describes

VERB

explain in speech, writing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

conceal confuse distort hide ignore listen misunderstand suppress

STRONG

cloud complicate keep mystify obscure take

WEAK

misrepresent mix up

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describes

And yet, when he describes the Spencers as William and Harry’s “blood family,” it’s also clear that it’s a squabble for supremacy, divisive and inflammatory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

She describes an experience that nearly all women fear.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

She describes winning the European championship two years running as a "massive achievement".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The crowd who come to Trans*cendent are primarily trans women, some who have been out for a while and some who have just come out whom Dean describes lovingly as “absolute babies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Logic of Port-Royal sketches what could go wrong when it describes people who are too credulous when it comes to miracles.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton