Synonyms for description
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Kind — A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized
kind, sort, class, type, representation, character, category, designation, species, variety, race, denomination
Definitions
- n. 1
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- n. 2
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
give a verbal description of the events
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- descriptions → kinds, sorts, classes, types…
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A definition is exact, an explanation general; a definition is formal, a description pictorial.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- representation This painting is a representation of a storm at sea.
- explanation We shouldn't accept his explanation at face value.
- depiction I think I am the depiction of God under his human form.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| description | steady | |
| representation | rising | |
| explanation | steady | |
| depiction | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- kind1, type1, race1, sort1
- 5 letters
- class1
- 6 letters
- report2
- 7 letters
- account2, version2, species2, variety4, recital3
- 8 letters
- category4, relation3, portrait2
- 9 letters
- character3, statement2, narrative3, depiction3, portrayal3, narration3
- 11 letters
- explanation4, designation4, delineation5
- 12 letters
- denomination5
- 14 letters
- representation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (report2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- description
- Italiano
- descrizione
- Deutsch
- Beschreibung