additive

additive

adjective

Definition of ADDITIVE

produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things <certain drugs have additive effects when taken in conjunction with each other that one doesn't see when any one is used alone>

Synonyms accretive, accumulative, additive, conglomerative, incremental

Related Words gradual, step-by-step, stepwise; increscent, progressive; accruable, accrued, aggregated, amassed, built-up, compiled, conglomerated

Near Antonyms decremental, decrescent, degressive, regressive