conjunctive — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Antonyms

   disjunctive

2. Connected: being joined, united, connected.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   conjunct

   Antonyms

   disjunctivedisjunct

3. Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).

   Usage

   • not-comparable

4. Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).

   Usage

   • not-comparable

5. Relating to the conjunctive mood.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

6. Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Antonyms

   disjunctive

7. Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a verb

   Synonyms

   subjunctive

8. Of or relating to logical conjunction.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Antonyms

   disjunctive

9. Closely united.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • Obsolete

   Examples

   She is so conjunctive to my life and soul / That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, / I could not but by her.

Noun

1. A conjunction.

2. The subjunctive.

3. A conjunction.

Adjective

1. serving or tending to connect

   Antonyms

   disjunctive

2. involving the joint activity of two or more

   Synonyms

   concertedconjunctcooperativeunited

   Examples

   concerted action

   the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind

   More examples (3)

   the conjunctive focus of political opposition

   a cooperative effort

   a united effort

Noun

1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

   Synonyms

   conjunctionconnectivecontinuative

   Broader terms

   function wordclosed-class word