Explicative
Explicative adjective - Serving to explain.
Usage example: a dearth of explicative material to help the layman understand the difficult subject matter
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Synonyms for Explicative
Illuminative and explicative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Illuminative" instead an adjective "Explicative".
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
Explicative and illuminative are semantically related. You can use "Explicative" instead an adjective "Illuminative".
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Related pairs
- demonstrative and explicative
- demonstrative and illuminative
- illustrative and explicative
- illustrative and illuminative
- critical and explicative
- critical and illuminative
- informative and explicative
- informative and illuminative
- explanatory and explicative
- explanatory and illuminative
- enlightening and explicative
- enlightening and illuminative
- illuminating and explicative
- illuminating and illuminative
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