Synonyms & related words for transitive

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of transitive — including intransitive, verb, attributive, adverbial, prepositional, syntactic. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to transitive

Explore words related to transitive — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include transitiveness, transitively, ditransitive, transitivity, intransitiveness, intransitivity, ergativity, ergative. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for transitive

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Where does transitive come from?

The word transitive breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: trans-, from Latin trans (“across”); and -it, from Latin eo (“go”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.