Synonyms for edifying

Most common

improving · enlightening · instructive

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Adjective

Antonyms

unedifying, corrupting, degrading

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.

Example sentences

• improving Anyone who stops improving has stopped being good.
• enlightening Donating has been an enlightening experience for him.
• instructive For me, Tatoeba is a nice and instructive pastime.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters

improving³

11 letters

instructive³

12 letters

enlightening⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (improving³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français

édifiant

Italiano

edificante

Deutsch

erbaulich