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

1 sense of partitive

Sense 1
partitive -- (word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole)
       => word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")

Antonyms of adj partitive

1 of 3 senses of partitive

Sense 3
partitive, separative -- (serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative")

INDIRECT (VIA disjunctive) -> conjunctive -- (serving or tending to connect)

Similarity of adj partitive

3 senses of partitive

Sense 1
partitive -- ((Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; "a partitive construction")

Sense 2
partitive -- (indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts; "partitive tendencies in education")

Sense 3
partitive, separative -- (serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative")
       => disjunctive (vs. conjunctive) -- (serving or tending to divide or separate)

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