derivational

1. 1.

   characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base

   “the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational”

   Antonymsinflectional

Questions about derivational

What does derivational mean?

derivational means "characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base".

How many syllables are in derivational?

derivational has 6 syllables: de-ri-va-ti-o-nal. The stress falls on "o".

What is the opposite of derivational?

The recorded antonyms are inflectional.

Is derivational a common word?

derivational 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.