Formative synonyms

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developmental
Related to how development occurs.
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impressionable
Capable of receiving an impression:
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moldable
Alternative spelling of mouldable.
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juvenile (related)
Immature or childish
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pliable (related)
Easily bent or molded; flexible
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creative
(Set theory)
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plastic
Capable of being shaped or formed:
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pliant
(Figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
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destructive (antonym)
Merely negative; not helpful
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noninfluential (antonym)
Not influential.
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shaping
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
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summative (related)
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self-directed (related)
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pbl (related)
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Find another word for formative. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for formative, like: developmental, impressionable, moldable, juvenile, pliable, creative, plastic, pliant, destructive, noninfluential and shaping.
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Formative Sentence Examples

  • An organism was to him something controlled by a formative organizing principle.

  • When this stage was reached the formative age of feudalism may be considered at an end.

  • But we may say that the formative age was over when these features of the system had combined to be its characteristic marks.

  • To assign any specific date to the end of this formative age is of course impossible, but meaning by the end what has just been stated, we shall not be far wrong if we place it somewhere near the beginning of the 10th century.

  • God knows, I've seen the bastards before, in their formative years.

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