recreative adjective 2noun 1forms 1 adjective2 •Being, or pertaining to, recreation.Tribute acts, by contrast, are purely recreative. — 2007 •Creating anew. noun1 •(no longer used, rare) A recreative thing or activity.For, these are onely Cynthias recreatiues / Made vnto Phoebus, and are feminine; […] — 1615 formsrecreatives