violative

1. 1.

   violating or tending to violate or offend against

   “violative of the principles of liberty”

   “considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity”

   Synonymsoffensive

   Similaroffending

Questions about violative

What does violative mean?

violative means "violating or tending to violate or offend against".

How many syllables are in violative?

violative has 4 syllables: vi-o-la-tive. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for violative?

Close synonyms include offensive. 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.