repetitive

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/
adj Freq #25757

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    characterized by repetition

    Repetitive movement.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · characterized by repetition repetitious
More pleonasticrecursive
Opposites
nonrecurrentnonrecurringnonrepeatingnonrepetitional
Word family
Related forms repeatrepeatablerepetitious

Etymology

From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.

repetitus Latin
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