descriptive
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Synonyms: rescriptive, description, prescriptive, ascriptive, indescriptive, inscriptive, undescriptive, adscriptive, descriptio
Antonyms: rescriptive, description, prescriptive, ascriptive, indescriptive, inscriptive, undescriptive, adscriptive, descriptio
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Adjective
- Of, [[relating]] to, or [[providing]] a [[description]].
- {{lb|en|grammar}} Of an [[adjective]], stating an [[attribute]] of the associated [[noun]] (as ''heavy'' in ''the heavy dictionary'').
- {{lb|en|linguistics}} [[describing|Describing]] the [[structure]], [[grammar]], [[vocabulary]] and actual [[use]] of a [[language]].
- {{lb|en|science|philosophy}} Describing and seeking to [[classify]], as opposed to [[normative]] or [[prescriptive]].
Noun
- {{lb|en|grammar}} An [[adjective]] (or other descriptive [[word]]).
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