implicative

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪmˈplɪkətɪv/ UK /ɪmˈplɪkətɪv/ See IPA manual

adj

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1

adj
tending to imply or involve something by inference

Her silence was implicative of a deeper disagreement.

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1 adj · tending to imply or involve... suggestive inferential implying connotative indicative

Opposites

explicit direct

Word family

Derived forms implicativelyimplicativeness

Related forms implicate implication implicit imply

Etymology

From Latin implicatus ('entangled'), past participle of implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold'), + the adjectival suffix -ive.

implicare Latin plicare Latin *plek- Proto-Indo-European

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# implicative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ɪmˈplɪkətɪv
**IPA (UK):** ɪmˈplɪkətɪv

## Meanings
1. tending to imply or involve something by inference

## Examples
- Her silence was implicative of a deeper disagreement.

## Synonyms
- suggestive
- inferential
- implying
- connotative
- indicative

## Antonyms
- explicit
- direct

## Derived Forms
- implicatively
- implicativeness

## Related Forms
- implicate
- implication
- implicit
- imply

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: implicare
- Root: plicare
- Root: *plek-

## Etymology
From Latin implicatus ('entangled'), past participle of implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold'), + the adjectival suffix -ive.

## AI Etymology
Implicative comes from Latin implicatus ('entangled'), past participle of implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold'), + the adjectival suffix -ive. The etymological trail includes Latin implicare, Latin plicare, and Proto-Indo-European *plek-. As an adjective, implicative means tending to imply or involve something by inference. The same family is visible in derived forms such as implicatively and implicativeness and related forms such as implicate, implication, implicit, and imply. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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