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meditative
adjective med·i·ta·tive \ˈme-də-ˌtā-tiv\
: very thoughtful : involving or allowing deep thought or meditation
Full Definition of MEDITATIVE
1
: marked by or conducive to meditation
2
: disposed or given to meditation
— med·i·ta·tive·ly adverb
— med·i·ta·tive·ness noun
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First Known Use of MEDITATIVE
1611
Related to MEDITATIVE
- Synonyms
- broody, cogitative, contemplative, melancholy, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, thoughtful
- Antonyms
- unreflective
Rhymes with MEDITATIVE
aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, consultative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, innovative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, nuncupative, operative, palliative, penetrative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative
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