1. Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
   - denotive 
2. In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
   - explicit

See also: appellative, denote, designative, explicit, expressed, extensional, literal, naming, referent, referential

Antonym: connotative

• Philadelphia lawyer
• Philadelphia pepper pot
• philadelphus
• Philadelphus coronarius
• Philaenus
• Philaenus spumarius
• philander
• philanderer
• philanthropic
• philanthropic foundation
• philanthropic gift
• philanthropically
• philanthropist
• philanthropy
• philatelic
• philatelical
• philatelically
• philatelist
• philately
• Philemon
• philharmonic
• philharmonic pitch
• philhellene
• philhellenic
• philhellenism