Educational
What it means
Designed or able to produce useful learning and understanding.
Reach for it when describing an experience whose value lies in what it teaches
The repair demonstration was educational even for experienced cyclists.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
Fits when surprise changes someone's assumptions
Careful Curriculum descriptions need a calmer word than this dramatic conversational phrase.
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warm
Fits when the experience brings a revealing new perspective
Careful Enlightening overstates routine material that merely explains the basics.
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professional
Fits when useful facts are the main benefit
Careful An informative display may not build skill or deeper understanding.
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professional
training-focused
Fits when practical competence is the explicit outcome
Careful This narrows the purpose to job or skill preparation rather than general education.
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formal
Fits when a lesson emerges clearly from an example or experience
Careful Instructive can sound corrective and need not be enjoyable or learner-centered.
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literary
didactic
Fits when teaching intent is conspicuous in a work
Careful Didactic often criticizes preachiness, so it rarely works as uncomplicated praise.
Opposites 4
- uninformative
- misleading
- confusing
- pointless
Common phrases 3
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educational program
The educational program lets children monitor a real nesting site.
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educational value
Its educational value comes from comparing several plausible answers.
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educational experience
Restoring the boat became an educational experience for the entire club.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Neskaya, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated