informative

adjective

in·​for·​ma·​tive in-ˈfȯr-mə-tiv 

: imparting knowledge : instructive

informatively adverb

informativeness noun

Synonyms of informative

• instructive
• informational
• educational
• educative
• instructional

Examples of informative in a Sentence

some websites for family vacation resorts are very informative and some are practically useless

Recent Examples on the Web

On Monday afternoon, Variety Doc Dreams NYC took over Firehouse Cinema in downtown Manhattan for a lively and informative series of talks highlighting contenders for this year’s Best Documentary Oscar. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

More volume is moving into a session where execution-quality measures may be less informative and routing models have less reliable data to learn from. — Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

And that’s gonna be by having a variety of voices there, having a tone that’s welcoming and being interesting and informative. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026

But their subjective descriptions were a little more informative. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for informative

• performative
• formative
• normative
• heteronormative
• uninformative

Kids Definition

informative

adjective

in·​for·​ma·​tive in-ˈfȯr-mət-iv 

: providing knowledge : instructive

an informative book

informatively adverb

informativeness noun