Formative and New

Formative

Formative adjective - Having a role in deciding something's final form.
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Synonyms for Formative

New and formative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "New" instead an adjective "Formative".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, format, formated, formating

New

New adjective - Taking the place of one that came before.

Formative and new are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formative" instead an adjective "New".

Nearby Words: newness, newly, newish

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / The House of Hanover Born in Berlin and spending most of his formative years in Britain, he was 18 when he arrived in Hanover as the new Crown Prince... and completely blind due to childhood illnesses.
  • Children Are Innocent In Cellar Secrets, having lived most of her life in a cellar since her formative years, Ryuuko doesn't have much comprehension of how the world works and most things she sees are new, fascinating or, otherwise, frightening to her.
  • Children Are Innocent: Ryuuko, due to being a Wild Child, having lived most of her life in a cellar since her formative years, Ryuuko doesn't have much comprehension of how the world works and most things she sees are new, fascinating or, otherwise, frightening to her.
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