legislative Syllabification: (leg·is·la·tive)Pronunciation: /ˈlejəˌslātiv/Translate legislative | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of legislative adjective having the power to make laws:the country’s supreme legislative body of or relating to laws or the making of them:legislative proposalsOften contrasted with executive. of or relating to a legislature:legislative electionsDerivatives legislatively adverb legislative in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of legislative in the British & World English dictionary