indicative Syllabification: (in·dic·a·tive)Pronunciation: /inˈdikətiv/Translate indicative | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of indicative adjective 1serving as a sign or indication of something:having recurrent dreams is not necessarily indicative of any psychological problem 2 Grammar denoting a mood of verbs expressing simple statement of a fact. Compare with subjunctive. noun Grammar a verb in the indicative mood. (the indicative) the indicative mood. Derivatives indicatively adverb indicative in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of indicative in the British & World English dictionary