Synonyms for instructive
ɪnˈstrʌk tɪvin·struc·tive

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1. instructive, informativeadjective

   serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

   Synonyms:
   informative, illuminating, enlightening, informatory

   Antonyms:
   uninstructive

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1. instructiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   edifying, didactic, preceptive, mentorial, propædeutic

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1. List of paraphrases for "instructive":

   informative, enlightening, illuminating, illustrative, sobering, insightful, revealing, useful, instructional, didactic

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1. William Blake:

   To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so. What is it sets Homer, Virgil and Milton in so high a rank of art? Why is the Bible more entertaining and instructive than any other book? Is it not because they are addressed to the imagination, which is spiritual sensation, and but immediately to the understanding or reason?

2. Jeb Bush:

   Vladimir Putin kneels and Vladimir Putin says bigger and stronger and faster than Barney, and anyway, it was an instructive moment. Imagine that ? A president saying my dog is bigger than your dog. And really what it says is Vladimir's got a chip on Vladimir Putin shoulder because Vladimir Putin believes the demise of the Soviet was bad for the world.

3. Oswald Chambers:

   A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.

4. Democrat Chris Anderson:

   These ratings often shift dramatically based on who controls the White House, with partisans more optimistic when their candidates are in power, but the shifts among independents are instructive and a clear warning sign for Democrats, who will need to show more progress to woo these voters back before the midterms.

5. John Dewey:

   Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.