interrogative

Adjective

• relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation

• relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood
  • not all questions have an interrogative construction
    

Noun

• some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
  • he asked a direct question
    
  • he had trouble phrasing his interrogations
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  interrogatory , interrogative mood , question , interrogation , interrogative sentence
• Antonyms: 
  declarative , declaratory , asserting(a)