Antonyms for in formative
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-fawr-muh-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfɔr mə tɪv |
Definition of in formative
Origin :- "instructive," late 14c., "formative, shaping, plastic," from Medieval Latin informativus, from Latin informatus, past participle of informare (see inform). Related: Informatively.
- As in informative : adj educational
- As in social : adj public, friendly
- As in telltale : adj revealing
- As in newsy : adj significant
- As in educative : adj educational
- As in elucidative : adj explanatory
- As in enlightening : adj educational
- As in exegetic : adj explanatory
- As in explanative : adj explanatory
- As in explicative : adj explanatory
- As in expositive : adj explanatory
- As in illuminative : adj educational
- As in interpretative : adj explanatory
- As in interpretive : adj explanatory
- As in societal : adj pertaining to society
- As in educational : adj instructional
- As in explanatory : adj descriptive
- As in expository : adj descriptive
Synonyms for in formative
- academic
- advisory
- allegorical
- amusing
- analytical
- annotative
- broadening
- chatty
- civil
- civilizing
- clarifying
- collective
- common
- communal
- communicative
- community
- companionable
- convivial
- cordial
- critical
- cultural
- declarative
- demonstrative
- descriptive
- detailed
- diagrammatic
- didactic
- disclosing
- discursive
- disquisitional
- diverting
- edifying
- educative
- elaborate
- elucidative
- elucidatory
- enlightening
- enriching
- entertaining
- evidential
- exegetic
- exegetical
- explanative
- explanatory
- explicative
- explicatory
- expositional
- expositive
- expository
- familiar
- forthcoming
- general
- giveaway
- gossipy
- gracious
- graphic
- gregarious
- group
- guiding
- hermeneutic
- hermeneutical
- hospitable
- humanizing
- illuminating
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicatory
- informational
- informative
- informing
- instructional
- instructive
- interpretative
- interpretive
- justifying
- learned
- mannerly
- meaningful
- neighborly
- newsy
- nice
- organized
- pleasant
- pleasurable
- pointing to
- polished
- polite
- popular
- prognostic
- refining
- revealing
- revelatory
- scholarly
- scholastic
- significant
- significatory
- sociable
- social
- societal
- suggestive
- summary
- supplementary
- tutorial
- uplifting
- useful
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