assimilative

What does assimilative mean?

assimilative means "capable of mentally absorbing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in assimilative?

assimilative has 5 syllables: as-si-mi-la-tive. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for assimilative?

Close synonyms include assimilating, assimilatory. 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 assimilative a common word?

assimilative 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for assimilative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.