Synonyms for Illustrate:

• n.

  •
  • evidence,
  • caricature,
  • shade,
  • rough out.
  •
  • lay out.
  •
  • pin down,
  • stand for,
  • substitute,
  • profile,
  • symbol.
  •
  • clear.

• v.

  •annotate (verb)
  • re marked,
  • re marks,
  • re-marking,
  • re mark,
  • re-marked,
  • re-marks,
  • re marking.
  •clarify (verb)
  • draws a picture,
  • de lineated,
  • drew a picture,
  • sheds light on,
  • brake down,
  • broke down,
  • re-solves,
  • made plain,
  • re-solving,
  • re-solve,
  • makes perfectly clear,
  • re-solved,
  • de-lineated,
  • made perfectly clear,
  • breaks down,
  • making perfectly clear,
  • making plain,
  • straightens out,
  • drawing picture,
  • makes plain,
  • re solves,
  • drawing a picture,
  • draw picture,
  • throws light on,
  • draws picture,
  • threw light on,
  • de-lineate,
  • shedding light on,
  • re solve,
  • throwing light on,
  • drew picture,
  • de lineate.
  •clear up (verb)
  • de-ciphered,
  • de ciphered,
  • makes reasonable,
  • made plausible,
  • making reasonable,
  • un ravels,
  • dis solved,
  • made reasonable,
  • un ravel,
  • dis-solving,
  • de ciphering,
  • dis solving,
  • de-cipher,
  • un ravelled,
  • un-ravelling,
  • dis-solve,
  • dis-solves,
  • figures out,
  • puzzles out,
  • de-ciphers,
  • makes plausible,
  • un-ravelled,
  • un ravelling,
  • un raveling,
  • dis solve,
  • de ciphers,
  • making plausible,
  • dis solves,
  • un-raveled,
  • un-ravels,
  • un raveled,
  • puzzled out,
  • de-ciphering,
  • un-ravel,
  • puzzling out,
  • de cipher,
  • dis-solved,
  • un-raveling.
  •comment (verb)
  • dis-close,
  • dis-closing,
  • dis-closed,
  • inter-posing,
  • inter-posed,
  • ex pressing,
  • touches upon,
  • ex-press,
  • inter-pose,
  • dis closed,
  • dis closing,
  • dis close,
  • ex-presses,
  • inter posing,
  • ex presses,
  • touching upon,
  • touches up on,
  • touch up on,
  • ex press,
  • dis-closes,
  • touched up on,
  • dis closes,
  • inter posed,
  • inter pose,
  • touched upon,
  • ex-pressing,
  • touching up on,
  • ex pressed.
  •communication (verb)
  • instance,
  • illustrate.
  •copy (verb)
  • pre-figures,
  • pre figuring,
  • dost take-off,
  • doing like,
  • takes leaf out book,
  • does a take off,
  • dost like,
  • acted like,
  • played role,
  • took leaf out of book,
  • does like,
  • playing a role,
  • doest take off,
  • doeth a takeoff,
  • dost a take off,
  • went like,
  • does take-off,
  • doeth take off,
  • does a takeoff,
  • doing a takeoff,
  • doeth takeoff,
  • dost take off,
  • phonying,
  • dost a take-off,
  • doeth like,
  • taking leaf out book,
  • doing take off,
  • pre figured,
  • followed example,
  • goes like,
  • re-peat,
  • going like,
  • played a role,
  • doing takeoff,
  • re-peats,
  • doing a take off,
  • doeth take-off,
  • didst like,
  • made like,
  • pre-figured,
  • doest takeoff,
  • follows example,
  • doth takeoff,
  • pre figure,
  • did like,
  • doth a take off,
  • didst a take-off,
  • doing take-off,
  • plays a role,
  • did a takeoff,
  • acting like,
  • doest a take off,
  • dost a takeoff,
  • playing role,
  • doth a take-off,
  • pre-figure,
  • doest a take-off,
  • do a take off,
  • following example,
  • does a take-off,
  • makes like,
  • did takeoff,
  • re peats,
  • following suit,
  • takes leaf out of book,
  • dost takeoff,
  • do take off,
  • didst take-off,
  • doeth a take off,
  • did take off,
  • doth like,
  • does takeoff,
  • does take off,
  • pre figures,
  • making like,
  • did a take off,
  • do takeoff,
  • doest like,
  • taking leaf out of book,
  • didst a take off,
  • plays role,
