| Main Entry: | depict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe, render in drawing or writing |
Synonyms: |
characterize, delineate, design, detail, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, relate, report, represent, reproduce, sculpt, sketch, state |
Antonyms: |
confuse, distort, mix up |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Main Entry: | delineate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe; outline |
Synonyms: |
characterize, chart, define, depict, detail, draft, draw, figure, lay out, limn, mark, plot, portray, represent, sketch out, trace |
| Main Entry: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
Synonyms: |
call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, name, narrate, outline, paint, particularize, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, write up |
Antonyms: |
confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify, make clear |
Synonyms: |
analyze, catalog, circumstantiate, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, fly speck, get down to brass tacks, individualize, itemize, lay out, narrate, particularize, portray, produce, quote chapter and verse, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, set forth, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, sweat details, tell, uncover |
Antonyms: |
hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create a likeness in a picture |
Synonyms: |
caricature, chart, compose, crayon, delineate, depict, describe, design, draft, engrave, etch, express, form, formulate, frame, graph, limn, map out, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, portray, prepare, profile, sketch, trace, write |
| Main Entry: | enact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act out; accomplish |
Synonyms: |
achieve, appear as, depict, discourse, do, execute, go on, perform, personate, play, play the part of, playact, portray, represent |
Antonyms: |
fail, hinder, repeal, stop |
| Main Entry: | etch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve |
Synonyms: |
compose, corrode, cut, define, delineate, depict, describe, eat into, engrave, erode, execute, furrow, grave, impress, imprint, incise, ingrain, inscribe, outline, picture, portray, reduce, represent, set forth, stamp |
| Main Entry: | exemplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve as an example |
Synonyms: |
body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify |
| Main Entry: | express |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | articulate; signify, mean |
Synonyms: |
add up to, air, assert, asseverate, bespeak, broach, circulate, communicate, connote, convey, couch, declare, denote, depict, designate, disclose, divulge, embody, enunciate, evince, exhibit, formulate, frame*, give, hint, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, make known, manifest, phrase, pop off, proclaim, pronounce, put, put across, put into words, represent, reveal, say, show, speak, spell, stand for, state, suggest, symbolize, tell, testify, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize, voice, word |