Synonyms for describe
dɪˈskraɪbde·scribe

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1. describeverb

   To represent in words.

   The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.

   Synonyms:
   depict, portray, bewrite, report, betell

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1. describe

   Synonyms:
   draw, delineate, portray, explain, illustrate, define, picture, depict, represent, relate, narrate, recount

   Antonyms:
   confound, confuse, mystify, misrepresent, caricature, distort

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1. describe, depict, drawverb

   give a description of

   "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

   Synonyms:
   tie, distinguish, take in, suck up, portray, pull in, attract, get, identify, quarter, thread, show, run, depict, guide, key out, drag, draw in, key, suck, delineate, report, make, soak up, cast, picture, pull, get out, take out, disembowel, sop up, puff, limn, reap, pass, render, imbibe, take up, string, line, name, pull out, draw, draw off, force, trace, absorb, withdraw, draw and quarter, pull back, account, discover, eviscerate

2. report, describe, accountverb

   to give an account or representation of in words

   "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

   Synonyms:
   account, identify, report, name, answer for, draw, delineate, depict, key out, trace, line, cover, discover, distinguish, calculate, key

3. trace, draw, line, describe, delineateverb

   make a mark or lines on a surface

   "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

   Synonyms:
   tie, distinguish, take in, account, hunt, suck up, get, attract, decipher, thread, quarter, sop up, hound, pull in, depict, guide, key out, drag, draw in, key, suck, specify, delineate, report, make, outline, soak up, run along, retrace, define, pull, get out, take out, disembowel, cast, puff, limn, follow, reap, delimit, pass, identify, imbibe, string, draw and quarter, name, pull out, delimitate, draw, draw off, line, run, force, trace, absorb, withdraw, pull back, take up, discover, eviscerate

4. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, nameverb

   identify as in botany or biology, for example

   Synonyms:
   account, detect, distinguish, chance upon, signalise, trace, let out, separate, place, secern, bring out, reveal, disclose, attain, let on, depict, cite, find, get word, differentiate, fall upon, refer, strike, spot, report, nominate, make, pick out, see, find out, key, expose, bring up, give away, mark, break, appoint, severalise, tell apart, signalize, happen upon, delineate, list, divulge, identify, make out, come across, key out, observe, get a line, notice, recognize, line, name, pick up, call, mention, draw, discern, advert, recognise, tell, unwrap, constitute, learn, come upon, light upon, get wind, chance on, diagnose, discover, secernate, severalize, hear

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1. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   delineate, trace, draw, mark out

2. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   represent (by words), portray, depict, explain, recount, narrate, relate, give an account of, set forth

3. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   characterize, specify the peculiarities of, set forth the character of

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1. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   delineate, depict

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1. List of paraphrases for "describe":

   describing, outline, describes, depict, description, described, portray, explain, indicate, characterize, designate

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1. Harry Crosby:

   The way I view dad is not just through the prism of music and film, he was a pioneer in all the different mediums and all the things that came out of that — technology and music and golf, sportsmanship and hunting. There are a lot of different things that describe the human being.

2. Laura Kavanagh:

   To be attacked and killed in the course of helping others is both heartbreaking and enraging for our department in ways I can not describe. Lieutenant Russo exemplified FDNY-EMS, she served this city for 25 years. She was a World Trade Center first responder. She was cited multiple times for her bravery and her life-saving work. And she was absolutely beloved on this job.

3. Laura Weyrich:

   Our study really tied together years of previous research from many different fields, as we're able to describe these different diets in different Neanderthals with very high resolution.

4. Judge Diane Gibbons:

   The butchery in this case was beyond my ability to describe, to live through it vicariously through the photos and the tapes and the recordings ... must have taken a toll.

5. Raymond Lowe:

   There's always going to be that desire to get out because it's the camaraderie that you find out here, it's hard to describe the feeling and how genuine everyone is and just how good it is to be able to help.