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

Johansson describes the exhilaration of working with another actor when they’re “soaring together” and every piece of a scene seems to click into place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

It describes Naladiyar as a Tamil poet and philosopher, although Naladiyar is a classical Tamil work consisting of 400 four-line verses on morality and ethics.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

And while he describes himself as a “walking cliché” because what he watched on TV, especially U.S. productions, shaped his worldview, Valencia has taken those lessons and repurposed them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The Vatican describes it as a "city of charity."

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

He describes what happened with Kee Vos and her family in Amsterdam.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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