What does recreative mean?
Recreative means Being, or pertaining to, recreation..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Being, or pertaining to, recreation..
Between the two extremes of college men the unsocial dig and the flunking swell, lies the majority, who, acknowledging the duty and merit of hard work, see the value in social and recreative line, but are at somewhat of a loss, seemingly, how to proportionize the time given to the different sides of college life, or how far to allow themselves to go on the more attractive side.
Tribute acts, by contrast, are purely recreative.
recreative power
For, theſe are onely Cynthias recreatiues / Made vnto Phœbus, and are feminine; […]
And in this kinde I knovv fevv recreatiues that poſſeſſe vs more, then the humour of building, in reſpectthey both ſatisfie our ovvne preſent inuention, and ſerue to our poſteritie, as perpetuall remembrances, and memorials of their progenitors, […]
Among the most delightful of mental recreatives may be classed the exhilarating pleasures of intellectual intercourse; they constitute the very life-fluid of our social being.
Use recreative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Recreative means Being, or pertaining to, recreation..
Common synonyms include rec, recreational.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Between the two extremes of college men the unsocial dig and the flunking swell, lies the majority, who, acknowledging the duty and merit of hard work, see the value in social and recreative line, but are at somewhat of a loss, seemingly, how to proportionize the time given to the different sides of college life, or how far to allow themselves to go on the more attractive side.
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