Meanings
adjectiveequative (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving the power to equate (make equal) two things.
‘As’ is a comparative particle for equative comparison.
nounequative (plural equatives)
plural equatives
- grammarA grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb in the comparative of equality (also called "equative degree").
- grammarAn adjective or adverb in the equative form.
- grammarThe equative case.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
French équatif, comparatif d'égalité
- équatifTranslations
- comparatif d'égalitégrammar: construction
Irish céim chothroim
- céim chothroimgrammar: construction
Italian comparativo di uguaglianza
- comparativo di uguaglianzagrammar: construction
Russian эквати́в, эквати́в
- эквати́в (ekvatív)grammar: construction
- эквати́в (ekvatív)grammar: adjective or adverb in the equative form
Spanish comparativo de igualdad
- comparativo de igualdadgrammar: construction
Welsh gradd gyfartal
- gradd gyfartalgrammar: construction
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with equative
creativedativestativelativeuncreativeanticreativecastrativecollativeconstativedictativedilativeelativeflativeillativeinduplicativeinflativeinnativemiscreativemutativenear-nativenon-nativeoptativeplacativeprecreative
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APA
equative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equative
MLA
“equative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “equative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equative.
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