informative
Syllables: in·form·at·iveUK/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv//ɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/
informative adjective: providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
Adjective
informative (comparative more informative, superlative most informative)
- Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
- I read a very informative newspaper article on that subject last week.
- Synonyms:
- informatory, instructive
- Antonyms:
- uninformative
- Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
- Antonyms:
- normative
- Formative; having power to form.
informative meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
informative in Hindi
- providing useful or interesting information
- शिक्षाप्रद śikṣāprad
informative in Urdu
- providing useful or interesting information
- معلومات افزا mā'lūmāt-afzā
informative in Bengali
- তথ্যপূর্ণ, শিক্ষামূলক, তথ্যমূলক, তথ্যদায়ক, জ্ঞানদায়ক
informative in Malayalam
- enlightening, instructive, instructional
- വിവരദായകം, അറിവു കൊടുക്കുന്ന, അറിവുപകരുന്ന, വിജ്ഞാപക, നിർദ്ദേശിക്കുന്ന, നിർദ്ദേശക
More languagesFewer languages
- informative in Arabic
- إِخْبَارِيّ ʔiḵbāriyy, إِعْلَامِيّ ʔiʕlāmiyy
- informative in Malay
- informatif, bermaklumat
- informative in Indonesian
- informatif
- informative in Persian
- آموزنده âmuzande
Examples of informative in a sentence
- Your presentation today was very informative. Could you email me the electrons?
- His speech was both witty and informative.
- It was an informative guide to the city and surrounds.
Synonyms of informative
Antonyms
Forms of informative
| comparative | more informative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most informative |
Origin of informative
From inform + -ative.
Words formed from informative
Words that rhyme with informative
Questions about informative
- What does informative mean?
- Informative means providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
- What is informative in Hindi?
- Informative in Hindi is शिक्षाप्रद (śikṣāprad). See Informative meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is informative?
- Informative is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce informative?
- Informative is pronounced /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/ (UK).
Words near informative in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: informative (page history and authors); informative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); informative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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