Definitions For Derivational

adjective

  • Characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base

noun

  • The origin of a word
  • The act of forming a word fromanother word
  • The source or origin of something

Is Derivational a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Derivational is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Derivational in a Sentence

  • He is doing research into the derivation of “Yankee.”
  • “Childish” was formed by derivation from “child.”
  • Scientists are debating the possible derivation of birds from dinosaurs.

Antonyms for Derivational

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