illustrate

illustrate is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make clear, bright, or luminous. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make clear, bright, or luminous.
2. transitive verb. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.
3. transitive verb. To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.
4. transitive verb. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
5. transitive verb. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.
6. adjective. Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.
7. verb. clarify by giving an example of

   Synonyms: exemplify, instance

8. verb. supply with illustrations

   "illustrate a book with drawings"

9. verb. depict with an illustration

Synonyms

exemplify, instance

Common word forms

illustrated, illustrates, illustrating

Words from these letters

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