say it: KWAH-luh-tay-tiv
qualitative is an adjective meaning "involving distinctions based on qualities". It carries 2 recorded senses.
involving distinctions based on qualities
“qualitative change”
“qualitative data”
“qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture”
relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for qualitative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.