expositive

1. 1.

   serving to expound or set forth

   “clean expository writing”

   Synonymsexpository

   Similarinstructive

Questions about expositive

What does expositive mean?

expositive means "serving to expound or set forth".

How many syllables are in expositive?

expositive has 4 syllables and divides as ex-po-si-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for expositive?

Close synonyms include expository. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.