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Meaning of INFORMATIVE

Pronunciation:  in'formutiv

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  providing or conveying information
  2. [adj]  serving to instruct of enlighten or inform
  3. [adj]  tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"
 
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 Synonyms: advisory, clarifying, consultative, consultatory, consultive, demonstrative, didactic, didactical, doctrinaire, educational, educative, elucidative, enlightening, exemplifying, explanatory, expositive, expository, illustrative, informatory, interpretative, interpretive, newsy, ostensive, revealing, telling, telltale(a)
 
 Antonyms: unenlightening, uninformative, uninstructive
 
 See Also: informative, instructive

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In*form"a*tive\, a.
Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. --Dr. H. More.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: advisory, autodidactic, coeducational, communicative, cultural, didactic, disciplinary, edifying, educating, educational, educative, elucidative, enlightening, exhortatory, explanatory, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, informational, informing, initiatory, instructive, introductory, lecturing, monitory, preaching, preceptive, propaedeutic, revealing, self-teaching, teaching, tuitionary
 

 

 

 

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