Antonyms for significative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sig-nif-i-key-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : sɪgˈnɪf ɪˌkeɪ tɪv


Definition of significative

  • As in suggestive : adj signifying
  • As in impressionistic : adj suggestive
  • As in insinuating : adj provoking doubt
  • As in implied : adj hinted at
Example sentences :
  • He used the word which was significative beyond any thing that entered his imagination.
  • Extract from : « The Allen House » by T. S. Arthur
  • None agree, however, as to the significative meaning of the name Asshur.
  • Extract from : « Vestiges of the Mayas » by Augustus Le Plongeon
  • They used the words simply as proper names, without regarding them as significative.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon » by George Rawlinson
  • Now the whole Chinese language consists in reality of about four hundred words, or significative sounds, all monosyllabic.
  • Extract from : « Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I » by Friedrich Max Mller
  • On the night of the 8th September, Egmont received another most significative and mysterious warning.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74 » by John Lothrop Motley
  • They are mere symptomatic and significative effects, the roars of the inwardly agitated mass of the popular sea.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2) » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • For as the old Creation was complete in seven days, so the number next ensuing may well be significative of the new.
  • Extract from : « Churches and Church Ornaments » by William Durandus
  • Moreover, these offices of divine piety be moral, and significative of future glory.
  • Extract from : « Churches and Church Ornaments » by William Durandus
  • That the men sheltered behind the waggons have not “gone under” at the first onslaught is significative of their character.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • To which the Count replied, by the word Speranza, accompanied by a clasp of the hand and a significative glance.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 » by Various

Synonyms for significative

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