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Meaning of clarificative
The primary meaning of the word "clarificative" refers to making something clearer or more understandable.
Etymology of clarificative
The word "clarificative" originates from the Latin words "clarus," meaning clear or bright, and the suffix "-factive," which forms verbs indicating the making or doing of something, with the word being later adapted into Middle English as "clarificative" to describe the act of making something clear or transparent.
Synonyms
explanatory
illuminating
elucidative
interpretive
expository
descriptive
illustrative
explanatory
expounding
demonstrative
revelatory
disclosive
expositional
declarative
expressive
illuminative
instructive
edifying
enlightening
informative
educative
instructing
explicative
annotative
glossarial
commentarial
justificative
vindicative
explanatory
elaborative
amplificative
detailed
explicit
lucid
clear
transparent
intelligible
comprehensible
coherent
articulate
trenchant
incisive
trenchantly
pellucid
limpid
crystalline
Definitions
- Making something clearer or more understandable
- * Serving to clarify or explain something
- * Having the power to make things clearer
Usage Examples
- The professor's clarificative explanation of the complex theory helped the students understand it better
- * The article provided a clarificative analysis of the economic data, making it easier to comprehend
- * The teacher's clarificative comments on the assignment helped the student improve their work
Antonyms
obscure
ambiguous
vague
unclear
unintelligible
inexplicable
enigmatic
mysterious
cryptic
abstruse
recondite
perplexing
baffling
confusing
disorienting
misleading
deceptive
delusive
illusory
fallacious
sophistical
obscurely
nebulously
tenebrously
opaquely
impenetrably
incomprehensibly