predicative

Definitions of predicative
  1. adjective
    of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence
    “`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'”
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    antonyms:
    attributive
    of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
    attributive genitive
    a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective
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