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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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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1. Larry Krasner:

   That is indicative of what we’ve been talking about for a very, very long time, which is how a cash bail system utterly fails us.

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. Hany Rashwan:

   How are we still approaching $ 17,000 ? That says something. It's indicative that people are still using cryptos and trying to safeguard assets. Trust hasn't been shaken to the core.

4. Bobbie Kilberg:

   He is the one candidate who can coalesce the mainstream of the Republican Party and win in the general election, you will see an indicative movement to Marco in the next week.

5. Chang Li:

   The Shandong economy is skewed toward gritty smoke-stack industries where companies are typically highly leveraged, we view the plight of Shandong POEs (privately owned enterprises) as indicative of China's wider challenge: the difficulty of transitioning to a higher value-added economy, while managing high debt and slowing growth.