informative
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
an enlightening glimpse of government in action
Related & opposite
- unenlightening antonym
- inform derivation
Sense 2 adjective
serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
Related & opposite
- informatory also see
- uninstructive antonym
- teach derivation
- inform derivation
- clarifying similar to
- demonstrative similar to
- didactic similar to
- doctrinaire similar to
- educative similar to
- educational similar to
- explanatory similar to
- expository similar to
- interpretative similar to
- ostensive similar to
- preachy similar to
Sense 3 adjective
providing or conveying information
Related & opposite
- instructive also see
- uninformative antonym
- inform derivation
- advisory similar to
- exemplifying similar to
- newsy similar to
- telling similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unenlightening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inform |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | informatory |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | uninstructive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | teach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inform |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | clarifying |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | demonstrative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | didactic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | doctrinaire |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | educative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | educational |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | explanatory |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | expository |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | interpretative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ostensive |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | preachy |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | instructive |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | uninformative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inform |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | advisory |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | exemplifying |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | newsy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | telling |