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Showing words for DESCRIBE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Describe

describe, escribed

7 Letter Words for Describe

decries, deicers, derbies, escribe, scribed, sibrede

6 Letter Words for Describe

beedis, beride, beside, biders, bidree, bredes, breeds, brides, cebids, ceders, ceride, cerise, ciders, creeds, debris, decise, deicer, deices, deribs, desire, dicers, drices, eiders, rebecs, rebids, recide, reiced, reside, screed, scribe, scride, scried

5 Letter Words for Describe

bedes, beedi, beers, beice, beres, bices, bider, bides, biers, birde, birds, birse, brede, bredi, breed, brees, breis, bride, bries, brise, cebid, ceder, cedes, cedis, cedre, cered, ceres, cider, cides, cires, creds, creed, cribs, cried, cries, crise, deice, deres, derib, deric, dicer, dices, diebs, drees, dribs, drice, dries, eider, erics, icers, isere, rebec, rebed, rebid, redes, reeds, reice, resid, ribes, riced, rices, rides, scree, secre, seder, sered, seric, sicer, sider, sired

4 Letter Words for Describe

bede, beds, beer, bees, bere, bice, bide, bids, bier, bird, bred, bree, brei, brid, brie, bris, cede, cedi, cees, cere, cide, cids, cire, cred, cres, crib, cris, debe, debs, deer, dees, deis, dere, desc, desi, dibs, dice, dieb, dier, dies, dire, disc, dree, drib, drie, dsri, ebcd, eide, eire, ered, eres, eric, erie, eris, erse, ibrd, iced, icer, ices, idee, ides, ired, ires, ised, rebs, recd, recs, rede, reds, reed, rees, ribe, ribs, rice, ride, rids, ries, risc, rise, sebe, seed, seer, seir, serb, sere, sice, side, sier, sire

3 Letter Words for Describe

bcd, bde, bds, bec, bed, bee, ber, bes, bid, bis, cdr, cee, cer, cid, cie, cir, cis, crs, csi, dcb, deb, dec, dee, dei, der, des, dib, die, dir, dis, dsr, ebs, ecb, eds, eec, eer, eir, erd, ere, ers, esc, esd, ese, esr, ice, ide, ids, ire, irs, ise, rbi, rcd, reb, rec, red, ree, rei, res, rib, rid, rie, sbe, scd, sci, scr, sec, sed, see, sei, ser, sib, sic, sie, sir, sri

Definitions for Describe

[1] to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
[2] to pronounce, as by a designating term, phrase, or the like; label: There are few people who may be described as geniuses.
[3] to indicate; be a sign of; denote: Conceit, in many cases, describes a state of serious emotional insecurity.
[4] to represent or delineate by a picture or figure.
[5] Geometry . to draw or trace the outline of: to describe an arc.
[6] to give an account or representation of in words
[7] to pronounce or label he has been described as a genius
[8] to draw a line or figure, such as a circle

Words related to Describe

portray, represent, term, depict, specify, outline, chronicle, illustrate, express, detail, name, characterize, call, construe, recount, report, label, tell, interpret, define

Words nearby Describe

deschool, deschutes, descloizite, descramble, descrambler, describe, description, descriptive, descriptive bibliography, descriptive cataloging, descriptive clause

Origin of Describe

1400–50; late Middle English describen < Latin dēscrībere, equivalent to dē- de- + scrībere to write

Other words from Describe

de·scrib·a·ble , adjective
de·scrib·a·bil·i·ty , noun
de·scrib·a·bly , adverb
de·scrib·er , noun
non·de·scrib·a·ble , adjective
o·ver·de·scribe , verb (used with object), o·ver·de·scribed, o·ver·de·scrib·ing.
pre·de·scribe , verb (used with object), pre·de·scribed, pre·de·scrib·ing.
re·de·scribe , verb (used with object), re·de·scribed, re·de·scrib·ing.
self-de·scribed , adjective
un·de·scrib·a·ble , adjective
un·de·scrib·a·ble·ness , noun
un·de·scrib·a·bly , adverb
un·de·scribed , adjective
well-de·scribed , adjective

Word origin for Describe

C15: from Latin dēscrībere to copy off, write out, delineate, from de- + scrībere to write

Synonyms for Describe

call, characterize, chronicle, construe, define, depict, detail, express, illustrate, interpret, label, name, outline, portray, recount, report, represent, specify, tell, term, communicate, delineate, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, illuminate, image, impart, limn, narrate, paint, particularize, picture, recite, rehearse, relate, sketch, state, trace, transmit, convey image, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, write up