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edifying
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▲
Adjective
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs
Serving as an example or explanation
Relating to intellectual or artistic progress, advancement or achievements
Giving reward or satisfaction
Conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being
Verb
Present participle for to instruct or teach, especially morally or intellectually
(
now rare
)
Present participle for to build or construct
Present participle for to bring to a stage of social and cultural development considered to be more advanced
Present participle for to explain or clarify something to someone
Present participle for to comment or pass judgment on issues from a moral standpoint
Present participle for to encourage or raise the spirits of
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▲
Adjective
▲
That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs
instructive
instructional
enlightening
informative
educational
educative
illuminating
improving
scholastic
illuminative
inspiring
uplifting
elevating
refining
informational
didactic
informatory
moralistic
pedagogic
doctrinal
homiletic
propaedeutic
helpful
preceptive
heuristic
academic
revealing
pedantic
tuitional
useful
expository
explanatory
teaching
moralizing
US
sententious
preachy
sermonic
advisory
telling
sermonizing
US
pedagogical
moralising
UK
sermonising
UK
elucidative
revelatory
cultural
tutorial
enriching
clarifying
scholarly
communicative
descriptive
dogmatic
disciplinary
preaching
admonitory
factual
newsy
profound
forthcoming
cautionary
guiding
expositive
coaching
humanising
UK
civilizing
US
broadening
civilising
UK
learned
humanizing
US
rewarding
fluorescent
incandescent
luminescent
illuminated
homiletical
bookish
priggish
pompous
donnish
erudite
schoolmasterly
formal
moral
abstruse
teacherly
teacherish
teachy
exhortative
schoolmasterist
hortative
explicative
explanative
illustrative
exegetic
exegetical
demonstrative
explicatory
elucidatory
expositional
annotative
interpretive
interpretative
allegorical
discursive
diagrammatic
analytical
declarative
graphic
hermeneutic
informing
hermeneutical
significant
prefatory
expounding
interesting
detailed
describing
evaluative
explaining
disquisitional
by way of explanation
elaborate
promotional
divulgatory
exemplative
suggestive
meaningful
telltale
expressive
pregnant
meaning
eloquent
more ❯
“His introductions and translations are scholarly,
edifying
, and link the mind with the heart.”
Adjective
▲
Serving as an example or explanation
illustrative
explicative
explanatory
expository
explicatory
explanative
elucidative
interpretive
illuminative
expositive
elucidatory
interpretative
informational
exegetic
exegetical
descriptive
instructional
demonstrative
educative
indicative
clarifying
evincive
representative
allegorical
delineative
explaining
exemplifying
emblematic
didactic
diagrammatic
graphic
revealing
hermeneutical
sample
symbolic
typical
informative
enlightening
instructive
expositional
revelatory
scholarly
academic
tutorial
scholastic
illuminating
prefatory
annotative
expounding
describing
evaluative
guiding
advisory
informing
disquisitional
discursive
helpful
analytical
hermeneutic
declarative
by way of explanation
depictive
illustratory
specimen
illustrational
typifying
identifying
selected
anecdotic
critical
exemplative
cross-sectional
enunciatory
declaratory
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Relating to intellectual or artistic progress, advancement or achievements
cultural
enriching
enlightening
civilising
UK
civilizing
US
educational
artistic
educative
advancing
expanding
uplifting
humanising
UK
humanizing
US
instructive
refining
esthetic
US
aesthetic
UK
intellectual
broadening
elevating
developmental
adorning
beneficial
constructive
ennobling
glorifying
helpful
humane
influential
inspirational
learned
liberal
liberalising
UK
liberalizing
US
literary
nurturing
stimulating
taming
cultivating
improving
Adjective
▲
Giving reward or satisfaction
rewarding
fulfilling
gratifying
satisfying
enriching
advantageous
beneficial
fruitful
pleasing
productive
valuable
worthwhile
cheering
comforting
encouraging
gainful
gladdening
heartening
heartwarming
illuminating
informative
profitable
lucrative
remunerative
moneymaking
paying
successful
thriving
flourishing
booming
bankable
money-spinning
profit-making
lush
economic
well-paid
fat
going
juicy
sweet
prospering
golden
boomy
auspicious
roaring
blooming
opulent
burgeoning
substantial
useful
palmy
rich
good
uplifting
financially rewarding
win-win
in the black
inspiring
money-making
high-income
enjoyable
prosperous
boom
halcyon
happiness-inducing
recompensing
saving
uptown
lucky
flush
financially worthwhile
on easy street
supportive
reassuring
strong
healthy
fatness
going strong
buoyant
efficient
solvent
cost-effective
comfortable
well-heeled
gangbusters
robust
monied
growing
boffo
soothing
inspiriting
boosting
high-paying
cost effective
ongoing
cheery
stirring
loving
heartfelt
