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Advisory

Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.

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Similar meaning 4

Informative 84% connected

Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Informative 84% connected

Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Informatory 84% connected

Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Informatory 84% connected

Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Announcement 76% connected

The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Promulgation 76% connected

The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rede 74% connected

To advise or counsel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rede 74% connected

To advise or counsel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 3

Consultative 92% connected

Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Consultatory 92% connected

Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Consultive 92% connected

Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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