The meaning of INFORMATIVE is imparting knowledge : instructive. How to use informative in a sentence.

Titles should be brief, but informative, and should indicate the nature of the contents, not their import.

1. to tell; to give knowledge to.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 in•form•a•tive (in fôr′ mə tiv), adj. giving information; instructive: an informative book. Also, in•form•a•to•ry (in …

Definition of informative adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

INFORMATIVE definition: giving information; instructive. See examples of informative used in a sentence.

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective informative, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

When something is informative, it's usually educational and full of facts — like an informative text book or an informative tour of the Hindu temples of northern India.

(Definition of informative from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Britannica Dictionary definition of INFORMATIVE [more informative; most informative] : providing information a highly/very/most informative book