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declarative

[dih-klar-uh-tiv] / dɪˈklær ə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
explanatory
Synonyms
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analytical informative interpretive supplementary
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Antonyms
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confusing mysterious obscure perplexing puzzling vague
ADJECTIVE
hermeneutic
Synonyms
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allegorical analytical annotative critical demonstrative diagrammatic discursive elucidative elucidatory enlightening exegetic exegetical explanative explicative expositional expositive expository graphic guiding hermeneuti
ADJECTIVE
interpretative
Synonyms
WEAK
allegorical analytical annotative critical demonstrative diagrammatic discursive elucidative elucidatory enlightening exegetic exegetical explanative explicative expositional expositive expository graphic guiding hermeneutic hermeneutical illuminative illustrative informative informing instructive interpretive justifying summary supplementary
ADJECTIVE
interpretive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analytical informative
WEAK
allegorical annotative critical demonstrative diagrammatic discursive elucidative elucidatory enlightening exegetic exegetical explanative explicative expositional expositive expository graphic guiding hermeneutic hermeneutical illuminative illustrative informing instructive interpretative justifying summary supplementary

Example Sentences

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The audience seem to know every word - with the whole room reverberating to the declarative, "I don't need a boyfriend", that crops up in the second verse of Nice To Each Other.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

“Call me Ishmael,” which opens Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” is among the most famous first lines in all of literature, but I prefer a different declarative Melville opening: “I am a rather elderly man.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

In Yautja, the structure of a declarative sentence — one that makes a statement, provides a fact or offers an explanation — is the reverse of those in English.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Even if she just stood out there with a sign and registered her displeasure just once, she needed to be loud, to say a declarative no to what was happening around her.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

It was not so much a question as a declarative statement.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

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