say it: uh-PREE-shee-ay-tiv
appreciative is an adjective meaning "feeling or expressive of gratitude". It carries 2 recorded senses.
feeling or expressive of gratitude
“was appreciative of his efforts”
“an appreciative word”
having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion
“appreciative of a beautiful landscape”
“an appreciative laugh from the audience”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for appreciative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.