CONNECTIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does connective mean?
• CONNECTIVE (noun)
The noun CONNECTIVE has 2 senses:
1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
2. an instrumentality that connects
Familiarity information: CONNECTIVE used as a noun is rare.
• CONNECTIVE (adjective)
The adjective CONNECTIVE has 1 sense:
1. connecting or tending to connect
Familiarity information: CONNECTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONNECTIVE (noun)
Meaning:
An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
continuative; conjunctive; connective; conjunction
Hypernyms ("connective" is a kind of...):
closed-class word; function word (a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connective"):
coordinating conjunction (a conjunction (like 'and' or 'or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents)
subordinate conjunction; subordinating conjunction (a conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause)
Meaning:
An instrumentality that connects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
connecter; connector; connective; connection; connexion
Context examples:
he soldered the connection / he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
Hypernyms ("connective" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connective"):
attachment; bond (a connection that fastens things together)
coupling; yoke (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)
patch; temporary hookup (a connection intended to be used for a limited time)
line; phone line; subscriber line; telephone circuit; telephone line (a telephone connection)
slip ring (connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts)
conjunction; junction (something that joins or connects)
jumper (a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections)
hookup (a device providing a connection between a power source and a user)
hitch (a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls)
earth; ground (a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage))
backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)
• CONNECTIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Connecting or tending to connect
Context examples:
connective remarks between chapters / connective tissue in animals / conjunctive tissue in plants
Similar:
conjunctive (serving or tending to connect)
