Adjective interrogative has 2 senses
- interrogative - relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction"
- interrogative, interrogatory, asking - relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
Antonyms: declarative, declaratory, asserting
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Noun interrogative has 2 senses
- question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence - a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
--1 is a kind of sentence
--1 has particulars: cross-question; leading question; yes-no question
- interrogative mood, interrogative - some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
--2 is a kind of mood, mode, modality
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