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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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She describes the community and the Phoenix in Townhill as her "lifeline", apart from family and children.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

For his part, Musk describes his martian ambitions as key to the long-term survival of the human race.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

She describes an awkward car ride with Melania to Trump’s 2024 inauguration, another tradition, fraught with strained small talk about Barron’s time at New York University and the recent passing of Melania’s mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

In Peacock’s cast reveal published Thursday, Montgomery describes herself as “the full package.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

In a portrait of “Three Russian Women” for his book The Curtain Rises, published in 1944, he describes her incredible career as a fighter pilot at Stalingrad.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein