Definition for Causative:

• Acting as cause, productive of; ( Gram.) expressing cause. Hence causatively adv. [ French]

Synonyms for Causative:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • causative.
  •causative (adjective)
  • generative,
  • executive,
  • germinal,
  • pivotal,
  • influential,
  • formative,
  • effective,
  • responsible,
  • motivational.
  •creative (adjective)
  • inventive.
  •original (adjective)
  • quick,
  • unprecedented,
  • Conceiving,
  • novel,
  • sensitive,
  • devising,
  • unusual,
  • envisioning,
  • creative,
  • untried,
  • unconventional,
  • most novel,
  • seminal,
  • ready,
  • inspiring,
  • avant garde.

• n.

  •
  • active.
  •
  • instrumental,
  • productive.
  •activating (noun)
  • activating.
  •actuating (noun)
  • actuating.
  •anorectic (noun)
  • anorectic.
  •anorexigenic (noun)
  • anorexigenic.
  •borne in upon (noun)
  • borne in upon.
  •causative (noun)
  • motivating,
  • precipitating,
  • motor,
  • inductive,
  • sternutatory,
  • inducive,
  • contributive,
  • errhine,
  • abortifacient,
  • conducive,
  • motivative,
  • responsible for,
  • contributing,
  • motive,
  • sternutative.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • imperfect,
  • sing,
  • non-finite,
  • imperative,
  • ergative,
  • future,
  • driving,
  • finite,
  • continuous,
  • deciding,
  • impersonal,
  • stative,
  • determining,
  • intransitive,
  • transitive.
  •
  • enabling,
  • singular,
  • decisive,
  • catalytic,
  • perfect,
  • fecund,
  • reflexive,
  • modal.
  •
  • fertile,
  • prolific.
  •
  • progressive,
  • weak.

Paraphrases for Causative:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    causal.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    causal.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    casual, cause, talkative.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    causation, cause.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    cause-effect, cause-and-effect, etiological.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    causality.

Antonyms for Causative:

• adj.

  • all
    noncausative.
  • inventive
    stolen, inept, uncreative, unoriginal, unimaginative, old, dull, unresourceful, uninventive.
  • original
    newest, hackneyed, normal, worn, standard, uneducated, usual, Borrowed, derivative, used, slow, latest.
  • Other antonyms:
    noncausal.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    deductive, distributary, irresponsible.

Causative Sentence Examples:

• To what degree these things are directly causative no one can say.

Hypernym for Causative:

• Other hypernyms:

  • n.
    verb.