Meanings
comparative more instructive · superlative most instructive
- Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
Well, that was an instructive lesson.
1 more example
Some commentators have suggested that the activity represented by WallStreetBets and Trumpism are part of the same populist, anti-elite phenomenon, but if Trumpism in general is instructive at all here, it’s as a reminder that self-described anti-elite movements can, in fact, turn out to be much more complicated than that.
2021 January 29, John Herrman, “Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: didactic, educative, informative, informatory
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveConveying knowledge, information or instruction.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveserving to instruct or enlighten or inform
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian инструктивен, поучителен
- инструктивен (instruktiven)Conveying knowledge, information or instruction
- поучителен (poučitelen)Conveying knowledge, information or instruction
Catalan instructiu
- instructiuConveying knowledge, information or instruction
Czech instruktiv
- instruktivCase expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
Dutch instructief, leerrijk
- instructiefConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- leerrijkConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- leerzaamConveying knowledge, information or instruction
Estonian viisiütlev, instruktiiv
- viisiütlevCase expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
- instruktiivCase expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
Finnish opettava, opettavainen
- opettavaConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- opettavainenConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- instruktiiviCase expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
- keinontoCase expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
French instructif, instructif
- instructifConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- instructifCase expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
German lehrreich, aufschlussreich
- lehrreichConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- aufschlussreichConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- belehrendConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- InstruktivCase expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
Hindi शिक्षाप्रद
- शिक्षाप्रद (śikṣāprad)Conveying knowledge, information or instruction
Hungarian tanulságos
- tanulságosConveying knowledge, information or instruction
Italian istruttivo, instruttivo
- istruttivoConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- instruttivoConveying knowledge, information or instruction
Norwegian Bokmål lærerik
- lærerikConveying knowledge, information or instruction
Russian поучи́тельный, инструкти́вный паде́ж
- поучи́тельный (poučítelʹnyj)Conveying knowledge, information or instruction
- инструкти́вный паде́ж (instruktívnyj padéž)Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
- инструкти́в (instruktív)Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action
Spanish instructivo, aleccionador
- instructivoConveying knowledge, information or instruction
- aleccionadorConveying knowledge, information or instruction
Ukrainian повча́льний
- повча́льний (povčálʹnyj)Conveying knowledge, information or instruction
Cite this entry
instructive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructive
“instructive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instructive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructive.
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