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Synonyms for illustrate
ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪtil·lus·trate

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. illustrate

    To embellish is to brighten and enliven by adding something that is not necessarily or very closely connected with that to which it is added; to illustrate is to add something so far like in kind as to cast a side-light upon the principal matter. An author embellishes his narrative with fine descriptions, the artist illustrates it with beautiful engravings, the binder gilds and decorates the volume. Garnish is on a lower plane; as, the feast was garnished with flowers. Deck and bedeck are commonly said of apparel; as, a mother bedecks her daughter with silk and jewels. To adorn and to ornament alike signify to add that which makes anything beautiful and attractive, but ornament is more exclusively on the material plane; as, the gateway was ornamented with delicate carving. Adorn is more lofty and spiritual, referring to a beauty which is not material, and can not be put on by ornaments or decorations, but seems in perfect harmony and unity with that to which it adds a grace; if we say, the gateway was adorned with beautiful carving, we imply a unity and loftiness of design such as ornamented can not express. We say of some admirable scholar or statesman, "he touched nothing that he did not adorn."

    At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
    His looks adorned the venerable place.

    Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 178.

    Synonyms:
    adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, embellish, garnish, gild, ornament

    Antonyms:
    deface, deform, disfigure, mar, spoil

    Preposition:
    Adorn his temples with a coronet.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. illustrate

    Synonyms:
    elucidate, interpret, exemplify, demonstrate, represent, explain, embody, paint, image, make clear

    Antonyms:
    obscure, misinterpret, mystify, confuse, misrepresent, darken

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. exemplify, illustrate, instanceverb

    clarify by giving an example of

    Synonyms:
    represent, instance, exemplify

  2. illustrateverb

    depict with an illustration

    Synonyms:
    exemplify, instance

  3. illustrateverb

    supply with illustrations

    "illustrate a book with drawings"

    Synonyms:
    exemplify, instance

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. illustrateverb

    Synonyms:
    elucidate, explain, exemplify, make clear, make plain, throw light upon

  2. illustrateverb

    Synonyms:
    adorn with pictures

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. illustrateverb

    Synonyms:
    elucidate, picture, demonstrate, exemplify

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "illustrate":

    exemplify, show, demonstrate, depict, portray, reflect, indicate, highlight

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#376image
#2965instance
#2976represent
#3082explain
#3159indicate
#3336reflect
#3445paint
#4329deck
#4615demonstrate
#6031highlight
#10023interpret
#10275illustrate
#13687ornament
#17105decorate
#20732depict
#24770portray
#31472garnish
#35678embody
#41179adorn
#43164elucidate
#51238exemplify
#63516beautify
#65818embellish
#98099gild

How to use illustrate in a sentence?

  1. Alexis McGill Johnson:

    These data provide only a small glimpse into the national health crisis created when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and illustrate the devastating impact abortion bans have on people’s ability to access care, banning or restricting abortion doesn’t reduce people’s need for abortion care; it only blocks people’s ability to access it.

  2. Patrice Cucinello:

    I view this positively because I think that they need to illustrate the subscriber growth to validate the investment. They're putting out some very strong number guides to the market, they're going guns blazing at direct consumer.

  3. Jeremy Batstone-Carr:

    The Fed's statement earlier in the week helped to squeeze us higher. But the market doesn't have a high degree of conviction at the moment, the outlook remains one of sub-trend growth and low inflation. The downgrades in Italy illustrate that we're not out of the woods as far as growth is concerned.

  4. Marion County:

    I think it's important to note that this case does illustrate some of the shortcomings that exist with this red flag law, the sad reality is that during the pendency of these matters there's nothing prohibiting someone from purchasing a firearm, that's just the sad truth.

  5. Chamber President Joerg Wuttke:

    These worrying trends illustrate how excessive tightening of Internet controls can choke business growth and stifle investment in technology and research and development, it is therefore hugely dispiriting to see numerous member companies actively scaling back investment and expansion, and diverting their spending to other markets.


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