Synonyms for descriptions
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-skrip-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskrɪp ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for descriptions
- ABCs
- blow by blow
- brand
- breed
- brief
- category
- chronicle
- classification
- declaration
- delineation
- explication
- feather
- fingerprint
- genre
- genus
- ilk
- kidney
- make
- monograph
- nature
- order
- picture
- portraiture
- portrayal
- presentment
- recital
- recitation
- record
- recountal
- rehearsal
- report
- representation
- rundown
- sketch
- sort
- species
- specification
- statement
- story
- stripe
- summarization
- summary
- tale
- type
- variety
- version
- vignette
- writeup
- yarn
Définition of descriptions
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French description (12c.) and directly from Latin descriptionem (nominative descriptio) "representation, description, copy," noun of action from past participle stem of describere "write down, transcribe, copy, sketch," from de- "down" (see de-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)).
- noun account in speech, writing
- noun class, kind
- He made quite a good picture of you in one of them, drawn from my descriptions.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- But you can tell me so much more about them than I can tell you, that why should I tire you with my accounts and descriptions?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The descriptions of these old rectory-houses are interesting.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- Besides this, a great many other descriptions are spun there.
- Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
- Many sermons have been filled with descriptions of celestial or infernal mansions.
- Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
- The descriptions the sheriff of that county must have in his office will tell all about that scar.
- Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
- They are applied to crochet as well as to the other descriptions of work named.
- Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
- The Histiophorus, the sailfish about which I am writing and of which descriptions follow.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- The same impression is produced by the descriptions of the Greek writers.
- Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
- Minute descriptions of real property and chattels are given.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
Antonyms for descriptions
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