additive

1. 1.

   designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

   Synonymslinear

   Similarbilinear

   mathematics

2. 2.

   characterized or produced by addition

   “an additive process”

   Antonymssubtractive

   Similaraccumulativeaddableextracomplementalincrementalintercalarysummationalsupplementary

1. 1.

   something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

   Broaderaddition

   Narroweradjuvantfood additive

Other forms of additive

plural

additives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about additive

What does additive mean?

additive means "designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in additive?

additive has 3 syllables: ad-di-tive. The stress falls on "ad". In IPA it is /ˈædətɪv/.

What is another word for additive?

Close synonyms include linear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of additive?

The recorded antonyms are subtractive.

Is additive a common word?

additive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.