Synonyms for exemplify
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To show or illustrate by example.
Forms
- Past participle
- exemplified
e.g. exemplified → illustrated, instanced, represented, embodied…
Example sentences
- illustrate Can you illustrate that using a concrete example?
- represent How much does industry represent in Algeria's GDP?
- exhibit Tom started to exhibit his supernatural abilities.
- embody I see your confidence and wish to embody the same.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| exemplify | rising | |
| illustrate | steady | |
| represent | steady | |
| exhibit | steady | |
| embody | rising | |
| instantiate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- show1
- 6 letters
- embody3
- 7 letters
- exhibit3
- 8 letters
- instance2
- 9 letters
- represent3
- 10 letters
- illustrate3
- 11 letters
- instantiate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (embody3 = 3 syllables).