| Main Entry: | expository |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | descriptive |
Synonyms: |
critical, disquisitional, elucidative, exegetic, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, hermeneutic, illustrative, informative, interpretive |
| Main Entry: | illustrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
allegorical, clarifying, comparative, corroborative, delineative, descriptive, diagrammatic, emblematic, exemplifying, explicatory, expository, figurative, graphic, iconographic, illuminative, illustrational, illustratory, imagistic, indicative, interpretive, metaphoric, pictorial, pictoric, representative, revealing, sample, specifying, symbolic, typical |
| 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: | elucidative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
annotative, clarifying, exegetic, exegetical, explanative, explicative, explicatory, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretative, interpretive |
| Main Entry: | exegetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
annotative, clarifying, elucidative, exegetical, explanative, explicative, explicatory, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretative, interpretive |
| Main Entry: | explanative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
annotative, clarifying, elucidative, exegetic, exegetical, explicative, explicatory, expository, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretative, interpretive |
| Main Entry: | explicative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
annotative, clarifying, elucidative, exegetic, exegetical, explanative, explicatory, expository, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretative, interpretive |
| Main Entry: | expositive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
annotative, clarifying, descriptive, elucidative, exegetic, exegetical, explanative, explicative, explicatory, expository, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretative, interpretive |