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illuminative

illuminative adjective: of, capable of, or causing illumination.

Adjective

illuminative (comparative more illuminative, superlative most illuminative)

  1. of, capable of, or causing illumination

Forms of illuminative

comparativemore illuminative
superlativemost illuminative

Origin of illuminative

From illuminate + -ive?

Words formed from illuminative

Questions about illuminative

What does illuminative mean?
Illuminative means of, capable of, or causing illumination.
What part of speech is illuminative?
Illuminative is an adjective.

Words near illuminative in the dictionary

  1. illuminationist
  2. illuminations
  3. Illuminatism
  4. illuminatist
  5. illuminatists
  6. illuminative
  7. illuminatively
  8. illuminator
  9. illuminators
  10. illuminatory
  11. Illuminatus

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