adjective
1. having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
• Syn: ↑denotive
• Ant: ↑connotative
• Similar to: ↑appellative, ↑naming, ↑designative, ↑extensional, ↑referent, ↑referential
2. in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
• Syn: ↑explicit
• Similar to: ↑literal
• Derivationally related forms: ↑explicitness (for: ↑explicit), ↑denote
Useful english dictionary. 2012.