Dictionary Definition
expressive adj : characterized by expression; "a
very expressive face"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Translations
effectively conveying feeling
- Finnish: ilmaiseva
- Portuguese: expressivo, significativo
- Spanish: expresivo
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Christophanic, Satanophanic, alive, allegorical, allusive, angelophanic, appearing, associational, connotational, connotative, definable, delineative, demonstrating, demonstrative, denominative, denotational, denotative, depictive, descriptive, designative, diagnostic, disclosive, displaying, eloquent, emblematic, emotional, epiphanic, evidential, evincive, exhibitive, explicit, expositional, expositive, expository, extended, extensional, facund, faithful, figural, figurative, forceful, full of meaning, full
of point, full of substance, graphic, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic, imaginative, implicative, incarnating, incarnational, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, lifelike, lively, loaded, manifestative, materializing, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, moving, naming, naturalistic, pathognomonic, peculiar, pictorial, pithy, pneumatophanic, poignant, pointed, pregnant, presentational, promulgatory, provocative, readable, realistic, referential, representative, responsive, revealing, revelational, revelatory, rich, semantic, semiotic, sententious, showing, signalizing, significant, significative, signifying, spirited, striking, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic,
telling, theophanic,
thought-provoking, transferred, true to life,
typical, vivid, well-drawn