| Main Entry: | illuminative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
Synonyms: |
academic, cultural, didactic, edifying, educative, enlightening, informational, informative, instructional, instructive, scholarly, scholastic, tutorial |
| Main Entry: | descriptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
anecdotic, characteristic, characterizing, circumstantial, classificatory, clear, definitive, delineative, depictive, describing, designating, detailed, eloquent, explicative, expository, expressive, extended, graphic, identifying, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative, indicative, interpretive, lifelike, narrative, particularized, pictorial, picturesque, revealing, specific, true to life, vivid |
Antonyms: |
confusing, cursory, undescriptive |
| Main Entry: | explanatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | descriptive |
Synonyms: |
allegorical, analytical, annotative, critical, declarative, demonstrative, diagrammatic, discursive, elucidatory, enlightening, exegetic, exegetical, explicative, expositional, expository, graphic, guiding, hermeneutic, illuminative, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretive, justifying, summary, supplementary |
Antonyms: |
confusing, mysterious, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, vague |
| 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: | edifying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enlightening |
Synonyms: |
cultural, educational, educative, illuminating, illuminative, improving, inspiring, instructional, instructive, refining, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | educative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
Synonyms: |
edifying, enlightening, illuminating, illuminative, informative, instructional, instructive, scholastic, useful |
| Main Entry: | enlightening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
Synonyms: |
broadening, civilizing, cultural, edifying, educative, enriching, humanizing, illuminative, informative, instructional, instructive, learned, refining, scholarly, scholastic, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | interpretative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
allegorical, analytical, annotative, critical, declarative, demonstrative, diagrammatic, discursive, elucidative, elucidatory, enlightening, exegetic, exegetical, explanative, explicative, expositional, expositive, expository, graphic, guiding, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illuminative, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretive, justifying, summary, supplementary |
| Main Entry: | interpretive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explanatory |
Synonyms: |
allegorical, analytical, annotative, critical, declarative, demonstrative, diagrammatic, discursive, elucidative, elucidatory, enlightening, exegetic, exegetical, explanative, explicative, expositional, expositive, expository, graphic, guiding, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illuminative, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretative, justifying, summary, supplementary |