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Synonyms for characterize
ˈkær ɪk təˌraɪzchar·ac·ter·ize

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  1. characterize

    Synonyms:
    mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify

    Antonyms:
    hint, insinuate, sketch, suggest, adumbrate

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  1. 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, condition

  2. characterize, characteriseverb

    be characteristic of

    "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

    Synonyms:
    characterise, qualify

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  1. characterizeverb

    Synonyms:
    distinguish, designate, mark

  2. characterizeverb

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

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  1. characterizeverb

    Synonyms:
    distinguish

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  1. List of paraphrases for "characterize":

    characterise, characterization, describe, characterisation

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How to use characterize in a sentence?

  1. Rob Joyce:

    People are always looking for the smoking gun in these technologies, i characterize it much more as a loaded gun.

  2. Chuck Grassley:

    The President may choose to characterize protests, riots, and incitements of violence as mere passion, but these attempts to influence and intimidate members of the federal judiciary are an affront to judicial independence.

  3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion of goals seems to characterize our age.

  4. Marc Siegel:

    If we're looking into neurological causes for the gait change, I don't think the way they characterize that in the physical is sufficient, i want more information. I want to know what the MRIs show, and I want to know what the nerve conduction EMG shows to rule out things that are more extensive, that by the way, can be associated with cognitive changes like mental status, like dementia.

  5. United States:

    For anyone to characterize the fact that the President is taking care to make sure our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are safe as somehow being a greenlight for a massacre is irresponsible and doesn't comport with the reality of the situation.


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