justificatory

Questions about justificatory

What does justificatory mean?

justificatory means "attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in justificatory?

justificatory has 6 syllables: ju-sti-fi-ca-to-ry. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for justificatory?

Close synonyms include defensive, justificative, justificative, vindicatory. 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 justificatory a common word?

justificatory 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.