DIRECTIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity
   Usage Example(s)
   • the boss loves to send us directives
   Hypernyms(s) directive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pronouncement (what does pronouncement mean?)
   • dictum (what does dictum mean?)
   • say-so (what does say-so mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Presidential Directive (what does Presidential Directive mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • direct (what does direct mean?)

DIRECTIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • showing the way by conducting or leading
   • imposing direction on
   Synonym(s)
   • directing (what does directing mean?)
   • directional (what does directional mean?)
   • guiding (what does guiding mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • felt his mother’’s directing arm around him
   • the directional role of science on industrial progress
   Similar To
   • leading (what does leading mean?)