explorative

1. 1.

   serving in or intended for exploration or discovery

   “an exploratory operation”

   “exploratory reconnaissance”

   “digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico”

   “exploratory talks between diplomats”

   Synonymsexploratory

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Questions about explorative

What does explorative mean?

explorative means "serving in or intended for exploration or discovery".

How many syllables are in explorative?

explorative has 4 syllables: ex-plo-ra-tive. The stress falls on "plo".

What is another word for explorative?

Close synonyms include exploratory. 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 explorative a common word?

explorative 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.