characterize as a verb: - 1
- 2
characterize
verb
1 characterize
Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of:
— You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist.
— This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover.
synonyms: characterise, qualify.
Roget 594:
describe;
set forth
etc.
(state)
535;
draw a picture,
picture;
portray
etc.
(represent)
554;
characterize,
particularize;
narrate,
relate,
recite,
recount,
sum up,
run over,
recapitulate,
rehearse,
fight one's battles over again.
unfold a tale
etc.
(disclose)
529;
tell;
give an account of,
render an account of;
report,
make a report,
draw up a statement.
detail;
enter into particulars,
enter into details,
descend to particulars,
descend to details;
itemize.
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Roget 564:
name,
call,
term,
denominate designate,
style,
entitle,
clepe†,
dub,
christen,
baptize,
characterize,
specify,
define,
distinguish by the name of;
label
etc.
(mark)
550.
be called
etc.
v.;
take the name of,
bean the name of,
go by the name of,
be known by the name of,
go under the name of,
pass under the name of,
rejoice in the name of.
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2 characterize
Be characteristic of:
— What characterizes a Venetian painting?.
synonym: characterise.
Moby thesaurus: adumbrate, argue, be characteristic, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, block out, brand, bring to life, catch a likeness, chalk out, character, chart, connote, define, delineate, demarcate, denominate, denote, depict, describe, diagram, differentiate, disclose, display, distinguish, draft, draw, earmark, entail, evoke, express, give evidence, give token, give words to, highlight, hint, hit off, identify, indicate, individualize, individuate, involve, keynote, label, limn, manifest, map, mark, mark off, mark out, mean, notate, note, outline, paint, peculiarize, personalize, picture, picturize, portray, print, qualify, register, render, represent, reveal, rough out, rub, schematize, set apart, set forth, set the pace, set the tone, show, signalize, signify, skeleton, sketch, sound the keynote, stand for, suggest, symbolize, symptomatize, symptomize, take a rubbing, testify, trace, trace out, trace over, write ... show more.
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