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Synonyms for epitomize
ɪˈpɪt əˌmaɪzepit·o·mize

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. epitomizeverb

    Synonyms:
    sum up

  2. epitomizeverb

    To make an epitome of.

    Synonyms:
    sum up

  3. epitomizeverb

    To be an epitome of.

    Synonyms:
    sum up

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. epitomize

    Synonyms:
    abbreviate, abridge, amputate, boil down, condense, curtail, cut down, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize

    Antonyms:
    amplify, augment, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, unfold, widen

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. typify, epitomize, epitomiseverb

    embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of

    "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"

    Synonyms:
    symbolize, typify, represent, symbolise, epitomise, stand for

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. epitomizeverb

    Synonyms:
    abridge, abbreviate, shorten, condense, reduce, contract, make an abstract of

  2. epitomizeverb

    Synonyms:
    curtail, cut short

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "epitomize":

    embody

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#2976represent
#16650summarize
#35678embody
#43430curtail
#45058symbolize
#60459condense
#82163abbreviate
#101576abridge
#112350symbolise
#115369typify
#142401epitomize
#173180amputate
#225728retrench
#296706epitomise

How to use epitomize in a sentence?

  1. Andrew Watkins:

    Bagram grew into such a massive military installation that, as with few other bases in Afghanistan and even Iraq, it came to symbolize and epitomize the phrase ‘mission creep’.

  2. John Denver:

    I epitomize America.

  3. Wang Man:

    These activists epitomize the spirit of the times. They are young, confident, ready to challenge established norms.


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