All explanatory synonyms

adjective explanatory

• descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
• instructive — serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
• illustrative — serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
• illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
• clarifying — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
• advisory — An advisory group regularly gives suggestions and help to people or organizations, especially about a particular subject or area of activity.
• helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
• elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
• analytical — An analytical way of doing something involves the use of logical reasoning.
• informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
• interpretive — serving to interpret; explanatory.
• supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
• allegorical — An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
• annotative — to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes: to annotate the works of Shakespeare.
• critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
• declarative — making a statement or assertion
• demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
• diagrammatic — Something that is in diagrammatic form is arranged or drawn as a diagram.
• discursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
• enlightening — Present participle of enlighten.
• exegetic — Of or pertaining to exegesis; explanatory.
• exegetical — Of or relating to exegesis.
• graphic — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
• guiding — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
• illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
• informing — to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
• summary — a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.