descriptive

comparative more descriptive · superlative most descriptive

1. Of, relating to, or providing a description.
2. grammarOf an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
3. human sciencesDescribing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
4. human sciencesDescribing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

   He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.

   2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162

   Antonyms: normative, non-descriptive, prescriptive

plural descriptives

1. grammarAn adjective (or other descriptive word).