Attributive Definition
ə-trĭbyə-tĭv
noun
A word or word group, such as an adjective, that is placed adjacent to the noun it modifies without a linking verb; for example, pale in the pale girl.
American Heritage
An attributive adjective.
“black” in “black cat” is an attributive.
Webster's New World
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.
In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of, relating to, or being an attributive, as an adjective.
American Heritage
Attributing.
Webster's New World
Of or having the nature of an attribution or attribute.
American Heritage
Of or like an attribute.
Webster's New World
Joined directly to (in English, generally preceding) the substantive that it modifies.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Attributive
Noun
Singular:
attributive
Plural:
attributives
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