Word Study
informative
CIDE DICTIONARY
informative, a.
Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
informative, adj. (also informatory) giving information; instructive.
Derivative
informatively adv. informativeness n.
Etymology
med.L informativus (as INFORM)
THESAURUS
informative
advisory, autodidactic, coeducational, communicative, cultural, didactic, disciplinary, edifying, educating, educational, educative, elucidative, enlightening, exhortatory, explanatory, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, informational, informing, initiatory, instructive, introductory, lecturing, monitory, preaching, preceptive, propaedeutic, revealing, self-teaching, teaching, tuitionaryFor further exploring for "informative" in Webster Dictionary Online