Character
Character verb - To point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group.
Usage example: formerly charactered as “the dark ages,” that period of history may not have been quite so benighted as once thought
Describe and character are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Describe" instead a verb "Character".
Both words in one sentence
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The term "Badass" is primarily used to describe either a type of character or describe the kind of actions that a character performs.
Source: Analysis / Badass - Also, the authors have boldly taken a canonically straight character and describe him as having been gay all along, without once going into Suddenly Sexuality territory.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Glee - SelfDemonstrating/ — For Self Demonstrating Articles, among character pages written in the first person as if by the character they describe.
Source: Administrivia / Namespace
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Describe and Character. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/describe
Character & Describe. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/describe>.
Describe or Character. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/describe.
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