illustratable

Able to draw

Illustratable describes something that can be illustrated—depicted visually or clarified through examples.

A concept is illustratable if it lends itself to diagrams, drawings, or concrete demonstrations: The principle is easily illustratable with a simple sketch.

Abstract ideas may be illustratable through analogy or metaphor.

conceptual

concrete

Solid building mixture

describable · comprehensible · graspable · conveyable · representable · definable · showable · teachable · presentable · mappable

visual

sketch

Hasty informal drawing

portray · outline · draft · draw · trace · picture · visualize · envision · graphic · pictorial

narrative

scene

Dramatic unit or locale

fable · parable · allegory · metaphor · example · scenario · case study · story · moment · incident

educational

textbook

Academic subject manual

  • manualWritten instructions for use
  • guideLeader or instruction book
  • primerPreparatory coat or guide

tutorial · lesson · concept · principle · process · procedure · instruction · explanation · demonstration · example

Opposites
visual depictability

illustratableunpicturable

Cannot be depicted

unvisualizable · unrepresentable · indescribable · invisible · formless

conceptual concreteness

illustratableineffable

Beyond verbal expression

intangible · inexplicable · inexpressible · transcendent · metaphysical

Family

illustrate, illustration, illustrious, illustrated, illustrator, illustrating, illustrative, illustrates, illustrations

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G