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Synonyms for expressive
adj telling, revealing- articulate
- artistic
- colorful
- dramatic
- eloquent
- energetic
- passionate
- poignant
- striking
- suggestive
- thoughtful
- vivid
- alive
- allusive
- brilliant
- demonstrative
- emphatic
- forcible
- graphic
- indicative
- ingenious
- lively
- masterly
- meaningful
- mobile
- moving
- pathetic
- pictorial
- picturesque
- pointed
- pregnant
- representative
- responsive
- revelatory
- showy
- significant
- silver-tongued
- spirited
- stimulating
- stirring
- strong
- sympathetic
- tender
- touching
- understanding
- warm
Antonyms for expressive
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
descriptive
adjective. explanatory
- anecdotic
- characteristic
- characterizing
- circumstantial
- classificatory
- clear
- definitive
- delineative
- depictive
- describing
- designating
- detailed
- eloquent
- explicative
- expository
- expressive
- extended
- graphic
- identifying
- illuminating
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicative
- interpretive
- lifelike
- narrative
- particularized
- pictorial
- picturesque
- revealing
- specific
- true to life
- vivid
eloquent
adjective. having a skillful way with words
- affecting
- ardent
- articulate
- expressive
- facund
- fervent
- fervid
- fluent
- forceful
- glib
- grandiloquent
- graphic
- impassioned
- impressive
- indicative
- magniloquent
- meaningful
- moving
- outspoken
- passionate
- persuasive
- poignant
- potent
- powerful
- revealing
- rhetorical
- sententious
- significant
- silver-tongued
- smooth-spoken
- stirring
- suggestive
- telling
- touching
- vivid
- vocal
- voluble
- well-expressed
evocative
adjective. suggestive
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.