Dictionary    Maps    Thesaurus    Translate    Advanced >   


Tip: Click Thesaurus above for synonyms. Also, follow synonym links within the dictionary to find definitions from other sources.

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
indicative
    adj 1: relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in
           declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn:
           indicative, declarative]
    2: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly;
       "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative,
       indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive]
    n 1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or
         state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood,
         indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common
         mood, fact mood]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, a. [L. indicativus: cf. F.
   indicatif.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or
      knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
      [1913 Webster]

            That truth is productive of utility, and utility
            indicative of truth, may be thus proved. --Bp.
                                                  Warburton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part,
      as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

   Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb
      which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies
      or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the
      mail arrived?
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   The indicative mood.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for indicative:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Christophanic, Satanophanic, absolute, adducible, admissible, allegorical, allusive, allusory, angelophanic, appearing, associational, attestative, attestive, augural, authentic, based on, certain, characteristic, circumstantial, conclusive, conditional, connotational, connotative, convincing, cumulative, damning, decisive, definable, demonstrating, demonstrative, denominative, denotational, denotative, designative, determinative, diagnostic, disclosive, displaying, documentary, documented, emblematic, epiphanic, evidential, evidentiary, evincive, ex parte, exhibitive, expositional, expository, expressive, extended, extensional, eye-witness, factual, figural, figurative, final, firsthand, forerunning, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretokening, forewarning, founded on, full of meaning, full of point, full of substance, grounded on, hearsay, heavy with meaning, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, imperative, implicational, implicative, implicatory, implicit, incarnating, incarnational, incontrovertible, indicating, indicatory, indisputable, individual, inferential, insinuating, insinuative, insinuatory, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, intuitive, ironic, irrefutable, irresistible, jussive, manifestative, material, materializing, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, mode, monitory, mood, naming, nuncupative, obligative, optative, overwhelming, pathognomonic, peculiar, permissive, pithy, pneumatophanic, pointed, potential, precursive, precursory, predictive, prefigurative, pregnant, preindicative, premonitory, presageful, presaging, presentational, presumptive, probative, prognostic, prognosticative, promulgatory, readable, referential, reliable, representative, revelational, revelatory, semantic, semiotic, sententious, showing, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying, subjunctive, substantial, suggestive, sure, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, telling, theophanic, transferred, typical, valid, warning, weighty
Common Misspellings >
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.

©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy