commemorative

Questions about commemorative

What does commemorative mean?

commemorative means "an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in commemorative?

commemorative has 4 syllables: com-memor-a-tive. The stress falls on "memor". In IPA it is /kəˈmɛmɹətɪv/.

What is another word for commemorative?

Close synonyms include commemorating. 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 commemorative a common word?

commemorative 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.