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

2 senses of perfective

Sense 1
perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense -- (a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect))
       => tense -- (a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time)

Sense 2
perfective, perfective aspect -- (the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action)
       => aspect -- (the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb)

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