formative

formative is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
2. adjective. Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
3. adjective. Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
4. noun. That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
5. noun. A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
6. noun. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
7. adjective. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

   "a formative influence"

   "a formative experience"

   Synonyms: plastic, shaping

8. adjective. capable of forming new cells and tissues

   "a formative zone in developing bone"

Synonyms

plastic, shaping

Common word forms

formatives, formatively, formativeness

Words from these letters

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