instructive

Questions about instructive

What does instructive mean?

instructive means "serving to instruct or enlighten or inform".

How many syllables are in instructive?

instructive has 3 syllables: in-struc-tive. The stress falls on "struc". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/.

What is another word for instructive?

Close synonyms include informative. 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 instructive?

The recorded antonyms are uninstructive.

Is instructive a common word?

instructive 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 instructive?

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