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Synonyms for characterize
ˈkær ɪk təˌraɪzchar·ac·ter·ize
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
characterize
Synonyms:
mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify
Princeton's WordNet
qualify, characterize, characteriseverb
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
"You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
Synonyms:
restrict, dispose, characterise, modify, stipulate, specify, qualify, measure up, conditioncharacterize, characteriseverb
be characteristic of
"What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
Synonyms:
characterise, qualify
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
characterizeverb
Synonyms:
distinguish, designate, markcharacterizeverb
Synonyms:
describe, set forth the character of, specify the peculiarities of
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
characterizeverb
Synonyms:
distinguish
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "characterize":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#792 | style | |
#834 | mark | |
#1067 | condition | |
#2244 | identify | |
#3114 | describe | |
#3475 | modify | |
#3823 | specify | |
#6428 | qualify | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#9475 | characterization | |
#10269 | distinguish | |
#13120 | designate | |
#16141 | dispose | |
#17004 | characterize | |
#31397 | characterisation | |
#45303 | stipulate | |
#53626 | characterise | |
#130895 | individualize |
How to use characterize in a sentence?
So both for ensuring kids' survival and then ensuring their future health and development, it's a huge intervention, i always characterize it that this is not some second-rate intervention we're trying to push on developed worlds, but this is really state of the art, the gold standard intervention that's relevant anywhere in the world.
I am dismayed thatThe New Yorkerhas decided to characterize a respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate, i am sorry to my friends, workplace colleagues, and loved ones for any embarrassment this episode may cause. I loveThe The New Yorker... But this decision, which was made hastily and without a full investigation of the relevant facts, was a terrible mistake.
People are always looking for the smoking gun in these technologies, i characterize it much more as a loaded gun.
I don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped on crack and sent them out on the street to murder other African-American children, maybe you thought they were good citizens. Hillary Clinton didn't.
No one would benefit from a war which extends to the space domain, with that in mind, the space situational awareness capacity of the [Joint Space Operations Center] has a deterrent aspect to it, because we are able to identify, characterize, [and] attribute actions in space.
Translations for characterize
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- характеризирамBulgarian
- caracteritzarCatalan, Valencian
- charakterizovatCzech
- nodwedduWelsh
- charakterisierenGerman
- karakteriziEsperanto
- caracterizarSpanish
- caractériserFrench
- tréithrighIrish
- comharraichScottish Gaelic
- distingarIdo
- caracterizaRomanian
- характеризова́ть, охарактеризова́тьRussian
- karaktärisera, präglaSwedish
- ลักษณะThai
- karakterize etmekTurkish
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