descriptive
Meaning of descriptive
- serving or seeking to describe.
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- describing or classifying in an objective and non-judgemental way.
mid 18th century: from late Latin descriptivus, from descript- ‘written down’, from the verb describere (see describe).
Information about descriptive
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of descriptive
de-scrip-tive
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- descriptive is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
descriptive synonyms
Meaning synchronic:
Meaning serving as an example or explanation:
Meaning effectively conveying thought or feeling:
Meaning of or expressed in pictures; illustrated:
Meaning giving clear and vividly explicit details:
Meaning (of a place or building) visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way:
Meaning producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind:
Meaning attracting attention by reason of being unusual, extreme, or prominent:
Meaning serving to explain something:
Meaning intended to explain or describe something:
Meaning having many details or facts; showing attention to detail:
Meaning full of life and energy; active and outgoing:
Meaning pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it:
Anagrams of descriptive
Words that rhyme with descriptive
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