informative
Use the adjective informative to describe something that gives you some kind of useful information, like an informative book about identifying the mushrooms you find growing wild in the woods near your house.
When something is informative, it's usually educational and full of facts — like an informative text book or an informative tour of the Hindu temples of northern India. If you learn a lot from something, you can call it informative. The Latin root of informative is the word informare, which means "to shape, train, instruct, or educate." Something that does those things for you is informative.
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serving to instruct or enlighten or informsynonyms: instructiveinformatoryproviding or conveying informationdoctrinairestubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitabilityeducativeresulting in educationeducationalproviding knowledgeexplanatoryserving or intended to explain or make clearostensivemanifestly demonstrativepreachyinclined to or marked by tedious moralization
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tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorancesynonyms: enlightening, illuminating
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providing or conveying informationsynonyms: informatorynewsyfull of newsinstructiveserving to instruct or enlighten or inform
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Vocabulary lists containing informative
Whip your vocabulary into shape by practicing these words that contain the Latin root form, meaning "shape."
The terms and definitions included in this list are intended to assist Pennsylvania educators an students in better understanding the Keystone Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content.
Point of order! If you need to improve your public speaking skills, review this list of words related to speech and debate. Can the right vocabulary really help you make persuasive and informative arguments? Affirmative!