Synonyms for "explicative" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

criticaldemonstrativeeditorial

Strong matches (3)

elucidativeenlighteningexplanatory

Related words (6)

explicatoryexpositiveilluminatingillustrativerationalistic

Adjective(1 words)

explicatory

Related word relations

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Synonyms

1 entries

explicatory

Related terms

3 entries

expletiveexplicateexplication

derived

1 entries

explicatively

related to

2 entries

explicateexplication

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The witness was explicative in telling the police what he saw.

Source: wiktionary

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