- adj. able or tending to communicate (view details)
- adj. of or relating to communication (view details)
Meaning 1: (adjective) able or tending to communicate
Usage Example(s): was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew- W.M.Thackeray
Synonym(s): communicatory ( what does communicatory stand for? )
Opposite(s): incommunicative ( what does incommunicative stand for? ), uncommunicative ( what does uncommunicative stand for? )
Similar(s): Bantu-speaking ( what does Bantu-speaking stand for? ), English-speaking ( what does English-speaking stand for? ), Finno-Ugric-speaking ( what does Finno-Ugric-speaking stand for? ), Flemish-speaking ( what does Flemish-speaking stand for? ), French-speaking ( what does French-speaking stand for? ), Gaelic-speaking ( what does Gaelic-speaking stand for? ), German-speaking ( what does German-speaking stand for? ), Icelandic-speaking ( what does Icelandic-speaking stand for? ), Italian-speaking ( what does Italian-speaking stand for? ), Japanese-speaking ( what does Japanese-speaking stand for? ), Kannada-speaking ( what does Kannada-speaking stand for? ), Livonian-speaking ( what does Livonian-speaking stand for? ), Oscan-speaking ( what does Oscan-speaking stand for? ), Russian-speaking ( what does Russian-speaking stand for? ), Samoyedic-speaking ( what does Samoyedic-speaking stand for? ), Semitic-speaking ( what does Semitic-speaking stand for? ), Siouan-speaking ( what does Siouan-speaking stand for? ), Spanish-speaking ( what does Spanish-speaking stand for? ), Turkic-speaking ( what does Turkic-speaking stand for? ), anecdotal ( what does anecdotal stand for? ), anecdotic ( what does anecdotic stand for? ), anecdotical ( what does anecdotical stand for? ), blabbermouthed ( what does blabbermouthed stand for? ), chatty ( what does chatty stand for? ), communicable ( what does communicable stand for? ), communicational ( what does communicational stand for? ), expansive ( what does expansive stand for? ), expressive ( what does expressive stand for? ), gesticulating ( what does gesticulating stand for? ), gestural ( what does gestural stand for? ), gossipy ( what does gossipy stand for? ), heraldic ( what does heraldic stand for? ), leaky ( what does leaky stand for? ), narrative ( what does narrative stand for? ), newsy ( what does newsy stand for? ), nonverbal ( what does nonverbal stand for? ), openhearted ( what does openhearted stand for? ), outspoken ( what does outspoken stand for? ), sign(a) ( what does sign(a) stand for? ), sign-language(a) ( what does sign-language(a) stand for? ), signed ( what does signed stand for? ), talebearing(a) ( what does talebearing(a) stand for? ), talkative ( what does talkative stand for? ), tattling(a) ( what does tattling(a) stand for? ), verbal ( what does verbal stand for? ), vocal ( what does vocal stand for? ), yarn-spinning ( what does yarn-spinning stand for? )
Worth Checking: articulate ( what does articulate stand for? ), voluble ( what does voluble stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adjective) of or relating to communication
Usage Example(s): communicative arts
Pertaining to: communication ( what does communication stand for? )
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