What is another word for exemplify?
869 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɛɡzˈɛmplɪfˌa͡ɪ], [ ɛɡzˈɛmplɪfˌaɪ], [ ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈɛ_m_p_l_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]
Exemplify is a verb that means to illustrate, demonstrate, or showcase something. It's often used to describe the act of providing an example of a concept or idea. Some synonyms to exemplify include depict, signify, embody, typify, indicate, highlight, manifest, and evidence. These words convey the same meaning as exemplify and can be used interchangeably in many situations. For instance, instead of saying "this photograph exemplifies the beauty of nature," you could say "this photograph depicts the beauty of nature" or "this photograph manifests the beauty of nature." Choosing the right synonym for exemplify depends on the context and the effect you want to create.
Synonyms for Exemplify:
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- alluding to ,
- appealing to ,
- appeals to ,
- ex tract ,
- ex tracts ,
- ex-tract ,
- ex-tracts ,
- gat down brass tacks ,
- gat down to brass tacks ,
- gave as example ,
- get down brass tacks ,
- gets down brass tacks ,
- gets down to brass tacks ,
- getting down brass tacks ,
- getting down to brass tacks ,
- gives as example ,
- giving as example ,
- got down brass tacks ,
- got down to brass tacks ,
- gotten down brass tacks ,
- gotten down to brass tacks ,
- illustrated with ,
- illustrates with ,
- illustrating with ,
- pre sent ,
- pre-sent ,
- pre-sents ,
- re cite ,
- re cited ,
- re cites ,
- re citing ,
- re counted ,
- re counting ,
- re counts ,
- re hearse ,
- re hearses ,
- re member ,
- re membered ,
- re members ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re-cite ,
- re-cited ,
- re-cites ,
- re-citing ,
- re-counted ,
- re-counting ,
- re-counts ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- re-member ,
- re-membered ,
- re-members ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats ,
- refers to .
- call a spade spade ,
- call spade a spade ,
- call spade spade ,
- called a spade a spade ,
- called a spade spade ,
- called spade a spade ,
- called spade spade ,
- calling a spade spade ,
- calling spade spade ,
- calls a spade a spade ,
- calls a spade spade ,
- calls spade a spade ,
- calls spade spade ,
- de fine ,
- de fined ,
- de fines ,
- de fining ,
- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de nominate ,
- de nominated ,
- de nominates ,
- de nominating ,
- de note ,
- de noted ,
- de notes ,
- de noting ,
- de tail ,
- de tailed ,
- de tailing ,
- de tails ,
- de-fine ,
- de-fined ,
- de-fines ,
- de-fining ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- de-nominate ,
- de-nominated ,
- de-nominates ,
- de-nominating ,
- de-note ,
- de-noted ,
- de-notes ,
- de-noting ,
- de-tail ,
- de-tailed ,
- de-tailing ,
- de-tails ,
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- laid it out ,
- laying it out ,
- lays it out ,
- nailed it down ,
- nailing down ,
- nailing it down ,
- nails down ,
- nails it down ,
- pre scribe ,
- pre scribes ,
- pre scribing ,
- pre-scribe ,
- pre-scribed ,
- pre-scribes ,
- pre-scribing ,
- trans late ,
- trans-late ,
- trans-lated .
- conveyed image ,
- conveying image ,
- conveys image ,
- de pict ,
- de picts ,
- de scribe ,
- de scribed ,
- de scribes ,
- de scribing ,
- de-pict ,
- de-picts ,
- de-scribe ,
- de-scribed ,
- de-scribes ,
- de-scribing ,
- ex plicate ,
- ex plicated ,
- ex plicates ,
- ex plicating ,
- ex press ,
- ex pressed ,
- ex pressing ,
- ex-plicate ,
- ex-plicated ,
- ex-plicates ,
- ex-plicating ,
- ex-press ,
- ex-pressing ,
- made apparent ,
- made sense of ,
- made vivid ,
- makes apparent ,
- makes clear ,
- makes sense of ,
- makes vivid ,
- making apparent ,
- making sense of ,
- making vivid ,
- marked out ,
- marks out ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining ,
- re late ,
- re ported ,
- re porting ,
- re-lated ,
- re-ported ,
- re-porting ,
- writ up ,
- writes up ,
- writing up ,
- wrote up .
