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

Biden describes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “petulant tone,” and writes that he “liked to slouch during a meeting, feigning indifference, like a teenager.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

She describes those who have come forward as "beyond brave".

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

In one sequence, the team describes their frustration at the way in which Israeli propagandists claimed genuine photos of a dead child were staged using a doll.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

This effect describes how people born during the same general period can share risk patterns that become more apparent as they grow older.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

He describes the phases as providing ‘strong evidence that Venus moves in a sun-centred orbit’ when one might rather say that they provide conclusive evidence.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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