educational

[ ej-oo-key-shuh-nl ]

adjective

1. pertaining to education.
2. tending or intended to educate, instruct, or inform:

   an educational show on television.

educational

/ ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl /

adjective

1. providing knowledge; instructive or informative

   an educational toy

2. of or relating to education

Derived Forms

• ˌeduˈcationally, adverb

Other Words From

• edu·cation·al·ly adverb
• anti·edu·cation·al adjective
• anti·edu·cation·al·ly adverb
• counter·edu·cation·al noun
• counter·edu·cation·al·ly adverb
• noned·u·cation·al adjective
• noned·u·cation·al·ly adverb
• posted·u·cation·al adjective
• preed·u·cation·al adjective
• preed·u·cation·al·ly adverb
• pseudo·edu·cation·al adjective
• pseudo·edu·cation·al·ly adverb
• quasi-edu·cation·al adjective
• quasi-edu·cation·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of educational¹

First recorded in 1645–55; education + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The former provides entrepreneurial training and educational programs for youths from low-income urban areas around the world.

From The Daily Beast

An educational radio initiative has the potential to reach millions in West Africa.

From The Daily Beast

Simple: our educational system provides few incentives for schools to improve.

From The Daily Beast

Why have educational outcomes so stubbornly flat-lined in the face of this wealth of educational resources?

From The Daily Beast

Republicans should push for reforms to tie educational spending to students rather than schools.

From The Daily Beast

Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?

From Project Gutenberg

And now I am going on to a review of the broad facts of the educational organization of our present world.

From Project Gutenberg

Is the college stage of our present educational system anywhere near its maximum possible efficiency?

From Project Gutenberg

And an educational movement is more tenacious than any other sort of social or political movement whatever.

From Project Gutenberg

Most of the sanitary improvements and the educational, all schemes for parks and better streets, come from them.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• academic
• cultural
• informational
• scholarly