implicative

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adjective

Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.

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implicatorysuggestiveconnotative
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Meanings

adjectiveimplicative (comparative more implicative, superlative most implicative)

comparative more implicative · superlative most implicative

  1. Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.

    Synonyms: implicatory

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.

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implicatory

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivetending to suggest or imply

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suggestiveconnotative
Also see
connotativeimplicatorysuggestive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From implicate + -ive.

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APA

implicative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implicative

MLA

“implicative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implicative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “implicative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implicative.

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