Illuminative
Illuminative adjective - Serving to explain.
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Synonyms for Illuminative
Metaphoric and illuminative are semantically related In some cases you can use "Metaphoric" instead an adjective "Illuminative".
Metaphoric
Metaphoric adjective - Expressing one thing in terms normally used for another.
Illuminative and metaphoric are semantically related in explanatory topic. Sometimes you can use "Illuminative" instead an adjective "Metaphoric".
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Related pairs
- demonstrative and illuminative
- demonstrative and metaphoric
- typical and illuminative
- typical and metaphoric
- representative and illuminative
- representative and metaphoric
- figurative and illuminative
- figurative and metaphoric
- illustrative and illuminative
- illustrative and metaphoric
- symbolic and illuminative
- symbolic and metaphoric
- revealing and illuminative
- revealing and metaphoric
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