instructional
/ɪnˈstrʌkʃənl/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈstrʌkʃənl/ (ame, ipa) · /-shənᵊl -shnəl/ (ame, mw)
instructional — adjective
- instructionalpositive
- more instructionalcomparative
- most instructionalsuperlative
1. created or intended to help someone learn a practical ability or understand the
created or intended to help someone learn a practical ability or understand the steps needed for completing a task, typically through demonstration or guided explanation
The hotel provided an instructional booklet showing how to use the room safe.
collocation: instructional booklet / instructional video
After watching several instructional videos, Putri fixed the kitchen faucet herself.
An instructional website helped Mert understand the basics of investing money.
The museum's instructional signs explained each exhibit in simple language.
Christopher found that instructional board games make geography lessons more fun.
- educational
broader term covering all forms of learning including formal schooling; instructional specifically implies practical how-to guidance
- informative
focuses on providing facts or knowledge rather than teaching a procedure or skill
- didactic
more formal and sometimes implies a lecturing or moral-teaching tone; less common in everyday contexts
- uninformative
describes content that fails to teach or convey useful information
用法筆記
In attributive position (before a noun) — instructional video, instructional materials, instructional guide — the word functions as a modifier. Predicative use (*this video is instructional*) is possible but less common.