hortative
Plural: hortatives
Adjective Satellite
- giving strong encouragement
Adj
- Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.
- Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
Noun
- A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor (“I exhort”).
Synonyms
exhortative, exhortatory, hortatory, cohortative, supportive
Scrabble Score: 15
hortative: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhortative: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hortative: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
hortative: valid Words With Friends Word