'Generative' definitions:
Definition of 'generative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative, productive] [ant: consumptive]
adjective
Producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" [syn: generative, procreative, reproductive]
Definition of 'Generative'
From: GCIDE
- Generative \Gen"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]ratif.] Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. "That generative particle." --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'generative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiogenetic,
- aboriginal,
- basal,
- basic,
- biogenetic,
- blastogenetic,
- causative,
- central,
- constructive,
- creative,
- crucial,
- demiurgic,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- epigenetic,
- eumerogenetic,
- formative,
- fundamental,
- gametic,
- genetic,
- genial,
- genital,
- genitive,
- germinal,
- heterogenetic,
- histogenetic,
- homogenetic,
- in embryo,
- in ovo,
- inventive,
- isogenetic,
- merogenetic,
- metagenetic,
- monogenetic,
- original,
- originative,
- orthogenetic,
- pangenetic,
- parthenogenetic,
- phytogenetic,
- pregnant,
- primal,
- primary,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primordial,
- pristine,
- productive,
- protogenic,
- radical,
- rudimentary,
- seminal,
- sporogenous,
- xenogenetic
Words containing 'Generative'
- Generate,
- Generated,
- Generating,
- Generation,
- Generator,
- generational,
- Alternate generation,
- Induction generator,
- Motor generator,
- Spontaneous generation,
- Virginal generation,
- alternation of generations,
- asynchronous generator,
- beat generation,
- electrostatic generator,
- generating tone,
- generation gap,
- generation x,
- generative grammar,
- pulse generator,
- wind generation,
- wind generator,
- random number generator,
- self-generated,
- Engine-type generator,
- baby-boom generation,
- van de graaff generator