constructive

 
  Grep  of  noun  constructive 
  constructive  breach 
  constructive  eviction 
  constructive  fraud 
  constructive  metabolism 
  constructive  trust 
  constructiveness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  constructive 
 
  The  adj  constructive  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  constructive  --  (constructing  or  tending  to  construct  or  improve  or  promote  development;  "constructive  criticism";  "a  constructive  attitude";  "a  constructive  philosophy";  "constructive  permission") 
  2.  constructive  --  (emphasizing  what  is  laudable  or  hopeful  or  to  the  good;  "constructive  criticism") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  constructive 
 
  2  senses  of  constructive 
 
  Sense  1 
  constructive  (vs.  destructive) 
 
  destructive  (vs.  constructive) 
  =>  annihilative,  annihilating,  devastating,  withering 
  =>  blasting,  ruinous 
  =>  cataclysmal,  cataclysmic 
  =>  caustic,  corrosive,  erosive,  vitriolic 
  =>  crushing,  devastating 
  =>  damaging,  negative 
  =>  erosive 
  =>  obliterating,  obscurant 
  =>  ravaging 
  =>  soul-destroying 
  =>  wasteful 
 
  Sense  2 
  constructive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  neutral,  positive)  ->  negative 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  positive,  negative)  ->  neutral 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  constructive 
 
  2  senses  of  constructive 
 
  Sense  1 
  constructive  (vs.  destructive) 
  =>  creative 
  =>  formative,  shaping 
  =>  formative 
  =>  inferential 
  =>  reconstructive,  rehabilitative 
  =>  structural 
  Also  See->  positive#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  constructive 
  =>  positive  (vs.  negative)  (vs.  neutral) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  constructive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  constructive 
 
  constructive  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  constructive 
  constructive 
  constructive-metabolic 
  reconstructive 
  unconstructive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  constructive 
 
  The  adj  constructive  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (5)  constructive  --  (constructing  or  tending  to  construct  or  improve  or  promote  development;  "constructive  criticism";  "a  constructive  attitude";  "a  constructive  philosophy";  "constructive  permission") 
  2.  constructive  --  (emphasizing  what  is  laudable  or  hopeful  or  to  the  good;  "constructive  criticism") 

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