1. (a.) Full of meaning; vividly representing; as, expressive looks or words\.

2. (a.) Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.

Christophanic Satanophanic alive allegorical allusive angelophanic appearing associational connotational connotative definable delineative demonstrating demonstrative denominative denotational denotative depictive descriptive designative diagnostic disclosive displaying eloquent emblematic emotional epiphanic evidential evincive exhibitive explicit expositional expositive expository extended extensional facund faithful figural figurative forceful full of meaning full of point full of substance graphic identifying ideographic idiosyncratic imaginative implicative incarnating incarnational indicating indicative indicatory individual intelligible intensional interpretable lifelike lively loaded manifestative materializing meaning meaningful meaty metaphorical moving naming naturalistic pathognomonic peculiar pictorial pithy pneumatophanic poignant pointed pregnant presentational promulgatory provocative readable realistic referential representative responsive revealing revelational revelatory rich semantic semiotic sententious showing signalizing significant significative signifying spirited striking substantial suggestive symbolic symbolistic symbological symptomatic symptomatologic telling theophanic thought-provoking transferred true to life typical vivid well-drawn