descriptions
Words painting pictures
Descriptions are accounts that convey what something is like—its appearance, qualities, or characteristics.
A job description lists duties and requirements.
A description of a suspect helps identify them.
The word often implies detail: The brochure's description of the resort was misleading.
Something that defies description exceeds the power of words to capture it.
Hasty informal drawing
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
rendering · portrayal · characterization · delineation · outline · profile · representation · illustration
Making meaning plain
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
gloss · rationale · justification · account · definition · context · information · instruction
Exactness of detail
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- granularityLevel of detail
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- particularsIndividual facts or details
intricacy · subtlety · minutiae · exactness · accuracy · meticulousness · thoroughness · elaboration
Intensely clear and bright
- picturesqueVisually pleasing, paintable
- colorfulFull of varied hues
- graphicVividly detailed or visual
- evocativeTending to summon memories
sensory · visual · tactile · auditory · olfactory · gustatory · kinesthetic · painterly
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- subtextImplicit meaning beneath words
inference · reading · analysis · contextualization · deconstruction · perspective · symbolism · allegory
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
silhouette · rendering · portrayal · characterization · delineation · outline · profile · representation · illustration · drawing
clarification
Making meaning plain
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
annotation · gloss · rationale · justification · account · definition · context · information · instruction · exposition
specificity
Exactness of detail
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- granularityLevel of detail
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
particulars · intricacy · subtlety · minutiae · exactness · accuracy · meticulousness · thoroughness · elaboration · completeness
vivid
Intensely clear and bright
- picturesqueVisually pleasing, paintable
- colorfulFull of varied hues
- graphicVividly detailed or visual
evocative · sensory · visual · tactile · auditory · olfactory · gustatory · kinesthetic · painterly · cinematic
hermeneutics
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
subtext · inference · reading · analysis · contextualization · deconstruction · perspective · symbolism · allegory · metaphor
specification
Detailed technical requirement
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
model · prototype · schema · flowchart · wireframe · annotation · legend · caption · label · notation
- Menu Elementslayout, spacing, pricing, categories, sections
- paid searchPPC, Google Ads, ad auction, keywords, bidding
- Search ResultsSERP, snippets, related searches, shopping results, sponsored links
- representationsrepresentation, statue, symbol, portraits, emblem
- utterancesutterance, statements, exclamation, assertion, questions
- field notesnotebook, observations, notes, sketches, entries
descriptionsrealities
Things that exist
actualities · objects · phenomena · substances · referents
descriptionsdepictions
Visual or artistic representations
illustrations · pictures · demonstrations · images · visualizations
- job descriptionWritten duties for a position
- detailed descriptionThorough explanatory account
- legal descriptionFormal land identification text
- vivid descriptionIntensely detailed verbal picture
- image description
- video descriptionsText summarizing visual content