Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb edify

1 sense of edify

Sense 1
enlighten, edify -- (make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal")
       => teach, learn, instruct -- (impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat")

Antonyms of adj edifying

1 sense of edifying

Sense 1
edifying (vs. unedifying), enlightening -- (enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read")

unedifying (vs. edifying), unenlightening -- (not edifying)

Similarity of adj edifying

1 sense of edifying

Sense 1
edifying (vs. unedifying), enlightening -- (enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read")