constructive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
constructive criticism
Related & opposite
- positive also see
- destructive antonym
- constructiveness derivation
- creative similar to
- shaping similar to
- formative similar to
- inferential similar to
- reconstructive similar to
- structural similar to
Sense 2 adjective
emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good
constructive criticism
Related & opposite
- constructiveness derivation
- positive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | positive |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | destructive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | constructiveness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | creative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | shaping |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | formative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferential |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | reconstructive |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | structural |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | constructiveness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | positive |