Synonyms for indicative
ɪnˈdɪk ə tɪvin·dica·tive

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1. indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact moodadjective

   a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

   Synonyms:
   common mood, declarative mood, declarative, fact mood, indicative mood

   Antonyms:
   concealing

2. indicative, declarativeadjective

   relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements

   "indicative mood"

   Synonyms:
   suggestive, indicatory, revelatory, asserting(a), declaratory, significative, declarative

   Antonyms:
   concealing

3. indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestiveadjective

   (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

   "actions indicative of fear"

   Synonyms:
   apocalyptical, suggestive, apocalyptic, indicatory, revelatory, significative, declarative, implicative

   Antonyms:
   concealing

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. indicativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   significant, to be taken as a sign

2. indicativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) affirmative

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1. List of paraphrases for "indicative":

   illustrative, tentative, informative, designator, timing, segregated, revealing, symptomatic, soft, guiding, directorial

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How to use indicative in a sentence?

1. Ken Novak:

   What I think we can say is that is indicative of the perhaps more confrontational nature of police-public encounters with people of color, people of color experience policing differently than majorities ... that speaks to maybe an unequal protection.

2. Travis Williams:

   This is indicative of unusual conditions this year, especially this early in the year, we have low water flows, which makes the lower Willamette very lake-like. The water temperatures are high, and nutrient levels could feed algae.

3. Travis Pickering:

   There is a preponderance of them here, and what we think is this is perhaps a specialization site, where they were working hides. And that is indicative of a very cognitively advanced sort of society.

4. Jonathan Cherney:

   I do know significant head injuries can cause people to not know what happened or forget what happened, the fact that he doesn’t remember driving at all is also indicative and consistent with the objective symptom of impaired driving.

5. James Hilterbrand:

   To go from what was a high school rugby paddock to the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs is indicative of the level of professionalism that's come to the game, (USA Rugby) is no longer a sleeping giant as everyone wants to call it, it's woken up and it's happening – I think it's just going through breakfast at the moment.