describes

VERB

explain in speech, writing

Synonyms

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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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After James and his wife had difficulty conceiving, he had what he describes as an "ostrich moment"; months of burying his head in the sand while his partner went through all the checks and tests.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

They relied on the "pancake model," a widely used semi-analytic approach that describes how a bolide fragments while passing through an atmosphere.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

Science also pointed to a conflict disclosure essay from 2004, which describes a “check off form” the journal supplied researchers to gauge potential conflicts.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

A stubborn idealism survives the many horrors the novel describes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

“For he describes Gallery Seventeen as ‘obscure and little trafficked,’ yet the guidebook makes such a to-do about going there, surely it must be overrun with visitors by now.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood