educative

providing useful information or knowledge college students discover that what they experience outside the classroom can be just as educative as anything that happens within Synonyms educational, informative, 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