A high forehead is indicative of great mental power.
Source: tatoeba (21250)
Indicative
//ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "indicative" (180 found)
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Strong matches (54)
denotativedesignativedeterminativediagnosticdisclosivedisplayingdocumentarydocumentedeloquentemblematicepiphanicevidentialevidentiaryevinciveex parteexhibitiveexpositionalexpositoryexpressiveextended
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extensionaleye-witnesseyewitnessfactualfiguralfigurativefinalfirsthandforerunningforeshadowingforeshowingforetokeningforewarningfounded onfull of meaningfull of pointfull of substancegrounded onhearsayheavy with meaningidentifyingideographicidiosyncraticimperativeimplicationalimplicativeimplicatoryimplicitincarnatingincarnationalincontrovertibleindicatingindicative mood
Noun(1 words)
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Noun(1 words)
indicatoryindisputableindividualinferentialinsinuatinginsinuativeinsinuatoryintelligibleintensionalinterpretableintuitiveironicirrefutableirresistiblejussivemanifestativematerialmaterializingmeaningmeaningful
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meatymetaphoricalmodemonitorymoodnamingnuncupativeobligativeominousoptativeoverwhelmingpathognomonicpeculiarpermissivepithypneumatophanicpointedpotentialprecursiveprecursorypredictiveprefigurativepregnantpreindicativepremonitorypresagefulpresagingpresentationalpresumptiveprobativeprognosticprognosticativepromulgatoryreadablereferentialreliablerepresentativerevelationalrevelatorysatanophanicsemanticsemioticsententiousshowingsignalizingsignificantsignifyingsubjunctivesubstantialsuggestivesuresymbolicsymbolicalsymbolisticsymbologicalsymptomaticsymptomatologictellingtheophanictransferredtruetypicalvalidwarningweighty
Adjective(4 words)
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3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- φραστικός adj (serving as a sign)
- ὁριστικός adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- ὁριστική noun (the indicative mood)
Bulgarian
3 entries- показателен adj (serving as a sign)
- показващ adj (serving as a sign)
- изяви́телно наклоне́ние noun (the indicative mood)
Catalan
3 entries- indicatiu adj (serving as a sign)
- indicatiu adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- indicatiu noun (the indicative mood)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 陈述语气 noun (the indicative mood)
Czech
1 entries- indikativ noun (the indicative mood)
Dutch
3 entries- indicatief adj (serving as a sign)
- aantonende wijs noun (the indicative mood)
- indicatief noun (the indicative mood)
Esperanto
1 entries- indikativa noun (the indicative mood)
Estonian
1 entries- kindel adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
Finnish
4 entries- indikatiivi adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- indikatiivinen adj (serving as a sign)
- indikatiivinen adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- indikatiivi noun (the indicative mood)
French
3 entries- indicatif adj (serving as a sign)
- indicatif adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- indicatif noun (the indicative mood)
Galician
1 entries- indicativo noun (the indicative mood)
German
3 entries- hinweisend adj (serving as a sign)
- indikativ adj (serving as a sign)
- Indikativ noun (the indicative mood)
Greek
2 entries- ενδεικτικός adj (serving as a sign)
- οριστική noun (the indicative mood)
Hindi
1 entries- सांकेतिक adj (serving as a sign)
Hungarian
4 entries- jelöl adj (serving as a sign)
- kijelentő adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- kijelentő módú adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- utal adj (serving as a sign)
Icelandic
1 entries- framsöguháttur noun (the indicative mood)
Italian
3 entries- indicativo adj (serving as a sign)
- indicativo adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- indicativo noun (the indicative mood)
Latin
3 entries- indicābilis adj (serving as a sign)
- indicātīvus adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- indicativus noun (the indicative mood)
Macedonian
3 entries- и́сказен adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- показа́телен adj (serving as a sign)
- и́сказен на́чин noun (the indicative mood)
Occitan
1 entries- indicatiu noun (the indicative mood)
Old English
2 entries- bicnol adj (serving as a sign)
- gebīcniendlīċ adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
Old French
1 entries- indicatif noun (the indicative mood)
Persian
2 entries- گزارشی adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- گزارشی noun (the indicative mood)
Polish
2 entries- tryb orzekający noun (the indicative mood)
- tryb oznajmujący noun (the indicative mood)
Portuguese
4 entries- indicador adj (serving as a sign)
- indicativo adj (serving as a sign)
- indicativo adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- indicativo noun (the indicative mood)
Russian
4 entries- изъяви́тельный adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- пока́зывающий adj (serving as a sign)
- свиде́тельствующий adj (serving as a sign)
- ука́зывающий adj (serving as a sign)
Spanish
1 entries- indicativo noun (the indicative mood)
Tagalog
2 entries- paturol adj (of, or relating to the indicative mood)
- paturol noun (the indicative mood)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
In the second-person singular, the perfect active indicative of "laudare" is "laudavisti".
Source: tatoeba (3557512)
Macedonian has four verbal moods: indicative, conditional, imperative, and renarrative.
Source: tatoeba (4399931)
That the death penalty exists is less indicative of our civilization than that hangmen can be found.
Source: tatoeba (5995882)
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