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Elucidate synonyms

ĭ-lo͝o'sĭ-dāt'

To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

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shed (or throw) light on (or upon)

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To clear of confusion or uncertainty:

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Enlighten is defined as to inform or give spiritual understanding.

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To have or show one's own understanding of the meaning of; construe

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To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.

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To provide with artistic or decorative detail:

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To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

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To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.

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obscure (antonym)

To make difficult to discern mentally or understand:

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make ambiguous (antonym)

explain in detail

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mix-up (antonym)

(Idiomatic) To confuse or reverse.

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be vague (antonym)

explain in detail

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mystify (antonym)

To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

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distract (antonym)

To attract (the attention) away from its original focus; divert.

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To enlighten intellectually or spiritually; enable to understand:

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(Intransitive) Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm.

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To illuminate; to make clear.

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To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar

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(UK) Alternative spelling of crystallize.

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(Rare) Alternative spelling of crystallize.

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(UK) Alternative spelling of crystallize.

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(Idiomatic) To correct or rectify.

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obfuscate (antonym)

(Computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but conceal its structure and intent.

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explicate (related)

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elucidation (related)

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delineate (related)

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unravel (related)

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examine (related)

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discern (related)

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emphasize (related)

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Expound is defined as to explain further or in more detail.

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(Old Poet.) To illuminate

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confuse (antonym)

To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.

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Find another word for elucidate. In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for elucidate, like: explain, shed (or throw) light on (or upon), clarify, enlighten, interpret, describe, detail, illustrate, clear, obscure and make ambiguous.