explainsynonyms, sorted by meaning
Synonym
explain
clarify
elucidate (formal) explicate (formal) expound (formal) spell out (informal) break down (informal) illustrate
justify
account for justify rationalize defend excuse vindicate
interpret
interpret construe read decipher make sense of
narrate
recount relate (formal) describe set forth (formal)
disclose
reveal disclose (formal) lay out unfold reveal
state
state set out present put forward declare
instruct
teach instruct coach tutor train edify (formal)
Thesaurus
explain
Core Acts
clarify elucidate explicate expound interpret
Speech Acts
elaborate spell out break down walk through lay out set forth
Reasons
justify account for rationalize defend excuse vindicate
Simplification
simplify dumb down (informal) paraphrase translate rephrase gloss
Narration
narrate recount describe report relate tell
Teaching
teach instruct lecture demonstrate illustrate show
Answers
answer respond resolve solve address field (informal)
Outcomes
explanation clarification elucidation interpretation rationale justification
Agents
explainer interpreter expositor commentator analyst teacher
Qualities
explanatory explicable intelligible lucid coherent clear
Idioms
clear up shed light on make sense of account for get across spell out
Opposites
obscure confuse muddle bewilder mystify confound
What the word
to make something understood by making it clear
clarify
elucidate (formal)
explain
illuminate (figurative)
spell out (phrasal)
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