approximative

1. 1.

   not quite exact or correct

   “the approximate time was 10 o'clock”

   “a rough guess”

   “a ballpark estimate”

   Synonymsapproximaterough

   Similarinexact

Questions about approximative

What does approximative mean?

approximative means "not quite exact or correct".

How many syllables are in approximative?

approximative has 5 syllables: ap-prox-i-ma-tive. The stress falls on "i".

What is another word for approximative?

Close synonyms include approximate, rough. 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 approximative a common word?

approximative 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.