imperative

Other forms of imperative

plural

imperatives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about imperative

What does imperative mean?

imperative means "a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in imperative?

imperative has 4 syllables: im-per-a-tive. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɛɹətɪv/.

What is another word for imperative?

Close synonyms include imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form. 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.

What is the opposite of imperative?

The recorded antonyms are beseeching.

Is imperative a common word?

imperative is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with imperative?

1 word rhymes with imperative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.