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 and divides as de-ri-va-ti-o-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.