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

1 sense of optative

Sense 1
optative mood, optative -- (a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs)
       => mood, mode, modality -- (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker)

Similarity of adj optative

2 senses of optative

Sense 1
optative -- (indicating an option or wish)

Sense 2
optative -- (relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb endings")