What does hortative mean?

hortative means "giving strong encouragement".

How many syllables are in hortative?

hortative has 3 syllables: hor-ta-tive. The stress falls on "hor".

What is another word for hortative?

Close synonyms include exhortative, exhortatory, hortatory. 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 hortative a common word?

hortative 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.

hortative — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
giving strong encouragement
Synonymsexhortative exhortatory hortatory
Similarencouraging

Questions about hortative

What does hortative mean?: hortative means "giving strong encouragement".
How many syllables are in hortative?: hortative has 3 syllables: hor-ta-tive. The stress falls on "hor".
What is another word for hortative?

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