'Iterative' definitions:
Definition of 'iterative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by iteration [syn: iterative, reiterative]
noun
The aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action [syn: iterative, iterative aspect]
Definition of 'Iterative'
From: GCIDE
- Iterative \It"er*a*tive\, a. [L. iterativus: cf. F. it['e]ratif.] Repeating. --Cotgrave. -- {It"er*a*tive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'iterative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- battological,
- duplicative,
- echoic,
- echoing,
- imitative,
- parrotlike,
- recapitulative,
- redundant,
- reduplicative,
- reechoing,
- reiterant,
- reiterative,
- repeating,
- repetitional,
- repetitionary,
- repetitious,
- repetitive,
- tautological,
- tautologous