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characterizes

VERB

typify, distinguish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

define describe identify indicate mark outline portray represent symbolize

STRONG

brand constitute delineate designate differentiate discriminate feature individualize individuate inform peg personalize pigeonhole signalize singularize stamp style typecast

WEAK

belong to button down make up peculiarize tab

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confuse

STRONG

mix up

Example Sentences

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Lauren Bauer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, characterizes the job market not so much as weaker for men so much as it is much better for women.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“I Shot Andy Warhol” characterizes Solanas in a way that neither the press nor her manifesto could.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

What it characterizes, again, completely without precedent, as core powers of the presidency among which it lists pardons.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

With the team exuding the type of joy that often characterizes Doncic’s game, James believes the Lakers can maintain their momentum despite Doncic’s uncertain status and a deflating loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In their fascinating book Judgement under Uncertainty, Tversky and Kahneman describe a different variety of the seemingly irrational innumeracy that characterizes many of our most critical decisions.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos