Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conjunctive
1 sense of conjunctive
Sense 1
conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative -- (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)
=> function word, closed-class word -- (a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning)
Antonyms of adj conjunctive
2 senses of conjunctive
Sense 1
conjunctive (vs. disjunctive) -- (serving or tending to connect)
disjunctive (vs. conjunctive) -- (serving or tending to divide or separate)
=> adversative, oppositive -- (expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'")
=> alternative -- (necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "alternative possibilities were neutrality or war")
=> contrastive -- (syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function")
=> divisional -- (serving to divide or marking a division; "the divisional line between two states")
=> partitive, separative -- (serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative")
=> separative -- ((used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it)
Sense 2
concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative -- (involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities")
INDIRECT (VIA joint) -> separate -- (independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church")
Similarity of adj conjunctive
2 senses of conjunctive
Sense 1
conjunctive (vs. disjunctive) -- (serving or tending to connect)
=> copulative -- (syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence; "`and' is a copulative conjunction")
=> connective -- (connecting or tending to connect; "connective remarks between chapters"; "connective tissue in animals"; "conjunctive tissue in plants")
Sense 2
concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative -- (involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind"; "the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military activities")
=> joint (vs. separate) -- (united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners")