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decipher - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | decipher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, break, bring out, cipher, construe, crack, decode, deduce, disentangle, elucidate, explain, expound, interpret, make out, read, render, reveal, solve, spell, translate, unfold, unravel, break down, dope out, encipher, find the key, make clear, puzzle out, unriddle |
| Antonyms: | code, encode, scramble |
| Main Entry: | cipher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out code |
| Synonyms: | break, calculate, clear up, compute, count, decipher, estimate, figure, reckon, resolve, solve, unravel |
| Antonyms: | code |
| Main Entry: | construe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce; explain |
| Synonyms: | analyze, decipher, define, explicate, expound, figure it to be, infer, interpret, one's best guess, parse, read, render, spell out, take, translate, understand |
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clear; give a reason for |
| Synonyms: | account for, analyze, annotate, bring out, clarify, clear up, construe, decipher, define, demonstrate, describe, diagram, disclose, elucidate, excuse, explicate, expound, get across*, illustrate, interpret, justify, manifest, paraphrase, point out, rationalize, read, refine, render, resolve, reveal, solve, spell out*, teach, tell, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle, break down, go into detail, make plain, put across, put in plain English, set right, throw light upon |
| Notes: | explicate also contains the implication that the something of which an account is being given is more complicated or detailed - so while one may explain why a child is crying, one would explicate the meaning of a poem or implications of a legal document; early senses of explain were 'smooth out' and 'spread flat' |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, perplex, be vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sense of; define |
| Synonyms: | adapt, annotate, clarify, comment, construe, decipher, decode, delineate, depict, describe, elucidate, enact, exemplify, explain, explicate, expound, gather, gloss, illustrate, image, improvise, limn, mimic, paraphrase, perform, picture, play, portray, read, render, represent, solve, spell out, take*, translate, understand, view, commentate, make of, reenact, throw light on |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up one's mind; find solution |
| Synonyms: | agree, analyze, answer, break, choose, clear up, clinch*, conclude, decide, decipher, decree, design, determine, dissect, dissolve, elect, elucidate, fathom, figure, fix, intend, iron out*, lick, pan out*, propose, purpose, rule, settle, solve, undertake, unfold, unravel, untangle, unzip, will, work, work out, anatomize, break down, deal with, make a point of, pass upon, puzzle out, remain firm, take a stand, work through |
| Antonyms: | mull, question, waver, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make easy, intelligible |
| Synonyms: | abridge, analyze, chasten, clarify, clear up, cut down, decipher, disentangle, elucidate, explain, facilitate, interpret, lay out, order, reduce, shorten, spell out, boil down, break down, break it down, clean it up, clean up, cut the frills, disinvolve, draw a picture, get down to basics, get to the meat, hit the high spots, let daylight in, let sunlight in, make clear, make perfectly clear, make plain, put in a nutshell, put one straight, streamline, unscramble |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | solve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, resolve |
| Synonyms: | break*, clarify, clear up, construe, crack*, decide, decipher, decode, determine, disentangle, divine, do, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, fathom, find out, fix, get, have, hit, illuminate, interpret, iron out*, lick*, make out*, pan out*, puzzle, reason, settle, unfold, unlock, unravel, untangle, work, work out, deal with, figure out, get right, get to the bottom, hit upon, make a dent, put two and two together, think out, unriddle |
| Antonyms: | pose, question, search, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clarify, explain |
| Synonyms: | brief, clear up, decipher, decode, define, describe, diagram, expound, get across*, illustrate, interpret, justify, point out, teach, tell, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle, break down, clue in, draw a map, fill someone in, go into detail, make plain, put across, put in plain English, throw light upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transcribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transfer to another medium |
| Synonyms: | decipher, duplicate, engross, interpret, note, record, render, reproduce, rewrite, take down, tape, transfer, translate, copy out, reprint, set out, tape-record, transliterate, write out |
| Main Entry: | unlock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open; solve |
| Synonyms: | break in, crack, decipher, free, jimmy, liberate, pop, release, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unravel, unseal, open the door, set free, unbolt, uncork, unhook, unlatch, unshut |
| Main Entry: | clear the air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear up |
| Synonyms: | clarify, decipher, define, elucidate, explain, interpret, show, simplify, solve, spell out, make clear, make plain, shed light on |
| Main Entry: | clear up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain; resolve |
| Synonyms: | answer, cipher, clarify, decipher, dissolve, elucidate, illuminate, illustrate, resolve, solve, tidy, unfold, unravel, figure out, make plausible, make reasonable, puzzle out, straighten out |
| Antonyms: | complicate, question |
| Main Entry: | read |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at and understand written word |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, comprehend, construe, decipher, dip into*, discover, gather, glance, go over, go through, interpret, know, learn, make out*, perceive, peruse, scan, see, skim, study, translate, unravel, view, bury oneself in, flip through*, leaf through, pore over, refer to, scratch the surface |
| Antonyms: | write |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | translate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interpret, explain |
| Synonyms: | construe, convert, decipher, decode, elucidate, explicate, gloss, paraphrase, put, render, reword, simplify, spell out, transcribe, transpose, turn, do into, make clear, metaphrase, transliterate |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand; decide, infer |
| Synonyms: | cipher, clear up, comprehend, conclude, crack, decipher, decode, determine, discover, disentangle, fathom, follow, get*, make out*, master, opine, reason, resolve, rule, see, settle, solve, suppose, think, unfold, unravel, untangle, catch on to, dope out*, make heads or tails of, puzzle out, think out, unriddle, unscramble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, catch, collect, compass, comprehend, conclude, decipher, deduce, deduct, derive, dig, fathom, follow, gather, grasp, infer, judge, perceive, realize, recognize, see, take in, work out |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, misconceive |
| Main Entry: | penetrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand or be understood |
| Synonyms: | affect, come across*, comprehend, decipher, discern, fathom, get across*, get over*, grasp, impress, perceive, touch, unravel, work out, become clear, figure out, get through, get to the bottom, put over, see through, sink in*, soak in* |
| Antonyms: | misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known |
| Synonyms: | announce, clarify, clear up, decipher, describe, disclose, discover, display, divulge, elucidate, explain, explicate, expose, illustrate, present, publish, resolve, reveal, show, solve, uncover, unravel, dope out, figure out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, withhold |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, solve |
| Synonyms: | adapt, decipher, decode, interpret, render, resolve, translate, transpose, work out, puzzle out, transliterate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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