| Distributive 1. (a.) Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. 2. (a.) Assigning the species of a general term. 3. (a.) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two). 4. (n.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral. Thesaurus Entries attenuative, diffractional, diffractive, diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, dissipative, distributional, equal, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half, half-and-half, halvers, particular, per capita, per head, pro rata, proportional, proportionate, prorated, respective, scattering, several, spreading |