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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
| Synonyms: | break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze, sling, spill, spill the beans, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw, outline |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, block out, blueprint*, chalk, characterize, chart, delineate, depict, describe, design, detail, develop, diagram, doodle, draft, lay out, line, map out, paint, plan, plot, portray, represent, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, trace |
| Notes: | though both a sketch and skit are short entertaining presentations, a sketch is usually serious and unrehearsed, while a skit is typically rehearsed and comical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | narrate, describe |
| Synonyms: | chronicle, depict, express, give an account of, portray, recount, rehearse, relate, report, set forth, speak, state |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
| Antonyms: | listen |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw around |
| Synonyms: | chart, copy, delineate, depict, duplicate, map, mark out, outline, record, reproduce, show, sketch |
| Main Entry: | blazon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adorn |
| Synonyms: | announce, blare, boast, broadcast, deck, declare, depict, description, display, embellish, emblazon, exhibit, inscribe, proclaim, publish, show |
| Main Entry: | replicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto*, draw, dupe*, duplicate, engrave, engross, fake*, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Result of imitation.] Copy. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
copy, facsimile, xerox, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, similitude, semblance, cast, tracing, ectype, photo offset, electrotype; imitation; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait (representment); resemblance., duplicate; transcript, transcription; reflex, reflexion, reflection; shadow, echo; recording, scan; chip off the old block; reprint, reproduction; second edition (repetition); rechauffe; apograph, fair copy, revise., parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase., [copy with some differences] derivative, modification, expansion, extension., servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake (deception); pasticcio.
-adjectives
faithful; lifelike (similar); close, conscientious., unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
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| Antonyms: | prototype |
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