descriptive[adjective]Synonyms: graphic, detailed, explanatory, expressive, illustrative, pictorial, picturesque, vivid
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
de‧scrip‧tive /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective: describable ≠
indescribable,
nondescript,
descriptive;
verb:
describe;
noun:
description;
adverb:
descriptively]
1. giving a description of something:
the descriptive passages in the novel2. technical describing how the words of a language are actually used, rather than saying how they ought to be used
Antonym : prescriptive—descriptively adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