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Synonyms for describing
verb explain in speech, writing- call
- characterize
- chronicle
- construe
- define
- depict
- detail
- express
- illustrate
- interpret
- label
- name
- outline
- portray
- recount
- report
- represent
- specify
- tell
- term
- communicate
- delineate
- distinguish
- draw
- elucidate
- epitomize
- exemplify
- explicate
- expound
- illuminate
- image
- impart
- limn
- narrate
- paint
- particularize
- picture
- recite
- rehearse
- relate
- sketch
- state
- trace
- transmit
- convey image
- make apparent
- make clear
- make sense of
- make vivid
- mark out
- write up
Antonyms for describing
- conceal
- confuse
- distort
- hide
- ignore
- listen
- misunderstand
- suppress
- cloud
- complicate
- keep
- mystify
- obscure
- take
- misrepresent
- mix up
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
more descriptive
adjective. explanatory
- anecdotic
- characteristic
- characterizing
- circumstantial
- classificatory
- clear
- definitive
- delineative
- depictive
- describing
- designating
- detailed
- eloquent
- explicative
- expository
- expressive
- extended
- graphic
- identifying
- illuminating
- illuminative
- illustrative
- indicative
- interpretive
- lifelike
- narrative
- particularized
- pictorial
- picturesque
- revealing
- specific
- true to life
- vivid
representing
adjective. purporting to depict
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.