descriptive

Meanings

Plural: descriptives

Adjective

serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- "the descriptive variable"
- "a descriptive passage"
describing the structure of a language
- "descriptive grammar"

Adj

Of, relating to, or providing a description.
Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

Noun

An adjective (or other descriptive word)

Origin / Etymology

From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).

Antonyms

non-descriptive, normative, prescriptive, undescriptive

Scrabble Score: 19

descriptive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
descriptive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
descriptive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

descriptive is a valid Words With Friends word