  • doeth a take-off,
  • doth a takeoff,
  • pre-figuring,
  • take leaf out book,
  • phonied,
  • re peat,
  • do take-off,
  • didst takeoff,
  • took leaf out book,
  • doth take-off,
  • doest a takeoff,
  • did take-off,
  • doth take off,
  • didst take off,
  • did a take-off,
  • acts like,
  • doing a take-off,
  • didst a takeoff,
  • doest take-off.
  •define (verb)
  • trans-lated,
  • de tail,
  • calling a spade spade,
  • de fine,
  • de fined,
  • calls a spade spade,
  • de nominates,
  • de-fines,
  • de fines,
  • de notes,
  • call spade a spade,
  • de-tailing,
  • de tails,
  • calls a spade a spade,
  • called a spade spade,
  • de-note,
  • de tailing,
  • called spade a spade,
  • laying it out,
  • de tailed,
  • de note,
  • pre-scribe,
  • de-fined,
  • pre-scribing,
  • de noted,
  • de-noted,
  • de-fine,
  • pre-scribes,
  • de-nominate,
  • nails down,
  • calls spade spade,
  • nailing it down,
  • de-noting,
  • de-tailed,
  • de nominated,
  • de-tails,
  • called a spade a spade,
  • de-nominated,
  • call a spade spade,
  • nailed it down,
  • de-tail,
  • nailing down,
  • nails it down,
  • laid it out,
  • de nominating,
  • called spade spade,
  • de-notes,
  • pre-scribed,
  • de-nominating,
  • trans late,
  • pre scribing,
  • de-nominates,
  • de-fining,
  • pre scribe,
  • de fining,
  • call spade spade,
  • calls spade a spade,
  • lays it out,
  • trans-late,
  • de nominate,
  • calling spade spade,
  • de noting,
  • pre scribes.
  •demonstrate (verb)
  • expose,
  • present,
  • unveil,
  • convince,
  • unmask,
  • flourish,
  • flaunt,
  • uncover.
  •demonstrate, exemplify (verb)
  • limelight,
  • bring home,
  • imitate,
  • allegorize,
  • reveal,
  • get over,
  • emphasize,
  • get across,
  • Ostend,
  • spotlight,
  • show and tell,
  • disclose,
  • highlight,
  • vivify,
  • evince.
  •depict (verb)
  • re produce,
  • out-lined,
  • out-line,
  • de pict,
  • re late,
  • de-sign,
  • re porting,
  • out-lining,
  • re-ported,
  • re producing,
  • re produces,
  • de-signing,
  • re ported,
  • de-signed,
  • de-signs,
  • re-produces,
  • de signs,
  • out lines,
  • re-lated,
  • re-porting,
  • de picts,
  • de signed,
  • out lining,
  • de-pict,
  • re produced,
  • out line,
  • re-produced,
  • out lined,
  • out-lines,
  • de-picts,
  • de sign,
  • re-produce,
  • de signing,
  • re-producing.
  •describe (verb)
  • de scribing,
  • re citing,
  • re-cites,
  • making sense of,
  • de scribes,
  • makes clear,
  • de-scribes,
  • re-counts,
  • making vivid,
  • made vivid,
  • made apparent,
  • re-cited,
  • re-hearses,
  • writing up,
  • conveys image,
  • re cites,
  • re counts,
  • made sense of,
  • re-counting,
  • marked out,
  • wrote up,
  • re cite,
  • de scribe,
  • de-scribe,
  • re hearse,
  • writes up,
  • re hearses,
  • re-counted,
  • de-scribing,
  • de scribed,
  • re-cite,
  • re counting,
  • makes apparent,
  • re counted,
  • conveyed image,
  • re-citing,
  • writ up,
  • makes sense of,
  • conveying image,
  • re cited,
  • marks out,
  • de-scribed,
  • making apparent,
  • makes vivid,
  • re-hearse.
  •display (verb)
  • dis play,
  • opens out,
  • pro-moting,
  • un rolling,
  • un-cover,
  • be trays,
  • pro-motes,
  • un-masked,
  • un-rolled,
  • un mask,
  • grand-standing,
  • dis-play,
  • un-mask,
  • ex tended,
  • un-veiled,
  • be-trays,
  • brings to view,
  • grand stands,
  • un veil,
  • ex-tend,
  • un roll,
  • pre-sent,
  • un-roll,
  • makes known,
  • pro moting,
  • brings view,
  • un masks,
  • un-masking,
  • ex-tends,
  • bring view,
  • un covers,
  • sets out,
  • grand standing,
  • un-covers,
  • ex tending,
