-ative +

(Latin: a suffix; tending to)


accelerative
Tending to increase velocity or speed.
accumulative
Tending to gather or to collect things.
agglomerative
1. To form or collect into a rounded mass.
2. A confused or jumbled mass; a heap.
3. A volcanic rock consisting of rounded and angular fragments fused together.
agglutinative
Promoting adhension or agglutination.
agitative
Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment.
alterative
1. Tending to alter or to produce alteration.
2. Tending to cure or to restore to normal health.
3. A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change and restores healthy functions.
ameliorative
To tendency to make or to become better; to improve.
cogitative
Inclined to or capable of cogitation (serious thought).
creative
1. The ability to create things: "Humans are considered a creative species."
2. Using or showing use of the imagination to create new ideas or things: "She had a creative approach to the problem of not having enough room for all of her clothes."
3. Making imaginative use of the limited resources available: "My wife is a creative cook who utilizes what is available."
4. Employing deceptive methods to distort financial records; such as, creative accounting, or creative bookkeeping.
5. Being a creator of new ideas and concepts for sales campaigns.
6. Characterized by originality and expressiveness; imaginative: "He was talented and often produced very creative writing."
curative
Tending to cure or restore to health.
declarative
Serving, or tending, to declare or to state.
derogative
1. Tending to derogate or to be detractive.
2. Disparaging; derogatory.
evacuative
1. That which evacuates or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents.
2. That which discharges, as of waste matter through the excretory passages; especially, from the bowels.
3. The removal of people or things from an endangered area.
exaggerative
1. Tending to exaggerate,
2. Involving or characterized by exaggeration.
imaginative
1. Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.
2. Created by, indicative of, or characterized by imagination or creativity.
3. Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
4. Good at thinking of new ideas or at visualizing things that have never been seen or experienced directly.
5. New and original, or not likely to have been easily thought up by someone else; such as, an imaginative solution to a long-standing problem.
6. Relating to the ability to form images and ideas in the mind, or to think of new things.
7. Apparently untrue, implausible, or unlikely; having no truth; being false.

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