adj
Meaning 1
Eager to communicate; talkative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
communicative
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/
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US: /kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪv/
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US: /kəˈmjuː.nə.kə.t̬ɪv/
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adjective
Meaning 2
able or tending to communicate- W.M.Thackeray
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: communicatory
Antonyms: uncommunicative
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- communicative arts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French communicatif.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: общи́телен (obštítelen) — eager to communicate
- Catalan: comunicatiu — eager to communicate
- Czech: komunikativní — eager to communicate
- Esperanto: komunikema — eager to communicate
- German: kommunikativ — eager to communicate
- Hungarian: közlékeny — eager to communicate
- Hungarian: beszédes — eager to communicate
- Indonesian: komunikatif — eager to communicate
- Kazakh: қатысымдық (qatysymdyq) — eager to communicate
- Polish: komunikatywny — eager to communicate
- Russian: общи́тельный (obščítelʹnyj) — eager to communicate
- Russian: коммуникати́вный (kommunikatívnyj) — eager to communicate
- Spanish: comunicativo — eager to communicate
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