Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun additive

1 sense of additive

Sense 1
additive -- (something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine)
       => addition, add-on, improver -- (a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor")

Antonyms of adj additive

2 senses of additive

Sense 1
linear (vs. nonlinear), additive -- (designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree)


Sense 2
additive (vs. subtractive) -- (characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process")

subtractive (vs. additive) -- (constituting or involving subtraction; "a subtractive correction")
        => ablative -- (tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature; "ablative material on a rocket cone")
        => reductive -- (characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere)

Similarity of adj additive

2 senses of additive

Sense 1
linear (vs. nonlinear), additive -- (designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree)
       => bilinear -- (linear with respect to each of two variables or positions)

Sense 2
additive (vs. subtractive) -- (characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process")
       => accumulative, cumulative -- (increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances")
       => addable, addible -- (capable of being added or added to)
       => extra, additional -- (further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes")
       => complemental, complementary, completing -- (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))
       => incremental -- (increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions; "lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary")
       => intercalary -- (having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year")
       => summational, summative -- (of or relating to a summation or produced by summation)
       => supplementary, supplemental -- (added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes")