- adj. having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming (view details)
- adj. in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term (view details)
Meaning 1: (adjective) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
Synonym(s): denotive ( what does denotive stand for? )
Opposite(s): connotative ( what does connotative stand for? )
Similar(s): appellative ( what does appellative stand for? ), designative ( what does designative stand for? ), extensional ( what does extensional stand for? ), naming(a) ( what does naming(a) stand for? ), numeric ( what does numeric stand for? ), numerical ( what does numerical stand for? ), referential ( what does referential stand for? )
Worth Checking: explicit ( what does explicit stand for? ), expressed ( what does expressed stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adjective) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
Synonym(s): explicit
Similar(s): literal ( what does literal stand for? )
Anagram1 for denotative: detonative (What does detonative stand for?)
1An anagram is a word that results from the rearrangement of letters of another word. For example, an anagram of Mary is Army. Anagrams are fun!
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