exhibitive
Tending to display
Exhibitive means serving to exhibit or display something.
The word functions as a more formal alternative to phrases like "showing" or "indicative of": The patient's symptoms were exhibitive of an underlying condition.
It appears mainly in academic or technical writing and sounds stilted in casual speech.
Making information known
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- exposingMaking something known
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
- demonstrativeOpenly showing emotions
indicative · manifest · evident · expressive · transparent · telling · betraying · candid
Cabinet for displaying items
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- museumPublic exhibit space
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- presentationFormal display to viewers
installation · collection · viewing · curator · fair · expo · spectacle · arrangement
Intended to instruct
- instructionalIntended to educate
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
- interpretiveExplaining meaning or significance
demonstrative · illustrative · explanatory · interactive · hands-on · docent · guided · placard
Pigment on canvas
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- installationProcess of putting in
abstract · impressionism · modernism · expressionism · surrealism · portraiture · landscape · still-life
disclosing
Making information known
demonstrative · indicative · manifest · evident · expressive · transparent · telling · betraying · candid · forthcoming
showcase
Cabinet for displaying items
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- museumPublic exhibit space
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
presentation · installation · collection · viewing · curator · fair · expo · spectacle · arrangement · booth
didactic
Intended to instruct
- instructionalIntended to educate
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
interpretive · demonstrative · illustrative · explanatory · interactive · hands-on · docent · guided · placard · signage
painting
Pigment on canvas
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
installation · abstract · impressionism · modernism · expressionism · surrealism · portraiture · landscape · still-life · brushwork
exhibitiveconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · concealed · hidden · suppressive · obscuring
exhibitivesecretive
Inclined to conceal
reticent · withholding · uncommunicative · reserved · repressive
- gallery exhibitionPublic display of artworks
- art exhibitionPublic display of creative works
- exhibition gamesNon-competitive showcase matches
- exhibition matchNon-ranking demonstration contest
- exhibition matchesContests without ranking consequences
- exhibition hallSpace for public displays
exhibition, exhibiting, exhibitionist, exhibitionism, reexhibiting