- de code ,
- de coded ,
- de codes ,
- de coding ,
- de-code ,
- de-coded ,
- de-codes ,
- de-coding ,
- draw picture ,
- drawing a picture ,
- drawing picture ,
- draws a picture ,
- draws picture ,
- drew a picture ,
- drew picture ,
- made perfectly clear ,
- made plain ,
- made see daylight ,
- makes perfectly clear ,
- makes plain ,
- makes see daylight ,
- making perfectly clear ,
- making plain ,
- making see daylight ,
- shedding light on ,
- sheds light on ,
- threw light on ,
- throwing light on ,
- throws light on ,
- un fold ,
- un folded ,
- un folding ,
- un folds ,
- un-fold ,
- un-folded ,
- un-folding ,
- un-folds .
- concretized ,
- concretizes ,
- concretizing ,
- emblematizes ,
- hypostatized ,
- hypostatizes ,
- hypostatizing ,
- in corporate ,
- in corporates ,
- in-corporate ,
- in-corporates ,
- reified ,
- reifying .
- adduce ,
- attest ,
- authenticate ,
- avouch ,
- betoken ,
- certify ,
- confirm ,
- connote ,
- corroborate ,
- declare ,
- demonstrate ,
- depose ,
- determine ,
- document ,
- establish ,
- evince ,
- exhibit ,
- indicate ,
- manifest ,
- observe ,
- prove ,
- state ,
- substantiate ,
- support ,
- testify ,
- validate ,
- vouch ,
- witness .
- Enucleating ,
- dis course ,
- dis coursed ,
- dis courses ,
- dis coursing ,
- dis-course ,
- dis-coursed ,
- dis-courses ,
- dis-coursing ,
- enucleates ,
- ex pound ,
- ex pounded ,
- ex pounding ,
- ex pounds ,
- ex-pound ,
- ex-pounded ,
- ex-pounding ,
- ex-pounds ,
- sets forth .
- de cipher ,
- de ciphered ,
- de ciphering ,
- de ciphers ,
- de-cipher ,
- de-ciphered ,
- de-ciphering ,
- de-ciphers ,
- makes of ,
- para phrase ,
- para phrased ,
- para phrases ,
- para phrasing ,
- para-phrase ,
- para-phrased ,
- para-phrases ,
- para-phrasing ,
- re enact ,
- re enacted ,
- re enacting ,
- re enacts ,
- re-enacted ,
- re-enacting ,
- reenacts ,
- under stand ,
- under standing ,
- under stands ,
- under stood ,
- under-standing ,
- under-stands ,
- under-stood .
- be spake ,
- be speak ,
- be speaking ,
- be speaks ,
- be spoke ,
- be spoken ,
- be token ,
- be tokened ,
- be tokening ,
- be tokens ,
- be-spake ,
- be-speak ,
- be-speaking ,
- be-speaks ,
- be-spoke ,
- be-spoken ,
- be-token ,
- be-tokened ,
- be-tokening ,
- be-tokens ,
- marks off ,
- ostended ,
- ostending ,
- ostends ,
- pointed up ,
- points up ,
- pro claim ,
- pro claimed ,
- pro claiming ,
- pro claims ,
- pro-claiming ,
- pro-claims ,
- re mark ,
- re marked ,
- re marking ,
- re marks ,
- re-marked ,
- re-marking ,
- re-marks ,
- staked out ,
- stakes out .
- acted out ,
- acting out ,
- acts out ,
- bodied forth ,
- bodies forth ,
- bodying forth ,
- hominified ,
- hominifies ,
- hominifying ,
- lived as ,
- lives as ,
- living as ,
- makes human ,
- making human ,
- personized ,
- personizes ,
- personizing .
- directed attention ,
- directing attention ,
- directs attention ,
- in sert ,
- in-sert ,
- intro duce ,
- intro duces ,
- intro-duce ,
- intro-duces ,
- made allusion ,
- made mention of ,
- made reference ,
- makes allusion ,
- makes reference ,
- making allusion ,
- making mention of ,
- making reference ,
- puts down to ,
- putting down to ,
- spake about ,
- spake of ,
- speaking about ,
- speaks about ,
- speaks of ,
- spoke about ,
- spoke of ,
- touches on .
