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Synonyms for descriptor
dɪˈskrɪp tərde·scrip·tor

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. descriptornoun

    Synonyms:
    index term

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. form, word form, signifier, descriptornoun

    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

    "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"

    Synonyms:
    course, figure, flesh, frame, shape, kind, conformation, sort, chassis, physical body, soma, human body, contour, grade, cast, form, mannikin, mannequin, physique, phase, word form, configuration, class, variant, pattern, bod, signifier, manikin, variety, strain, anatomy, var., material body, manakin, build

  2. descriptornoun

    a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system

    Synonyms:
    signifier, form, word form

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "descriptor":

    descriptors, qualifier

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How to use descriptor in a sentence?

  1. Tamar Krishnamurti:

    While' breakthrough' is an official designation that may lead to accelerated drug approval,' promising' is just a descriptor term that The FDA has used in about half of its press releases to describe breakthrough drugs.

  2. Martha Hoover:

    Farm-to-table, as a descriptor, was not even uttered until almost 15 years after I opened my first cafe, even though from day one, we were making food from scratch using ingredients that we carefully sourced locally, people in Indianapolis have been remarkably supportive -- especially the people living in Meridian Kessler, the urban neighborhood where the first Cafe Patachou was located.


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