Associations to the word «Expressive»

Wiktionary

EXPRESSIVE, adjective. Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE, noun. The ability to produce language in any of a number of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing.

Dictionary definition

EXPRESSIVE, adjective. Characterized by expression; "a very expressive face".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky