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substitutive

substitutive adjective: characteristic of, or serving as a substitute.

Adjective

substitutive (comparative more substitutive, superlative most substitutive)

  1. Characteristic of, or serving as a substitute
    Synonyms:
    surrogate

Synonyms of substitutive

Forms of substitutive

comparativemore substitutive
superlativemost substitutive

Origin of substitutive

From substitute + -ive.

Words formed from substitutive

Questions about substitutive

What does substitutive mean?
Substitutive means characteristic of, or serving as a substitute.
What part of speech is substitutive?
Substitutive is an adjective.

Words near substitutive in the dictionary

  1. substitutionally
  2. substitutionary
  3. substitutionary atonement
  4. substitutionary atonements
  5. substitutions
  6. substitutive
  7. substitutive nomenclature
  8. substitutively
  9. substitutivity
  10. substitutor
  11. substitutors

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