Explain Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭk-splān
To make understandable
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. explicate
  2. construe
  3. interpret
  4. expound
  5. elucidate
  6. decipher
  7. describe
  8. clarify
  9. make clear
  10. spell out
  11. define
  12. annotate
  13. illuminate
  14. manifest
  15. justify
  16. translate
  17. rationalize
  18. unfold
  19. unravel
  20. simplify
  21. resolve
  22. tell
  23. point out
  24. account for
  25. illustrate
  26. demonstrate
  27. teach
  28. emphasize
  29. reveal
  30. disclose
  31. point up
  32. refine
  33. read
  34. paraphrase
  35. render
  36. put in other words
  37. assign a meaning to
  38. amplify
  39. disentangle
  40. untangle
  41. make plain
  42. come to the point
  43. put-across
  44. throw light upon
  45. show by example
  46. restate
  47. rephrase
  48. demystify
  49. comment on
  50. remark upon
  51. offer an explanation
  52. dilate
  53. clear up
  54. set right
  55. put on the right track
  56. elaborate
  57. unscramble
  58. articulate
  59. go into detail
  60. get-to-the-bottom-of
  61. expand
  62. figure out
  63. speak-out
  64. expatiate
  65. cast light upon
  66. get across
  67. get-over
  68. get-through
  69. get to
  70. bring out
  71. exposit
  72. work out
  73. solve
  74. make sense of
  75. make oneself understood
  76. hammer into one's head
  77. put in plain English
  78. enucleate
Antonyms:
  1. confuse
  2. puzzle
  3. obscure
  4. be vague
  5. confound
  6. complicate
  7. perplex
  8. mystify
To find a solution for
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. clear up
  2. decipher
  3. resolve
  4. solve
  5. unravel
  6. dope out
  7. figure out
To offer reasons for or a cause of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. account for
  2. justify
  3. excuse
  4. rationalize

Words Related to Explain

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Explain Sentence Examples

  • Let him explain all of it to his mother.

  • There are three small rooms upstairs but we'll explain about them later.

  • I tried to think of the best way to explain my feelings.

  • It was hard to explain how her beauty was different than so many others, but it was.

  • She so wanted a word from him that would explain to her what had happened and to which she could find no answer.

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