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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 is being led by the Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion, which describes itself as a non-partisan initiative responding to the "converging crises of social disconnection and division".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

In the interview, Ohio-based artist Alan Cottrill describes being approached by what he repeatedly calls “crypto bros,” many of whom he says he barely knew beyond first names during the early stages of the commission.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

For years, lawmakers and residents in the wealthy neighborhood sought to remove the original 1932 inscription that describes Newlands rather as a statesman who "held true regard for the interests of all men."

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Mr. Brown describes the Alvin of Mr. Ryan’s youth as “a little place with mostly fields of green and dirt” that “seemed a thousand miles from anywhere of consequence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“London Bridge” might go as far back as the Middle Ages in London, as it describes the disrepair of the famous bridge.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin