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Synonyms for de-scribing
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : dih-skrahyb |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskraɪb |
Top 10 synonyms for de-scribing Other synonyms for the word de-scribing
- accomplish
- account for
- achieve
- act
- act like
- adapt
- address
- adumbrate
- advise
- air
- anecdotic
- annotate
- announcing
- answer
- apportion
- arrange
- ascertain
- ascribe
- asseverate
- assign
- attribute
- aver
- babble
- baptize
- belong to
- block out
- blueprint
- body forth
- brand
- break a story
- break down
- brief
- bring out
- bring word
- broach
- broadcasting
- button down
- cable
- call
- call a spade a spade
- card
- caricature
- cast
- catalog
- chalk
- chant
- characteristic
- characterize
- characterizing
- charge
- chart
- chat
- chatter
- chime in
- choose
- christen
- chronicle
- circulate
- circumstantial
- circumstantiate
- clarify
- classificatory
- classify
- clear
- clear up
- clue in
- clue one in
- come out with
- comment
- comment on
- commentate
- commission
- communicate
- compose
- conceive
- confess
- confirm
- connote
- constitute
- construct
- construe
- contrive
- converse
- convey
- convey image
- copy
- corrode
- cover
- coverage
- crayon
- create
- cut
- debunk
- decide
- decipher
- declaim
- declare
- decode
- define
- defining
- definitive
- delegate
- delineate
- delineating
- delineative
- deliver
- demonstrate
- denominate
- denote
- depict
- depicting
- depictive
- depute
- deputize
- describe
- describing
- design
- designate
- designating
- detail
- detailed
- determinate
- determine
- develop
- devise
- diagnose
- diagnosticate
- diagram
- dictate
- differentiate
- disclose
- discourse
- discover
- discriminate
- display
- distinguish
- divulge
- do over
- document
- doodle
- dope out
- draft
- dramatize
- draw
- draw a map
- drawl
- drill
- drone
- dry run
- dub
- duplicate
- earmark
- eat into
- echo
- effect
- elaborate
- elect
- eloquent
- elucidate
- embellish
- emblematize
- embody
- enact
- engrave
- enlarge
- enounce
- entitle
- enucleate
- enumerate
- enunciate
- epitomize
- erode
- establish
- etch
- evidence
- evoke
- excuse
- execute
- exemplify
- exhibit
- exhibiting
- expatiate
- experiment
- explain
- explicate
- explicative
- expose
- expository
- expound
- express
- expressive
- extended
- fashion
- favor
- feature
- figure
- figure out
- fill someone in
- find
- finger
- flap one's tongue
- fly speck
- form
- formalize
- formulate
- frame
- fulfill
- furrow
- gab
- gabble
- gather
- get across
- get down to brass tacks
- get off one's chest
- give
- give a report
- give an account
- give an account of
- give blow-by-blow
- give for instance
- give rundown
- give the facts
- give the word
- give verbal account
- give voice to
- gloss
- go into detail
- go over
- go through
- gossip
- graph
- graphic
- grave
- hint
- hold a reading
- hold forth
- hone
- identify
- identifying
- illuminate
- illuminating
- illuminative
- illustrate
- illustrating
- illustrative
- image
- impart
- impersonate
- impress
- imprint
- improvise
- impute
- incarnate
- incise
- indicate
- indicative
- individualize
- individuate
- influence
- inform
- informing
- ingrain
- inscribe
- interpret
- interpreting
- interpretive
- intone
- invent
- itemize
- iterate
- journalism
- justify
- label
- lay
- lay it on the line
- lay it out
- lay out
- lay plans
- learn one's part
- let one's hair down
- lifelike
- limn
- line
- list
- make
- make apparent
- make clear
- make known
- make of
- make out
- make plain
- make public
- make sense of
- make up
- make vivid
- making public
- manifest
- map out
- mark
- mark out
- mean
- mention
- mete
- mimic
- mirror
- mirroring
- model
- nail it down
- name
- narrate
- narrating
- narrative
- newscasting
- nominate
- note
- notify
- opt
- ostend
- outline
- paint
- palaver
- paraphrase
- parley
- parody
- parrot
- particularize
- particularized
- pass on
- patter
- peculiarize
- peg
- pencil
- perform
- personalize
- personify
- personifying
- persuade
- photograph
- pick
- pick out
- pictorial
- picture
- picturesque
- picturing
- pigeonhole
- pin down
- pinpoint
- pitch
- place
- plan
- play
- play back
- plot
- point out
- portray
- portraying
- practice
- prate
- prattle
- predicate
- prefer
- prepare
- prescribe
- present
- presenting
- proclaim
- produce
- profile
- project
- promulgate
- pronounce
- propound
- provide details
