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

Example Sentences

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describes

As Sloyan describes it, “Maybe there is something so special inside of me that it’s otherworldly?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

One particularly puzzling clue involved changes in the stars' radial velocity, which describes how quickly an object moves toward or away from Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The group Reporters Without Borders describes Egypt, external as one of the world's biggest jailers of journalists.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Deitch describes McGee as possessing “a unique kind of charisma.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

That's not a fundamental thing that describes me.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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