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

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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.

   Antonyms:
   deface, deform, disfigure, mar, spoil

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

   Preposition:
   Adorn his temples with a coronet.

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1. illustrate

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Decorate
   • Elaborate
   • Picture

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 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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1. illustrateverb

   Synonyms:
   elucidate, picture, demonstrate, exemplify

How to use illustrate in a sentence?

1. Mary Lou Marzian:

   My point is to illustrate how intrusive and ridiculous it is for elected officials to be inserting themselves into private and personal medical decisions, a health-care practitioner shall... prescribe a drug for erectile dysfunction only to a man who is currently married.

2. Heat Streetreached:

   My DeplorableNYUProfessor account was just an experiment to illustrate the point that the SJW left is producing the alt right that they hate so much. They are actually producing that what they despise by virtue of their idiocy and their totalitarianism, but I never thought much of it, I didn’t even expect it to be noticed.

3. Oscar Wilde:

   At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

4. Shilan Shah:

   These changes are fairly significant, particularly if you look at them in the context of what happened over the weekend with Governor Rajan's decision to step down, it might be the government's way to illustrate its commitment to reforms and mitigate any investor fallout.

5. Van Beurden:

   Our actions to date have been guided by continuous discussions with governments about the need to disentangle society from Russian energy flows, while maintaining energy supplies, threats today to stop pipeline flows to Europe further illustrate the difficult choices and potential consequences we face as we try to do this.

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