agentive
Speech parts
1. agentive - Noun
2. agentive - Adjective
Meaning
(linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
(linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
agentive (plural agentives)
(linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.
Synonyms
handy
useful
functional
instrumental
helpful
ministerial
intermediary
sentient
managerial
conducive
subservient
serviceable
employable
operational
ministering
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