conjunctive

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/kənˈdʒʌŋktɪv/

adjective

Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.

UncommonScrabble 25

Meanings

adjectiveconjunctive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableConnective: tending to join, unite, connect.

    Antonyms: disjunctive

  2. not comparableConnected: being joined, united, connected.

    Synonyms: conjunct · Antonyms: disjunctive, disjunct

  3. not comparableastrologyRelating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
  4. not comparablegrammarRelating to a conjunction (part of speech).
  5. not comparablegrammarRelating to the conjunctive mood.
  6. not comparablegrammarOf a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé

    Antonyms: disjunctive

  7. not comparablegrammarSubjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

    Synonyms: subjunctive

  8. not comparablehuman sciencesOf or relating to logical conjunction.

    Antonyms: disjunctive

  9. not comparableobsoleteClosely united.

    She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], line 15
nounconjunctive (plural conjunctives)

plural conjunctives

  1. grammarA conjunction.
  2. grammarThe subjunctive.
  3. human sciencesA conjunction.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveConnective: tending to join, unite, connect.

Opposite

adjectiveConnected: being joined, united, connected.

Similar

adjectiveOf a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé

Opposite

adjectiveSubjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

adjectiveOf or relating to logical conjunction.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveserving or tending to connect

Opposite

adjectiveinvolving the joint activity of two or more

nounan uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Broader
function wordclosed-class word

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinconiunctivus“serving to connect”
  2. Englishconjunctive

From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.

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Translations

Bulgarian свързващ, съединителен
  • свързващ (svărzvašt)conjoining
  • съединителен (săedinitelen)conjoining
Catalan conjuntiu
  • conjuntiuconjoining
Finnish konjunktiivinen, konjunktiivinen
  • konjunktiivinengrammar: subjunctive
  • konjunktiivinenlogic: of or relating to logical conjunction
  • konjunktiivinenconjoining
  • konjunktiivinengrammar: relating to a conjunction
French conjonctif, conjonctif
  • conjonctifconjoining
  • conjonctifgrammar: relating to a conjunction
German konjunktiv, konjunktiv
  • konjunktivgrammar: subjunctive
  • konjunktivlogic: of or relating to logical conjunction
  • verbindendconjoining
Italian congiuntivo
  • congiuntivogrammar: subjunctive
Korean 접속적, 접속적
  • 접속적 (jeopsokjeok)conjoining
  • 접속적 (jeopsokjeok)grammar: relating to a conjunction
Polish łączący, koniunkcyjny
  • łączącygrammar: subjunctive
  • koniunkcyjnylogic: of or relating to logical conjunction
  • łączącyconjoining
  • spójnikowygrammar: relating to a conjunction
Portuguese conjuntivo, conjuntivo
  • conjuntivogrammar: subjunctive
  • conjuntivoconjoining
Romanian conjunctiv
  • conjunctivlogic: of or relating to logical conjunction
Russian сослага́тельный, соедини́тельный
  • сослага́тельный (soslagátelʹnyj)grammar: subjunctive
  • соедини́тельный (sojedinítelʹnyj)conjoining
  • присоедини́тельный (prisojedinítelʹnyj)conjoining
  • соедини́тельный (sojedinítelʹnyj)grammar: relating to a conjunction
Spanish conjuntivo, conjuntivo
  • conjuntivoconjoining
  • conjuntivogrammar: relating to a conjunction

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

conjunctive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctive

MLA

“conjunctive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conjunctive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctive.

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