interrogative

About 0.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Asking or denoting a question.

   an interrogative phrase

2. adjective Pertaining to inquiry; questioning

   He took on an interrogative tone of voice.

3. noun A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
4. noun Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.
5. noun A question; an interrogation.

Similar words

question asking interrogation interrogatory interrogative mood interrogative sentence interogative quotative demonstrative verbal

Often followed by

pronouns sentences sentence pronoun and form word clauses or

Word family

interrogatively interrogatives