CONNECTIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an instrumentality that connects
   Synonym(s)
   • connecter (what does connecter mean?)
   • connection (what does connection mean?)
   • connector (what does connector mean?)
   • connexion (what does connexion mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he soldered the connection
   • he didn”t have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
   Hypernyms(s) connective is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • instrumentality (what does instrumentality mean?)
   • instrumentation (what does instrumentation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • attachment (what does attachment mean?)
   • bond (what does bond mean?)
   • backbone (what does backbone mean?)
   • ground (what does ground mean?)
   • earth (what does earth mean?)
   • hitch (what does hitch mean?)
   • hookup (what does hookup mean?)
   • jumper (what does jumper mean?)
   • junction (what does junction mean?)
   • conjunction (what does conjunction mean?)
   • slip ring (what does slip ring mean?)
   • telephone line (what does telephone line mean?)
   • phone line (what does phone line mean?)
   • telephone circuit (what does telephone circuit mean?)
   • subscriber line (what does subscriber line mean?)
   • line (what does line mean?)
   • temporary hookup (what does temporary hookup mean?)
   • patch (what does patch mean?)
   • yoke (what does yoke mean?)
   • coupling (what does coupling mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • connect (what does connect mean?)
   • link (what does link mean?)
   • tie (what does tie mean?)
   • link up (what does link up mean?)
   • plug in (what does plug in mean?)
   • connect (what does connect mean?)
   • connect (what does connect mean?)
   • link (what does link mean?)
   • tie (what does tie mean?)
   • link up (what does link up mean?)
   • plug in (what does plug in mean?)
   • connect (what does connect mean?)
   • plug in (what does plug in mean?)
   • connect (what does connect mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
   Synonym(s)
   • conjunction (what does conjunction mean?)
   • conjunctive (what does conjunctive mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) connective is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • function word (what does function word mean?)
   • closed-class word (what does closed-class word mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • coordinating conjunction (what does coordinating conjunction mean?)
   • subordinating conjunction (what does subordinating conjunction mean?)
   • subordinate conjunction (what does subordinate conjunction mean?)

CONNECTIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • connecting or tending to connect
   Usage Example(s)
   • connective remarks between chapters
   • connective tissue in animals
   • conjunctive tissue in plants
   Similar To
   • conjunctive (what does conjunctive mean?)