agglutinative

Examples

• All

• The agglutinative nature of the adhesive made it ideal for bonding the fractured pottery fragments.

• Some bacteria form agglutinative clusters when exposed to certain chemicals.

• The scientists noted an agglutinative mass under the microscope, indicating strong cellular adhesion.

• Finnish is an agglutinative language.

• What is an agglutinative language?

• Some bacteria form agglutinative clusters when exposed to specific chemicals that enhance their adhesion.

• Under the microscope, the researchers observed an agglutinative mass, which suggested a significant degree of cellular sticking together.

Synonyms

C

cohesive

vsagglutinative

38 6.3

Keeping people or parts united and working well

is focused on the general result of unity rather than a strong binding action

G

gluelike

vsagglutinative

5.5

Making a group of people stay together and work well

is more about a tendency to stick together rather than actively binding

C

cementlike

vsagglutinative

5.3

Holding people or things together like cement

is the idea of tending to stick rather than stressing strength or durability

Antonyms

D

disunited

1 6.0

Not joined or working together as a group

Compounds

A

agglutinative language

• Specialized

9.9

A language where words are made by joining small parts, each with its own meaning like Turkish or Japanese

How Sticky

gluey

1 3.2

agglutinative

9.5

adhesive

3 3.5

sticky

126 1.0

tacky

• Specialized

4 4.9

non-sticky

2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology