Synonyms for description
dɪˈskrɪp ʃənde·scrip·tion

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. descriptionnoun

   A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.

   Synonyms:
   sort, variety, type, kind

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1. description

   A definition is exact, an explanation general; a definition is formal, a description pictorial. A definition must include all that belongs to the object defined, and exclude all that does not; a description may include only some general features; an explanation may simply throw light upon some point of special difficulty. An exposition undertakes to state more fully what is compactly given or only implied in the text; as, an exposition of Scripture. Interpretation is ordinarily from one language into another, or from the language of one period into that of another; it may also be a statement giving the doubtful or hidden meaning of that which is recondite or perplexing; as, the interpretation of a dream, a riddle, or of some difficult passage. Definition, explanation, exposition, and interpretation are ordinarily blended in a commentary, which may also include description. A comment is upon a single passage; a commentary may be the same, but is usually understood to be a volume of comments.

   Synonyms:
   comment, commentary, definition, explanation, exposition, interpretation, rendering, translation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. description, verbal descriptionnoun

   a statement that represents something in words

   Synonyms:
   verbal description, description

2. descriptionnoun

   the act of describing something

   Synonyms:
   verbal description

3. descriptionnoun

   sort or variety

   "every description of book was there"

   Synonyms:
   verbal description

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   • Speech Act
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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ekphrasis

   "when i encounter a prolonged ekphrasis......, i worry." from how fiction works by james wood

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

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1. descriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   delineation, tracing

2. descriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   representation, explanation, account, relation, recital, report, narration, narrative

3. descriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   sort, kind, class, species

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1. descriptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   delineation, depiction, portrayal, class, species, sort, character

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1. List of paraphrases for "description":

   descriptions, narrative, designation, describe, describing, described, alternate, depiction, descriptive, outline, overview, denomination, specification, descripton, describes, portrayal

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How to use description in a sentence?

1. Vice Chairman Charlie Munger:

   ' World-leading' would be the description I would choose, in some important ways, each is a better business executive than Warren Buffett.

2. Horace Walpole:

   The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveler from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St Paul s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.

3. Mark Zuckerberg:

   Anthony Fauci might be quite generous in Anthony Fauci description of the government's response.

4. Erin Jones:

   It's part of my job description.

5. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin:

   It's a tragedy beyond description, i expect there will be a lot of anger and frustrations.