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descriptive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of descriptive

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.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of descriptive

graphic (also graphical), picturesque, vivid

depicted, expressive

faithful, lifelike, natural, photographic, realistic

enumerated, inventoried, itemized, listed, numerated

delineated, specific, specified

abundant, copious

comprehensive, encyclopedic, exhausting, exhaustive, inclusionary, inclusive, in-depth, omnibus, panoramic, thoroughgoing

accurate, correct, exact, precise

complete, entire, replete

distinct, explicit, sharp

blow-by-blow, circumstantial, detailed, elaborate, full, minute, particular, particularized, thorough

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of descriptive

ambiguous, indeterminate, nebulous, nondescript, sketchy, vague

bird's-eye, broad, general, nonspecific, overall, unspecified

compendious, summary

brief, compact, concise, crisp, pithy, short, succinct, terse

abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut, pruned, shortened, trimmed

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