Description
Description noun - A vivid representation in words of someone or something.
Usage example: we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him
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Synonyms for Description
Portrait is a synonym for description in report topic. In some cases you can use "Portrait" instead a noun "Description", when it comes to topics like depiction, chronicle.
Portrait
Portrait noun - A vivid representation in words of someone or something.
Usage example: his account created in the jurors' heads a detailed portrait of a lonely old man
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Synonyms for Portrait
Description is a synonym for portrait in report topic. You can use "Description" instead a noun "Portrait", if it concerns topics such as depiction.
Nearby Words: portraiture, portraitist
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sketch and description
- sketch and portrait
- image and description
- image and portrait
- picture and description
- picture and portrait
- account and description
- account and portrait
- report and description
- report and portrait
- representation and description
- representation and portrait
- painting and description
- painting and portrait
How words are described
| good | good description | good portrait |
| full | full description | full portrait |
| nice | nice description | nice portrait |
| exact | exact description | exact portrait |
| Other adjectives: detailed, similar, brief, perfect, accurate, simple, small, actual, lovely, beautiful, unique, official, different, realistic, generic, unflattering. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The 'personality'' of Madame Deux-Epées is broadly correct but the portrait of her is of a woman of different physical appearance to Pessimal's description, for instance.
Source: Rewrite -
The personality of Madame Deux-Epées is broadly correct but the portrait of her is of a woman of different physical appearance to Pessimal's description, for instance.
Source: Creator / A.A. Pessimal - Manus' description wasn't altered, however, and mentions his Korean portrait's hairstyle.
Cite this Source
Portrait and Description. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/description/portrait
Description & Portrait. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/description/portrait>.
Portrait or Description. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/description/portrait.
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