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syncopative

syncopative adjective: of or relating to syncopation.

Adjective

syncopative (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to syncopation.
    • Any page of sheet-music jazz will reveal a number of common simple syncopative formulas applied to melodic purposes.1964, Winthrop Sargeant, Jazz: A History, page 58

Origin of syncopative

From syncopate + -ive.

Questions about syncopative

What does syncopative mean?
Syncopative means of or relating to syncopation.
What part of speech is syncopative?
Syncopative is an adjective.

Words near syncopative in the dictionary

  1. syncopating
  2. syncopation
  3. syncopational
  4. syncopationally
  5. syncopations
  6. syncopative
  7. syncopator
  8. syncopators
  9. syncope
  10. syncopes
  11. syncophant

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