- Re-present ,
- act place of ,
- acted as broker ,
- acted in place of ,
- acted place of ,
- acting as broker ,
- acting for ,
- acting in place of ,
- acting place of ,
- acts as ,
- acts as broker ,
- acts for ,
- acts in place of ,
- acts place of ,
- am agent for ,
- am attorney for ,
- am proxy for ,
- appeared as ,
- appearing as ,
- appears as ,
- are agent for ,
- are attorney for ,
- are proxy for ,
- art agent for ,
- art attorney for ,
- art proxy for ,
- assume role of ,
- assumed role of ,
- assumed the role of ,
- assumes role of ,
- assumes the role of ,
- assuming role of ,
- assuming the role of ,
- being agent for ,
- being attorney for ,
- being proxy for ,
- bought for ,
- buying for ,
- buys for ,
- corresponded to ,
- corresponds to ,
- did business for ,
- didst business for ,
- does business for ,
- doest business for ,
- doeth business for ,
- doing business for ,
- dost business for ,
- doth business for ,
- held office ,
- holding office ,
- holds office ,
- is agent for ,
- is attorney for ,
- is proxy for ,
- played part ,
- playing part ,
- playing the part ,
- plays part ,
- plays the part ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-duces ,
- re present ,
- re presented ,
- re presenting ,
- re presents ,
- re produced ,
- re produces ,
- re producing ,
- re-presented ,
- re-presenting ,
- re-presents ,
- re-produce ,
- re-produced ,
- re-produces ,
- re-producing ,
- selling for ,
- sells for ,
- served as ,
- serves as ,
- sold for ,
- spake for ,
- speaks for ,
- spoke for ,
- was agent for ,
- was attorney for ,
- was proxy for ,
- wast agent for ,
- wast attorney for ,
- wast proxy for ,
- were agent for ,
- were attorney for ,
- were proxy for ,
- wert agent for ,
- wert attorney for ,
- wert proxy for .
Other synonyms:
- benchmark ,
- come down to ,
- come into ,
- constituent ,
- delineate ,
- depict ,
- enter into ,
- particularize ,
- pass for .
- tag .
- characterize ,
- infiltrate ,
- recite ,
- showcase .
- call .
Other relevant words:
- Emblematize ,
- Emblematized ,
- Emblematizing ,
- Enucleated ,
- Extracting ,
- Formalizing ,
- Glassing ,
- Imaged ,
- Incarnated ,
- Incarnating ,
- Individuating ,
- Labelling ,
- Mirroring ,
- Numbered ,
- Ostend ,
- Re-mark ,
- act like ,
- allude to ,
- alluded to ,
- appeal to ,
- appealed to ,
- call a spade a spade ,
- calling a spade a spade ,
- calling spade a spade ,
- cite ,
- concretize ,
- convey image ,
- define ,
- describe ,
- dilate ,
- direct attention ,
- draw a picture ,
- elucidate ,
- embodies ,
- embody ,
- enucleate ,
- enumerate ,
- etch ,
- evidence ,
- exemplifies ,
- expound ,
- exteriorize ,
- formalize ,
- formalized ,
- formalizes ,
- get down to brass tacks ,
- give as example ,
- glassed ,
- hypostatize ,
- illustrate with ,
- imaging ,
- incarnates ,
- individuate ,
- individuated ,
- individuates ,
- interpret ,
- labeled ,
- labelled ,
- lay it out ,
- made clear ,
- make allusion ,
- make apparent ,
- make clear ,
- make like ,
- make mention of ,
- make perfectly clear ,
- make plain ,
- make reference ,
- make see daylight ,
- make sense of ,
- make vivid ,
- makes mention of ,
- making clear ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- mark out ,
- marked off ,
- marking off ,
- marking out ,
- mention ,
- mirror ,
- nail it down ,
- personalize ,
- personify ,
- point up ,
- pointed out ,
- pointing out ,
- pointing up ,
- portraying ,
- put down to ,
- quotes ,
- refer ,
- refer to ,
- reference ,
- referenced ,
- references ,
- referencing ,
- referred to ,
- referring to ,
- reifies ,
- reify ,
- represent ,
- set apart ,
- set forth ,
- sets apart ,
- setting apart ,
- setting forth ,
- shed light on ,
- speak about ,
- speak of ,
- speaking of ,
- spell out ,
- spelled out ,
- stake out ,
- staking out ,
- stand for ,
- symbolize ,
- throw light on ,
- touch on ,
- touched on ,
- touching on ,
- typify ,
- write up .
