Thesaurus / descriptive
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synonyms for descriptive
- definitive
- detailed
- eloquent
- expressive
- identifying
- illuminating
- pictorial
- revealing
- vivid
- anecdotic
- characteristic
- characterizing
- circumstantial
- classificatory
- clear
- delineative
- depictive
- describing
- designating
- explicative
- expository
- extended
- graphic
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicative
- interpretive
- lifelike
- narrative
- particularized
- picturesque
- specific
- true to life
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Every field has terms of art, but when those terms are descriptive, they are easier to memorize.
WHY MATHEMATICIANS SHOULD STOP NAMING THINGS AFTER EACH OTHER - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDELAURA BALLSEPTEMBER 2, 2020NAUTILUSLike Conway and Wolpert, he put his descriptive name into the titles of his work, not just the body.
WHY MATHEMATICIANS SHOULD STOP NAMING THINGS AFTER EACH OTHER - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDELAURA BALLSEPTEMBER 2, 2020NAUTILUSEuclid’s Elements is full of common, descriptive names, even though he was drawing on discoveries made by many different people.
WHY MATHEMATICIANS SHOULD STOP NAMING THINGS AFTER EACH OTHER - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDELAURA BALLSEPTEMBER 2, 2020NAUTILUSBy now, descriptive alt texts should be best practice for all content teams.
FIVE SEO CONTENT TYPES TO POWER AND GROW YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH 2020JIM YUJUNE 17, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHA number of them — and I think it’s either misleading or not very descriptive — will call it the “bystander effect,” but that doesn’t tell you whether the bystander effect is to increase or decrease reporting.
5 PSYCHOLOGY TERMS YOU’RE PROBABLY MISUSING (EP. 334 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJANUARY 9, 2020FREAKONOMICSHis Characters, in imitation of Theophrastus, is a work of established excellence, and descriptive of the manners of that age.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLAs Mrs. Armine looked at him she remembered the descriptive phrase that set him apart from all the people of Luxor.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSIn one of them, descriptive of antediluvial history, is a painting of Lamech shooting Cain with a bow and arrow.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 178, MARCH 26, 1853VARIOUSThese things are beyond my knowledge, which it would perhaps be more descriptive to call ignorance.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONSave incidentally—for he did send descriptive articles to The Daily Gazette—he was not out on professional business.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKEWORDS RELATED TO DESCRIPTIVE
- absolute
- accurate
- actual
- authentic
- card-carrying
- certain
- circumstantial
- close
- credible
- descriptive
- exact
- faithful
- genuine
- hard
- kosher
- legit
- legitimate
- literal
- objective
- on the level
- positive
- precise
- righteous
- specific
- straight from horse's mouth
- sure
- sure-enough
- true
- true-to-life
- unadorned
- unbiased
- undoubted
- unquestionable
- valid
- veritable
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