significative UK /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkətɪv/US /sɪɡˈnɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv/ adjective2 •That tends to signify or indicate; indicativeThe holy Symbols, or Signs, are not inanes significationes, barely significative. — 1614 •That has meaning or significance; significantNeither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words. — 1605 formsmore significative · most significative