touching
positive
pleasant
exhilarating
joyous
fructuous
well-paying
paid off
very productive
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being
wholesome
healthful
healthy
salubrious
salutary
nourishing
nutritious
beneficial
restorative
medicinal
good
sanative
tonic
nutritive
strengthening
nutrient
envigorating
UK
invigorating
US
sustaining
salutiferous
nutrimental
alimentary
alible
helpful
sanitary
hygienic
natural
organic
uncontaminated
unrefined
uplifting
health-giving
good for you
additive-free
full of nourishment
hale and hearty
full of nutrients
healing
therapeutic
remedial
curative
curing
alleviative
nutritional
corrective
good for health
alimentative
remedying
recuperative
vulnerary
soothing
alimental
medicating
officinal
purifying
treating
medicative
antidotal
rejuvenating
refreshing
sanatory
rehabilitative
balanced
holistic
aseptic
antiseptic
rejuvenescent
health-conscious
analeptic
iatric
what the doctor ordered
healthsome
clean
restitutive
repairing
reformative
well
energy-giving
bracing
advantageous
good for what ails you
dietary
dietetic
palliative
food
comestible
sustentative
peptic
hearty
therapeutical
ameliorative
restoring
reparative
health-promoting
medical
mending
vitalizing
homoeopathic
UK
homeopathical
homeopathic
US
febrifugal
pick-me-up
preventive
convalescent
recovering
prophylactic
cathartic
sedative
narcotic
alleviating
stimulating
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to instruct or teach, especially morally or intellectually
enlightening
educating
instructing
teaching
schooling
training
coaching
indoctrinating
tutoring
informing
improving
guiding
illuminating
inculcating
developing
cultivating
nurturing
bettering
illuming
uplifting
elevating
illumining
inspiring
drilling
disciplining
preparing
priming
briefing
directing
upskilling
versing
lessoning
updating
telling
advising
acquainting
familiarizing
US
initiating
rearing
giving lessons to
familiarising
UK
drumming into
breaking in
showing the ropes
apprising
lecturing
grounding
clearing
brainwashing
hipping
exercising
filling in
clueing in
catching up
keeping posted
putting someone through their paces
letting in on
catechizing
grooming
moulding
UK
shaping
leading
instilling
cluing
clueing
readying
forming
dinning something into
sharpening
giving lessons
orienting
clarifying
molding
US
explaining
putting in the picture
tipping off
putting through the grind
acquainting with
making conversant with
breeding
fostering
explaining to
civilizing
US
maturing
homeschooling
civilising
UK
laying it out for
giving character
bringing up
imbuing
imparting
teaching information
opening my eyes
implanting
communicating
seasoning
pounding into
opening eyes
polishing up
equipping with
mentoring
equipping
piloting
fitting
teaching school
giving the facts
conditioning
rehearsing
practising
UK
qualifying
honing
giving a grounding in
improving mind
practicing
US
inuring
taming
hardening
introducing
whipping into shape
making ready
caring for
demonstrating to
putting through the mill
making fit
making something clear to
licking into shape
notifying
showing the lay of the land
genning up on
giving rundown
giving a rundown
giving instructions
putting in the picture about
keeping up to speed with
cluing in on
giving the rundown on
telling about
apprising of
giving the gen
giving the lowdown
advising of
cluing up about
filling in on
updating on
genning up
notifying of
informing of
bringing up to date on
giving the gen on
giving information about
accustoming
orientating
presenting
relating
coaching in
tutoring in
familiarizing with
teaching about
priming in
schooling in
drilling in
instructing in
training in
grounding in
making aware of
touting
tipping
posting
warning
cautioning
leaking
tattling
forewarning
announcing to
imparting to
levelling with
communicating to
leaking to
cluing up
bringing up-to-date
reporting to
communicating knowledge
filling someone in
sending word
grassing up
sneaking on
letting know
giving two cents
giving someone to understand
blowing the whistle on
giving a tip
giving the low-down to
giving a pointer
constantly updating
sending word to
counseling
US
counselling
UK
steering
disclosing
programming
showing
habituating
raising
getting ready
demonstrating
walking through
socializing
US
tailoring
warming up
getting into shape
breaking
tending
socialising
UK
supporting
propagandizing
US
prepping
parenting
propagandising
UK
giving instruction to
hypnotizing
US
working out
giving pointers
giving hints
giving information to
giving someone tips
working over
housetraining
housebreaking
working
giving instruction
looking after
illustrating
compelling
proselytizing
US
manipulating
taking care of
empowering
persuading
ordering
making suitable
helping
shepherding
adapting
setting
influencing
hypnotising
UK
proselytising
UK
preaching
mothering
organizing
US
describing
bracing
nursing
giving advice to
tuning up
nourishing
giving counsel to
toilet training
giving counselling to
cherishing
getting set
giving direction to
expounding
making suggestions to
making recommendations to
organising
UK
providing for
setting up
providing
attending to
regimenting
arming
promoting
advancing
managing
sparring
making experienced
showing the way
shadowboxing
making familiar with
pointing out
explicating
watching over
learning
planting
supervising
shaping up
getting used to
toughening up
loosening up
aiding
making clear
bolstering
backing
nursling
sponsoring
basing
laboring
US
straining
labouring
UK
endowing
dinning
giving someone an idea
supplying with facts
giving the low-down
enabling
facilitating
explaining things to
showing the way to
predicating
resting
suiting
impressing upon
hanging
exemplifying
informing about
drilling into
hammering into
putting through grind
putting through mill
displaying
fixing
exhibiting
protecting
cluing up on
poising
giving counsel
giving advice
arranging
planning
giving guidance
giving counselling
giving direction
laying
fortifying
anticipating
giving the gen about
giving the low-down on
giving directions
forearming
offering suggestions
offering opinions
making recommendations
allowing
ostending
fitting out
making up
arming oneself
putting together
making plans for
paving the way
laying out
giving an idea of
adjusting
making provision
showing how something is done
giving a demonstration of
showing how something works
taking measures
forearming oneself
making arrangements
making plans
making preparations
taking precautions
making provision for
laying the groundwork
guarding
taking steps
more ❯
“Note that the early church's priorities were to
edify
the brethren.”
Verb
▲
(
now rare
)
Present participle for to build or construct
building
constructing
making
fabricating
forming
raising
assembling
creating
erecting
forging
engineering
knocking together
putting up
manufacturing
fashioning
modeling
US
piecing
rearing
modelling
UK
moulding
UK
producing
shaping
building up
joining
compiling
prefabricating
synthesising
UK
superstructing
molding
US
casting
carpentering
composing
sculpturing
confecting
reconstructing
synthesizing
US
framing
fitting together
setting up
making up
putting together
jerry-building
evolving
contriving
throwing together
throwing up
bringing about
establishing
developing
constituting
elevating
founding
compounding
structuring
prefabbing
cobbling up
whipping up
putting out
piecing together
more ❯
“James Dowedall, of Ballyscanlan, knight, showeth before us how that he intendeth to build and
edify
a castle or garrison in the Upper Castletonn in Coule.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to bring to a stage of social and cultural development considered to be more advanced
civilising
UK
civilizing
US
cultivating
improving
sophisticating
refining
enlightening
polishing
acculturating
bettering
socialising
UK
socializing
US
humanising
UK
humanizing
US
taming
educating
developing
elevating
uplifting
fostering
ennobling
enriching
ethicizing
spiritualizing
advancing
promoting
helping forward
instructing
reclaiming
tempering
teaching
bringing civilization to
bringing culture to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to explain or clarify something to someone
instructing
clarifying
explaining
elucidating
explicating
expounding
demystifying
enlightening
unriddling
illuminating
construing
revealing
illumining
simplifying
clearing up
spelling out
getting across
making clear
giving insight
giving insight into
shedding light on
casting light on
interpreting
educating
defining
putting in the picture
informing
making explicit
demonstrating
rationalizing
US
expressing
rationalising
UK
illustrating
unfolding
expanding
untangling
expatiating
amplifying
developing
enucleating
criticizing
US
dilating
appraising
giving the big picture
criticising
UK
commenting on
working out
experimenting with
throwing light on
enlarging upon
putting into plain English
telling why
running down
making plain
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to comment or pass judgment on issues from a moral standpoint
moralising
UK
moralizing
US
lecturing
preaching
preachifying
sermonising
UK
sermonizing
US
pontificating
pontifying
teaching
ethicizing
advising
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
philosophising
UK
philosophizing
US
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
theorising
UK
theorizing
US
passing judgment
haranguing
evangelizing
US
admonishing
evangelising
UK
holding forth
expounding
declaiming
dogmatizing
pronouncing
spouting
addressing
perorating
spieling
expatiating
ministering
spouting off
giving sermon
getting on a soapbox
mouthing off
sounding off
laying down the law
going on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to encourage or raise the spirits of
uplifting
heartening
encouraging
cheering
enlivening
stimulating
inspiring
exhilarating
gladdening
exciting
brightening
improving
elating
stirring
arousing
reviving
restoring
ameliorating
bettering
cultivating
lightening
moving
advancing
enriching
refining
upgrading
cheering up
bucking up
brightening up
gingering up
giving a lift to
raising spirits
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