Explain synonyms and antonyms
ĭk-splān'
Category:
Part of speech:
To explain or decorate
To cause to be seen; show:
The definition of clarify is to make something more clear or easier to understand.
To explain or clarify something:
To make clear or explicit (something obscure or implied); explain fully
The definition of illuminate is to light something up or to explain something so that it is clear.
Elaborate is defined as to add details to something.
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To have or show one's own understanding of the meaning of; construe
An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.
To show to be true by reasoning or adducing evidence; prove:
(Law) To show an adequate reason for something done
To speak clearly; to enunciate.
To cause to be no longer scrambled, disordered, or mixed up
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That can be explained; explainable
To give an account of in speech or writing:
Unravel is defined as to solve, untangle or undo, or to become untangled.
show by example
assign a meaning to
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
throw light upon
To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.
To give lessons to (a student, pupil, or class); guide the studies of; instruct
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essayistic
Resembling an essay in nature or quality.
Of or relating to exegesis
A number or symbol, placed above and to the right of the expression to which it applies, that indicates the number of times the expression is used as a factor. For example, the exponent 3 in 53 indicates 5 × 5 × 5; the exponent x in ( a + b )x indicates ( a + b ) multiplied by itself x times.
Of, like, or containing exposition; explanatory
That which explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates
Marked by interpretation.
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Something fashioned or devised systematically:
An unproved theory, proposition, supposition, etc. tentatively accepted to explain certain facts or (working hypothesis) to provide a basis for further investigation, argument, etc.
To make wider or larger; cause to expand or swell; stretch
To speak or write at length:
(Archaic) To make clear; explain
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summarise (related)
suggest (related)
To bring into view; uncover
(Intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
To become fine or pure; become free from impurities, etc.
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To express in another medium:
To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret:
To give form or meaning to:
(Intransitive) To become free or untangled
Rationalize is to attempt to justify something or to make excuses for bad behavior or an unpleasant outcome.
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make plain
Unfold is defined as to open or undo something folded, or make something known that wasn't.
To state again or in a new form.
To phrase again, especially to state in a new, clearer, or different way.
To reduce to fundamental parts.
To make less mysterious; clarify:
To find the solution or an answer to (a problem); solve
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(Idiomatic) To calculate.
To find or provide the correct or a satisfactory solution to (a problem)
explicatory
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
cast light upon
make sense of
make oneself understood
To be the primary cause of
To try to minimize or pardon (a fault); apologize or give reasons for
confuse (antonym)
To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
To form (a word) from its component letters.
get-to-the-bottom-of
understand (related)
summarize (related)
examine (related)
outline (related)
Of, having the nature of, or forming a paraphrase
be vague (antonym)
make clear; give a reason for
complicate (antonym)
To expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
make clear
To utter or render aloud (written or printed material):
put in other words
come to the point
comment on
remark upon
offer an explanation
set right
put on the right track
go into detail
puzzle (antonym)
To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study:
confound (antonym)
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
To perform a theatrical production.
To provide critical or explanatory notes for (a literary work, etc.)
ask (related)
To expect or demand:
emphasise (related)
explain (related)
Explain is defined as to make something clear or to account for something or tell why something happened.
to-explain (related)
hammer into one's head
perplex (antonym)
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
obscure (antonym)
To make difficult to discern mentally or understand:
Serving or intended to explain:
Synonym Study
- Construe suggests a careful interpretation of something especially where meaning is ambiguous her silence was construed as agreement
- To interpret is to bring out meanings not immediately apparent, as by translation, searching insight, or special knowledge how do you interpret his behavior?
- Elucidate implies a shedding light upon by clear and specific explanation, illustration, etc. to elucidate the country's foreign policy
- Explicate implies a scholarly analysis or exposition that is developed in detail the explication of a Biblical passage
- Expound implies a systematic and thorough explanation, often by a person having expert knowledge to expound a theory
- Explain implies making clear or intelligible something that is not known or understood to explain how a machine operates
Find another word for explain. In this page you can discover 118 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for explain, like: illustrate, reveal, clarify, elucidate, explicate, illuminate, elaborate, interpret, exegesis, expound and demonstrate.
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