9 Letter Words for Formative
formative
8 Letter Words for Formative
favorite, formiate, moravite
7 Letter Words for Formative
amorite, aviform, evirato, foamier, formate, overfat, overfit, revomit, vitamer, vomiter
6 Letter Words for Formative
afrite, amoret, areito, evomit, faitor, fermat, foamer, foiter, fomite, format, fotive, fremit, imaret, maftir, maitre, mariet, matier, metria, mirate, moirae, morate, motier, motive, omerta, ortive, refait, reomit, rimate, taiver, tormae, viator
5 Letter Words for Formative
afire, afore, afret, afrit, after, aimer, aiver, amire, amort, amove, amrit, ariot, arite, armet, armit, avert, avoir, erato, ermit, etiam, faire, fairm, fario, fator, faver, favor, feria, ferio, fermi, fetor, firma, fiver, foeti, foram, foret, forma, forme, forte, fovea, fraim, frame, frate, frati, fream, freit, fremt, irate, maire, maori, marie, mater, matie, mavie, merit, metif, metra, metro, miter, mitra, moier, moira, moire, morae, morat, moria, morta, moter, motif, mover, movie, mtier, oater, ofter, orate, orvet, ovate, overt, ramet, ramie, ratio, refit, remit, retia, rifte, rimae, rivet, roate, rovet, tamer, tarie, tarve, taver, terai, terma, timar, timer, timor, tirma, tirve, tiver, tomia, torma, torve, tovar, trame, trave, trefa, treif, trifa, trove, vaire, vario, vireo, vitae, vitra, vitro, vomer, vomit, voter
4 Letter Words for Formative
aero, afer, afro, aire, airt, aivr, amie, amit, amor, aret, arte, arvo, atef, atmo, atom, aver, avie, eira, emir, emit, erat, eria, fair, fait, fame, fare, farm, faro, fart, fate, fave, favi, fear, feat, ferm, ferv, feta, fiar, fiat, fier, fire, firm, five, foam, fore, form, fort, frae, frat, fret, frim, frit, froe, from, frot, iare, iota, item, iter, itmo, mair, maoi, mare, mari, maro, mart, mate, mear, meat, meio, meri, mero, merv, meta, miae, mire, miro, mirv, mite, moat, moet, moir, moit, mora, more, mort, mota, mote, move, oime, omer, omit, orae, orfe, over, raft, rait, rame, rami, rate, rato, rave, ream, reft, reif, reim, reit, riem, rife, rift, rima, rime, riot, rita, rite, riva, rive, rivo, roam, roit, roma, rome, rota, rote, roti, rove, tame, tare, tari, taro, tave, team, tear, tera, terf, term, tiao, tiar, tier, time, tire, toea, tome, tore, tori, tram, trav, trie, trim, trio, vair, vare, vari, vera, veri, vert, veta, veto, vier, vita, vite, voar, voet, vota, vote
3 Letter Words for Formative
aer, aft, aim, air, ait, ame, ami, amt, aor, are, arf, arm, art, ate, atm, ave, avo, eam, ear, eat, eft, eir, emf, emo, eof, eom, era, erf, ert, eta, fam, fao, far, fat, fei, fem, fer, fet, fie, fir, fit, fmt, foe, for, fot, fra, fri, fro, frt, iao, ife, imf, imo, iof, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, mae, mao, mar, mat, mea, mei, mer, met, mfa, mfr, mia, mir, mit, moa, moe, moi, mor, mot, mri, oaf, oam, oar, oat, oer, oft, oie, ora, ore, orf, ort, ova, raf, rai, ram, rat, rea, ref, rei, rem, rev, ria, rie, rif, rim, rio, rit, riv, roe, roi, rom, rot, rte, rti, tai, tam, tao, tar, tav, tea, tef, tem, ter, tfr, tie, tim, tmv, toa, toe, toi, tom, tor, tov, tra, trf, tri, trm, vae, var, vat, vei, ver, vet, via, vie, vim, voe, vor
Definitions for Formative
[1] giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
[2] pertaining to formation or development: a child's most formative years.
[3] Biology . capable of developing new cells or tissue by cell division and differentiation: formative tissue. concerned with the formation of an embryo, organ, or the like.
[4] Grammar . pertaining to a formative.
[5] Grammar . a derivational affix, particularly one that determines the part of speech of the derived word, as -ness, in loudness, hardness, etc.
[6] Linguistics . (in generative grammar) any element, as a word, affix, or inflectional ending, functioning as a minimal syntactic unit that can be used in forming larger constructions.
[7] of or relating to formation, development, or growth formative years
[8] shaping; moulding a formative experience
[9] (of tissues and cells in certain parts of an organism) capable of growth and differentiation
[10] functioning in the formation of derived, inflected, or compound words
[11] an inflectional or derivational affix
[12] (in generative grammar) any of the minimum units of a sentence that have syntactic function
Words related to Formative
developmental, sensitive, determinative, shaping, immature, impressible, malleable, pliant, susceptible, moldable
Words nearby Formative
formate, formatio, formation, formation dance, formation rules, formative, formative assessment, formative element, formboard, formby, forme
Origin of Formative
From the Middle French word formatif, dating back to 1480–90. See formation, -ive
Words that may be confused with Formative
formative, formidable
Other words from Formative
form·a·tive·ly , adverb
form·a·tive·ness , noun
non·form·a·tive , adjective
non·form·a·tive·ly , adverb
sub·form·a·tive , adjective
sub·form·a·tive·ly , adverb
sub·form·a·tive·ness , noun
un·form·a·tive , adjective
Synonyms for Formative
developmental, determinative, sensitive, shaping, immature, impressible, malleable, moldable, pliant, susceptible
