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characterizes

VERB

typify, distinguish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

define describe identify indicate mark outline portray represent symbolize

STRONG

brand constitute delineate designate differentiate discriminate feature individualize individuate inform peg personalize pigeonhole signalize singularize stamp style typecast

WEAK

belong to button down make up peculiarize tab

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confuse

STRONG

mix up

Example Sentences

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Lauren Bauer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, characterizes the job market not so much as weaker for men so much as it is much better for women.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“I Shot Andy Warhol” characterizes Solanas in a way that neither the press nor her manifesto could.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Sengun and Rockets coach Ime Udoka both said the flagrant 2 call — which characterizes an act as “unnecessary and excessive” — was “soft.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

What it characterizes, again, completely without precedent, as core powers of the presidency among which it lists pardons.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

The epistemological sloppiness that, in Western culture, characterizes references to experience before the Scientific Revolution is not a necessary characteristic of pre-scientific societies.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton