What is another word for epitomize?
Pronunciation:
[ ɛpˈɪtəmˌa͡ɪz], [ ɛpˈɪtəmˌaɪz], [ ɛ_p_ˈɪ_t_ə_m_ˌaɪ_z]
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Similar words for epitomize:
- epitomise (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- brief (verb)
- compress (verb)
- condense (verb)
- contract (verb)
- copy (verb)
- describe (verb)
- detail (verb)
- digest (verb)
- embody (verb)
- encapsulate (verb)
- exemplify (verb)
- illustrate (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- personify (verb)
- recap (verb)
- recapitulate (verb)
- represent (verb)
- summarize (verb)
- sum up (verb)
- symbolize (verb)
- other synonyms
- contract
- imitate
- other relevant words
- personalize
- personify
- recap
- represent
- sum up
- typify
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Epitomize:
n.
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- define,
- feature,
- characterize.
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- symbol,
- substitute.
v.
• brief (verb)- give lowdown,
- shows the lay the land,
- in-form,
- gives lowdown,
- ex-plain,
- ex-plained,
- ex plain,
- showing the ropes,
- showing the lay land,
- showed the lay land,
- shows lay of the land,
- gives rundown,
- showing lay the land,
- pre pared,
- gave lowdown,
- up dates,
- showing the lay the land,
- showed lay the land,
- shows lay the land,
- show lay of land,
- pre pare,
- pre paring,
- shows lay of land,
- pre-paring,
- up-date,
- pre-pares,
- showing lay land,
- giving lowdown,
- show the lay of land,
- giving the lowdown,
- showed ropes,
- gave rundown,
- shows the lay land,
- up dated,
- show the lay the land,
- showing ropes,
- shows the lay of the land,
- letted in on,
- showed lay of land,
- show ropes,
- gave the lowdown,
- ex-plains,
- show lay the land,
- showing the lay of land,
- lets in on,
- gives the lowdown,
- showed lay land,
- showing lay of land,
- show lay of the land,
- ex plaining,
- ex plains,
- showed the lay of the land,
- ex plained,
- up-dates,
- shows the ropes,
- up-dating,
- giving rundown,
- in form,
- up dating,
- showing the lay of the land,
- in-forming,
- showed the lay of land,
- in-forms,
- ex-plaining,
- pre pares,
- showed lay of the land,
- showed the lay the land,
- showed the ropes,
- showing lay of the land,
- show the lay land,
- shows lay land,
- up date,
- in forming,
- show lay land,
- in forms,
- pre-pare,
- up-dated,
- shows the lay of land,
- pre-pared,
- letting in on,
- shows ropes.
- densened,
- forced into space,
- forces in to space,
- de-hydrated,
- presses together,
- boiled down,
- re-strict,
- syncopates,
- tele-scoping,
- tele-scoped,
- made brief,
- de-hydrate,
- de-creased,
- de hydrate,
- making brief,
- forcing in to space,
- boiling down,
- densifies,
- re-duce,
- tele scoping,
- forces into space,
- de hydrating,
- pressing together,
- de creases,
- de-creases,
- Syncopating,
- re duce,
- de-crease,
- de-hydrating,
- densified,
- re duces,
- de hydrates,
- makes brief,
- re strict,
- forced in to space,
- de creasing,
- densifying,
- tele scoped,
- de creased,
- force in to space,
- densens,
- re-duces,
- de hydrated,
- forcing into space,
- de crease,
- de-hydrates,
- densening,
- de-creasing.
- put nutshell,
- putting in nutshell,
- blue pencils,
- putting a nutshell,
- puts in a nutshell,
- blue pencilled,
- blue penciled,
- puts nutshell,
- blue pencilling,
- put a nutshell,
- blue penciling,
- puts a nutshell,
- puts in nutshell,
- putting nutshell,
- putting in a nutshell.
- drawing in,
- re cedes,
- sub side,
- becoming smaller,
- sub-siding,
- de-cline,
- becomes smaller,
- de-clines,
- grew less,
- sub siding,
- sub-side,
- sub sides,
- re-cede,
- de cline,
- growing less,
- re cede,
- draws in,
- sub sided,
- re-cedes,
- fell away,
- de clines,
- re ceded,
- sub-sides,
- re ceding,
- re-ceding,
- re-ceded,
- sub-sided.
- doeth a takeoff,
- made like,
- does a take off,
- does a takeoff,
- dost a take off,
- following suit,
- does take off,
- did a take off,
- re-peat,
- doest a takeoff,
- takes leaf out of book,
- do takeoff,
- doest take off,
- doing like,
- following example,
- doeth a take off,
- doing takeoff,
- did a take-off,
- taking leaf out of book,
- doth take-off,
- doing take off,
- does take-off,
- plays a role,
- doth like,
- dost a takeoff,
- going like,
- dost a take-off,
- making like,
- re-peats,
- didst take off,
- do a take off,
- acting like,
- acted like,
- took leaf out of book,
- doeth take off,
- doest a take-off,
- doing a take-off,
- pre-figuring,
- didst a takeoff,
- plays role,
- goes like,
- does like,
- does a take-off,
- doeth take-off,
- doeth like,
- pre figured,
- pre figuring,
- doeth a take-off,
- take leaf out book,
- pre-figures,
- makes like,
- didst takeoff,
- did takeoff,
- doth a take off,
- re peats,
- playing a role,
- re peat,
- dost like,
- follows example,
- phonied,
- doing a take off,
- went like,
- did take off,
- didst a take off,
- doeth takeoff,
- doing a takeoff,
- didst a take-off,
- doth a takeoff,
- pre figures,
- doth take off,
- acts like,
- taking leaf out book,
- doest takeoff,
- pre-figure,
- doest take-off,
- doth a take-off,
- pre-figured,
- played a role,
- doth takeoff,
- do take-off,
- doest a take off,
- doing take-off,
- pre figure,
- dost take off,
- phonying,
- took leaf out book,
- doest like,
- did a takeoff,
- playing role,
- did like,
- played role,
- dost takeoff,
- followed example,
- didst take-off,
- do take off,
- takes leaf out book,
- dost take-off,
- does takeoff,
- didst like,
- did take-off.
- ex-plicates,
- re-porting,
- makes sense of,
- ex plicate,
- de-lineated,
- making vivid,
- conveys image,
- out-line,
- writing up,
- ex press,
- ex plicating,
- making apparent,
- re-cited,
- de scribed,
- re cites,
- re-cites,
- de fining,
- made sense of,
- de-lineate,
- de fined,
- re hearse,
- makes clear,
- re-ported,
- out lines,
- re counting,
- ex-press,
- writes up,
- made apparent,
- out-lining,
- re counts,
- out lined,
- ex-plicate,
- conveying image,
- re-lated,
- de-scribed,
- de-fine,
- making sense of,
- ex pound,
- re ported,
- ex-pounds,
- makes vivid,
- writ up,
- de pict,
- out-lines,
- ex-pressing,
- de-pict,
- de fine,
- de-fined,
- ex-pounded,
- out lining,
- ex pounded,
- ex-pound,
- de-fines,
- re-counted,
- re cite,
- re-hearse,
- de scribing,
- out-lined,
- conveyed image,
- ex pressed,
- ex-plicated,
- ex pressing,
- makes apparent,
- de-picts,
- re hearses,
- ex plicates,
- re late,
- ex pounding,
- re cited,
- de lineated,
- re-cite,
- re-counting,
- ex plicated,
- re-citing,
- out line,
- ex pounds,
- de scribe,
- de-scribes,
- re porting,
- de-fining,
- de-scribe,
- de scribes,
- re counted,
- marks out,
- de lineate,
- made vivid,
- ex-plicating,
- ex-pounding,
- wrote up,
- re citing,
- de-scribing,
- re-hearses,
- de fines,
- marked out,
- re-counts,
- de picts.
- re veals,
- quoting chapter verse,
- gat down brass tacks,
- un covered,
- got down to brass tacks,
- Circumstantiating,
- pro duces,
- de-tail,
- sets forth,
- quote chapter verse,
- pro duce,
- sweats details,
- get down brass tacks,
- de tailing,
- quoted chapter and verse,
- de-tailing,
- fly specks,
- sweating details,
- un-covers,
- quoted chapter verse,
- getting down brass tacks,
- gets down brass tacks,
- de tails,
- quotes chapter verse,
- circumstantiates,
- fly specking,
- de tail,
- un-covering,
- gotten down to brass tacks,
- fly specked,
- re-veal,
- de-tails,
- un cover,
- quoting chapter and verse,
- un covers,
- de tailed,
- catalogging,
- gotten down brass tacks,
- pro-duces,
- sweated details,
- de-tailed,
- getting down to brass tacks,
- catalogged,
- gat down to brass tacks,
- got down brass tacks,
- un-cover,
- quotes chapter and verse,
- un covering,
- gets down to brass tacks,
- re-veals.
