Word Meanings - ARGUMENTATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
Additional info about word: ARGUMENTATIVE
1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. 3. Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. --Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ARGUMENTATIVE)
- Dialectic
- Rhetorical
- logical
- argumentative
- Disputatious
- Litigious
- cantankerous
- quarrelsome
- querulous
- Logical
- Close
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ARGUMENTATIVE)
Related words: (words related to ARGUMENTATIVE)
- CLOSEHANDED
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n. - CANTANKEROUS
Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n. The cantankerous old maiden aunt. Theckeray. - PROTRACTIVE
Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden. - CLOSEFISTED
Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne. - CONDUCTIVITY
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity , the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces - CLOSE
to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often - DISPUTATIOUS
Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations - LITIGIOUSLY
In a litigious manner. - CLOSEN
To make close. - CLOSER
The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes - CLOSE-FIGHTS
Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. - PROTRACTILE
Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile. - CLOSEHAULED
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel. - INITIATE
1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon. How are changes of this sort to be initiated I. Taylor. 2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments - PROTRACT
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. (more info) 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. 2. To put off to - CONDUCTRESS
A woman who leads or directs; a directress. - CONDUCTOR
The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden. 2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as - ARGUMENTATIVE
1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. - CLOSE-BODIED
Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe. - CONDUCTIBILITY
1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity. 2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting. - MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs. - HOROLOGICAL
Relating to a horologe, or to horology. - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology. - SAFE-CONDUCT
That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak. - ANTHROPOLOGIC; ANTHROPOLOGICAL
Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv. - SOCIOLOGIC; SOCIOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. -- So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. - METALOGICAL
Beyond the scope or province of logic. - ONTOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to ontology. - OROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to orology. - AEROLOGIC; AEROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to aƫrology. - ASTROLOGIC; ASTROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv. - UNCLOSE
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. - ENCLOSE
To inclose. See Inclose. - PARCLOSE
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook. - ASSYRIOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies. - PHYSIOLOGICALLY
In a physiological manner. - MAMMALOGICAL
Of or pertaining to mammalogy. - HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc. - GLOSSOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to glossology. - PHONOLOGIC; PHONOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to phonology.