DESCRIPTIVE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

descriptive

adjective

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having many features or details He told a descriptive story about his trip to Spain that captured our attention. An overly descriptive account of the movie that left little to the imagination.

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Recent Examples on the Web According to its practitioners, economics offers not only descriptive analyses of how society operates (determining who is affected by a particular tax, for example) but also normative policy recommendations (such as determining the optimal tax rate). —

Phillip L. Swagel, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2015 Homes are identified by descriptive names and geographic positions instead of conventional addresses, so residents collect their mail at the downtown post office (and deliveries can be challenging). —

Jessica Ritz, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024 And yet certain games just appear with a near-perfect, properly descriptive label. —

Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024 Adobe’s latest Firefly Vector model powers new Illustrator features like Generative Shape Fill, which allows users to add detailed vectors to shapes via descriptive text prompts. —

Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for descriptive

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