ARGUMENTATIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does argumentative mean? • ARGUMENTATIVE (adjective)
The adjective ARGUMENTATIVE has 1 sense:
1. given to or characterized by argument
Familiarity information: ARGUMENTATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARGUMENTATIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Given to or characterized by argument
Context examples:
an argumentative discourse / argumentative to the point of being cantankerous / an intelligent but argumentative child
Similar:
quarrelsome (given to quarreling)
combative; contentious; disputatious; disputative; litigious (inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits)
eristic; eristical (given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments)
Antonym:
unargumentative (not given to or characterized by argument)
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