| Main Entry: | clarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain, make clear |
Synonyms: |
analyze, break down, clear up, define, delineate, draw a picture, elucidate, formulate, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, resolve, settle, shed light on, simplify, spell out, straighten out, throw light on |
Antonyms: |
confuse, muddle |
| Main Entry: | clarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
Synonyms: |
clean, cleanse, depurate, distill, filter, rarefy, refine |
Antonyms: |
dirty, muddle, muddy |
| Main Entry: | account for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give reason for |
Synonyms: |
clarify, elucidate, explain, justify, resolve |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into agreement or to a standard |
Synonyms: |
accord, allocate, arrange, clarify, conclude, conform, coordinate, doctor*, fiddle with, fine-tune, fix up, grade, methodize, modify, organize, reconcile, regulate, settle, sort, standardize, straighten, systematize, tally |
Antonyms: |
confuse, derange, unfit, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
Synonyms: |
clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss |
Synonyms: |
agitate, canvass, clarify, debate, dispute, expostulate, hold, maintain, question, reason, remonstrate, talk about |
Antonyms: |
abstain, keep quiet, keep silent |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | cleanse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty; wash |
Synonyms: |
absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize |
Antonyms: |
dirty, soil, spot |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
Synonyms: |
ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe |
Antonyms: |
clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liberate; free from uncertainty |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, clarify, defog, discharge, disculpate, emancipate, exculpate, exonerate, explain, find innocent, let go, let off, let off the hook, release, relieve, set free, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
condemn, find guilty, sentence |