causative

Questions about causative

What does causative mean?

causative means "producing an effect".

How many syllables are in causative?

causative has 3 syllables: cau-sa-tive. The stress falls on "cau". In IPA it is /ˈkɑzətɪv/.

What is the opposite of causative?

The recorded antonyms are noncausative.

Is causative a common word?

causative 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.