Antonyms of adj informative

3 senses of informative

Sense 1
enlightening (vs. unenlightening), informative, illuminating -- (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture")


Sense 2
instructive (vs. uninstructive), informative -- (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)


Sense 3
informative (vs. uninformative), informatory -- (providing or conveying information)

uninformative (vs. informative) -- (lacking information)
        => newsless -- (not providing news or information)

Similarity of adj informative

3 senses of informative

Sense 1
enlightening (vs. unenlightening), informative, illuminating -- (tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture")

Sense 2
instructive (vs. uninstructive), informative -- (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)
       => clarifying, elucidative -- (that makes clear; "a clarifying example")
       => demonstrative, illustrative -- (serving to demonstrate)
       => didactic, didactical -- (instructive (especially excessively))
       => doctrinaire -- (stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability)
       => educative -- (resulting in education; "an educative experience")
       => educational -- (providing knowledge; "an educational film")
       => explanatory -- (serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph")
       => expository, expositive -- (serving to expound or set forth; "clean expository writing")
       => interpretative, interpretive -- (that provides interpretation)
       => ostensive -- (manifestly demonstrative)
       => preachy -- (inclined to or marked by tedious moralization)
          Also See-> informative#3, informatory#1

Sense 3
informative (vs. uninformative), informatory -- (providing or conveying information)
       => advisory, consultative, consultatory, consultive -- (giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative")
       => exemplifying, illustrative -- (clarifying by use of examples)
       => newsy -- (full of news; "a newsy letter")
       => revealing, telling, telltale (prenominal) -- (disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down")
          Also See-> instructive#1, informative#2

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