adj. Function: adjective
tending to dissipate ignorance or increase knowledge and awareness FF1C; an enlightening glimpse of government in action FF1E;
Synonyms: illuminant, illuminating, illuminative, illumining
Related Words: broadening, edifying, educational, instructive; clarifying, elucidative, explanatory
Contrasted Words: unedifying, uninstructive; confusing, obfuscatory, obscuring