3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. attributif.] Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, n., (Gram.) A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: attributive adj : of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'" [syn: {prenominal}] [ant: {predicative}]
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