quantitative
1 antonyms and opposites of quantitative, grouped by meaning.
Adjective — Concerned with amounts and numbers rather than qualities — measured, counted or expressed as a figure.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adjective
Concerned with amounts and numbers rather than qualities — measured, counted or expressed as a figure.
“The study collected quantitative data on how many hours students slept.”
Opposites
2. adjective
Of finance and trading: driven by mathematical models and statistical analysis rather than judgement.
“She left the bank to join a quantitative hedge fund.”
Antonyms
How to Use Quantitative
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Neutral but academic. Everyday speech usually just says 'numbers' or 'figures'.
Etymology
From Latin quantitas 'quantity, extent', itself from quantus 'how much'.
Full origin of quantitative →Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative?
Quantitative research measures things and produces numbers — counts, scores, percentages. Qualitative research explores meaning and experience through interviews, observation and open-ended answers, and produces descriptions rather than figures. Many studies deliberately combine both.
Is quantitive a real word?
It appears in some dictionaries as a rare variant, but in modern academic and professional writing quantitative is the standard form and quantitive will usually be read as a typo.