Usually means: Demanding payment through coercion, threats.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 8 dictionaries that define the word extortive:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. extortive: Merriam-Webster
  2. extortive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. extortive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. extortive: Wiktionary
  5. extortive: Dictionary.com
  6. extortive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. extortive: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. extortive: Legal dictionary

(Note: See extort as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (extortive)

▸ adjective:  Involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.

Similar:
extorsive, extortionate, extortable, extortionous, exacting, expropriative, strong-arm, exertive, exploitative, exigent, more...

Opposite:
non-coercive, voluntary, consensual, cooperative

▸ Words similar to extortive

▸ Usage examples for extortive

▸ Idioms related to extortive

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular nouns described by extortive

▸ Words that often appear near extortive

▸ Rhymes of extortive

▸ Invented words related to extortive

Similar:
extorsive, extortionate, extortable, extortionous, exacting, expropriative, strong-arm, exertive, exploitative, exigent, more...

Opposite:
non-coercive, voluntary, consensual, cooperative



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "extortive" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux