informative

Questions about informative

What does informative mean?

informative means "tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in informative?

informative has 4 syllables: in-for-ma-tive. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈfɔɹmətɪv/.

What is another word for informative?

Close synonyms include enlightening, illuminating, instructive, informatory. 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.

What is the opposite of informative?

The recorded antonyms are uninformative.

Is informative a common word?

informative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 informative?

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