Curative
Deceptive
Defeated
Defensive
Diffract
Digestive
Directory
Directory
Disaffected
Disinfect
Eclectic
Ecstasy
Efficacy
Effusive
Eventful
Evocative
Excessive
Executive
Extensive
Facultative
Faculty
Fairytale
Fanatic
Federated
Fermenting
Ferryboat
Festival
Fetishist
Fetishist
Feverishly
Fictitious
Fiftieth
Fittingly
Forensic
Formative
Fortieth
Frantic
Frederick
Frederick
Frequent
Fugitive
Fugitive
Generative
Heavyset
Incentive
Inductive
Ineffectiveness
Inflected
Inflict
Interactive
Inventive
Irrespective
Jellyfish
Laxative
Leftist
Leftover
Lucrative
Medivac
Negatively
Objectivity
Offensively
Overactive
Overeating
Palliative
Perceptive
Perfected
Pharynx
Phlegmatic
Prefecture
Prefix
Prevent
Preventive
Proactive
Productive
Prospective
Protectively
Queenfish
Radioactive
Reactivity
Receptive
Reclusive
Recreate
Rectify
Redemptive
Reinvent
Relatively
Repressive
Respectively
Restrictive
Retroactive
Seductive
Selectivity
Sensitive
Sensitive
Sexist
Soviets
Suggestive
Technically
Tentative
Testify
Theoretically
Trivial
Uninfected
Vertically
Victory
Vietnam