Definition of CAUSATIVE

causative

Plural: causatives

Adjective

  • producing an effect
    • "poverty as a causative factor in crime"

Adj

  • Acting as a cause.
  • Involving, or affected by, causality.
  • Expressing a cause or causation.

Noun

  • An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Examples

  • Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
  • The ablative is a causative case.

Origin / Etymology

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

Antonyms

noncausative

Scrabble Score: 14

causative: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
causative: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
causative: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

causative: valid Words With Friends Word