English adjective: constructive | |||
| 1. | constructive constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development | ||
| Samples | Constructive criticism. A constructive attitude. A constructive philosophy. Constructive permission. | ||
| Similar | creative, formative, formative, inferential, plastic, reconstructive, rehabilitative, shaping, structural | ||
| See also | positive | ||
| Antonyms | destructive | ||
| 2. | constructive emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good | ||
| Samples | Constructive criticism. | ||
| Similar | positive | ||
| Antonyms | negative, neutral | ||