Meanings
comparative more informative · superlative most informative
- Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
I read a very informative newspaper article on that subject last week.
Synonyms: informatory, instructive · Antonyms: uninformative
- Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
Antonyms: normative
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveProviding information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
adjectiveOf a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
adjectiveserving to instruct or enlighten or inform
adjectiveproviding or conveying information
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic إِخْبَارِيّ, إِعْلَامِيّ
- إِخْبَارِيّ (ʔiḵbāriyy)providing useful or interesting information
- إِعْلَامِيّ (ʔiʕlāmiyy)providing useful or interesting information
Bulgarian информативен, осведомителен
- информативен (informativen)providing useful or interesting information
- осведомителен (osvedomitelen)providing useful or interesting information
Catalan informatiu
- informatiuproviding useful or interesting information
Dutch informatief
- informatiefproviding useful or interesting information
Finnish asiapitoinen, informatiivinen
- asiapitoinenproviding useful or interesting information
- informatiivinenproviding useful or interesting information
French instructif, informatif
- instructifproviding useful or interesting information
- informatifproviding useful or interesting information
German informativ
- informativproviding useful or interesting information
Hindi शिक्षाप्रद
- शिक्षाप्रद (śikṣāprad)providing useful or interesting information
Indonesian informatif
- informatifproviding useful or interesting information
Irish eolasach, faisnéiseach
- eolasachproviding useful or interesting information
- faisnéiseachproviding useful or interesting information
Italian informativo
- informativoproviding useful or interesting information
Latin īnfōrmātīvus
- īnfōrmātīvusproviding useful or interesting information
Malay informatif, bermaklumat
- informatifproviding useful or interesting information
- bermaklumatproviding useful or interesting information
Norwegian Bokmål lærerik, informativ
- lærerikproviding useful or interesting information
- informativproviding useful or interesting information
Persian آموزنده
- آموزنده (âmuzande)providing useful or interesting information
Polish pouczający, informatywny
- pouczającyproviding useful or interesting information
- informatywnyproviding useful or interesting information
Romanian informativ, informator
- informativproviding useful or interesting information
- informatorproviding useful or interesting information
Russian информати́вный
- информати́вный (informatívnyj)providing useful or interesting information
Spanish informativo, informador
- informativoproviding useful or interesting information
- informadorproviding useful or interesting information
Swedish informativ, upplysande
- informativproviding useful or interesting information
- upplysandeproviding useful or interesting information
- orienterandeproviding useful or interesting information
- informerandeproviding useful or interesting information
Ukrainian інформати́вний
- інформати́вний (informatývnyj)providing useful or interesting information
Urdu معلومات افزا
- معلومات افزا (mā'lūmāt-afzā)providing useful or interesting information
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with informative
Cite this entry
informative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informative
“informative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “informative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informative.
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