descriptive
Plural: descriptives
Adjective
- serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- "the descriptive variable"
- "a descriptive passage"
- describing the structure of a language
- "descriptive grammar"
Adj
- Of, relating to, or providing a description.
- Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
- Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
- Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
Noun
- An adjective (or other descriptive word)
Origin / Etymology
From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).
Antonyms
prescriptive, undescriptive, non-descriptive, normative
Scrabble Score: 19
descriptive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddescriptive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
descriptive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
descriptive: valid Words With Friends Word