Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

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

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

summative

Derived Terms

formatively formativeness neoformative neuroformative postformative preformative reformative unformative vasoformative

Context

biology education grammar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

language unit linguistic unit

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

affix

Type Of (IsA)

language unit

Related Terms

formulative informative

Related Terms

formation forming function growth inflection language morphological tissue unit word

Similar Terms

constructive constructive

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.