Describe

/dɪˈskɹaɪb/

Synonyms for "describe" (255 found)

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Closest matches (51)

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
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defining termdefining worddelineating

Strong matches (77)

Verb(22 words)
depictingdepictsdescribe energy flowdescribesdetaildiscoverdiscuss resultsdistinguishecologizesexplain causeexplainsfeaturizedformulate methodgrecianize designidentifykeykey outlabeledlaying outlimned
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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
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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)
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set out detailsstatestate the problemsummarizetermingtraceverbalizedverbalized emotionsverbalizesverbalizing aloud
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set the paceset the tonesketchsortsound the keynotespecifystyletaketake it thattake to meantelltracetraverseunderstandunderstand bywrite
Adjective(7 words)
opposing forces frameworkphysiologic system processplain color patternrelatedrelevant detailssmall detailunseen attribute

Related word relations

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characterizedepictdetailexperimental descriptionportrayprocedure descriptionprocess descriptionstructural description

Collocations

5 entries
accurate descriptioncharacter descriptionclear descriptiondetailed descriptionprocess description

Inflections

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Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Source: tatoeba (1997)

Can you describe the object?

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Words cannot describe the beauty.

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Describe that accident in detail.

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