Definition of DENOMINATIVE

denominative

Plural: denominatives

Adj

  • Being a name.
  • Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
  • Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.

Noun

  • A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”). It originally had the meaning “derived”, but in its grammatical sense, it has developed the meaning “from a noun”, perhaps a reinterpretation of the Latin morphemes that it consists of: the preposition dē (“from”) and the stem of nōmen (“name, noun”).

Synonyms

denominal

Scrabble Score: 18

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

Words With Friends Score: 22

denominative: valid Words With Friends Word