- publicizing
- publish
- put
- put across
- put down for
- put in plain English
- put one's finger on
- quote
- quote chapter and verse
- rationalize
- read
- ready
- realize
- recap
- recapitulate
- recite
- record
- recording
- recount
- recounting
- reduce
- reel off
- reenact
- refine
- rehash
- rehearse
- reiterate
- relate
- relay
- render
- repeat
- reply
- report
- reporting
- represent
- reproduce
- reproducing
- reseve
- resolve
- retail
- retell
- reveal
- revealing
- review
- rhapsodize
- rough out
- run by again
- run down
- run lines
- run on
- run through
- say
- say again
- scheme
- select
- separate
- set apart
- set aside
- set forth
- set out
- set right
- shoot the breeze
- show
- show how
- showing
- signalize
- simulate
- sing
- single
- single out
- singularize
- skeleton
- skeletonize
- sketch
- sketch out
- sling
- slot
- soliloquize
- solve
- speak
- specialize
- specific
- specify
- spell out
- spiel
- spill
- spill the beans
- spin a yarn
- spot
- spout
- spread
- squeak
- squeal
- stamp
- stand for
- state
- stipulate
- study
- style
- subtitle
- suggest
- sum up
- summarize
- summarizing
- sweat details
- symbolize
- symbolizing
- tab
- tag
- take
- take from the top
- talk one's leg off
- tap
- teach
- telephone
- tell
- tell about
- tell all
- term
- test
- testify to
- throw light on
- throw light upon
- throw out
- title
- trace
- track
- train
- translate
- transmit
- true to life
- trumpet
- try out
- tune up
- typecast
- uncover
- understand
- unfold
- unload
- unravel
- untangle
- use
- utter
- vent
- ventilate
- ventriloquize
- verbalize
- view
- vivid
- voice
- walk one through
- walk through
- warm up
- wire
- work out
- write
- write up
- yak
Définition of de-scribing
Origin :- early 13c., descriven, from Old French descrivre, descrire (13c.), from Latin describere "to write down, copy; sketch, represent" (see description). Reconstructed with Latin spelling 16c. Related: Describable; described, describes, describing.
- As in representing : adj purporting to depict
- As in descriptive : adj explanatory
- As in reporting : noun newsgathering
- As in interpret : verb make sense of; define
- As in outline : verb sketch out; plan
- As in portray : verb represent, imitate
- As in qualify : verb characterize, distinguish
- As in recite : verb read out loud; narrate
- As in recount : verb tell a story
- As in rehearse : verb prepare for performance
- As in relate : verb give an account of
- As in report : verb communicate information, knowledge
- As in represent : verb depict, show
- As in sketch : verb draw, outline
- As in spell out : verb clarify, explain
- As in state : verb declare, assert
- As in talk : verb produce words; inform
- As in term : verb name something
- As in typify : verb represent, characterize
- As in unfold : verb make known
- As in limn : verb depict
- As in characterize : verb typify, distinguish
- As in strategize : verb design
- As in define : verb give description
- As in demonstrate : verb explain, illustrate
- As in describe : verb explain in speech, writing
- As in design : verb plan, outline
- As in designate : verb specify as selection
- As in detail : verb specify, make clear
- As in draw : verb create a likeness in a picture
- As in etch : verb carve
- As in explain : verb make clear; give a reason for
- As in expound : verb talk about in great detail
- As in identify : verb recognize; label
Antonyms for de-scribing
- abandon
- alienate
- allow
- ask
- be lenient
- be original
- be quiet
- be silent
- be unprepared
- be vague
- block
- break
- build
- cease
- check
- cloud
- complicate
- conceal
- confuse
- confusing
- cover
- cursory
- deny
- destroy
- direct
- disallow
- disbelieve
- dislike
- disorder
- disorganize
- disqualify
- dissociate
- distort
- distorting
- dull
- estrange
- exhale
- fail
- falsify
- fold
- forget
- go cold turkey
- halt
- hesitate
- hide
- ignore
- keep
- listen
- lose
- misinterpret
- misrepresent
- misrepresentation
- misrepresenting
- miss
- mistake
- misunderstand
- mix up
- mumble
- mystify
- neglect
- obscure
- overlook
- perplex
- propel
- push
- push away
- put in
- question
- rebuff
- refrain
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- repel
- repress
- repulse
- ruin
- secret
- secrete
- shorten
- simplify
- stagnate
- stop
- suppress
- take
- take back
- tangle
- turn off
- twist
- undescriptive
- veto
- withhold
- wonder
- wrap
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