declarative

Other forms of declarative

plural

declaratives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about declarative

What does declarative mean?

declarative means "relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in declarative?

declarative has 4 syllables: de-clar-a-tive. The stress falls on "clar". In IPA it is /dɪˈklɛɹətɪv/.

What is another word for declarative?

Close synonyms include declaratory, asserting, indicative, indicative mood, indicative. 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.

What is the opposite of declarative?

The recorded antonyms are interrogative.

Is declarative a common word?

declarative 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.