Explanative
Explanative adjective - Serving to explain.
Usage example: an edition of Melville's novel that could use more explanative footnotes about whaling
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Synonyms for Explanative
Illuminative and explanative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Illuminative" instead an adjective "Explanative".
Illuminative
Illuminative adjective - Serving to explain.
Usage example: illuminative descriptions of the sights to be seen from the observatory gave us a much better idea of what we were looking at
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Synonyms for Illuminative
Explanative and illuminative are semantically related. You can use "Explanative" instead an adjective "Illuminative".
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Related pairs
- demonstrative and explanative
- demonstrative and illuminative
- illustrative and explanative
- illustrative and illuminative
- summary and explanative
- summary and illuminative
- critical and explanative
- critical and illuminative
- informative and explanative
- informative and illuminative
- explanatory and explanative
- explanatory and illuminative
- enlightening and explanative
- enlightening and illuminative
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