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| Main Entry: |
allusive
 [uh-loo-siv] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
| Synonyms: | connotative, evocative, implied, impressionistic, indirect, inferred, remindful |
| Main Entry: | expressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | telling, revealing |
| Synonyms: | alive, allusive, articulate, artistic, brilliant, colorful, demonstrative, dramatic, eloquent, emphatic, energetic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, mobile, moving, passionate, pathetic, pictorial, picturesque, poignant, pointed, pregnant, representative, responsive, revelatory, showy, significant, silver-tongued, spirited, stimulating, stirring, striking, strong, suggestive, sympathetic, tender, thoughtful, touching, understanding, vivid, warm |
| Antonyms: | expressionless, inexpressive, passive, undemonstrative |
| Main Entry: | implied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hinted at |
| Synonyms: | adumbrated, alluded to, allusive, connoted, constructive, figured, foreshadowed, hidden, implicit, indicated, indicative, indirect, inferential, inferred, inherent, insinuated, intended, involved, latent, lurking, meant, occult, parallel, perceptible, potential, significative, signified, suggested, symbolized, tacit, tacitly assumed, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, wordless |
| Antonyms: | explicated, expressed, stated |
Example Sentences
- In a topiary garden filled with richly allusive figures, a boy narrates the story of his great-grandfather's life.
- The work's allusive meanings come not from individual pictures, but from the carefully sequenced whole.
- Lewin is more interested in the ambiguities and allusive qualities of his materials than in simply paying them homage.
| Main Entry: | meaningful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | allusive, big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant, sententious, serious, substantial, succinct, suggestive, useful, valid, weighty, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, meaningless, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | tacit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken for granted; not said aloud |
| Synonyms: | alluded to, allusive, assumed, hinted at, implicit, implied, inarticulate, indirect, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, undeclared, understood, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unvoiced, wordless |
| Antonyms: | explicit, express |
| Main Entry: | impressionistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
| Synonyms: | allusive, connotative, evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, symbolic, symptomatic |
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