characterize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist
Types & categories
- think of hypernym
- differentiate hyponym
- stamp hyponym
Related & opposite
- quality derivation
- lineament derivation
- character reference derivation
- characterization derivation
- characterization derivation
Sense 2 verb
be characteristic of
What characterizes a Venetian painting?
Types & categories
- differentiate hypernym
- individuate hyponym
- define hyponym
Related & opposite
- lineament derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lineament |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | character reference |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | characterization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | characterization |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | think of |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | differentiate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stamp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lineament |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | differentiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | individuate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | define |