| a. | 1. | Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. |
| Adj. | 1. | informative - tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action" Synonyms: enlightening, instructive |
| 2. | informative - serving to instruct of enlighten or inform Synonyms: instructive | |
| 3. | informative - providing or conveying information Synonyms: informatory Antonyms: uninformative, uninstructive - not informative |