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Synonyms for characterize
ˈkær ɪk təˌraɪzchar·ac·ter·ize
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
characterize
Synonyms:
mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify
Princeton's WordNet
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, conditioncharacterize, characteriseverb
be characteristic of
"What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
Synonyms:
characterise, qualify
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
characterizeverb
Synonyms:
distinguish, designate, markcharacterizeverb
Synonyms:
describe, set forth the character of, specify the peculiarities of
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
characterizeverb
Synonyms:
distinguish
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "characterize":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#792 | style | |
#834 | mark | |
#1067 | condition | |
#2244 | identify | |
#3114 | describe | |
#3475 | modify | |
#3823 | specify | |
#6428 | qualify | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#9475 | characterization | |
#10269 | distinguish | |
#13120 | designate | |
#16141 | dispose | |
#17004 | characterize | |
#31397 | characterisation | |
#45303 | stipulate | |
#53626 | characterise | |
#130895 | individualize |
How to use characterize in a sentence?
It was dismissive. Condescending and dismissive, those are the words I characterize in the book.
It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion of goals seems to characterize our age.
To characterize( the administration's position) as extraordinary or overreaching shows a complete misunderstanding of what these agencies do.
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.
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.
Translations for characterize
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- характеризирамBulgarian
- caracteritzarCatalan, Valencian
- charakterizovatCzech
- nodwedduWelsh
- charakterisierenGerman
- karakteriziEsperanto
- caracterizarSpanish
- caractériserFrench
- tréithrighIrish
- comharraichScottish Gaelic
- distingarIdo
- caracterizaRomanian
- характеризова́ть, охарактеризова́тьRussian
- karaktärisera, präglaSwedish
- ลักษณะThai
- karakterize etmekTurkish
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