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illustrational

illustrational

6.7
Helps explain something using pictures or examples
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪlʌsˈtreɪʃənl/
translation icon : ilustrativo
  • Many science textbooks include illustrational photographs to support the written content.

Examples

  • The teacher used illustrational materials to enhance the lesson.

  • Her presentation was full of illustrational examples that made the complex ideas easier to understand.

  • The teacher used illustrational charts to help students grasp the new topic.

  • Can you provide some illustrational examples for this concept?

  • The textbook includes many illustrational images to help students understand complex concepts.

  • During the presentation, she used illustrational examples to clarify her main points.

  • His drawing serves as an illustrational tool for better explaining architectural designs.

Synonyms

explanatory
vsillustrational
28 3.8

Helps make something clear or easy to understand

emphasizes clarifying with images or examples rather than pure explanation
illustrative
vsillustrational
20 4.6

Showing examples or pictures to make an idea clear

focuses more on clarifying with images or examples than with general explanation
expositional
vsillustrational
1 6.9

Used to explain information or ideas clearly, for example in a lesson

uses concrete examples and images to clarify instead of broad presentation
exemplifying
vsillustrational
  • Formal
6.0

Showing examples to make an idea clearer

uses images or illustrations as well as examples to clarify
demonstrational
vsillustrational
5.5

To show how a product or device works

relies more on examples and images rather than just showing processes
explicatory
vsillustrational
7.1

Helping someone understand something clearly

prefers visual or example based clarification over general explanation

Antonyms

68 6.3

Not clear because it can have more than one meaning

How Illustrative

explanatory
28 3.8
illustrational
6.7
decorative
49 3.9

Surface Forms

illustrational positive

Morphology

illustrational = illustration (transparent) = illustration + al

The adjective is built regularly from 'illustration' plus '-al' and means related to providing illustrations or examples.

Etymology

Illustrational comes from the verb illustrate, which means 'to make clear' or 'to light up' an idea, so illustrational material is used to explain things by giving pictures, examples, or images.