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

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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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Momenta describes itself as building the “brain” for autonomous vehicles, and sells driving assistance solutions to carmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

QFT describes empty space as anything but empty.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

Sam Little, 35 from Yarm, near Middlesborough, has revealed he was scammed out of £40,000 life savings, an experience he describes as "gut-wrenching".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Dale argues that, aside from a brief period, the Church invested in "South Sea Annuities" – which he describes as government bonds – rather than directly in the trading business of the South Sea Company.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

When my mom describes it all, she skips over the interrogation and the panic and says it was a time of three miracles—three things that couldn’t have happened without the intervention of angels.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri