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describes

VERB

explain in speech, writing

Synonyms

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call characterize chronicle construe define depict detail express illustrate interpret label name outline portray recount report represent specify tell term

STRONG

communicate delineate distinguish draw elucidate epitomize exemplify explicate expound illuminate image impart limn narrate paint particularize picture recite rehearse relate sketch state trace transmit

WEAK

convey image make apparent make clear make sense of make vivid mark out write up

Antonyms

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conceal confuse distort hide ignore listen misunderstand suppress

STRONG

cloud complicate keep mystify obscure take

WEAK

misrepresent mix up

Example Sentences

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It is a problem acknowledged by Melanie Onn, the Labour MP for Great Grimsby, who describes the lack of reporting as a "huge issue".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The research focused on a property known as the muon's magnetic moment, which describes how strongly the particle acts like a tiny magnet.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Dementia describes symptoms that impact cognitive abilities, while Alzheimer’s disease is a specific and common type of dementia.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

She describes Poly as both ever-present and irretrievably gone — an absence that structured the family, then fractured it when he finally joins them thanks to the Mariel boatlift of 1980.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

I am the bënduka, the single word that describes me precisely: someone who is bent sideways and walks slowly.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver