Synonyms of the word

illustrate

• v. (obsolete) To shed light upon; to illuminate.
• v. To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
• v. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
• v. (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

adorn

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• n. (obsolete) adornment.

beautify

• v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.

decorate

• v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
• v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
• v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…

depict

• v. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
• adj. (obsolete) Depicted.

dilate

• v. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on"…

elaborate

• adj. Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
• adj. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
• v. (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).

embellish

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

enlarge

• v. (transitive) To make larger.
• v. (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to…
• v. (intransitive) To speak at length upon or on (some subject).
• v. (archaic) To release; to set at large.
• v. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
• v. (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

exemplify

• v. (transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
• v. (transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example.
• v. (transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.

expand

• v. (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
• v. (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
• v. (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
• v. (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
• v. (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same…
• v. (intransitive) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
• v. (intransitive) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
• v. (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
• v. (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.

expatiate

• v. (now rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
• v. To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant.
• v. (obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

exposit

• v. to expound.

expound

• v. (transitive) To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.

grace

• n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
• n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
• n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
• n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
• n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
• n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
• n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
• v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
• v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
• v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
• v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

instance

• n. (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
• n. (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
• n. (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
• n. Occasion; order of occurrence.
• n. A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
• n. One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
• n. (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
• n. (computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local…
• n. (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each…
• n. (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
• v. (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite.
• v. (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

lucubrate

• v. (rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
• v. To work or write like a scholar.

ornament

• n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• n. A Christmas tree decoration.
• n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
• v. To decorate.
• v. To add to.

picture

• n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface,…
• n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
• n. A painting.
• n. A photograph.
• n. (informal) A motion picture.
• n. (dated, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
• n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
• n. An attractive sight.
• n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
• n. A figure; a model.
• n. Situation.
• v. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
• v. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
• v. (transitive) To depict.

render

• v. (transitive) To cause to become.
• v. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
• v. (transitive) To translate into another language.
• v. (transitive) To pass down.
• v. (transitive) To make over as a return.
• v. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
• v. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
• v. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
• v. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
• v. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
• v. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
• v. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster. To render with stucco.
• v. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
• v. (nautical) To yield or give way.
• v. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
• v. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
• n. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
• n. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
• n. (obsolete) A surrender.
• n. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
• n. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
• n. One who rends.

show

• v. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
• v. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
• v. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
• v. (transitive) To guide or escort.
• v. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
• v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
• v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
• n. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
• n. (countable) An exhibition of items.
• n. (countable) A demonstration.
• n. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
• n. (countable) A movie.
• n. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
• n. A project or presentation.
• n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
• n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
• n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.