Meanings
comparative more educative · superlative most educative
- Serving to educate; educational.
1 more example
[Y]ou didn't need a jailor, she contended, for a domesticated lamb tied up with pink ribbon. This was not an animal to be controlled—it was an animal to be, at the most, educated. She admitted accordingly that she was educative—which Maggie was so aware that she herself, inevitably, wasn't; so it came round to being true that what she was most in charge of was his mere intelligence.
1904, Henry James, The Golden BowlSynonyms: didactic, educational, instructive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveServing to educate; educational.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveresulting in education
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch educatief
- educatiefeducational
French éducatif, éducative
- éducatifeducational
- éducativeeducational
Japanese 教育的な
- 教育的な (kyōikuteki na)educational
Polish edukacyjny, wychowawczy
- edukacyjnyeducational
- wychowawczyeducational
Portuguese educativo, educacional
- educativoeducational
- educacionaleducational
- educadoreducational
Romanian educativ
- educativeducational
Spanish educativo
- educativoeducational
Welsh addysgiadol
- addysgiadoleducational
Cite this entry
educative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/educative
“educative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/educative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “educative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/educative.
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