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substitutive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
sub-sti-tu-tive
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of, or serving as a substitute

Etymology

Etymology tree English substitute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English substitutive From substitute + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more substitutive (comparative) most substitutive (superlative)

Derived Forms

substitutively substitutivity

Phrases

substitutive nomenclature

Synonyms

surrogate

Questions

What does substitutive mean?
Characteristic of, or serving as a substitute
Where does substitutive come from?
Etymology tree English substitute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English substitutive From substitute + -ive.

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