interrogative

Meanings

Plural: interrogatives

Noun

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
• some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
• A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
• Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.
• A question; an interrogation.

Adjective

• relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood
  • "not all questions have an interrogative construction"
• relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation

Adj

• Asking or denoting a question.
• Pertaining to inquiry; questioning

Synonyms

examining, inquiring, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative mood, interrogative sentence, interrogatory, investigative, question, question mark

Antonyms

declarative, declaratory

Related Words

interrogate, interrogatedness, interrogatee, interrogation, interrogator, interrogatory, redditive