'Expressive' definitions:
Definition of 'expressive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by expression; "a very expressive face"
Definition of 'Expressive'
From: GCIDE
- Expressive \Ex*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. expressif.]
- 1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. [1913 Webster]
- Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. --Tickell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. [1913 Webster]
- You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. --Littelton. -- {Ex*press"ive*ly},adv. -- {Ex*press"ive*ness},n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expressive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alive,
- allegorical,
- allusive,
- angelophanic,
- appearing,
- associational,
- Christophanic,
- 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,
- Satanophanic,
- 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
Words containing 'Expressive'
- Express,
- Expressed,
- Expressible,
- Expressibly,
- Expressing,
- Expression,
- Expressively,
- Expressiveness,
- Expressness,
- Beyond expression,
- Express color,
- Express office,
- Express rifle,
- Express train,
- Imaginary expression,
- Past expression,
- To reduce an expression,
- air express,
- exponential expression,
- express emotion,
- express feelings,
- express joy,
- express mail,
- express mirth,
- express trust,
- expressive aphasia,
- expressive style,
- facial expression,
- gene expression,
- idiomatic expression,
- indirect expression,
- parenthetical expression,
- pony express,
- railway express,
- slang expression,
- turn of expression,
- verbal expression,
- express luxury liner,
- express-mail,
- expressed almond oil,
- self-expression