consultative

1. 1.

   giving advice

   “an advisory memorandum”

   “his function was purely consultative”

   Synonymsadvisoryconsultatoryconsultive

   Similarinformative

Questions about consultative

What does consultative mean?

consultative means "giving advice".

How many syllables are in consultative?

consultative has 4 syllables: con-sul-ta-tive. The stress falls on "sul". In IPA it is /kənˈsʌltətɪv/.

What is another word for consultative?

Close synonyms include advisory, consultatory, consultive. 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 consultative a common word?

consultative 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.