Antonyms for conceptive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh n-sep-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsɛp ʃən |
Definition of conceptive
Origin :- 1630s, from Latin conceptivus, from conceptus, past participle of concipere (see conceive).
- As in speculative : adj theoretical
- As in reproductive : adj generative
- As in procreative : adj reproductive
- They speak to the perceptive faculties only: truth to the conceptive.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- Intermediary sensation, demanded by conceptive thoughts, iv.
- Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
- It is perceptive because sentient, it is conceptive because perceptive.
- Extract from : « Thoughts on Life and Religion » by Friedrich Max Mller
- The idea is everything to them, by virtue of their conceptive faculty.
- Extract from : « Household Education » by Harriet Martineau
- I have spoken of only the early stage of the activity of the conceptive faculties.
- Extract from : « Household Education » by Harriet Martineau
- The man of the most practised intellect is not exempt from the universal laws of our conceptive faculty.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. » by Various
- It translates the thought from the abstract to the concrete, from the intuitional to the conceptive.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV. » by Various
- We have, then, three orders of ornament, classed according to the degrees of correspondence of the executive and conceptive minds.
- Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) » by John Ruskin
- The labors of the fiction writer are of two sorts, conceptive and executive.
- Extract from : « The Technique of Fiction Writing » by Robert Saunders Dowst
- When the writer has his hands on a plot, of whatever type and however found, his conceptive labors are by no means over.
- Extract from : « The Technique of Fiction Writing » by Robert Saunders Dowst
Synonyms for conceptive
- abstract
- analytical
- assumed
- conceptive
- dangerous
- dicey
- experimental
- formularized
- generating
- hairy
- hazardous
- hypothetical
- ideal
- idealized
- ideological
- iffy
- in theory
- intellectual
- logical
- notional
- philosophical
- presumed
- procreant
- procreative
- reproducing
- risky
- uncertain
- unproved
- unproven
- unsubstantiated
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019