WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ad•jec•ti•val /ˌædʒɪkˈtaɪvəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- of or relating to adjectives.
ad•jec•ti•val
(aj′ik tī′vəl),USA pronunciation adj.
ad′jec•ti′val•ly, adv.
- Grammarof, pertaining to, or used as an adjective.
- Literaturedescribing by means of many adjectives;
depending for effect on intensive qualification of subject matter, as a writer, style, or essay.
- adjective + -al1 1790–1800
'adjectival' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-able
- -aceous
- -age
- -ensis
- -eous
- -ic
- -ive
- -ous
- ESE
- I've
- Sy
- Tory
- adjective
- aftershave
- appositive
- attribute
- attributive
- bahuvrihi
- copula
- determiner
- done
- elative
- farther
- postdeterminer
- predeterminer
- subordinate clause
- very