To one of the head psychologists, the depression criteria didn't quite characterize this group of girls.
Source: tatoeba (790908)
Characterize
//ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz//
Synonyms for "characterize" (103 found)
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1 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- բնորոշել verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- բնորոշել verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Asturian
1 entries- carauterizar verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
Belarusian
2 entries- ахарактарызава́ць verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- характарызава́ць verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
Bulgarian
2 entries- характеризирам verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- характеризирам verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Catalan
2 entries- caracteritzar verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- caracteritzar verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Czech
1 entries- charakterizovat verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Dutch
2 entries- karakteriseren verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- karakteriseren verb (to be typical of)
Esperanto
1 entries- karakterizi verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Estonian
2 entries- iseloomustama verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- iseloomustama verb (to be typical of)
Finnish
1 entries- luonnehtia verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
French
3 entries- caractériser verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- caractériser verb (to determine the characteristics of)
- dépeindre verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
Galician
2 entries- caracterizar verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- caracterizar verb (to determine the characteristics of)
German
2 entries- charakterisieren verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- charakterisieren verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Greek
1 entries- χαρακτηρίζω verb (to be typical of)
Ido
1 entries- distingar verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Irish
2 entries- tréithrigh verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- tréithrigh verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Italian
1 entries- caratterizzare verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Polish
2 entries- barwić verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- charakteryzować verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
Portuguese
4 entries- caracterizar verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- caracterizar verb (to determine the characteristics of)
- caraterizar verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- caraterizar verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Romanian
1 entries- caracteriza verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
Russian
2 entries- охарактеризова́ть verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- характеризова́ть verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- comharraich verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- comharraich verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Spanish
2 entries- caracterizar verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- caracterizar verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Swedish
3 entries- karaktärisera verb (to determine the characteristics of)
- känneteckna verb (to determine the characteristics of)
- prägla verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Turkish
2 entries- karakterize etmek verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- karakterize etmek verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Ukrainian
3 entries- охарактеризува́ти verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- схарактеризува́ти verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- характеризува́ти verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
Welsh
2 entries- nodweddu verb (to depict someone or something a particular way)
- nodweddu verb (to determine the characteristics of)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Is this kid autistic or does he have ADHD? His behavior is hard to characterize either way.
Source: tatoeba (790909)
Drunken fights and more drunken sex characterize their excuse for a relationship.
Source: tatoeba (790910)
If you had to characterize your wife in three words, which ones would you pick?
Source: tatoeba (790911)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.