Dictionary Definition
explanatory adj : serving or intended to explain
or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory
paragraph"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
- Intended to serve as an explanation.
- Below the diagram is an explanatory text.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
allegorizing, annotative, clarifying, critical, demonstrative, demythologizing,
descriptive,
discursive, editorial, elucidative, enlightening, euhemeristic, exegetic, exegetical, exemplificative,
explaining, explicative, explicatory, expositional, expositive, expository, glossarial, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive, rationalistic, rationalizing, revelatory, scholiastic