description
Words painting pictures
Description is an account of something's characteristics—what it looks like, how it works, what happened.
A police description helps identify a suspect.
A job description outlines duties and qualifications.
The brochure's description didn't match reality.
Something that fits the description matches the stated criteria.
Of every description means of all kinds: tourists of every description.
Artistic depiction of someone
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- depictionRepresentation in art
representation · likeness · tableau · vignette · canvas · watercolor · etching · charcoal
Making meaning plain
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- illuminationProvision of light
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
simplification · demystification · disambiguation · analysis · definition · breakdown · unpacking · articulation
Implied identity comparison
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- simileComparison via "as"
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- allusionIndirect reference to something
euphemism · personification · epithet · imagery · symbolism · figurative · evocative · lyrical
Detailed technical requirement
- particularsIndividual facts or details
- nuancesSubtle variations in meaning
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- specificityExactness of detail
minutiae · granularity · thoroughness · meticulousness · elaboration · complexity · subtleties · accuracy
Formal written findings
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
recounting · version · portrayal · relation · deposition · rendition · writeup · log
Condensed version of text
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- overviewBroad general summary
- outlineSummary of key elements
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
précis · digest · recapitulation · abridgment · capsule · snapshot · brief · sketch
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- settingContext of events
- themeCentral recurring concept
arc · voice · perspective · tension · climax · conflict · dialogue · foreshadowing
Detailed technical requirement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- metadataDescriptive information about content
taxonomy · nomenclature · classification · labeling · tagging · coding · fieldwork · methodology
portrait
Artistic depiction of someone
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- illustrationPicture explaining something
depiction · representation · likeness · tableau · vignette · canvas · watercolor · etching · charcoal · caricature
clarification
Making meaning plain
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- illuminationProvision of light
explication · simplification · demystification · disambiguation · analysis · definition · breakdown · unpacking · articulation · characterization
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- simileComparison via "as"
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
allusion · euphemism · personification · epithet · imagery · symbolism · figurative · evocative · lyrical · ornate
specification
Detailed technical requirement
- particularsIndividual facts or details
- nuancesSubtle variations in meaning
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
specificity · minutiae · granularity · thoroughness · meticulousness · elaboration · complexity · subtleties · accuracy · itemization
report
Formal written findings
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
testimony · recounting · version · portrayal · relation · deposition · rendition · writeup · log · entry
abstract
Condensed version of text
condensation · précis · digest · recapitulation · abridgment · capsule · snapshot · brief · sketch · profile
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- settingContext of events
theme · arc · voice · perspective · tension · climax · conflict · dialogue · foreshadowing · backstory
specification
Detailed technical requirement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
metadata · taxonomy · nomenclature · classification · labeling · tagging · coding · fieldwork · methodology · protocol
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- descriptiondetail, vivid imagery, sensory detail, particulars, specifics
- explanationswhy, how come, explication, what happened, definition
- job postingsjob title, salary, requirements, qualifications, responsibilities
- product infoname, brand, price, features, specifications
- writing skillshandwriting, spelling, words, letters, writing prompts
descriptionmisrepresentation
False or misleading statement
distortion · falsification · fabrication · mischaracterization · lie
descriptionconcealment
Act of hiding something
suppression · secrecy · hiding · withholding · silence
descriptiongeneralization
Deriving principles from examples
abstraction · vagueness · oversimplification · generality · summary
- job descriptionWritten duties for a position
- descriptive detailSpecific observable element
- detailed descriptionThorough explanatory account
- descriptive adjectivesWords specifying noun attributes
- legal descriptionFormal land identification text
- vivid descriptionIntensely detailed verbal picture
descriptive, descriptions, descriptively, misdescription, descriptiveness