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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

STRONGEST

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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Alex describes moving around from place to place as "tiring" and "repetitive".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

On the tumbling ballad “Cowtown,” he describes the environment as “Where no one ever makes a sound / Except me on this guitar,” which could sound peaceful and content or lonely and frustrated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

In it, he describes Jamie’s death in an upcoming battle; the eighth episode seems to make clear that he wrote the book as a warning, offering details that could allow Jamie to escape that fate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

“So far from God, and yet so close to the United States” is how Venegas describes it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“It succinctly describes the method of propulsion of the landingboat, sir.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin