Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "causative" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

noncausative

Derived Terms

anticausative anticausativisation causative verb causatively causativeness causativity causativization causativize intercausative multicausative

Derived From

cause

Etymologically Related To

cause ive

Context

linguistics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

verb

Type Of (IsA)

verb

Related Terms

curative

Related Terms

agent causation cause curative patient

Similar Terms

abortifacient abortifacient activating activating actuating anorectic anorexigenic anorexigenic causal causal conducive contributing contributing contributive contributory errhine errhine fast fast inducive inducive inductive motivating motivating motivative motive motive motor precipitating precipitating responsible responsible for responsible for sternutative sternutative sternutatory tributary

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