- commentate ,
- commentated ,
- commentates ,
- commentating ,
- made of ,
- make of ,
- making of ,
- re-enact ,
- re-enacts ,
- reenact ,
- reenacted ,
- reenacting .
- Euhemerize ,
- Exemplified ,
- Pretypify ,
- absolve ,
- account for ,
- act ,
- address ,
- adumbrate ,
- allegorize ,
- annotate ,
- appeal to authority ,
- be ,
- be emblematic of ,
- betray ,
- body ,
- body forth ,
- brandish ,
- bring in ,
- bring to light ,
- bring up ,
- call to mind ,
- call up ,
- case ,
- case in point ,
- chart ,
- clarify ,
- clear up ,
- comment upon ,
- comprehend ,
- comprise ,
- concretization ,
- constitute ,
- contain ,
- correspond ,
- crack ,
- decipher ,
- defend ,
- demonstration ,
- demythologize ,
- denote ,
- depiction ,
- descent ,
- description ,
- differentiate ,
- discharge ,
- disclose ,
- dispense ,
- display ,
- distinguish ,
- drawing ,
- duplicate ,
- embodied ,
- enact ,
- enlarge ,
- enlighten ,
- epitomise ,
- example ,
- except ,
- excerpt ,
- excuse ,
- exemplification ,
- exemplum ,
- exempt ,
- expand ,
- explain away ,
- explanation ,
- explicate ,
- expose ,
- exposit ,
- express ,
- extract ,
- figure ,
- fit the pattern ,
- flaunt ,
- foreshadow ,
- free ,
- graph ,
- illuminate ,
- illustration ,
- image ,
- impersonate ,
- imply ,
- incarnate ,
- instantiation ,
- instantiations ,
- itemise ,
- itemize ,
- lay bare ,
- lead the way ,
- make up ,
- materialization ,
- mean ,
- name ,
- offer ,
- parade ,
- perform ,
- personate ,
- picture ,
- play ,
- point to ,
- popularize ,
- prefigure ,
- present ,
- project ,
- quote ,
- rationalize ,
- realise ,
- realize ,
- relieve ,
- repeat ,
- reproduce ,
- retell ,
- reveal ,
- sample ,
- set the pace ,
- shadow ,
- shadow forth ,
- show ,
- show how ,
- show the way ,
- signify ,
- simplify ,
- solve ,
- spare ,
- stand ,
- suggest ,
- symbol ,
- symbolise ,
- throw light upon ,
- uncover ,
- unfold ,
- unlock ,
- unravel .
- Bodying ,
- Factored ,
- act as ,
- act as broker ,
- act for ,
- act in place of ,
- acted as ,
- acted for ,
- acting as ,
- appear as ,
- assume the role of ,
- be agent for ,
- be attorney for ,
- be proxy for ,
- bodied ,
- buy for ,
- correspond to ,
- corresponding to ,
- do business for ,
- factoring ,
- hold office ,
- play part ,
- play the part ,
- played the part ,
- sell for ,
- serve as ,
- serving as ,
- speak for ,
- speaking for ,
- stewarded ,
- stewarding .
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How to use "Exemplify" in context?
When we want to describe an action or idea, we often use the word 'exemplify.' For example, we might say that John exemplified the qualities of being honest and sincere. We might also say that a restaurant exemplified the best of Italian cuisine.
The word 'exemplify' comes from the Latin word 'exempliï¬Âcare,' which means 'to show by example.' When we use the word 'exemplify,' we are talking about showing an action or idea in a very clear and concrete way. This is often done by taking an example from real life.
Paraphrases for Exemplify:
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
demonstrate, depict, epitomize, indicate, reflect, represent, reveal, show, testify, underscore.
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Verb, base form
demonstrate, depict, highlight, illuminate, portray, reflect, represent, show, showcase, demonstrating.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
illustrate.
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Verb, base form
illustrate.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
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