generative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
Reproductive.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/ /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹətɪv/ /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹətɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-generative.wav [ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹəɾɪv] [ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəɾɪv] [d͡ʒəˈnɛɹəɾɪv] /ˈd͡ʒenəɹətɪv/ [ˈd͡ʒenəɹəɾɪv] /dʒɛnəˈreʈɪv/

Word forms

generative more generative most generative

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin generobor. Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yfbor. Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif English generative From Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif, equivalent to generate + -ive. Compare French génératif.

Synonyms

creative

Antonyms

annihilative

Related words

degenerative

Derived words

antigenerative cogenerative generative act generative adversarial network generative AI generative artificial intelligence generative grammar generative lexicon generatively generative medicine generativeness generativism generativist generativistic generativity neurogenerative nongenerative trigenerative ungenerative

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