Definition for Characterization:

• Act of characterizing.

Synonyms for Characterization:

• n.

  •
  • device,
  • dialog,
  • establish.
  •acting (noun)
  • portrayal,
  • Theatricals,
  • stagecraft,
  • improvisation,
  • feigning,
  • impersonation,
  • Simulating,
  • depiction,
  • playings,
  • pantomimes,
  • assuming,
  • play acting,
  • Dramatizing,
  • dramatics,
  • theatre,
  • pretense,
  • pantomime,
  • playing,
  • posing,
  • Imitating,
  • mimicry,
  • hamming,
  • Enacting,
  • imitation,
  • seemings,
  • pretending,
  • putting,
  • mime,
  • seeming,
  • showing off,
  • characterizations,
  • stooging,
  • posturing,
  • posturings,
  • enactment,
  • portraying,
  • histrionics,
  • rendition,
  • performance.
  •characterisation (noun)
  • characterisation.
  •characterization (noun)
  • word-painting,
  • personation,
  • word picture,
  • delineation,
  • picture.
  •definition (noun)
  • drift,
  • expounding,
  • interpretation,
  • terminology,
  • signification,
  • commentary,
  • rationale,
  • diagnosis,
  • elucidation,
  • comment,
  • key,
  • exposition,
  • clarification,
  • analogue,
  • settling,
  • representation,
  • explication,
  • gloss,
  • denotation,
  • determination,
  • cue,
  • explanation,
  • rendering,
  • solution,
  • fixing,
  • Outlining,
  • demarcation,
  • annotation,
  • answer,
  • translation,
  • clue.
  •description (noun)
  • information,
  • confession,
  • abcs,
  • declaration,
  • narration,
  • rehearsal,
  • fingerprint,
  • make,
  • brief,
  • statement,
  • chronicle,
  • detail,
  • summary,
  • rundown,
  • narrative,
  • specification,
  • record,
  • monograph,
  • yarn.
  •drama (noun)
  • broadway,
  • choreography,
  • pageant,
  • mystery,
  • scene,
  • skit,
  • production,
  • ballet,
  • suspense,
  • improvisational drama,
  • variety,
  • theater,
  • tragedy,
  • art,
  • comedy,
  • excitement,
  • melodrama,
  • vaudeville,
  • panorama,
  • drama,
  • burlesque,
  • teleplay,
  • presentation,
  • show,
  • spectacle.
  •portrait (noun)
  • likeness,
  • photograph,
  • figure,
  • simulacrum,
  • painting,
  • image,
  • spitting image,
  • silhouette.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • preview,
  • version,
  • running commentary,
  • trope,
  • interior monologue,
  • profile,
  • bathos,
  • recitation,
  • storyline,
  • rigmarole,
  • the first person,
  • dramatic irony,
  • recital,
  • personify,
  • snapshot,
  • Deus Ex Machina,
  • stream of consciousness,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • sob story,
  • imagery,
  • poetic license,
  • model,
  • story,
  • tale,
  • writer's block,
  • history.
  •
  • flashback,
  • dialogue,
  • kill off,
  • portray,
  • pace,
  • sketch,
  • allegory,
  • caricature,
  • metaphor,
  • buildup.
  •
  • report,
  • account.
  •
  • voice,
  • follow.
  •function
  • role.

Paraphrases for Characterization:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    characterisation, characterize.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    characterisation.
  • Verb, past tense
    characterized.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    description, descriptions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    character, description.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    requirements, skills, Qualities, Appointments, Properties, representation, representations, Characterizing, classification, Classifications.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    assess, narrative, designation, nature, affirmation, introduction, role-playing, typing, evaluation, representation, assessment, investigation, contention, skill, outline, allegation, Characterizing, speciation, incorporation, role, hallmark, codification, classification.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    identification, qualification, qualifications.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    profiling, interpretation, fingerprinting, criminalization, assertion, criminalisation, identification, categorisation, qualification, profile, valuation.
  • Verb, base form
    characterize, characterise.

Antonyms for Characterization:

• n.

  • definition
    question, vagueness, nonsense, ambiguity.
  • description
    misrepresentation, concealment.

Characterization Sentence Examples:

• This is a strong and clever piece of work, the plot is ingenious and the characterization uncommonly well done.

• He knew little of light, shade, perspective, and color, and in characterization was feeble, except in some late work.