Formative and Pivotal

Formative

Formative adjective - Having a role in deciding something's final form.
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Pivotal and formative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pivotal" instead an adjective "Formative".

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

Pivotal

Pivotal adjective - Of the greatest possible importance.
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Synonyms for Pivotal

Formative and pivotal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formative" instead an adjective "Pivotal".

Nearby Words: pivot, pivoted
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