Definitional

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Characterized by providing clear descriptions or meanings of terms or concepts
2. Pertaining to the act of outlining the nature, properties, or significance of something
3. Related to the process of establishing the precise meaning or significance of a word or idea

Etymology: "Definitional" is a straightforward formation: the noun "definition" with the adjective-forming suffix "-al" attached. The suffix has a longer ancestry than the word it sits on. It descends from Latin "-ālis", which English took in through Middle English "-al", often by way of Old French "-el" and "-al". Latin "-ālis" itself was built from nouns, so the ending was used to turn one thing into something related to it, as in "nation" to "national". The base word "definition" comes from Latin "dēfīnītiō", a noun built from "dēfīnīre", meaning "to limit" or "to set boundaries," from "dē-" and "fīnis" ("end" or "boundary"). A definition, at root, is a marking of an edge. "Definitional" therefore describes whatever belongs to the act of drawing that boundary around a word or idea.

Synonyms: explicit, precise, clear, descriptive

Antonyms: vague, ambiguous, unclear