educational

1 providing useful information or knowledge we found the talk on easy ways for families to recycle household products very educational Synonyms informative, educative, enlightening, illuminating, informational, informatory, instructional, instructiveRelated Words comprehensive, copious, detailed, full; communicatory, edifying, elucidative, explanatory; chatty, gossipy, newsy; availing, beneficial, constructive, helpful, profitable; practical, serviceable, usable (also useable), useful, worthwhileNear Antonyms impractical, unhelpful, unusable, uselessAntonyms unenlightening, unilluminating, uninformative, uninstructive

2 of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level the community college strives to meet the educational needs of the residents of its urban location Synonyms academic, intellectual, scholarly, scholasticRelated Words bookish, donnish, geeky, nerdish, nerdy, pedagogical (also pedagogic), pedantic, professorial, tweedy; curricular; educative, instructive; collegiate, graduate, postgraduateNear Antonyms cocurricular, extracurricular; noncollegiateAntonyms nonacademic, noneducational, unacademic, unscholarly