subtractive

1. 1.

   constituting or involving subtraction

   “a subtractive correction”

   Antonymsadditive

   Similarablativereductive

Questions about subtractive

What does subtractive mean?

subtractive means "constituting or involving subtraction".

How many syllables are in subtractive?

subtractive has 3 syllables: sub-trac-tive. The stress falls on "sub".

What is the opposite of subtractive?

The recorded antonyms are additive.

Is subtractive a common word?

subtractive 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.