Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Adjective: appellative  u'pe-lu-tiv
  1. Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
     
  2. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names
    "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"
    - naming
Noun: appellative  u'pe-lu-tiv
  1. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    - appellation, denomination, designation

Derived forms: appellatives

See also: denotative, denotive, noun

Type of: name

Nearest

appearing
appeasable
appease
appeasement
appeaser
appeasing
appellant
appellate
appellate court
appellation
appellative
appellee
append
appendage
appendaged
appendant
appendectomy
appendicectomy
appendicitis
appendicle
appendicular