Synonyms of descriptions

descriptions

noun

plural of description

1

as in depictions

a vivid representation in words of someone or something

we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depictions
• pictures
• portraits
• portrayals
• definitions
• sketches
• tales
• renderings
• vignettes
• accounts
• illustrations
• stories
• anecdotes
• reports
• delineations
• narratives
• chronicles
• portraitures
• explanations
• demonstrations
• yarns
• exemplifications
• clarifications
• expositions
• explications
• elucidations

2

as in types

a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

fixes small appliances and other things of that description

Synonyms & Similar Words

• types
• kinds
• sorts
• genres
• stripes
• varieties
• breeds
• natures
• species
• manners
• classes
• feathers
• categories
• kidneys
• likes
• orders
• strains
• models
• persuasions
• ilks
• samples
• specimens
• groupings
• groups
• brackets
• families
• ranks
• sets
• grades
• suites
• divisions
• lots
• bunches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of descriptions

Bread & Butter’s title track is the only time when things decamp to the treacly, mostly because of how Cartunez’s syrupy beat drowns out Droog’s hazy memories of 9/11 and descriptions of a side chick who looks like Ronnie from The Player’s Club. — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026

OpenAI also did not include full prompts or run-time details for how their agents uncovered the proofs, and officials admitted in a blog post about the results that citations and written descriptions of findings could be improved in future releases. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

The earliest guidebooks had included descriptions of places, but with the march of modernity, travelers could see photos of sites, contact guides and reserve accommodations in advance, and share information in online forums. — Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Inspired by Qur’anic descriptions of paradise, Sheikh Zayed’s vision was to bring a garden into marble and light. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

The second scene was only about half a mile north of the first, but the suspect descriptions were different. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Cappelli and Wu argue that helping colleagues and mentoring new hires should be part of job descriptions and performance criteria, so those tasks don’t get pushed aside in remote work. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Suno is branching out from the world of AI music, launching a new feature that generates spoken voices based on scripts or prompted descriptions. — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026

This beautiful retrospective volume shows a poet developing steadily, from the graceful descriptions and encoded trauma of the poems from the 1990s through the loosening music and political engagement of the books of the last ten years. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026