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illustrate
verb as in demonstrate, exemplify
Strongest matches
clarify, delineate, depict, embody, emphasize, epitomize, exhibit, explain, expose, highlight, illuminate, interpret, lay out, manifest, mark, mirror, personify, point up, portray, represent, reveal, spotlight, symbolize, typify
Strong matches
allegorize, clear, disclose, elucidate, evidence, evince, expound, imitate, instance, picture, proclaim, show, vivify
Weak matches
bring home, clear up, draw a picture, emblematize, get across, get over, limelight, make clear, make plain, ostend, show and tell
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Example Sentences
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This is likely a lowball number but it has the merit to illustrate the tradeoff that raising the minimum wage requires.
And as the above mentioned clips illustrate, Sesame Street is really good at staying relevant.
His maquettes, or models, illustrate this, too, in their budding materiality.
As if to illustrate the rampant sexism that still exists, hackers threatened to release nude photos of her after her speech.
Let me illustrate: Last week, month, or year you saw a military procession pass along the streets.
Nothing can more clearly illustrate Napoleon's dictum, "A la guerre les hommes ne sont rien, c'est un homme qui est tout."
He paused, and to illustrate the imperious humor of the Scot, he waved his fingers and a red wrister at me.
A few notes will serve to illustrate the chief subjects for care and some important items in fitting instruments properly.
It is enjoined in statutes of perpetual moral obligation, that illustrate the ten precepts of the law.
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On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illustrate, such as: clarify, delineate, depict, embody, emphasize, and epitomize.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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