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formative
Overview of noun formative
The noun formative has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) formative -- (minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function)
Overview of adj formative
The adj formative has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. formative -- (susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years")
2. formative -- (capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone")
3. formative, shaping, plastic -- (forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun formative
1 sense of formative
Sense 1
formative
=> language unit, linguistic unit
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun formative
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun formative
1 sense of formative
Sense 1
formative
=> language unit, linguistic unit
Antonyms of noun formative
Member Holonyms of noun formative
Substance Holonyms of noun formative
Part Holonyms of noun formative
Member Meronyms of noun formative
Substance Meronyms of noun formative
Part Meronyms of noun formative
Meronyms of noun formative
Holonyms of noun formative
Attributes of noun formative
Derived Forms of noun formative
Domain of noun formative
Domain Terms of noun formative
Familiarity of noun formative
formative used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun formative
1 sense of formative
Sense 1
formative
> language unit, linguistic unit
=> discourse
=> word
=> syllable
=> lexeme
=> morpheme
=> formative
=> name
=> collocation
=> phone, speech sound, sound
=> sign
Meronyms of noun formative
1 sense of formative
Holonyms of noun formative
Grep of noun formative
formative
formative cell
Antonyms of adj formative
3 senses of formative
Sense 1
formative
INDIRECT (VIA young) -> old
Sense 2
formative
INDIRECT (VIA constructive) -> destructive
Sense 3
formative, shaping, plastic
INDIRECT (VIA constructive) -> destructive
Similarity of adj formative
3 senses of formative
Sense 1
formative
=> young (vs. old), immature
Sense 2
formative
=> constructive (vs. destructive)
Sense 3
formative, shaping, plastic
=> constructive (vs. destructive)
Pertainyms of adj formative
Attributes of adj formative
Domain of adj formative
1 of 3 senses of formative
Sense 2
formative
TOPIC>(noun) biology#1, biological science#1
Domain Terms of adj formative
Familiarity of adj formative
formative used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj formative
formative
informative
reformative
uninformative
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