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INFORMATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Providing or conveying information
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
advisory; consultative; consultatory; consultive (giving advice)
exemplifying; illustrative (clarifying by use of examples)
newsy (full of news)
revealing; telling; telltale (disclosing unintentionally something concealed)
Also:
informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)
Antonym:
uninformative (lacking information)
Derivation:
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
Synonyms:
informative; instructive
Classified under:
Similar:
preachy (inclined to or marked by tedious moralization)
ostensive (manifestly demonstrative)
interpretative; interpretive (that provides interpretation)
expositive; expository (serving to expound or set forth)
explanatory (serving or intended to explain or make clear)
educational (providing knowledge)
educative (resulting in education)
doctrinaire (stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability)
didactic; didactical (instructive (especially excessively))
demonstrative; illustrative (serving to demonstrate)
clarifying; elucidative (that makes clear)
Also:
informative; informatory (providing or conveying information)
Derivation:
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
Example:
an illuminating lecture
Synonyms:
enlightening; illuminating; informative
Classified under:
Adjectives
Derivation:
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
