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Antonyms
Etymology
1. connective
adjective. ['kəˈnɛktɪv'] connecting or tending to connect.
Antonyms
- disconnect
Etymology
- -ive (English)
- -if (Anglo-Norman)
- connect (English)
- connecto (Latin)
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Rhymes with Connective
- retrospective
- introspective
- anti-infective
- prospective
- irrespective
- subjective
- respective
- reflective
- projective
- perspective
- ineffective
- convective
- selective
- protective
- objective
- invective
- infective
- directive
- detective
- defective
- collective
- elective
- effective
- corrective
- affective
Sentences with connective
1. Adjective
The pork needs to be cooked using low and slow heat to help break down the connective tissue.
2. Noun, singular or mass
These two connective structures work closely with one another and you can stretch them both through the same exercise.
2. connective
noun. ['kəˈnɛktɪv'] an instrumentality that connects.
Synonyms
- phone line
- jumper
- ground
- hookup
- connector
- patch
- connection
- instrumentation
- conjunction
- backbone
- connexion
- telephone circuit
- earth
- yoke
- junction
- hitch
- coupling
- bond
- temporary hookup
- instrumentality
- telephone line
- slip ring
- line
- connecter
- subscriber line
Antonyms
- figure
- break
- disjoin
- unrelatedness
Etymology
- -ive (English)
- -if (Anglo-Norman)
- connect (English)
- connecto (Latin)
3. connective
noun. ['kəˈnɛktɪv'] an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences.
Synonyms
- closed-class word
- coordinating conjunction
- function word
- subordinating conjunction
- conjunctive
- continuative
- subordinate conjunction
Antonyms
- unconnectedness
- unconnected
- connected
- separation
Etymology
- -ive (English)
- -if (Anglo-Norman)
- connect (English)
- connecto (Latin)