Conjunctive

Full definition of conjunctive

Adjective

1. (grammar) relating to a conjunction
2. (grammar) of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
3. (grammar, of a verb) Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
4. (logic) of or relating to logical conjunction
5. (obsolete) Closely united.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, , IV. vii. 15:She is so conjunctive to my life and soul
  That, as the star moves not but in his sphere,
  I could not but by her.

Synonyms

• (subjunctive): subjunctive

Antonyms

• (of a personal pronoun): disjunctive
• (of logical conjunction): disjunctive

Derived terms