illustrates
Makes it clear
Illustrates is the third-person singular of illustrate.
To illustrate is to clarify or explain through examples, images, or demonstrations: Let me illustrate with a story.
Books are illustrated when they contain pictures.
Something that illustrates a point makes it clearer or more vivid: The accident illustrates the dangers of texting while driving.
Makes something understandable
- elucidatesMakes something understandable
- demonstratesShows by example
- revealsMakes visible or known
- highlightsNotable moments emphasized
illuminates · conveys · articulates · demystifies · expounds · shows · exemplifies · underscores
Manifests in form
- typifiesRepresents a class perfectly
- epitomizesPerfectly represents a type
- personifiesRepresents as human
- symbolizesStands for abstractly
represents · mirrors · reflects · manifests · portrays · models · echoes · parallels
explains
Makes something understandable
- elucidatesMakes something understandable
- demonstratesShows by example
- revealsMakes visible or known
highlights · illuminates · conveys · articulates · demystifies · expounds · shows · exemplifies · underscores · emphasizes
embodies
Manifests in form
- typifiesRepresents a class perfectly
- epitomizesPerfectly represents a type
- personifiesRepresents as human
symbolizes · represents · mirrors · reflects · manifests · portrays · models · echoes · parallels · captures
diagram
Simplified explanatory sketch
schematic · figure · table · infographic · visualization · map · plot · histogram · pie chart · timeline
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
image · rendering · portrait · landscape · scene · vignette · comic · cartoon · storyboard · graphic
- signifiesrepresents, means, signifies, denotes, stands for
- lays outarranges, organizes, displays, spreads, presents
- highlightshighlight, highlights, high point, spotlight, peak
illustratesobscures
Makes difficult to perceive
confuses · obfuscates · muddles · clouds · conceals
illustratesdisproves
Shows to be untrue
contradicts · refutes · undermines · negates · counters
- book illustratorsArtists who visualize text
- illustrated guidesInstructional texts with images
- book illustrationImage in published volume
- Sports IllustratedAmerican athletics periodical
- to illustrateExplain through images
- digital illustrationArtwork made on computers
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