Prescriptive and Updated

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Prescriptive adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.

Usage example: even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note

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Updated is an antonym for prescriptive.

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Prescriptive is an antonym for updated.

Nearby Words: update, updating

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Updated and Prescriptive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prescriptive/updated

Prescriptive & Updated. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/prescriptive/updated>.

Updated or Prescriptive. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/prescriptive/updated.

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