DESCRIPTIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • describing the structure of a language
   Usage Example(s)
   • descriptive linguistics simply describes language
   Antonym(s)
   • prescriptive (what does prescriptive mean?)
   • normative (what does normative mean?)
2. Meaning
   • serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
   Usage Example(s)
   • the descriptive variable
   • a descriptive passage
   Antonym(s)
   • undescriptive (what does undescriptive mean?)
3. Meaning
   • concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
   Synonym(s)
   • synchronic (what does synchronic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • synchronic linguistics
   • descriptive linguistics
   Antonym(s)
   • diachronic (what does diachronic mean?)
   • historical (what does historical mean?)
   See Also
   • synchronous (what does synchronous mean?)
   • synchronal (what does synchronal mean?)
   • synchronic (what does synchronic mean?)