Antonyms of adj prescriptive

1 sense of prescriptive

Sense 1
prescriptive (vs. descriptive), normative -- (pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage")

descriptive (vs. prescriptive) -- (describing the structure of a language; "descriptive grammar")

Similarity of adj prescriptive

1 sense of prescriptive

Sense 1
prescriptive (vs. descriptive), normative -- (pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage")