Meanings
- not comparableastrologyRelating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
- not comparablegrammarRelating to a conjunction (part of speech).
- not comparablegrammarRelating to the conjunctive mood.
- 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
- not comparablegrammarSubjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
Synonyms: subjunctive
- 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
plural conjunctives
- grammarA conjunction.
- grammarThe subjunctive.
- human sciencesA conjunction.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveConnective: tending to join, unite, connect.
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
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.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinvolving the joint activity of two or more
nounan uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinconiunctivus“serving to connect”
- Englishconjunctive
From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →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
Rhymes with conjunctive
All rhymes →Cite this entry
conjunctive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctive
“conjunctive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conjunctive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conjunctive.
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