contributive

1. 1.

   tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

   “working conditions are not conducive to productivity”

   “the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city”

   “a contributory factor”

   Synonymsconducivecontributingcontributorytributary

   Similarcausative

Questions about contributive

What does contributive mean?

contributive means "tending to bring about; being partly responsible for".

How many syllables are in contributive?

contributive has 4 syllables: con-tri-bu-tive. The stress falls on "tri".

What is another word for contributive?

Close synonyms include conducive, contributing, contributory, tributary. 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 contributive a common word?

contributive 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.