Synonyms of characterizing

characterizing

verb

present participle of characterize

1

as in describing

to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group

how would you characterize the mission of this environmental organization?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• portraying
• defining
• representing
• depicting
• identifying
• classifying
• categorizing
• charactering
• indicating
• specifying
• typing
• pigeonholing
• distinguishing
• marking
• individualizing
• naming
• stamping
• particularizing
• coloring

2

as in distinguishing

to be an important feature of

an unsightly rash characterizes chicken pox

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distinguishing
• marking
• differentiating
• customizing
• individualizing
• particularizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of characterizing

The company's dominance in GPUs is increasingly characterizing the stock as a value play, rather than a growth name. —Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 May 2026

Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Ben Baila, 76, were stabbed in north London on Wednesday in an incident that national authorities are now characterizing as a terrorist attack. —Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2026

But those infractions do not justify characterizing an entire category of services that helps tens of millions of Americans remain in their homes as rife with fraud and in need of dramatic changes. —Alison Barkoff, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026

But those infractions do not justify characterizing an entire category of services that helps tens of millions of Americans remain in their homes as rife with fraud and in need of dramatic changes. —Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2026

The author portrays Huntington Beach’s conservative leadership as opportunistic political actors seeking to weaponize local grievances for statewide power, characterizing their efforts to expand influence as built on cultural controversies rather than substantive governance achievements. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026

Mandy Joye, an oceanographer specializing in microbiology at the University of Georgia, has spent decades characterizing microbes in hydrocarbon-rich habitats across the Gulf. —Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

But a number of architects and preservation groups provided their opinions of the 90,000 square foot project, generally characterizing it as way out of scale with the Executive Residence, the main part of the White House, while throwing off the symmetry of the grounds. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026

The notion of characterizing such a move as anything more than penalizing the public — which is finally balking at more taxation — is nonsense. —U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026