ILLUSTRATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ILLUSTRATE?

Need another word that means the same as “illustrate”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “illustrate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Illustrate” are: exemplify, instance, with pictures, with sketches, decorate, adorn, ornament, embellish, accompany, explain, elucidate, clarify, make clear, make plain, demonstrate, point up, show, bring home, emphasize, interpret, display, encapsulate, represent

Illustrate as a Verb

Definitions of "Illustrate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “illustrate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Depict with an illustration.
• Clarify by giving an example of.
• Serve as an example of.
• Supply with illustrations.
• Provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures.
• Explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.

Synonyms of "Illustrate" as a verb (23 Words)

accompany	Play a musical accompaniment for. He would play his violin and Mother used to accompany him on our organ.
adorn	Make more beautiful or attractive. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere.
bring home	Go or come after and bring or take back.
clarify	Make clear and (more) comprehensible. Clarify the butter by using a spoon to skim off the foam.
decorate	Make (something) look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it. The five bedrooms are individually decorated.
demonstrate	March in protest; take part in a demonstration. Their shameful silence demonstrates their ineptitude.
display	Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing of animals. She photographed the peacock which chose that moment to display.
elucidate	Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter.
embellish	Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery.
emphasize	Give extra weight to (a communication. They emphasize the need for daily one to one contact between parent and child.
encapsulate	Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume. The conclusion is encapsulated in one sentence.
exemplify	Be characteristic of. He exemplified his point with an anecdote.
explain	Give a reason so as to justify or excuse (an action or event. Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again.
instance	Cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an example. I instanced Bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done.
interpret	Give an interpretation or explanation to. Interpreting the music well takes hours of listening and experimentation.
make clear	Engage in.
make plain	Make by combining materials and parts.
ornament	Be an ornament to. A jewel to ornament your wife s lovely throat.
point up	Be oriented.
represent	Be representative or typical for. Twenty parents picked to represent a cross section of Scottish life.
show	Show in or as in a picture. He tried not to let his relief show.
with pictures	Imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind.
with sketches	Make a sketch of.

Usage Examples of "Illustrate" as a verb

• Illustrate a book with drawings.
• The results are illustrated in Figure 7.
• The guide is illustrated with full-colour photographs.
• The World Cup illustrated what high standards our players must achieve.

Associations of "Illustrate" (30 Words)

album	One or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc. His debut album was very much influenced by the jazz sound.
artist	A person who creates paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby. A surgeon who is an artist with the scalpel.
characterization	A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something. The film s narrative elegance and richly developed characterizations.
cinematic	Relating to the cinema. Cinematic output.
daguerreotype	A photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapour.
delineation	The action of indicating the exact position of a border or boundary. The eventual delineation of the border between the two states.
depict	Give a description of. These equations may be depicted on a graph.
depiction	A graphic or vivid verbal description. The painting s horrific depiction of war.
describe	Give a detailed account in words of. A single light is seen to describe a circle.
description	The action of giving a spoken or written account. It is laughably easy to buy drugs of all descriptions.
draw	Obtain or withdraw money from a bank or other source. A bright red instantly draws the eye.
drawing	The art or activity of making drawings. He did complicated pen and ink drawings like medieval miniatures.
fresco	The method of painting frescoes used in Roman times and by the great masters of the Italian Renaissance including Giotto Raphael and Michelangelo. Four scenes had been frescoed on the wall.
gallery	A covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns. An art gallery.
illustration	A picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc. An illustration of a yacht.
illustrator	An artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.
implicit	With no qualification or question; absolute. Anger was implicit in the argument.
imply	(of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence. Salesmen who use jargon to imply superior knowledge.
photo	A photo finish. Do we wait till you ve had him photoed.
photograph	Undergo being photographed in a certain way. A photograph of her father.
photographer	Someone who takes photographs professionally. A freelance press photographer.
photography	The act of taking and printing photographs.
picture	Show in or as in a picture. His pictures hang in the Louvre.
pixel	A minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed. The camera scans photographs and encodes the image into pixels.
portrait	A representation or impression of someone or something in language or on film or television. The photographer made excellent portraits.
portraitist	A painter or drawer of portraits. Gerda is working as a portraitist of prominent citizens.
portraiture	A word picture of a person’s appearance and character. His strength as a novelist lay in his portraiture of upper class families.
portray	Portray in words. The father is portrayed as a good looking man in this painting.
portrayal	An instance of an actor playing a part in a film or play; a performance. The media portrayal of immigration.
postcard	A card for sending messages by post without an envelope. He promised to send me a picture postcard.