significative

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sig=nif=i=ca=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

significative, a. [L. significativus: cf. F. significatif.].

•  Betokening or representing by an external sign.  [1913 Webster]

  "The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative."  [1913 Webster]
•  Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.  [1913 Webster]

  "Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

significative, adj.
1 (esp. of a symbol etc.) signifying.
2 having a meaning.
3 (usu. foll. by of) serving as a sign or evidence.

Etymology

ME f. OF significatif -ive, or LL significativus (as SIGNIFY)

ROGET THESAURUS

significative

Meaning

N meaning, signification, significance, sense, expression, import, purport, force, drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring, scope, substance, gist, essence, marrow, spirit, matter, subject, subject matter, argument, text, sum and substance, general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, honest meaning, &c 543 prima facie meaning, letter of the law, literally, after acceptation, synonym, implication, allusion, suggestion, figure of speech, acceptation, meaning, expressive, suggestive, allusive, significant, significative, significatory, pithy, full of meaning, pregnant with meaning, declaratory, intelligible, literal, synonymous, tantamount, implied, explicit, to that effect, that is to say.