Description

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
 * 3) A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
 * 4)  A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
 * The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.

Synonyms

 * sort, kind, type, variety

Adjectives for Description
facetious; minute; impressionistic; boisterous; admirable; exquisite; graphic; detailed; contemporary; radiant; entangled; magnificent; luminous; eloquent; adjectival; distinctive; impassioned; felicitous faithful; elaborate; extended; racy; pre ceding; picturesque; punctual; lengthy frivolous; leisurely;  sublime; tolerable; restrained; appropriate; enthusiastic; illus trated; ludicrous; harrowing;  truthful; accurate; glowing; sentimental; vivid hopeless; humorous; animated; unpleasant lucid; primitive; verbal; censored; admir able; unexcelled; pompous; threadbare; negative; terse; rhapsodical; intimate pathetic; satiric; suggestive; enticing; dis torted; savage; imaginative; authoritative; realistic; adequate; abridged; silent; magnificent; robust; vague; damning; flashing colorful; complicated; recondite; brief modest.

Verbs for Description
amend—; base—; baffle—; beggar—; color—; defy—; detail—; enter into—; fit—; limit—; paragon—; quote—; suit—; verify—; —centers; —clarifies; —colors; —combines; —delineates; —depicts; —equals; —excels; —explains; —furnishes; —illuminates; —illustrates; —implies; — impresses; —introduces; —motivates; — paints; —pictures; —portrays; —presents; —provides; —suggests; —surpasses; — tires ; —vivifies; —wearies.

Thesaurus
account, anecdote, blood, brand, breed, cast, category, character, characterization, chronicle, clan, class, color, commentary, construction, definition, delineation, denomination, depiction, designation, diagnosis, differentiation, distinction, explanation, feather, form, genre, genus, grain, history, ilk, interpretation, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make, manner, mark, meaning, memoir, mold, narration, narrative, nature, number, persuasion, phylum, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, race, reading, recital, record, recountal, recounting, report, representation, shape, sort, species, stamp, statement, story, strain, stripe, style, tale, the like of, the likes of, thumbnail sketch, tribe, type, variety, version, way of seeing, yarn

Etymology
From descriptio.

Translations

 * Arabic: وصف
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: descripció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 描寫, 描写, 描述
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kirjeldus (1), kirjeldamine (2)
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: תיאור
 * Hungarian:


 * Indonesian: deskripsi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 記述, 説明, 描写
 * Korean: 묘사
 * Lithuanian: aprašymas (1), apibūdinimas (2)
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: descripţie
 * Russian:
 * Scots: descreeption
 * Scottish Gaelic: tuairisgeul
 * Spanish: descripción
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వర్ణన (varNana)
 * Turkish:, tavsif


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: vasif

Related terms

 * describe
 * descriptive

Anagrams

 * discerption, predictions