Synonyms of constitutive

constitutive

adjective

ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌtü-tiv 

as in intrinsic

being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing

the proposition that liberty and justice are constitutive elements of an enlightened society

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intrinsic
• inherent
• integral
• essential
• constitutional
• immanent
• hereditary
• innate
• natural
• indigenous
• inner
• fundamental
• native
• inborn
• inherited
• inbred
• ingrained
• elemental
• basic
• distinctive
• internal
• characteristic
• hardwired
• congenital
• built-in
• ingrain
• peculiar
• interior
• normal
• deep-rooted
• in one's blood
• typical
• habitual
• inmost
• regular
• inveterate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extrinsic
• foreign
• adventitious
• extraneous
• alien
• incidental
• accidental
• surface
• coincidental
• external
• superficial
• exterior
• acquired
• adscititious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of constitutive

But the sea also surges through Tennyson’s poetry in a completely different way, although one equally constitutive of his genius. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

What the poem’s constitutive range of modal verbs exemplify is a mode of poetic questioning. — Elaine L. Wang september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025

Obviously, this dialectic has been constitutive of Gabriel Orozco’s work from the very beginning and determines it to this very day. — Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025

The globalist gaze on the world identified both interconnectedness and diversity as the constitutive elements of the post-war era. — Or Rosenboim, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2017