Synonyms of describing

describing

verb

present participle of describe

1

as in depicting

to give a representation or account of in words

he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depicting
• portraying
• characterizing
• rendering
• illustrating
• painting
• recounting
• defining
• outlining
• picturing
• summarizing
• relating
• representing
• telling
• delineating
• sketching
• setting out
• showing
• drawing
• limning
• narrating
• demonstrating
• displaying
• suggesting
• imaging
• reporting
• reciting
• labeling
• exhibiting
• tracing
• hinting
• qualifying
• rehearsing
• drafting
• redescribing
• summing up
• silhouetting
• touching off
• reimaging
• vignetting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distorting
• misrepresenting
• twisting
• falsifying
• coloring
• warping
• misstating
• perverting
• misdescribing
• garbling

2

as in telling

to give an oral or written account of in some detail

a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length

Synonyms & Similar Words

• telling
• recounting
• relating
• narrating
• chronicling
• reporting
• detailing
• depicting
• reciting
• charting
• setting forth
• stating
• voicing
• rehearsing
• revealing
• expressing
• disclosing
• uttering
• enumerating
• delivering
• exposing
• giving
• rendering
• itemizing
• divulging
• particularizing
• delineating
• baring
• sketching
• reeling off
• letting on (about)

3

as in characterizing

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

how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of describing

OpenAI's investigation, released this week, went considerably further, describing agents that found unauthorized ways to communicate, collaborate and delegate work while attempting to accomplish their objectives. — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

The company says its technology is being developed to produce both electricity and high-temperature industrial heat, with its website describing temperatures of up to about 2012°F (1,100°C). — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026

Congress should require any major public health directive from an agency or its political leadership to include a scientific assessment describing the evidence, uncertainties, and why the action is proportionate to the threat. — Debra Houry, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026

Without that foundation, the math Dimon and Scaramucci are describing simply does not hold in the American context. — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors read records from the facility describing Clancy’s largely routine actions on her children’s birthdays and the anniversaries of the killings. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Five years after Mercedes’ winning streak was interrupted, Wolff pauses when describing his feelings about its comeback. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

In 2023, Alfaro and other investigators wrote to Hagen and Newsom describing a staffing crisis at the bureau. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026