applicative

1. 1.

   readily applicable or practical

   Synonymsapplicatory

   Similarpractical

Questions about applicative

What does applicative mean?

applicative means "readily applicable or practical".

How many syllables are in applicative?

applicative has 4 syllables: ap-pli-ca-tive. The stress falls on "pli".

What is another word for applicative?

Close synonyms include applicatory. 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.

Is applicative a common word?

applicative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.