- gat to the meat,
- get meat,
- gotten to meat,
- gets to the meat,
- gat meat,
- gotten the meat,
- getting meat,
- gets meat,
- getting to meat,
- gat the meat,
- getting to the meat,
- nutshelled,
- cutting to bone,
- cutting bone,
- get the meat,
- got meat,
- gets the meat,
- gat to meat,
- got to meat,
- got to the meat,
- gotten to the meat,
- got the meat,
- gets to meat,
- gotten meat,
- cuts bone,
- cuts to bone,
- cut bone,
- nutshelling,
- getting the meat.
- emblematizes,
- hypostatizing,
- in-corporates,
- concretizing,
- reifying,
- hypostatized,
- hypostatizes,
- reified,
- concretized,
- in-corporate,
- in corporate,
- concretizes,
- in corporates.
- capsulize,
- abbreviate,
- shorten,
- reduce,
- cut.
- dis playing,
- dis-playing,
- dis-played,
- in-stances,
- dis-plays,
- in-stance,
- in stance,
- dis plays,
- in stances,
- dis-play,
- dis play,
- dis played.
- ex-posing,
- dis close,
- dis closed,
- dis-closes,
- ex pose,
- pro-claims,
- brought home,
- shows and tell,
- showing tell,
- drew a picture,
- bringing home,
- making plain,
- draws picture,
- showing and tell,
- limelighted,
- drawing picture,
- makes plain,
- ostended,
- pro-claiming,
- ostends,
- ostending,
- dis-close,
- limelighting,
- pro claiming,
- dis-closed,
- gotten over,
- draws a picture,
- drew picture,
- shows tell,
- ex posed,
- dis-closing,
- ex-posed,
- draw picture,
- showed tell,
- pro claimed,
- dis closing,
- showed and tell,
- points up,
- made plain,
- drawing a picture,
- show tell,
- ex-pose,
- pointed up,
- pro claim,
- dis closes,
- pro claims.
- acted out,
- bodying forth,
- hominifying,
- acts out,
- personized,
- bodied forth,
- bodies forth,
- hominified,
- lives as,
- lived as,
- making human,
- living as,
- personizing,
- personizes,
- hominifies,
- acting out,
- makes human.
- in-spect,
- gave one opinion,
- dis cussed,
- swipes at,
- giving opinion,
- gives opinion,
- in spect,
- gave opinion,
- give one opinion,
- gave ones opinion,
- re edits,
- re-vising,
- giving ones opinion,
- re-capping,
- swiped at,
- re-edits,
- writ critique,
- writes a critique,
- writ a critique,
- in-spects,
- wrote a critique,
- re edited,
- writes critique,
- in spects,
- re-vise,
- re edit,
- re caps,
- re-caps,
- swiping at,
- re-edited,
- reedited,
- gave one's opinion,
- wrote critique,
- re capping,
- re vising,
- reedits,
- gives one's opinion,
- skins alive,
- giving one opinion,
- re vised,
- reads through,
- bad mouth,
- dis-cusses,
- writing critique,
- re-vised,
- re-editing,
- re cap,
- give ones opinion,
- dis-cuss,
- dis-cussing,
- write critique,
- dis cusses,
- re capped,
- re vise,
- dis cussing,
- dis-cussed,
- gives one opinion,
- gives ones opinion,
- dis cuss,
- re-capped,
- re editing.
- re plays,
- re-word,
- re view,
- re-states,
- re worded,
- re capitulate,
- re-stating,
- re-capitulating,
- re state,
- re views,
- went over same ground,
- re-phrasing,
- re iterating,
- re word,
- running through again,
- re-capitulate,
- re play,
- re hashes,
- para-phrased,
- re-iterate,
- went the same round,
- re phrasing,
- para phrase,
- re iterate,
- runs over,
- re stated,
- re words,
- ran through again,
- re viewing,
- re-hashes,
- going the same round,
- re played,
- re hashing,
- re capitulates,
- re-hashing,
- para-phrase,
- re-plays,
- goes over same ground,
- re viewed,
- re-views,
- re-phrase,
- runs through again,
- re states,
- re-played,
- went same round,
- re-phrases,
- goes the same round,
- re-state,
- re-play,
- going same round,
- para phrasing,
- re-wording,
- para phrased,
- re-viewed,
- re-capitulates,
- re phrase,
- re-words,
- re capitulated,
- re-iterates,
- re-hash,
- para phrases,
- re-playing,
- re-phrased,
- para-phrasing,
- re phrased,
- re-view,
- re-worded,
- re iterates,
- re playing,
- re phrases,
- go same round,
- re-stated,
- re iterated,
- re-iterated,
- goes same round,
- re hashed,
- para-phrases,
- re-iterating,
- re wording,
- re stating,
- re-capitulated,
- re hash,
- re capitulating,
- going over same ground.
- re-produce,
- re-producing,
- was agent for,
- re-produced,
- plays the part,
- be-tokened,
- spoke for,
- held office,
- assuming role of,
- acts for,
- were agent for,
- served as,
- am proxy for,
- act place of,
- does business for,
- are proxy for,
- art attorney for,
- acts as,
- wast agent for,
- Re-present,
- re presenting,
- buying for,
- doing business for,
- acts as broker,
- re-presented,
- re presents,
- corresponds to,
- acting for,
- am attorney for,
- plays part,
- doth business for,
- doest business for,
- sold for,
- be token,
- were proxy for,
- be-tokening,
- spake for,
- be tokening,
- be-token,
- is proxy for,
- didst business for,
- holds office,
- being proxy for,
- wast attorney for,
- playing the part,
- corresponded to,
- acted as broker,
- holding office,
- assumed the role of,
- was proxy for,
- re produces,
- re producing,
- acting place of,
- sells for,
- assumed role of,
- art agent for,
- buys for,
- acts place of,
- acting as broker,
- re produced,
- played part,
- is agent for,
- re present,
- re-produces,
- selling for,
- acted place of,
- be-tokens,
- am agent for,
- dost business for,
- wert proxy for,
- assume role of,
- did business for,
- appears as,
- acting in place of,
- assumes the role of,
- re presented,
- are agent for,
- doeth business for,
- is attorney for,
- appearing as,
- wert attorney for,
- being attorney for,
- wast proxy for,
- are attorney for,
- bought for,
- be tokens,
- re-presents,
- serves as,
- art proxy for,
- being agent for,
- acts in place of,
- assumes role of,
- re-presenting,
- wert agent for,
- was attorney for,
- were attorney for,
- assuming the role of,
- playing part,
- be tokened,
- speaks for,
- acted in place of,
- appeared as.
- retro graded,
- retro grades,
- gives main points,
- gave main points,
- retro-graded,
- giving main points,
- retro-grading,
- retro grade,
- retro grading,
- retro-grades.
Other synonyms:
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- constitute,
- infiltrate,
- comprise.
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- descend.
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- belong to.
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- attach.
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- mark.
-
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- go.
- Waned,
- become smaller,
- grows less,
- wrinkle,
- draw in,
- grow less,
- became smaller,
- lose,
- fall away,
- falls away,
- drew in,
- recede,
- falling away.
- copy.
- Emblematizing,
- go over same ground,
- syncopated,
- telescope,
- detail,
- Decocted,
- Initiating,
- Labelling,
- exemplify,
- expound,
- highlighted,
- cut to bone,
- allegorizes,
- externalize,
- Mocked,
- summate,
- synopsize,
- enumerate,
- Retrograding,
- replay,
- echoes,
- boil down,
- Decocting,
- labeled,
- give main points,
- mark out,
- hypostatize,
- mirror,
- parrot,
- summated,
- pointing up,
- make like,
- telescopes,
- nutshells,
- glassed,
- update,
- tipped off,
- symbolize,
- recapitulate,
- inform,
- snip,
- write up,
- ran over,
- brings home,
- Summed,
- initiate,
- nutshell,
- Pirating,
- decocts,
- allegorize,
- go like,
- syncopate,
- Wedging,
- fly speck,
- do a takeoff,
- get to the meat,
- follow example,
- Ostend,
- Mirroring,
- wedge,
- replays,
- Glassing,
- brief,
- Bodying,
- spell out,
- put in nutshell,
- bodied,
- summating,
- Retrograded,
- compress,
- perorate,
- Squashing,
- typify,
- concretize,
- tipping off,
- let in on,
- Tabulated,
- embody,
- Emblematized,
- summarize,
- tips off,
- personify,
- make plain,
- encapsulates,
- get to meat,
- condense,
- give the lowdown,
- circumstantiate,
- vivify,
- spelled out,
- sum up,
- Emblematize,
- Telescoping,
- sweat details,
- symbolled,
- telescoped,
- Summing,
- oriented,
- decoct,
- make vivid,
- quote chapter and verse,
- reify,
- Pirated,
- Circumstantiated,
- thicken,
- densify,
- marking out,
- make brief,
- reworded,
- press together,
- act like,
- filled in,
- highlighting,
- replayed,
- pirate,
- phonies,
- draw a picture,
- bring home,
- made clear,
- Imaged,
- personalize,
- Incarnating,
- making clear,
- steal,
- blue pencil,
- represent,
- encapsulated,
- imaging,
- highlights,
- pressed together,
- make apparent,
- Emulated,
- Burlesqued,
- illustrate,
- portraying,
- embodies,
- Incarnated,
- show the ropes,
- thickening,
- run through again,
- labelled,
- Burlesquing,
- do like,
- modelling,
- replaying,
- play role,
- play a role,
- get down to brass tacks,
- densen,
- Inventoried,
- go the same round,
- setting forth,
- wedged,
- symbolling,
- exemplifies,
- convey image,
- retrogrades,
- point up,
- give rundown,
- show the lay of the land,
- summates,
- contract,
- do a take-off,
- inventorying,
- running over,
- Allegorizing,
- make clear,
- take leaf out of book,
- Allegorized,
- describe,
- incarnates,
- recap,
- force into space,
- squash,
- quotes,
- reifies,
- took off,
- digest,
- tip off,
- put in a nutshell,
- set forth,
- run over,
- make sense of,
- boils down.
