| 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 |
| Main Entry: | analytic/analytical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | examining and determining |
Synonyms: |
cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, dissecting, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, interpretive, investigative, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, problem-solving, questioning, ratiocinative, rational, reasonable, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid, well-grounded |
| 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: | 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: | oracular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prophetic |
Synonyms: |
Delphian, ambiguous, anticipating, apocalyptic, arcane, auguring, auspicious, authoritative, cabalistic, clairvoyant, cryptic, discovering, divining, divulging, dogmatic, fatidic, foreboding, forecasting, foretelling, imperious, interpretive, mantic, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, ominous, peremptory, portending, portentous, positive, predicting, presaging, prescient, proclaiming, prognosticating, prophesying, sage, secret, sibylline, significant, soothsaying, vague, vatic, venerable, wise |
| Main Entry: | analytical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | examining |
Synonyms: |
analytic, cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, dissecting, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, interpretive, investigative, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, problem-solving, questioning, ratiocinative, rational, reasonably, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid |
Antonyms: |
chaotic, disorganized, illogical, synthetical, unsystematic |
| 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 |