Meaning

3 senses

  1. That erupts or bursts forth.

  2. Accompanied by eruptions.

    an eruptive fever

    producing or characterized by eruptions

  3. Produced by eruption.

    eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic

    produced by the action of fire or intense heat

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From French éruptif. By surface analysis, erupt + -ive.

From French éruptif. By surface analysis, erupt + -ive.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more eruptive, most eruptive
Comparativemore eruptive Lesson
Superlativemost eruptive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • produced by the action of fire or intense heat:igneous

Word family

12 related words
Relatederupteruption
Derivedaneruptiveeruptivelyeruptivenesseruptivityintereruptivenoneruptiveposteruptivepreeruptivesyneruptiveuneruptive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eruditeeruditioneruptB2eruptionB2eruvescalateescalationescalatorA2
eruptive — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto