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  1. denotative: Merriam-Webster
  2. denotative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. denotative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. denotative: Collins English Dictionary
  5. denotative: Vocabulary.com
  6. denotative: Wordnik
  7. denotative: Wiktionary
  8. denotative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. denotative: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Denotative, denotative: Dictionary.com
  11. Denotative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. denotative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. denotative: Rhymezone
  14. Denotative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. denotative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. denotative: FreeDictionary.org
  17. denotative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. denotative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. denotative: Legal dictionary

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  1. denotative: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (denotative)

▸ adjective:  That denotes or names; designative.
▸ adjective:  Specific to the primary meaning of a term.

Similar:
denotive, designative, referential, appellative, literal, explicit, naming, numeric, numerical, extensional, more...

Opposite:
connotative, figurative, metaphorical, associative, emotive

Types:
connotative, literal, figurative, symbolic, metaphorical, allegorical, more...

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Similar:
denotive, designative, referential, appellative, literal, explicit, naming, numeric, numerical, extensional, more...

Opposite:
connotative, figurative, metaphorical, associative, emotive

Types:
connotative, literal, figurative, symbolic, metaphorical, allegorical, more...



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