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Synonyms for describe in English

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  1. describe:

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Detailed Synonyms for describe in English

describe:

to describe verb (describes, described, describing)

  1. to describe
    to describe; to sketch; to outline
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
    • sketch verb (sketches, sketched, sketching)
    • outline verb (outlines, outlined, outlining)
  2. to describe
    to describe; to reproduce
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
    • reproduce verb (reproduces, reproduced, reproducing)
  3. to describe
    to say; to expound; to describe; to depict; to define; to report; to tell; recount; to cover; to explain
    • say verb (says, said, saying)
    • expound verb (expounds, expounded, expounding)
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
    • depict verb (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • define verb (defines, defined, defining)
    • report verb (reports, reported, reporting)
    • tell verb (tells, told, telling)
    • recount verb
    • cover verb (covers, covered, covering)
    • explain verb (explains, explained, explaining)
  4. to describe
    to depict; to portray; to paint; to picture; to describe
    • depict verb (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • portray verb (portrays, portrayed, portraying)
    • paint verb (paints, painted, painting)
    • picture verb (pictures, pictured, picturing)
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
  5. to describe
    – give a description of 1
    to characterize; to characterise
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    • characterize verb, American (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)
      • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist1
      • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover1
    • characterise verb, British
    to define
    – determine the essential quality of 1
    • define verb (defines, defined, defining)
    to depict; to describe
    – give a description of 1
    • depict verb (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
    to mark
    • mark verb (marks, marked, marking)
  6. to describe
    – give a description of 1
    to draw; to depict; to describe
    – give a description of 1
    • draw verb (draws, drew, drawing)
    • depict verb (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
  7. to describe
    – identify as in botany or biology, for example 1
    to distinguish; to key; to identify; to describe; to discover; to name; key out
    – identify as in botany or biology, for example 1
    • distinguish verb (distinguishes, distinguished, distinguishing)
    • key verb (keys, keyed, keying)
    • identify verb (identifies, indentified, identifying)
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
    • discover verb (discovers, discovered, discovering)
    • name verb (names, named, naming)
    • key out verb
  8. to describe
    – to give an account or representation of in words 1
    to account; to report; to describe
    – to give an account or representation of in words 1
    • account verb (accounts, accounted, accounting)
    • report verb (reports, reported, reporting)
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
      • Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental1
  9. to describe
    – make a mark or lines on a surface 1
    to draw; to trace; to line; to describe; to delineate
    – make a mark or lines on a surface 1
    • draw verb (draws, drew, drawing)
      • draw a line1
    • trace verb (traces, traced, tracing)
      • trace the outline of a figure in the sand1
    • line verb (lines, lined, lining)
      • draw a line1
      • trace the outline of a figure in the sand1
    • describe verb (describes, described, describing)
    • delineate verb (delineates, delineated, delineating)

Conjugations for describe:

present
  1. describe
  2. describe
  3. describes
  4. describe
  5. describe
  6. describe
simple past
  1. described
  2. described
  3. described
  4. described
  5. described
  6. described
present perfect
  1. have described
  2. have described
  3. has described
  4. have described
  5. have described
  6. have described
past continuous
  1. was describing
  2. were describing
  3. was describing
  4. were describing
  5. were describing
  6. were describing
future
  1. shall describe
  2. will describe
  3. will describe
  4. shall describe
  5. will describe
  6. will describe
continuous present
  1. am describing
  2. are describing
  3. is describing
  4. are describing
  5. are describing
  6. are describing
subjunctive
  1. be described
  2. be described
  3. be described
  4. be described
  5. be described
  6. be described
diverse
  1. describe!
  2. let's describe!
  5. described
  6. describing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "describe":


Related Definitions for "describe":

  1. identify as in botany or biology, for example1
  2. to give an account or representation of in words1
    • Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental1
  3. give a description of1
  4. make a mark or lines on a surface1







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