Dictionary Entry
descriptive
descriptive is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.
- 2adjective
describing the structure of a language
"descriptive grammar"
- 3adjective
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
"the descriptive variable"
"a descriptive passage"
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