What does hortative mean?

hortative means "giving strong encouragement".

How many syllables are in hortative?

hortative has 3 syllables and divides as hor-ta-tive 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 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 and 3 synonyms

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 and divides as hor-ta-tive 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.

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