constructive

Meaning

1. Relating to or causing construction.
2. Carefully considered and meant to be helpful.
3. Serving a useful purpose.
4. Deemed after the fact to exist or to have occurred, despite the formal process not having been followed; often when there was no intention to do so at the time.
5. Not direct or expressed, but inferred.

Opposite of

destructive

Synonyms

creative

building

active

formative

construction

🚧

constitutive

edifying

zealous positive

functional

implicit

originative

positive

practical

productive

constructing

Translations

constructif

konstruktiv

costruttivo

construtivo

constructiu

constructivo

εποικοδομητικός

yapıcı

yapısal

constructief

müspet

costruttiva

olumlu

opbouwend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈstɹʌktɪv/

Etymology

From Latin cōnstrūctīvus. By surface analysis, construct + -ive.

Sentences

During these years he maintained close contact with students , encouraging their more constructive activities .