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describes

VERB

explain in speech, writing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call characterize chronicle construe define depict detail express illustrate interpret label name outline portray recount report represent specify tell term

STRONG

communicate delineate distinguish draw elucidate epitomize exemplify explicate expound illuminate image impart limn narrate paint particularize picture recite rehearse relate sketch state trace transmit

WEAK

convey image make apparent make clear make sense of make vivid mark out write up

Antonyms

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conceal confuse distort hide ignore listen misunderstand suppress

STRONG

cloud complicate keep mystify obscure take

WEAK

misrepresent mix up

Example Sentences

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It describes a cluster of conditions—heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease—that have common risk factors and fuel one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

At this point, we’re stepping outside established physics that describes space-time through four dimensions only.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

That situation describes the SpaceX lockup situation, too.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Despite what she describes as a turbulent journey through school, Amelie believes that without the flexibility to change path along the way she might have dropped out altogether.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The experiment he describes cannot be performed in Cambridge at the beginning of the year: it requires the sun to reach an elevation of 40 degrees above the horizon.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton