narrate or describe
1narrate — [v] describe, detail characterize, chronicle, delineate, depict, descant, disclose, discourse, enumerate, expatiate, give an account of, hold forth, make known, paint, picture, portray, proclaim, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, report …
2narrate — ar*rate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Narrating}.] [L. narratus, p. p. of narrare to narrate, prob. for gnarigare, fr. gnarus knowing. See {Ignore}, {Know}.] To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars …
3Describe — De*scribe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Described}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Describing}.] [L. describere, descriptum; de + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. d[ e]crire. See {Scribe}, and cf. {Descry}.] 1. To represent by drawing; to draw… …
4narrate — *relate, rehearse, recite, recount, describe, state, report Analogous words: tell, *reveal, disclose, discover: *discourse, expatiate, dilate, descant …
5describe — *relate, narrate, state, report, rehearse, recite, recount Analogous words: delineate, *sketch, outline …
6describe — [v] explain in speech, writing call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image,… …
7describe — describable, adj. describability, n. describably, adv. describer, n. /di skruyb /, v.t., described, describing. 1. to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully. 2. to pronounce, as by… …
8describe — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. delineate, characterize, portray, depict, picture, give an account of, illuminate, make clear, make vivid, give the details of, convey a verbal image of, particularize, define, specify, elucidate, epitomize, report, draw,… …
9narrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. describe, tell, relate; recount, recite; inform, rehearse; record, state, report, retail. See description. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. tell, recite, make known, rehearse, detail, enumerate, describe,… …
10narrate — narratable, adj. narrator, narrater /nar ay teuhr, na ray , nar euh /, n. /nar ayt, na rayt /, v., narrated, narrating. v.t. 1. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.). 2. to add a spoken commentary to (a film,… …
