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illustratory

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Definitions of illustratory word

  • noun illustratory Serving to illustrate. 1
  • adjective illustratory serving to illustrate 0
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Parts of speech for Illustratory

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Illustratory

illustratory popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for illustratory

adjective illustratory

  • explanatory — Serving to explain something.
  • descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
  • emblematic — Serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.
  • figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • revealing — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
All 27 Synonyms of illustratory

Antonyms for illustratory

adjective illustratory

  • atypical — Someone or something that is atypical is not typical of its kind.
  • complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
  • confusing — Something that is confusing makes it difficult for people to know exactly what is happening or what to do.
  • involved — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
All 4 Antonyms of illustratory

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