1. Words formed from other words, typically nouns or adjectives, by adding affixes or changing form; words derived from a base word of a different part of speech.
Usage: linguistics; plural form

1. Relating to or formed by derivation from a noun or adjective rather than from a verb or root.
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The word 'darken' is a denominative verb formed from the noun 'dark'.
• In linguistics, denominatives are words created by adding suffixes to existing nouns.
• The verb 'to bottle' is a denominative formed from the noun 'bottle'.
• Many denominatives in English are created by adding the suffix '-ize' to nouns.
• The adjective 'greenish' is a denominative formed from the color noun 'green'.
• Denominative formation is a common word-building process across many languages.