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explanative

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of explanative

serving to explain

  • an edition of Melville's novel that could use more explanative footnotes about whaling
Synonyms of explanative

elucidative, exegetical (also exegetic), explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, illuminative, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive
Words Related to explanative

analytic (or analytical), demonstrative, discursive

exculpatory, exonerative

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