'Separative' definitions:
Definition of 'separative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it
adjective
Serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative" [syn: partitive, separative]
adjective
(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative"
Definition of 'Separative'
From: GCIDE
- Separative \Sep"a*ra*tive\, a. [L. separativus.] Causing, or being to cause, separation. "Separative virtue of extreme cold." --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'separative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablative,
- biodegradable,
- characteristic,
- characterizing,
- contrastive,
- corrosive,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- degradable,
- diacritical,
- diagnostic,
- differencing,
- differential,
- differentiative,
- dilapidated,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrating,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive,
- disruptive,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- dividing,
- erosive,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- idiosyncratic,
- inadmissible,
- individualizing,
- individuating,
- insular,
- moldering,
- narrow,
- parochial,
- parting,
- peculiar,
- personalizing,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- ravaged,
- resolvent,
- restrictive,
- ruinous,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separating,
- snobbish,
- solvent,
- worn,
- xenophobic
Words containing 'Separative'
- Separability,
- Separable,
- Separableness,
- Separably,
- Separate,
- Separated,
- Separately,
- Separateness,
- Separating,
- Separation,
- Separator,
- separate off,
- separate out,
- Judicial separation,
- Separate estate,
- Separate maintenance,
- Separated flowers,
- Separating funnel,
- grade separation,
- legal separation,
- separation energy,
- water of separation,
- disjointed dislocated separated,
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