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Another word for characterize

characterize Synonyms

characterize

v.

To describe
delineate, designate, portray; see define 2, describe.
To distinguish
discriminate, mark, identify; see distinguish 1.

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Another word for characterize

verb

To describe with a word or term:
call, designate, label, name, style, tag, term. See specific, words
To make noticeable or different:
differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, individualize, mark, set apart, signalize, singularize. See same

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These changes characterize the Merovingian age of Frankish history.
It is most difficult to characterize the muskinu exactly.
TAWDRY, an adjective used to characterize cheap finery, and especially things which imitate in a cheap way that which is rich or costly, or adornments of which the freshness and elegance have worn off.
Fruit-raising and small gardening characterize its environs.
It is convenient first to consider the effect of introducing one, two, or three hydroxyl (OH) groups into the - CH 3, > CH 2, and >CH groups, which we have seen to characterize the different types of hydrocarbons.

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