characterize

characterize is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. Face value is 28 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 28 · Words With Friends 29 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
2. transitive verb. To engrave or imprint.
3. transitive verb. To indicate the character of; to describe.
4. transitive verb. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.
5. verb. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

   "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"

   "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"

   Synonyms: characterise, qualify

6. verb. be characteristic of

   "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"

   Synonyms: characterise

Synonyms

characterise, qualify

Common word forms

characterized, characterizer, characterizes, characterizing

Words from these letters

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