demonstrative

adjective
UK: /dɪˈmɒn.strə.tɪv/
US: /dɪˈmɑːn.strə.tɪv/

  1. Openly showing emotions or feelings, especially affection.

    1. He is a very demonstrative person, always hugging people
    2. My friend is extremely demonstrative, often expressing her love with grand gestures

Synonyms

affectionate definitive explicit emotional expressive
demonstrative adjective

  1. Serving to demonstrate; giving proof or evidence.

    1. This is a demonstrative example of how it works
    2. The experiment provided demonstrative evidence to support the hypothesis clearly
demonstrative adjective

  1. A word used to point out the thing referred to (e.g., this, that, these, those).

    1. "This" and "that" are demonstrative pronouns
    2. In the sentence, the demonstrative adjective 'those' modifies the noun 'cars'
demonstrative noun

  1. A demonstrative is a word such as 'this', 'that', 'these', or 'those' that shows which thing you are talking about.

    1. "This" is a demonstrative used to identify objects nearby
    2. Demonstrative pronouns like 'that' help clarify specific items within a group

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "demonstrative" is /dɪˈmɒn.strə.tɪv/ in British English and /dɪˈmɑːn.strə.tɪv/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "demonstrative": affectionate, definitive, explicit, emotional, expressive.

Example usage of "demonstrative": "He is a very demonstrative person, always hugging people". More examples on the page.