calculative

1. 1.

   acting with a specific goal

   “the most calculating and selfish men in the community”

   Synonymscalculatingconnivingschemingshrewd

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Questions about calculative

What does calculative mean?

calculative means "acting with a specific goal".

How many syllables are in calculative?

calculative has 4 syllables: cal-cu-la-tive. The stress falls on "cu".

What is another word for calculative?

Close synonyms include calculating, conniving, scheming, shrewd. 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 calculative a common word?

calculative 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.