reflective

re·flec·tive

adjective \ri-ˈflek-tiv\

Definition of REFLECTIVE

1

: capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves

2

: marked by reflection : thoughtful, deliberative

3

: of, relating to, or caused by reflection <reflective glare>

4

: reflexive 3

5

: reflecting something : indicative <how fashion is reflective of society — Glenda Bailey>

— re·flec·tive·ly adverb

— re·flec·tive·ness noun

— re·flec·tiv·i·ty noun

Examples of REFLECTIVE

1. the reflective glare of the shiny metal
2. She was in a very reflective mood.

First Known Use of REFLECTIVE

1627

Related to REFLECTIVE

Synonyms

broody, cogitative, meditative, melancholy, musing, pensive, contemplative, ruminant, ruminative, thoughtful

Antonyms

unreflective

Related Words

introspective, retrospective, self-reflective; earnest, grave, sedate, serious, serious-minded, severe, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre), weighty; philosophical (also philosophic); analytic (or analytical), logical, rational; deliberate, purposeful; absentminded, abstracted, preoccupied

Near Antonyms

featherbrained, flighty, flippant, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, scatterbrained; brainless, mindless, silly, thoughtless, unthinking

Other Physics Terms

amplitude, centrifugal, centripetal, convection, gradient, hysteresis, kinetic, lase, quantum

Rhymes with REFLECTIVE

advective, affective, bijective, collective, connective, convective, corrective, defective, deflective, detective, directive, effective, elective, ejective, infective, inflective, injective, invective, objective, perfective, perspective, projective, protective, respective, selective, subjective

re·flec·tive

adjective \ri-ˈflek-tiv\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of REFLECTIVE

1

: capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves

2

: of, relating to, or caused by reflection <reflective glare of the snow>