indicative
adjective
[ ɪnˈdɪkətɪv ]
• serving as a sign or indication of something.
• "having recurrent dreams is not necessarily indicative of any psychological problem"
Similar:
symptomatic,
expressive,
suggestive,
evocative,
typical,
characteristic,
representative,
symbolic,
emblematic,
indicatory,
• denoting a mood of verbs expressing simple statement of a fact.
indicative
noun
• a verb in the indicative mood.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French indicatif, -ive, from late Latin indicativus, from the verb indicare (see indicate).