EDUCATIVE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

educative

adjective

ˈe-jə-ˌkā-tiv

Definition of educative

as in educational

providing useful information or knowledge college students discover that what they experience outside the classroom can be just as educative as anything that happens within

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Recent Examples of educative Perhaps most consequential in this move will be the expansion of the states’ authority and responsibility for educative quality within their jurisdictions. — Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 While apples-to-apples comparisons aren’t possible, a look at the streaming businesses is educative for identifying longer-term trends. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 The transformative retreats take place in Portugal and Sayulita, Mexico, and combine an impressive range of treatments and educative modalities. — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024 Such educative and supportive environments have been linked to safer schools. — F. Chris Curran, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2024

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Horn said the real risk is that any new educational program now will age badly.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The educational initiative includes sessions and behind-the-scenes learning designed to introduce participants to careers surrounding festivals and concert production.

— Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of educational

Adjective

Summaries of their sins and absurdities have now filled several books, but a sampler is instructive.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
What The Flows Actually Show Cordros made a second observation in that April note which has travelled less widely than its dollar range, and which is the more instructive of the two.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructive

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In high school and young adulthood, music became a highly informative medium that rewired his brain.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026
My column’s vast and varied archive of roughly 25 years’ worth of entertaining and informative content, combined with my rare combination of being a skilled photographer and a professional writer, is what sets me apart from other content providers.

— Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of informative

Adjective

Reyes Estrada, instructional coordinator for HVAC, said there’s no comparison between the old center and the new, the former of which was dark and cramped.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
According to Dylan’s complaint, the assault occurred during the filming of an instructional basketball video by several Lakers players in the Campbell Hall gym.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructional

Adjective

Michael came home from the urgent-care center with an informational packet that included this advice.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
This informational and educational article does not offer or constitute, and should not be relied upon as tax or financial advice.

— Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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