- give one's opinion,
- reading through,
- skin alive,
- reediting,
- recapping,
- reedit,
- re-edit,
- skinning alive,
- skinned alive,
- give opinion,
- recapped,
- swipe at,
- writing a critique,
- RE-CAP,
- Trashed,
- read through,
- badmouth,
- write a critique,
- giving one's opinion.
- hold office,
- sell for,
- played the part,
- acting as,
- stewarded,
- play the part,
- appear as,
- act in place of,
- be agent for,
- act for,
- be attorney for,
- serving as,
- stewarding,
- Factored,
- act as broker,
- be proxy for,
- acted as,
- correspond to,
- corresponding to,
- do business for,
- serve as,
- buy for,
- acted for,
- play part,
- factoring,
- speak for,
- act as,
- speaking for,
- assume the role of.
- generality,
- consolidate,
- flag,
- Pithily,
- gist,
- allegory,
- imply,
- conspectus,
- tabulate,
- depict,
- incarnate,
- difficult,
- be emblematic of,
- model,
- impersonate,
- trim,
- bob,
- instance,
- encapsulate,
- dock,
- unify,
- obscure,
- be short,
- comprehend,
- recapitulation,
- individual,
- program,
- shear,
- distinct,
- skeleton,
- curtly,
- disagreeable,
- cut down,
- allude to,
- Syllabi,
- awkward,
- signify,
- crop,
- abruptly,
- betoken,
- instantiate,
- elide,
- codify,
- synthesize,
- inventory,
- truncate,
- evince,
- decrease,
- refer to,
- abstraction,
- diminish,
- poll,
- mean,
- withdraw,
- concentrate,
- generalisation,
- isolated,
- transitorily,
- presently,
- mow,
- connote,
- contain,
- snub,
- tersely,
- Syllabuses,
- edit,
- succinctly,
- suggest,
- resume,
- express,
- pollard,
- outline,
- removed,
- delicate,
- run through,
- nip,
- sum,
- character,
- hard,
- generalization,
- organize,
- reap,
- Epitomizing,
- separate,
- lead the way,
- set the pace,
- transiently,
- stand,
- unite,
- indistinct,
- type,
- include,
- personate,
- summarise,
- curriculum,
- substantiate,
- bauble,
- syllabus,
- complicated,
- curtail,
- detached,
- summary,
- distil,
- reprise,
- demanding,
- fit the pattern,
- emblem,
- momentarily,
- particular,
- systematize,
- Compendiously,
- absentminded,
- Fleetingly,
- cut short,
- collect,
- briefly,
- foreshorten,
- incorporate,
- pare down,
- prune,
- cut back,
- retrench,
- other,
- clip,
- abstracted,
- manifest,
- concisely,
- combine,
- arduous,
- materialize,
- body,
- knotty,
- absent,
- integrate,
- shave,
- stunt,
- denote,
- adumbration,
- device,
- apart,
- epitome,
- compendium.
How to use "Epitomize" in context?
Epitomize is to encapsulate or express in summary form the essence or main points of a particular thing or event. In other words, epitomizing is taking the most important aspects of something and putting them into a nutshell.
Epitomizing is a great way to give a quick and easy understanding of a topic to someone who is not familiar with it. It is also a great tool for teaching. For example, in a speech or essay, you can use epitomizing phrases to introduce important points, to summarize what the speaker is saying, and to focus attention on key points.
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