explanative

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of EXPLANATIVE

serving to explain <an edition of Melville's novel that could use more explanative footnotes about whaling>

Synonyms elucidative, exegetical (also exegetic), explanative, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, illuminative, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive

Related Words analytic (or analytical), demonstrative, discursive; exculpatory, exonerative

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