  • dis-played,
  • dis plays,
  • ex-tending,
  • bringing view,
  • be tray,
  • dis played,
  • grand stand,
  • un rolls,
  • ex-posed,
  • un veils,
  • un covering,
  • un-furling,
  • be-tray,
  • re-veal,
  • brought view,
  • un veiling,
  • ex-tended,
  • un rolled,
  • pro-mote,
  • un-furled,
  • ex tends,
  • pre-sents,
  • un covered,
  • un cover,
  • un-veiling,
  • re veals,
  • stretching out,
  • un-rolls,
  • un furling,
  • dis playing,
  • un-covering,
  • un-veils,
  • bringing to view,
  • un-veil,
  • brought to view,
  • un-masks,
  • ex-pose,
  • dis-plays,
  • un masked,
  • un veiled,
  • grand-stands,
  • dis-playing,
  • ex pose,
  • ex tend,
  • ex posed,
  • un masking,
  • un-rolling,
  • re-veals,
  • un furled,
  • pre sent,
  • ex-posing.
  •draw (verb)
  • doodle,
  • paint,
  • sketch,
  • draw,
  • trace.
  •elucidate (verb)
  • making see daylight,
  • made see daylight,
  • de coding,
  • de codes,
  • de-code,
  • de-coded,
  • de code,
  • makes see daylight,
  • de-codes,
  • de coded,
  • de-coding.
  •embody (verb)
  • reified,
  • concretizes,
  • reifying,
  • concretized,
  • in-corporate,
  • emblematizes,
  • hypostatizing,
  • in corporates,
  • in corporate,
  • concretizing,
  • in-corporates,
  • hypostatizes,
  • hypostatized.
  •evidence (verb)
  • be speaking,
  • testifies to,
  • be-tokens,
  • ostended,
  • be-speak,
  • be-token,
  • be token,
  • testifying to,
  • be spoke,
  • be-tokening,
  • be speaks,
  • be-spoken,
  • be tokens,
  • be tokened,
  • be-spake,
  • ostending,
  • be-speaks,
  • be-speaking,
  • be tokening,
  • be-spoke,
  • be spake,
  • be spoken,
  • be-tokened,
  • be speak,
  • ostends,
  • testified to.
  •evince (verb)
  • betoken,
  • attest,
  • authenticate,
  • confirm,
  • declare,
  • substantiate,
  • avouch,
  • prove,
  • support,
  • document,
  • testify,
  • witness,
  • validate,
  • connote,
  • observe,
  • depose,
  • certify,
  • demonstrate,
  • determine,
  • state,
  • corroborate,
  • vouch,
  • establish.
  •exhibit (verb)
  • let hang out,
  • waved around,
  • dis ported,
  • showing and tell,
  • strutted stuff,
  • letting it all hang out,
  • letting hang out,
  • shows and tell,
  • let it hang out,
  • letted it all hang out,
  • letted all hang out,
  • rolling out,
  • dis-porting,
  • lets all hang out,
  • waving around,
  • show tell,
  • lets it all hang out,
  • paraded wares,
  • dis porting,
  • parades wares,
  • letting it hang out,
  • let all hang out,
  • showed and tell,
  • letted hang out,
  • lets it hang out,
  • letted it hang out,
  • dis-ported,
  • letting all hang out,
  • parading wares,
  • shows tell,
  • strutting stuff,
  • waves around,
  • showed tell,
  • showing tell,
  • struts stuff,
  • lets hang out,
  • rolls out.
  •explain (verb)
  • ex-plains,
  • para-phrase,
  • re fined,
  • go in to detail,
  • para-phrases,
  • un tangling,
  • putting in plain english,
  • throwing light upon,
  • ex-plained,
  • goes into detail,
  • un tangles,
  • throwing light up on,
  • un-tangles,
  • threw light upon,
  • putting across,
  • re-fines,
  • ex plains,
  • ex plained,
  • throws light up on,
  • re-fining,
  • ex-plaining,
  • puts plain english,
  • putting plain english,
  • going into detail,
  • re-fine,
  • ex plain,
  • ex-plain,
  • throw light up on,
  • put plain english,
  • throws light upon,
  • went into detail,
  • puts across,
  • un tangled,
  • para phrases,
  • ex plaining,
  • para-phrasing,
  • sets right,
  • going in to detail,
  • goes in to detail,
  • un-tangled,
  • re fines,
  • para phrase,
  • un-tangle,
  • un tangle,
  • re fine,
  • puts in plain english,
