Related Words for descriptive

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WordSyllablesCategories
synchronic
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Adjective, Adjective
prescriptive
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Adjective, Adjective
explanatory
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Adjective
succinct
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Adjective
descriptions
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Noun
concise
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Noun
evocative
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Adjective
informative
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Adjective
suggestive
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Adjective
detailed
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Adjective
evaluative
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Adjective
poetic
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Adjective
illustrative
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Adjective
wordy
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Adjective
impressionistic
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Adjective
qualitative
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Adjective
pictorial
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Noun
quantitative
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Adjective
explicit
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Adjective
vague
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Adjective
euphemistic
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Adjective
observational
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Adjective
pithy
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Adjective
didactic
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Adjective
eloquent
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Adjective
colloquial
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Noun
ambiguous
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Adjective
informational
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Adjective
describe
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Verb
insightful
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Adjective
biographical
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Name
predictive
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Adjective
vivid
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Adjective
demonstrative
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Adjective
expository
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Noun
analytical
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Noun
empirical
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Adjective
poetical
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Name
explication
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Noun
descriptor
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Noun
allusive
x/x
Adjective
laudatory
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Adjective
referential
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Adjective
humorous
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Adjective
comprehensive
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Adjective
persuasive
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Adjective
catchy
/x
Adjective
imprecise
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Noun
narrative
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Noun
accurate
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Adjective
factual
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Adjective
precise
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Adjective
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
lyrical
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Adjective
poignant
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Adjective
imaginative
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Adjective
inferential
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Adjective
abstract
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Name
visual
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Adjective
unambiguous
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Adjective
declarative
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Adjective
readable
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Adjective
anecdotal
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Adjective
summary
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Noun
witty
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Adjective
graphic
/x
Noun
statistical
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Name
straightforward
//x
Adjective
emotive
x/x
Adjective
textual
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Adjective
conversational
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Adjective
instructive
x/x
Adjective
ethnographic
xx/x
Noun
conceptual
x/xx
Adjective
discursive
x/x
Adjective
expressive
x/x
Adjective
autobiographical
xxxx/xx
Adjective
interpretive
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Adjective
graphical
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Adjective
contextual
x/xx
Adjective
nuanced
/x
Adjective
verbiage
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Noun
connotative
xx/x
Adjective
diagnostic
xx/x
Adjective
terminological
/xx/xx
Adjective
comparative
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Name
taxonomic
/x/x
Adjective
phenotypic
xx/x
Adjective
adjectival
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Adjective
depositional
xx/xx
Noun
adjective
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Noun
presentational
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Adjective
evidential
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Adjective
textural
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Adjective
melodic
x/x
Adjective
ontological
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Adjective
definitional
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Adjective
typological
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Adjective
compositional
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Adjective
nutritional
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Noun
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
encyclopedic
xxx/x
Noun
dimensional
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Adjective
perceptual
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Adjective
structural
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Adjective
classificatory
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Adjective
morphological
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Adjective
psychological
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Adjective
investigational
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Name
deductive
x/x
Adjective
methodological
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Adjective
causal
/x
Adjective
photographic
xx/x
Noun
scientific
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Noun
sensorial
/x/x
Adjective
semantic
x/x
Adjective
zoological
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Name
dietary
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Adjective
analytic
xx/x
Adjective
semiotic
xx/x
Noun
departmental
xx/x
Name
phenomenological
x/xx/xx
Adjective
adverbial
x/xx
Noun
aspectual
x/xx
Adjective
topographic
xx/x
Adjective
pedagogical
xx/xx
Adjective
physiological
xxx/xx
Adjective
letterpress
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Noun
catalogue
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Noun
epidemiology
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Noun
metadata
xx/x
Noun
statistics
x/x
Noun
annotations
xx/x
Noun
captions
/x
Noun
adequacy
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Noun
ethnology
x/xx
Noun
embryology
xx/xx
Noun
oceanography
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Noun
brochure
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Noun
phenomenology
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Noun
linguist
/x
Noun
grammars
/x
Noun
markup
/x
Noun
abusive
x/x
Adjective
advertisement
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Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
anthology
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Noun
anthropological
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Adjective
article
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Noun, Verb
book
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Noun, Verb
cantatas
x/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
design
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Noun, Verb
diachronic
xx/x
Adjective
dictionary
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Noun, Verb
distinguishing
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
generic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
his
/
Noun
historical
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Adjective, Noun
identifying
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Noun
indicative
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Adjective, Noun
manual
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Noun, Adjective
meaningful
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Adjective
normative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
pastoral
/xx
Adjective, Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
play
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Verb, Noun
poem
/x
Noun
preface
/x
Noun, Verb
profile
/x
Noun, Verb
prospectus
x/x
Noun
sheet
/
Noun, Verb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
specification
xxx/x
Noun
tor
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Noun, Adjective
treatise
/x
Noun
work
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Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
dialect
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Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
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Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
headlines
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
anymore
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Adverb