Synonyms for describe
dɪˈskraɪbde·scribe

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1. describeverb

   To represent in words.

   The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.

   Synonyms:
   depict, portray, bewrite, report, betell

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1. describe

   Synonyms:
   draw, delineate, portray, explain, illustrate, define, picture, depict, represent, relate, narrate, recount

   Antonyms:
   confound, confuse, mystify, misrepresent, caricature, distort

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.8 / 6 votes

1. 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, eviscerate

2. report, 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, key

3. trace, 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, eviscerate

4. identify, 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

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   delineate, trace, draw, mark out

2. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   represent (by words), portray, depict, explain, recount, narrate, relate, give an account of, set forth

3. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   characterize, specify the peculiarities of, set forth the character of

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1. describeverb

   Synonyms:
   delineate, depict

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1. List of paraphrases for "describe":

   describing, outline, describes, depict, description, described, portray, explain, indicate, characterize, designate

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How to use describe in a sentence?

1. Elizabeth Krasinski:

   If I could describe my sister with a color, she was a yellow, she was so full of sunshine.

2. Jason Whatley:

   There aren't words in the English language to describe the level of relief and elation experienced by the Thomas family, now begins another hard chapter, but for now, we celebrate.

3. Olexander Atamas:

   I would prefer to describe what I don’t feel now, I don’t feel a fear, but [I] feel confidence in my abilities, one year ago … I felt fear, I was stressed, psychologically it unsettled me. But currently there is no fear at all.

4. Courtney Campbell:

   There’s no words to describe why one thing is burned versus something else that makes it out OK, there are a couple of items that mean so much to us. To have them is something that we’ll cherish forever.

5. Brad Pitt:

   A couple of things: I dont know if I would describe the tests as beautiful unless your idea of beauty is having a cotton swab tickle your brain, also, when he said Everyone can get a test, what he meant was: almost no one.