Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
Source: tatoeba (1997)
Describe
/dɪˈskɹaɪb/
Synonyms for "describe" (255 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (51)
Verb(18 words)
Noun(23 words)
animal character statusattribute a flawattributesbasin feature labelblazonscaption for watercaptioningcharacterize bycharacterizingcharacterizing individualschronicle of eventsclassroom parity termclearly defined purposecolor naming termcommunity structuresconduct profilecurrent political termcyberbulliesdanish stilhed tonedefining
Show 3 more words
be characteristicbring to lifecharactercharacterizechronicleconstruedefinedelineatedemarcatedemonstrate
Strong matches (77)
Verb(22 words)
depictingdepictsdescribe energy flowdescribesdetaildiscoverdiscuss resultsdistinguishecologizesexplain causeexplainsfeaturizedformulate methodgrecianize designidentifykeykey outlabeledlaying outlimned
Noun(20 words)
depicting actiondetail traitsdetail typedetail worddetailingdetailing processdetailsdocument elementdocument featuredocument sourcedocumentingemergency policy relatedfood-web linkfossil imprint detailfossil imprint texturehighly labeled datasetinteraction history detailsinventory descriptorlight descriptormodifier type
Adjective(9 words)
descriptive labeldetaileddry labeleconomic statefuzzy decision makinggeographic surfacehistorical process changehistorical recountlabeled bottle
Related words (127)
Noun(54 words)
most labelednarratingnarrative accountnormal force conceptnote capture methodobserved energy distributionoutline shapeoutline the stepspaintingpaper methodsplant characteristicplant stress responsepollination network studyportray variableposition descriptorprofileprofile dataprofilesprofilingproperty term
Show 34 more words
radical paradigm shiftrecountingrelating toreportingreportsretrospectshared history narrativeshow and tellsketchessoil attributespeed descriptorstate judiciary reformstate legislature processstate math curriculumstate matterstate of matterstate of present momentstate programstate safety alertstate statute codestate your positionstory featurestructure descriptorswedish ärtell firsthandtell someone aboutterm as descriptortermstimeline accounttrait labelvoice systemvoiced systemwetland water cycleword class property
Verb(30 words)
namenarratenarratednarratesoutlineoutlinedpaint a picturepaint the wallpaintedportrayportrayedportrayingportraysprovide informationrecountrecountedrelaterepresentsensualizeset forth
Show 10 more words
set out detailsstatestate the problemsummarizetermingtraceverbalizedverbalized emotionsverbalizesverbalizing aloud
Adjective(7 words)
opposing forces frameworkphysiologic system processplain color patternrelatedrelevant detailssmall detailunseen attribute
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesMore specific
8 entriescharacterizedepictdetailexperimental descriptionportrayprocedure descriptionprocess descriptionstructural description
Collocations
5 entriesaccurate descriptioncharacter descriptionclear descriptiondetailed descriptionprocess description
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Can you describe the object?
Source: tatoeba (44133)
Words cannot describe the beauty.
Source: tatoeba (44335)
Describe that accident in detail.
Source: tatoeba (47076)
Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.