associative

1. 1.

   characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

   “associative learning”

   Synonymsassociatory

   Antonymsnonassociative

   Similarassociable

Questions about associative

What does associative mean?

associative means "characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination".

How many syllables are in associative?

associative has 4 syllables: as-so-cia-tive. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /əˈsoʊʃəˌtɪv/.

What is another word for associative?

Close synonyms include associatory. 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 associative?

The recorded antonyms are nonassociative.

Is associative a common word?

associative 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.

What rhymes with associative?

3 words rhyme with associative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.