personifies
Makes abstract human
Personifies means embodies or represents in human form.
An abstract quality takes on flesh: She personifies grace, He personifies everything wrong with corporate culture.
The word also describes giving human characteristics to non-human things in writing or speech: The poem personifies death as a gentle visitor.
Someone who personifies a quality is its living example.
Manifests in form
- incarnatesMakes concrete in form
- epitomizesPerfectly represents a type
- manifestsShows or demonstrates plainly
- exemplifiesRepresents through example
typifies · represents · actualizes · realizes · materializes · concretizes · substantiates · externalizes
Makes concrete in form
- avatarsDigital or divine incarnations
- channelsPaths for transmission
- deifiesMakes into a deity
- transfiguresChanges appearance dramatically
sanctifies · enshrines · glorifies · exalts · hallows · consecrates
Stands for abstractly
- representsStands in for
- signifiesExpresses or represents meaning
- stands forSymbolizes or signifies
- allegorizesExpresses through extended metaphor
figures · denotes · connotes · evokes · suggests · implies · betokens · tokens
Makes more relatable
- anthropomorphizesAssigns human qualities to nonhumans
- animatesGives life or motion
- enlivensMakes lively or spirited
- vivifiesMakes something feel alive
breathes life into · characterizes · imbues · endows · invests · attributes · ascribes
Represents through imagery
- portraysPerforms as another
- representsStands in for
- illustratesShows by example
- rendersProvides or represents
characterizes · presents · shows · conveys · expresses · captures · delineates · sketches
embodies
Manifests in form
- incarnatesMakes concrete in form
- epitomizesPerfectly represents a type
- manifestsShows or demonstrates plainly
exemplifies · typifies · represents · actualizes · realizes · materializes · concretizes · substantiates · externalizes · objectifies
incarnates
Makes concrete in form
transfigures · sanctifies · enshrines · glorifies · exalts · hallows · consecrates
symbolizes
Stands for abstractly
- representsStands in for
- signifiesExpresses or represents meaning
- stands forSymbolizes or signifies
allegorizes · figures · denotes · connotes · evokes · suggests · implies · betokens · tokens · typifies
humanizes
Makes more relatable
- anthropomorphizesAssigns human qualities to nonhumans
- animatesGives life or motion
- enlivensMakes lively or spirited
vivifies · breathes life into · characterizes · imbues · endows · invests · attributes · ascribes
depicts
Represents through imagery
- portraysPerforms as another
- representsStands in for
- illustratesShows by example
renders · characterizes · presents · shows · conveys · expresses · captures · delineates · sketches · profiles
- signifiesrepresents, means, signifies, denotes, stands for
personifiesdepersonalizes
Removes individual human qualities
abstracts · dehumanizes · disembodies · objectifies · mechanizes
personifiesdisembodies
Removes from physical form
abstracts · generalizes · conceptualizes · theorizes · obscures
personifiesdefines
States exact meaning
documents · catalogs · enumerates · analyzes · explicates