Synonyms for characterize
ˈkær ɪk təˌraɪzchar·ac·ter·ize

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1. characterize

   Synonyms:
   mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify

   Antonyms:
   hint, insinuate, sketch, suggest, adumbrate

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1. qualify, characterize, characteriseverb

   describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

   "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"

   Synonyms:
   restrict, dispose, characterise, modify, stipulate, specify, qualify, measure up, condition

2. characterize, characteriseverb

   be characteristic of

   "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

   Synonyms:
   characterise, qualify

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1. • Distinguish
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1. characterizeverb

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, designate, mark

2. characterizeverb

   Synonyms:
   describe, set forth the character of, specify the peculiarities of

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1. characterizeverb

   Synonyms:
   distinguish

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1. List of paraphrases for "characterize":

   characterise, characterization, describe, characterisation

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1. Bill Clinton:

   I don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out on the street to murder other African-American children.

2. Nick Pope:

   I think the best way to characterize MUFON is to say that its a broad church.

3. Theodore Kassinger:

   I would not characterize BIS’s position necessarily as one of encouragement, but BIS has made clear that companies should not overlook the option of self-classification.

4. Shawn Baker:

   So both for ensuring kids' survival and then ensuring their future health and development, it's a huge intervention, i always characterize it that this is not some second-rate intervention we're trying to push on developed worlds, but this is really state of the art, the gold standard intervention that's relevant anywhere in the world.

5. Avery Gardiner:

   I think it's a stretch to call this an antitrust problem, and giving people more than six months notice of a future price increase isn't the sort of conduct we usually characterize as an abuse of power.