What is another word for Inflective?

Pronunciation: [ɪnflˈɛktɪv] (IPA)

Inflective is an adjective used to describe a word that changes its form to indicate tense, mood, voice, number, or gender. Some synonyms for inflective include: grammatical, morphological, conjugational, declinable, and varied. Grammatical indicates the rules governing the structure of a language and the correct use of words. Morphological refers to the study of the forms of words and their components. Conjugational indicates the varying forms of verbs to indicate person, number, tense, or mood. Declinable refers to a word whose form varies to indicate number, gender, or case. Varied indicates that something is capable of many different forms or variations.

What are the hypernyms for Inflective?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Inflective

It was customary not long ago to look upon these three types as steps in a process of historical development, the isolating representing the most primitive form of speech at which it was possible to arrive, the agglutinative coming next in order as a type evolved from the isolating, and the Inflective as the latest and so-called highest type of all.
"The Black Man's Place in South Africa"
Peter Nielsen

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