The following descriptive analysis was derived from over 1500 closely-monitored questionnaires.
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Descriptive
Synonyms for "descriptive" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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1 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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4 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- նկարագրական adj (of, or relating to description)
Belarusian
1 entries- апіса́льны adj (of, or relating to description)
Bulgarian
3 entries- нагледен adj (of, or relating to description)
- описателен adj (of, or relating to description)
- описателен adj (describing a language)
Catalan
2 entries- descriptiu adj (of, or relating to description)
- descriptiu adj (describing a language)
Czech
1 entries- popisný adj (of, or relating to description)
Danish
4 entries- beskrivende adj (of, or relating to description)
- beskrivende adj (stating an attribute to associated noun)
- deskriptiv adj (of, or relating to description)
- deskriptiv adj (stating an attribute to associated noun)
Finnish
4 entries- deskriptiivinen adj (of, or relating to description)
- deskriptiivinen adj (stating an attribute to associated noun)
- deskriptiivinen adj (describing a language)
- deskriptiivinen adj (describing and seeking to classify)
German
1 entries- deskriptiv adj (describing a language)
Indonesian
1 entries- deskriptif adj (of, or relating to description)
Japanese
2 entries- 記述的な adj (describing a language)
- 限定用法の adj (stating an attribute to associated noun)
Ladino
3 entries- deskriptivo adj (of, or relating to description)
- deskriptivo adj (stating an attribute to associated noun)
- deskriptivo adj (describing a language)
Mongolian
3 entries- товчоолсон adj (describing a language)
- тодорхойлсон adj (describing a language)
- ᠲᠣᠪᠴᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠬᠰᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠳᠤᠷᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ adj (describing a language)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- beskrivende adj (of, or relating to description)
- deskriptiv adj (of, or relating to description)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- deskriptiv adj (of, or relating to description)
Polish
1 entries- opisowy adj (of, or relating to description)
Portuguese
1 entries- descritivo adj (of, or relating to description)
Romanian
2 entries- descriptiv adj (of, or relating to description)
- descriptiv adj (describing a language)
Russian
4 entries- нагля́дный adj (of, or relating to description)
- описа́тельный adj (of, or relating to description)
- описа́тельный adj (stating an attribute to associated noun)
- описа́тельный adj (describing a language)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dȅskriptīvan adj (of, or relating to description)
- dȅskriptīvan adj (describing and seeking to classify)
Spanish
3 entries- descriptivo adj (of, or relating to description)
- descriptivo adj (describing a language)
- descriptorio (disused) adj (of, or relating to description)
Swedish
2 entries- beskrivande adj (of, or relating to description)
- deskriptiv adj (describing a language)
Ukrainian
1 entries- описо́вий adj (of, or relating to description)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
We can thank the intrepid sailors of yore for these wildly descriptive terms.
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Often story writers use descriptive language such as adjectives to provide a mental picture of the character’s appearance.
Source: tatoeba (11331300)
It is not so easy to write ballads descriptive of the bushland of Australia as on light consideration would appear.
Source: tatoeba (11653451)
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