Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Suppurative · Sup·pu·ra·tive · IPA a. n. 01 a. Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. 1. Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration. Phrases & compounds Suppurative fever — pyaemia. 02 n. A suppurative medicine. 1. A suppurative medicine.(Med.)