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Synonyms for Recessive:
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adj.
• passive • recessive • regressive • relapsed- Relapsed ,
- lapsed ,
- recidivist ,
- recurrent .
- bashful ,
- coy ,
- humble ,
- meek ,
- quiet ,
- reclusive ,
- reserved ,
- restrained ,
- reticent ,
- self-effacing ,
- shrinking ,
- timid ,
- timorous ,
- unassuming ,
- withdrawing ,
- withdrawn .
- afraid ,
- apprehensive ,
- averse ,
- cautious ,
- chary ,
- circumspect ,
- conscious ,
- disinclined ,
- distrustful ,
- fearful ,
- hesitant ,
- indisposed ,
- introvert ,
- loath ,
- loner ,
- nervous ,
- reluctant ,
- shamefaced ,
- skittish ,
- suspicious ,
- unresponsive ,
- unwilling ,
- wary .
Other synonyms:
- carrier ,
- carry ,
- chromosome ,
- clone ,
- cloning ,
- cross ,
- cross-fertilization ,
- cross-fertilize ,
- deoxyribonucleic acid .
- dying .
Other relevant words:
- Recidivous ,
- Retrocedent ,
- atavistic ,
- demure ,
- diffident ,
- dormant ,
- economic condition ,
- financial condition ,
- going back ,
- inactive ,
- inferior ,
- introverted ,
- latent ,
- modest ,
- reactionary ,
- recessional ,
- recessionary ,
- recessive allele ,
- retiring ,
- retroactive ,
- retrogressive ,
- retrorse ,
- retroverse ,
- returnable ,
- reversible ,
- reversionary ,
- revertible ,
- sheepish ,
- shy ,
- suspended ,
- unsociable .
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What are the paraphrases for Recessive?
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Adjective
hidden.
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Adjective
What are the hypernyms for Recessive?
Other hypernyms:
characteristic, gene, genetics, genotype, heredity, inheritable, phenotype, quality, trait, inherited trait.
What are the hyponyms for Recessive?
hyponyms for recessive (as nouns)
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body
allele, allelomorph.
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body
What are the opposite words for recessive?
The term "recessive" refers to a genetic trait that does not show itself in an individual unless it is paired with another recessive gene. The antonyms for the word "recessive" would be "dominant" or "expressive." A dominant genetic trait always manifests itself, regardless of the presence of any other gene, whereas an expressive trait is one that is frequently found in the gene pool of the population, and is often seen in an individual. The opposite of a recessive trait is a highly expressed trait that directs the physical appearance of the individual. Understanding the different types of genetic expression is important in understanding genetics and how traits are passed down from generation to generation.
What are the antonyms for Recessive?
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adj.
• all • noun • recessive • retiring • shy • unsociable
Usage examples for Recessive
Famous quotes with Recessive
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Our children are not us: they carry throwback genes and recessive traits and are subject right from the start to environmental stimuli beyond our control. And yet we are our children; the reality of being a parent never leaves those who have braved the metamorphosis.
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Every time I hit Panama, the place is exactly one month, two months, six months more nowhere, like the progress of a degenerative illness. A shift from arithmetic to geometric progressive seems to have occurred. Something ugly and ignoble and subhuman is cooking in this mongrel town of pimps and whores and recessive genes, this degraded leech on the Canal.
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"Maybe his characteristics are recessive. Maybe ours will cancel his out." "I wouldn't lay any money on that," Baines said. "I think I know already which of the two strains is going to turn up dominant." He grinned wryly. "I mean, I'm making a good . It won't be us."
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My family had a lot of characteristics—achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations—that all seemed to be recessive in me.
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I do hereby and forever abandon abandoning all hope. Honestly, I give up on giving up. I'm just not cut out to be some hopeless, disillusioned wretch with no aspirations for the rest of the eternity, sprawled catatonic in my own feces on a cold stone floor. In all probability the Human Genome Project will, someday, find that I carry some recessive gene for optimism, because despite all my best efforts I still can't scrape together even a couple of days of hopelessness. Future scientists would call it Pollyanna Syndrome, and if forced to guess, I'd say that mine has been a way-long case of history chasing rainbows.
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