  • threw light up on,
  • para phrasing,
  • para-phrased,
  • para phrased,
  • went in to detail,
  • un-tangling.
  •explain by drawing, decorating (verb)
  • embellish,
  • adorn,
  • ornament,
  • limn.
  •explicate (verb)
  • enlarges up on,
  • ex plicated,
  • Enucleating,
  • ex-plicating,
  • giving big picture,
  • ex plicate,
  • enlarged upon,
  • enucleates,
  • ex-plicate,
  • give big picture,
  • enlarged up on,
  • ex-plicated,
  • enlarging up on,
  • gives the big picture,
  • gives big picture,
  • enlarging upon,
  • ex-plicates,
  • makes explicit,
  • ex plicates,
  • made explicit,
  • told why,
  • making explicit,
  • ex plicating,
  • telling why,
  • enlarge up on,
  • enlarges upon,
  • tells why,
  • giving the big picture,
  • gave the big picture,
  • gave big picture.
  •expound (verb)
  • dis coursed,
  • ex-pound,
  • ex-pounding,
  • ex pounding,
  • dis-course,
  • dis course,
  • dis coursing,
  • ex pound,
  • ex-pounded,
  • ex-pounds,
  • dis-coursed,
  • dis-courses,
  • ex pounded,
  • dis-coursing,
  • sets forth,
  • ex pounds,
  • dis courses.
  •illuminate (verb)
  • giving insight,
  • up light,
  • gave insight,
  • gives insight,
  • uplighted,
  • up lighting,
  • up-lighted,
  • up-lights,
  • up-lighting,
  • up lighted,
  • uplighting,
  • up-light,
  • up lights.
  •indicate (verb)
  • points to,
  • re cording,
  • art symptomatic,
  • buttoning down,
  • re-cording,
  • am symptomatic,
  • being symptomatic,
  • were symptomatic,
  • wert symptomatic,
  • buttons down,
  • was symptomatic,
  • re-corded,
  • is symptomatic,
  • are symptomatic,
  • wast symptomatic,
  • buttoned down,
  • re-cord,
  • pinned down,
  • re cords,
  • re-cords,
  • re cord,
  • re corded.
  •instance (verb)
  • in-stance,
  • in stances,
  • in stance,
  • in-stances.
  •manifest (verb)
  • de clares,
  • de-clares,
  • personizes,
  • de clare,
  • personized,
  • personizing,
  • de-clare.
  •mark (verb)
  • staked out,
  • pointed up,
  • points up,
  • marks off,
  • stakes out.
  •personify (verb)
  • acts out,
  • hominifying,
  • makes human,
  • bodying forth,
  • lived as,
  • bodies forth,
  • living as,
  • bodied forth,
  • acted out,
  • lives as,
  • hominifies,
  • making human,
  • hominified,
  • acting out.
  •photograph (verb)
  • closeupped,
  • photo stating,
  • photo engraving,
  • gets shot,
  • making picture,
  • xraying,
  • got a shot,
  • snapshotted,
  • snapshotting,
  • made picture,
  • gotten likeness,
  • got likeness,
  • photo-stating,
  • photo engraves,
  • micro filming,
  • xrayed,
  • makes picture,
  • x-rayed,
  • Photo-engrave,
  • photo-graphed,
  • capturing film,
  • close upped,
  • makes a picture,
  • gat a likeness,
  • x rayed,
  • gotten a likeness,
  • photo-graphing,
  • making a picture,
  • gets a likeness,
  • x-raying,
  • photo graphed,
  • gets likeness,
  • capturing on film,
  • cinematizes,
  • closeupping,
  • micro-film,
  • gotten a shot,
  • close-upping,
  • photo engrave,
  • photoing,
  • get shot,
  • cinematized,
  • micro film,
  • gotten shot,
  • x raying,
  • captured on film,
  • lensed,
  • photo engraved,
  • make picture,
  • micro-films,
  • photostated,
  • photo-engraves,
  • micro films,
  • photoengraved,
  • gat shot,
  • micro-filmed,
  • close upping,
  • captures film,
  • capture film,
  • micro-filming,
  • photo stated,
  • gets a shot,
  • close ups,
  • Photo-engraving,
  • got shot,
  • getting shot,
  • cinematizing,
  • get likeness,
  • micro filmed,
  • photoengraves,
  • getting a shot,
  • photoed,
  • captures on film,
  • gat a shot,
  • Photo-engraved,
  • got a likeness,
  • getting a likeness,
  • photo graphing,
  • photo-stated,
  • photostating,
  • captured film,
  • gat likeness,
  • getting likeness,
  • close-upped.
  •proclaim (verb)
  • gets soapbox,
  • got on soapbox,
  • passing the word,
  • get a soapbox,
  • pro claimed,
  • pro-fesses,
  • got a soapbox,
  • pro fesses,
  • pro claiming,
  • pass word,
  • got on a soapbox,
  • shooting mouth,
  • gotten on soapbox,
  • pro claims,
  • shot mouth,
  • getting on a soapbox,
  • gat on soapbox,
  • sounds off,
  • passes the word,
  • shoot mouth,
  • pro claim,
  • shot off mouth,
  • shouted out,
  • pro-claim,
  • pro-claiming,
  • got soapbox,
  • spreading it around,
  • shooting off mouth,
  • getting soapbox,
  • shoots mouth,
  • getting on soapbox,
  • pro-fess,
  • pro-claims,
  • gat soapbox,
  • sounding off,
  • get soapbox,
  • passed word,
  • spreading around,
  • pro-claimed,
  • gat on a soapbox,
  • pro fess,
  • getting a soapbox,
  • gat a soapbox,
  • gotten on a soapbox,
  • gets on soapbox,
  • spreads it around,
  • passes word,
  • gets a soapbox,
  • gets on a soapbox,
  • sounded off,
  • shouts out,
  • gotten soapbox,
  • shouting out,
  • shoots off mouth,
  • spreads around,
  • gotten a soapbox.
  •represent (verb)
  • approximate,
  • model,
  • duplicate,
  • render,
  • simulate,
  • silhouette,
  • outline,
  • ape,
  • cast,
  • replicate.
  •show (verb)
  • dis cover,
  • shows one's face,
  • re aching,
  • am visible,
  • blows in,
  • putting in appearance,
  • makes the scene,
  • shows one face,
  • showing face,
  • showing one's face,
  • blew in,
  • is visible,
  • was visible,
  • showing one face,
  • being visible,
  • dis-covered,
  • show one face,
  • showed face,
  • re-aching,
  • re ached,
  • made scene,
  • show ones face,
  • showed one face,
  • making scene,
  • show face,
  • showed one's face,
  • put appearance,
  • wast visible,
  • dis covers,
  • art visible,
  • showed ones face,
  • dis covered,
  • dis-covers,
  • puts appearance,
  • shows face,
  • make scene,
  • puts in appearance,
  • re-ached,
  • shows ones face,
  • dis covering,
  • wert visible,
  • putting appearance,
  • are visible,
  • were visible,
  • makes scene,
  • showing ones face,
  • dis-cover,
  • dis-covering.
  •spell out (verb)
  • cluing in,
  • drew map,
  • drew a map,
  • fills someone in,
  • draw map,
  • draws map,
  • drawing a map,
  • draws a map,
  • filling someone in,
  • filled someone in,
  • clues in,
  • drawing map.
  •symbolize (verb)
  • symboling,
  • symboled.
  •teach (verb)
  • gave the facts,
  • improves mind,
  • polishes up,
  • shows ropes,
  • showing the ropes,
  • giving the facts,
  • co-ached,
  • gave instruction,
  • shows the ropes,
  • in form,
  • giving instruction,
  • pounds in to,
  • showed the ropes,
  • in-forms,
  • pre pare,
  • pre-pared,
  • gives lessons,
  • opens eyes,
  • show ropes,
  • gave lessons,
  • in forming,
  • opened eyes,
  • in forms,
  • showing ropes,
  • pre-paring,
  • in-forming,
  • pound in to,
  • pounding into,
  • gives instruction,
  • pre paring,
  • co-aching,
  • co ached,
  • co aching,
  • pre pares,
  • gives the facts,
  • polished up,
  • pre pared,
  • giving lessons,
  • pounding in to,
  • improving mind,
  • gives facts,
  • gave facts,
  • pounded into,
  • showed ropes,
  • pre-pare,
  • improved mind,
  • polishing up,
  • pounded in to,
  • opening eyes,
  • pounds into,
  • giving facts.
  •unfold (verb)
  • un-folds,
  • un-folded,
  • un fold,
  • doping out,
  • un folded,
  • un folding,
  • doped out,
  • un-folding,
  • un folds,
  • dopes out,
  • un-fold.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • expatiate,
  • oversimplify,
  • delineate,
  • disambiguate,
  • take through,
  • reword,
  • Redraw,
  • impress on,
  • get through to,
  • particularize,
  • talk through,
  • teach,
  • specify.
  •
  • amplify,
  • recite,
  • run-through,
  • airbrush,
  • unpack,
  • pinpoint,
  • crayon,
  • run over.
  •
  • epitomize,
  • recount,
  • reflect,
  • expand,
  • stencil.
  •
  • go into,
  • preview,
  • put.
  •
  • develop.
  •
  • DO.
  •
  • say,
  • capture.
  •
  • tag.
  •
  • call.
  •affirm
  • adduce.
  •clear up
  • puzzle out,
  • figure out,
  • make plausible,
  • figuring out,
  • figured out,
  • make reasonable.
  •evidence
  • testify to.
  •imitate
  • copy.
  •indicate
  • pinning down,
  • Carded,
  • signalled,
  • importing,
  • pointing to,
  • tabbing,
  • Slotted,
  • tabbed,
  • pins down,
  • be symptomatic,
  • pointed to,
  • Carding,
  • point to,
  • button down,
  • Slotting.
  •interpret
  • reenacting,
  • re-enact,
  • re-enacts,
  • reenact,
  • making of,
  • make of,
  • reenacted,
  • made of.
  •manifest
  • Strutted,
  • Personize.
  •personalize
  • personalized.
  •personify
  • humanize,
  • act out,
  • live as,
  • make human,
  • hominify,
  • made human.
  •teach
  • show the ropes,
  • improve mind,
  • pound into,
  • Disciplining,
  • give instruction,
  • give lessons,
  • disciplined,
  • open eyes,
  • give facts,
  • polish up,
  • give the facts.
  •typify
  • Typified.
  •unfold
  • dope out.
  •Other relevant words:
  • chase,
  • explanation,
  • show how,
  • image,
  • involve,
  • decorate,
  • realize,
  • decipher,
  • solve,
  • shine on,
  • brilliant,
  • imply,
  • well-known,
  • denote,
  • garnish,
  • conspicuous,
  • direction,
  • dress,
  • illustrated,
  • demythologize,
  • justification,
  • descent,
  • express,
  • signalize,
  • explanatory,
  • case,
  • cite,
  • crack,
  • name,
  • simplify,
  • trim,
  • incarnate,
  • demystify,
  • Famed,
  • light up,
  • realise,
  • project,
  • breathe,
  • itemise,
  • call to mind,
  • expounding,
  • Euhemerize,
  • dress up,
  • bespeak,
  • work,
  • signify,
  • resolve,
  • example,
  • deck,
  • personate,
  • comment upon,
  • stipulation,
  • gild,
  • great,
  • distinguished,
  • exemplification,
  • account,
  • interpretation,
  • commentary,
  • fret,
  • Expounder,
  • show the way,
  • descriptive,
  • description,
  • Unriddle,
  • refer to,
  • annotation,
  • exposit,
  • prink,
  • eminent,
  • depiction,
  • Dight,
  • proud,
  • powder,
  • reputable,
  • important,
  • definition,
  • bedeck,
  • emboss,
  • quote,
  • itemize,
  • fig out,
  • schema,
  • beautify,
  • approve,
  • foreshadow,
  • bedight,
  • spangle,
  • mean,
  • impersonate,
  • unravel,
  • bedizen,
  • prefigure,
  • emblazon,
  • stand,
  • figure,
  • Grangerize,
  • sample,
  • excuse,
  • symbolise,
  • adumbrate,
  • embroider,
  • Iconography,
  • annotate,
  • account for,
  • pictorialize,
  • shadow,
  • suggest,
  • rationalize,
  • solution,
  • notable,
  • specification,
  • speak for itself,
  • enlighten,
  • unlock,
  • grace,
  • allude to,
  • argue,
  • epitomise,
  • perform,
  • titivate,
  • demonstrative,
  • dizen,
  • illustrative,
  • illustration,
  • distinguish,
  • clarification,
  • array,
  • Pretypify,
  • shadow forth,
  • specifications,
  • famous,
  • dignified,
  • bring to light,
  • show signs of,
  • trick out,
  • illustrious,
  • popularize,
  • bright,
  • body forth,
  • explain away,
  • tell,
  • bespangle,
  • prank,
  • high,
  • appeal to authority,
  • address,
  • construe,
  • exposition,
  • Picturize,
  • be emblematic of,
  • renowned,
  • make famous,
  • detail,
  • explication.

