What are some opposite words for describe?
Antonyms for describe
dɪˈskraɪbde·scribe
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term describe.
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Princeton's WordNet
describe, depict, drawverb
give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
Synonyms:
tie, distinguish, take in, suck up, portray, pull in, attract, get, identify, quarter, thread, show, run, depict, guide, key out, drag, draw in, key, suck, delineate, report, make, soak up, cast, picture, pull, get out, take out, disembowel, sop up, puff, limn, reap, pass, render, imbibe, take up, string, line, name, pull out, draw, draw off, force, trace, absorb, withdraw, draw and quarter, pull back, account, discover, evisceratereport, describe, accountverb
to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
Synonyms:
account, identify, report, name, answer for, draw, delineate, depict, key out, trace, line, cover, discover, distinguish, calculate, keytrace, draw, line, describe, delineateverb
make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
Synonyms:
tie, distinguish, take in, account, hunt, suck up, get, attract, decipher, thread, quarter, sop up, hound, pull in, depict, guide, key out, drag, draw in, key, suck, specify, delineate, report, make, outline, soak up, run along, retrace, define, pull, get out, take out, disembowel, cast, puff, limn, follow, reap, delimit, pass, identify, imbibe, string, draw and quarter, name, pull out, delimitate, draw, draw off, line, run, force, trace, absorb, withdraw, pull back, take up, discover, eviscerateidentify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, nameverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Synonyms:
account, detect, distinguish, chance upon, signalise, trace, let out, separate, place, secern, bring out, reveal, disclose, attain, let on, depict, cite, find, get word, differentiate, fall upon, refer, strike, spot, report, nominate, make, pick out, see, find out, key, expose, bring up, give away, mark, break, appoint, severalise, tell apart, signalize, happen upon, delineate, list, divulge, identify, make out, come across, key out, observe, get a line, notice, recognize, line, name, pick up, call, mention, draw, discern, advert, recognise, tell, unwrap, constitute, learn, come upon, light upon, get wind, chance on, diagnose, discover, secernate, severalize, hear
Editors Contribution
insinuate
as insinuate means to suggest something unpleasant in an indirect way, its antonym should be a word related to suggesting something openly and boldly but not indirectly.
Submitted by rockdbattle231k on April 17, 2021
How to use describe in a sentence?
Just before [ the shooter ] began his killing spree, he posted his views online and used hateful language like the very words used by President Trump to describe immigrants and Latinos.
How do you find the words to describe the most horrific event in your life, your personal valley of the shadow of death ? because that is exactly the feeling that clamps your heart when you are at a place where the medication needed to rescue your child is out of reach.
I remember Riley's enthusiasm for life, infectious smile, and bright-eyed amiability, i can think of only one way to describe his passing — heart-wrenching.
You find that it extrapolates, it extends it analytically continues, physicists would say, to this double cone, it just seems to be the natural, simplest extension of the equations that seem to describe the universe as we see it.
This particular stage of a project is challenging as the cost is being discussed before the benefit is clearly described and understood, as well as continuing to work with the team to ensure the stadium is delivered cost-effectively, we aim to describe in a lot more detail the design for the new National Stadium, which will be a fantastic new home for sport in Japan.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3114 | describe | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#31719 | caricature | |
#32665 | distort | |
#57345 | misrepresent | |
#59581 | confound | |
#112496 | mystify |
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