| 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
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| 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
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