subordinative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
    subordinating.
    • `when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction

WordNet

Sub*or"di*na*tive adjective
Definitions
  1. Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction.

Webster 1913