Synonyms & related words for hortative

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Words related to hortative

Explore words related to hortative — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include exhortative, exhortatory, hortatory, cohortative, exhorting, hortation, jussive, protreptic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does hortative come from?

The word hortative breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: hort, from Latin hortari (“to urge, encourage”); and -ative, from Latin ativus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.