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| Main Entry: | descriptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, circumstantial, clear, definitive, detailed, eloquent, expository, expressive, extended, graphic, illuminating, illustrative, indicative, lifelike, narrative, picturesque, specific, vivid, anecdotic, characterizing, classificatory, delineative, depictive, describing, designating, explicative, identifying, illuminative, interpretive, particularized, pictorial, revealing, true to life |
| Antonyms: | confusing, cursory, undescriptive |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | adjective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | word that modifies a noun |
| Synonyms: | accessory, additional, adjunct, attribute, dependent, descriptive, modifier, adnoun, attributive, identifier, qualifier |
| Main Entry: | factual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | real, correct |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, actual, authentic, card-carrying, certain, circumstantial, close, credible, descriptive, exact, faithful, genuine, hard, kosher*, legit, legitimate, literal, objective, on the level*, positive, precise, righteous, specific, straight from horse's mouth, sure, sure-enough, true, true-to-life, unadorned, unbiased, undoubted, unquestionable, valid, veritable |
| Antonyms: | biased, false, imprecise, incorrect, unfactual, untruthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figurative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not literal, but symbolic |
| Synonyms: | allegorical, descriptive, fanciful, florid, flowery, illustrative, metaphorical, ornate, representative, typical, denotative, emblematic, emblematical, metaphoric, pictorial, poetical, signifying |
| Antonyms: | literal, real, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | illustrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
| Synonyms: | allegorical, comparative, corroborative, descriptive, expository, figurative, graphic, indicative, representative, sample, symbolic, typical, clarifying, delineative, diagrammatic, emblematic, exemplifying, explicatory, iconographic, illuminative, illustrational, illustratory, imagistic, interpretive, metaphoric, pictorial, pictoric, revealing, specifying |
| Notes: | illustrative means clarifying by use of examples or serving to demonstrate, while illustrious means widely known and esteemed or having or conferring glory |
| Antonyms: | atypical, complicated, confusing, involved |
| Main Entry: | informative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
| Synonyms: | advisory, chatty, communicative, descriptive, explanatory, forthcoming, illuminating, instructional, instructive, newsy, significant, edifying, educative, elucidative, enlightening, gossipy, informational, revealing, revelatory |
| Antonyms: | unimportant, useless, unilluminating, uninformative |
| Main Entry: | metaphorical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | figurative |
| Synonyms: | allegorical, descriptive, illustrative, representative, symbolic, denotative, emblematic, metaphoric, tropological |
| Main Entry: | declaratory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | declarative |
| Synonyms: | demonstrative, descriptive, explanatory, enunciatory |
| Main Entry: | graphic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, explicit |
| Synonyms: | colorful, compelling, comprehensible, concrete, convincing, definite, descriptive, detailed, distinct, eloquent, expressive, figurative, forcible, illustrative, incisive, intelligible, lively, lucid, moving, perspicuous, picturesque, precise, realistic, stirring, striking, strong, telling, unequivocal, vivid |
| Antonyms: | implicit, unclear, vague |
| Main Entry: | graphic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pictorial, visible |
| Synonyms: | descriptive, drawn, engraved, illustrated, illustrative, outlined, painted, photographic, traced, visual, blocked-out, delineated, depicted, diagrammatic, etched, iconographic, illustrational, marked-out, pictoric, pictured, portrayed, representational, seen, sketched |
| Antonyms: | obscure, vague |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
accountable, anecdotic, cadastral, described, descriptive, epic, graphic, historic, hypomnematic, legendary, narrative, storied, suggestive, traditional, traditionary
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| Main Entry: | rhetoric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
allegorical, anapestic, dactylic, descriptive, dialectic, elliptical, humorous, hyperbolic, iambic, interrogative, ironical, metaphorical, narrative, ornamental, prosaic, rhythmical, sarcastic, symbolic, synonymous, tautologic, trochaic, witty
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