Thesaurus / characterizing
FEEDBACKsynonyms for characterizing
synonyms for characterizing
- definitive
- detailed
- eloquent
- expressive
- identifying
- illuminating
- pictorial
- revealing
- vivid
- anecdotic
- characteristic
- circumstantial
- classificatory
- clear
- delineative
- depictive
- describing
- designating
- explicative
- expository
- extended
- graphic
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicative
- interpretive
- lifelike
- narrative
- particularized
- picturesque
- specific
- true to life
- defining
- delineating
- depicting
- describing
- exhibiting
- interpreting
- mirroring
- picturing
- portraying
- presenting
- reporting
- reproducing
- revealing
- showing
- symbolizing
- calling
- denominating
- distinguishing
- indicating
- naming
- noticing
- recognizing
- showing
- specifying
- terming
- pointing out
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How to use characterizing in a sentence
Her face wore an expression of mystic rapture like that characterizing the features of some Chinese Buddhas.
DOPESAX ROHMERThe characterizing details of some of the great fables, however, disappear in Mandeville's English.
AESOP DRESS'DBERNARD MANDEVILLEThis may seem like a purely formal and external mode of characterizing the development of philosophical thought.
A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHYISAAC HUSIKI am about to commence the making of mince-pies, with all the interesting sensations characterizing young enterprise or effort.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. I (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTThe importance of accent as a unifying feature of the word is obvious in such English examples as unthinkable, characterizing.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIRGovernor Brown of Georgia was refusing to obey orders from Richmond, and characterizing them as "despotic."
A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNJOHN G. NICOLAYAs in everything German, method was the characterizing feature of the airplane program they instituted.
THE ROMANCE OF AIRCRAFTLAWRENCE YARD SMITHEvery verse, every half verse, adds a characterizing circumstance, a vivifying image.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 57, NO. 356, JUNE, 1845VARIOUSThe unanimity characterizing its nomenclature is but another feature in the unvarying and universal popularity of the rose.
SEVENTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIERALEXANDER MAJORSOtherwise, he will miss much that is significant and characterizing in their actions.
DRAMATIC TECHNIQUEGEORGE PIERCE BAKERWORDS RELATED TO CHARACTERIZING
- anecdotic
- characteristic
- characterizing
- circumstantial
- classificatory
- clear
- definitive
- delineative
- depictive
- describing
- designating
- detailed
- eloquent
- explicative
- expository
- expressive
- extended
- graphic
- identifying
- illuminating
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicative
- interpretive
- lifelike
- narrative
- particularized
- pictorial
- picturesque
- revealing
- specific
- true to life
- vivid
- anecdotic
- characteristic
- characterizing
- circumstantial
- classificatory
- clear
- definitive
- delineative
- depictive
- describing
- designating
- detailed
- eloquent
- explicative
- expository
- expressive
- extended
- graphic
- identifying
- illuminating
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicative
- interpretive
- lifelike
- narrative
- particularized
- pictorial
- picturesque
- revealing
- specific
- true to life
- vivid
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.