explanatory

1. 1.

   serving or intended to explain or make clear

   “explanatory notes”

   “an explanatory paragraph”

   Similarinstructive

Questions about explanatory

What does explanatory mean?

explanatory means "serving or intended to explain or make clear".

How many syllables are in explanatory?

explanatory has 5 syllables: ex-plan-a-to-ry. The stress falls on "plan". In IPA it is /ɪkˈsplænəˌtɔɹi/.

Is explanatory a common word?

explanatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with explanatory?

59 words rhyme with explanatory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.