Meaning of EXPLORATIVE

Pronunciation:			ik'splârutiv
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adj]  serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaisance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"
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	Synonyms:		exploratory, preliminary, searching, wildcat
	Antonyms:		nonexplorative, nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Ex*plor"a*tive\, a. Exploratory.