Paraphrases for Illustrate:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    clarified, demonstrate, are, depict, indicate, reflect, reveal, explain, represent, describe, prove, display, suggest, relate, testify, pertain, underscore, emphasise, tell, note, embody, present.
  • Verb, base form
    demonstrate, demonstrating, according, illuminate, depict, indicate, explains, shows, highlight, reflect, clarify, articulate, showcase, reveal, portray, substantiate, explain, elucidate, represent, representing, outline, describe, enlighten, displays, prove, underline, display, emphasize, suggest, attest, capture, translate, testify, delineate, elaborate, legitimize, underscore, establish, convey, inform, emphasise, tell, specify, expound, note, embody, operationalize, introduce, certify, disclose, seize, communicate, present, enunciate.

• Other Related

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    exemplify, example.
  • Verb, base form
    exemplify, example.

Antonyms for Illustrate:

• v.

  • demonstrate, exemplify
    conceal, cover, obscure, complicate, hide, save, confuse.
  • Other antonyms:
    mar, befog, fog, becloud, muddy, deform, cloud, deface, puzzle, obfuscate, spoil, blur, disfigure, perplex, darken.

Hyponym for Illustrate:

• v.

  • communication
    expand, expound, flesh out, dilate, expatiate, exposit, lucubrate, elaborate, enlarge.
  • creation
    beautify, embellish, depict, ornament, show, render, grace, adorn, decorate, picture.