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Appointive

Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.

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Similar meaning 4

Nominated 84% connected

of Nominate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Nominated 84% connected

of Nominate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Nominative 84% connected

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Nominative 84% connected

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Derivationally related 2

Appoint 74% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Appoint 74% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Pertains to 1

Appointment 66% connected

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that this form pertains to the related lexical concept.

Synonym 1

Appointed 92% connected

of Appoint

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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