demonstrative

1. 1.

   given to or marked by the open expression of emotion

   “an affectionate and demonstrative family”

   Antonymsundemonstrative

   Similareffusiveepideictic
2. 2.

   serving to demonstrate

   Synonymsillustrative

   Similarinstructive

1. 1.

   a pronoun that points out an intended referent

   Synonymsdemonstrative pronoun

   Broaderpronoun

Other forms of demonstrative

plural

demonstratives·

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 demonstrative

What does demonstrative mean?

demonstrative means "given to or marked by the open expression of emotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demonstrative?

demonstrative has 4 syllables: de-mon-stra-tive. The stress falls on "mon". In IPA it is /dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/.

What is another word for demonstrative?

Close synonyms include illustrative, demonstrative pronoun. 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 demonstrative?

The recorded antonyms are undemonstrative.

Is demonstrative a common word?

demonstrative 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.