educational

Meaning

Relating to the provision of education or having an educative effect.

Relating to the provision of education.

relating to the process of education; providing knowledge or information

Example Sentences

The journey was an educational experience.

The institution had an educational purpose.

The documentary was both entertaining and educational.

Synonyms

instructive, informative, enlightening, learning, academic, instructional, scholastic, pedagogical, didactic

Entry 1

instructive, informative, enlightening, learning

Entry 2

academic, instructional, scholastic, pedagogical

Entry 3

instructional, informative, enlightening, didactic, academic

Antonyms

uninformative, unhelpful, useless, meaningless, non-educational, recreational, entertainment, leisure, uneducational, misleading

Entry 1

uninformative, unhelpful, useless, meaningless

Entry 2

non-educational, recreational, entertainment, leisure

Entry 3

uneducational, misleading, uninformative

Collocations

educational program, educational system, educational institution, educational material