adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

Adjective

1. 1
   Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

   "Well, that was an instructive lesson."

Adjective

1. 1
   serving to instruct or enlighten or inform wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

educationaleducativeinformativepreachyadmonitoryadvisory

Antonyms

All antonyms

uninstructive

Example

More examples

"Any book will do as long as it is instructive."

Etymology

From instruct + -ive.

Related phrases

instructive case

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