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Factive

(grammar) A factive verb.

📖 Definitions of "Factive"

noun

adjective

1
(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
"You can't say that somebody "discovered" the Moon to be made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the Moon isn't made of green cheese."
2
(of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
stative	(grammar) Of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property or status.
factful	factually accurate
ventivenoun	(grammar) Synonym of venitive.
licensable	Capable of, or suitable for, being licensed.
dynamic	Changing; active; in motion.
eventive	(grammar) That denotes an event.
vocablenoun	(linguistics) A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning.
realisnoun	(grammar) A category of grammatical moods, the most common of which is the indicative mood, that indicate that something actually is, or is not, the case.
grammaticalizable	Able to be grammaticalized.
formalizable	Capable of being formalized.
actionable	Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.
volitional	(comparable) Done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles; not accidental.
intentive	Paying attention; attentive, heedful.
articulated	Of a vehicle, composed of component parts each with its own wheels and chassis, e.g. an articulated lorry, articulated bus, or certain kinds of streetcars and trains.
asseverative	(linguistics) Serving to emphasize the certainty or truth of a statement.
problematic	Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):
validatorynoun	That serves to validate
veracious	Truthful; speaking the truth.
licensed	(of a person or enterprise) Having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).
voiceable	(linguistics) Able to be voiced.