Synonyms for describing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-skrahyb |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskraɪb |
Top 10 synonyms for describing Other synonyms for the word describing
- communicate
- convey image
- delineate
- distinguish
- draw
- elucidate
- epitomize
- exemplify
- explicate
- expound
- illuminate
- image
- impart
- label
- limn
- make apparent
- make clear
- make sense of
- make vivid
- mark out
- name
- narrate
- outline
- paint
- particularize
- picture
- portray
- recite
- recount
- rehearse
- relate
- report
- represent
- sketch
- specify
- state
- tell
- term
- trace
- transmit
- write up
Définition of describing
Origin :- early 13c., descriven, from Old French descrivre, descrire (13c.), from Latin describere "to write down, copy; sketch, represent" (see description). Reconstructed with Latin spelling 16c. Related: Describable; described, describes, describing.
- verb explain in speech, writing
- I will content myself with describing what is in store for the tourist.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- So, when I tried to describe the most charming girl of whom I could think, I was describing you.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- They had all been describing their individual pursuits and experiences of the morning.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- I remembered what Anna Sartorius had said in describing this haupt-probe to me.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Partly he is indulging his humour by describing others who were more astray than he was.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- I am describing from a proof: in bad impressions this trunk is darkened.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- But it is evident that Plato is describing what to him appears to be also a fact.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- The State which we have been describing is said to be wise as being good in counsel?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Nor would you praise the behaviour of States which act like the men whom I was just now describing.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- And if they are to be what we were describing, is there not another quality which they should also possess?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
Antonyms for describing
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