| Meaning | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Examples | - "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"
- "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
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| Synonyms | qualify, characterise |
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| Narrower | distinguish, mark, differentiate | Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait |
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| stamp | Reveal clearly as having a certain character |
| Broader | remember, think of | Keep in mind / mind for attention or consideration |
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| Spanish | calificar, caracterizar |
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| Catalan | caracteritzar, qualificar |
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| Nouns | character | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something |
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| characterization | the act of describing distinctive / distinctive characteristics / characteristics or essential features |
