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| Main Entry: | expound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about in great detail |
| Synonyms: | clarify, comment, construe, delineate, describe, discourse, elucidate, exemplify, explain, explicate, express, illustrate, interpret, present, spell out, state, unfold, enucleate, set forth |
| Main Entry: | annotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write explanatory notes |
| Synonyms: | comment, construe, define, elucidate, explain, expound, footnote, gloss, illustrate, interpret, note, remark, commentate |
| Main Entry: | comment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make statement of opinion, explanation |
| Synonyms: | affirm, annotate, assert, bring out, clarify, conclude, construe, criticize, disclose, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, express, gloss, illustrate, interject, interpose, interpret, mention, note, notice, observe, opine, point out, pronounce, reflect, remark, say, state, animadvert, commentate, pass on, touch upon |
| Antonyms: | refrain, keep quiet |
| 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: | 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: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, name, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, convey image, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, particularize, write up |
| Antonyms: | confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | dilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, widen |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, broaden, develop, distend, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, increase, inflate, lengthen, prolong, protract, swell, be profuse, be prolix, puff out, spin off |
| Antonyms: | compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, speak about |
| Synonyms: | argue, chew*, comment, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dispute, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, harangue, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate, remark, talk, treat, voice, commentate, confab, dilate upon, dissert, dissertate, give a meeting, hold forth, sermonize |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make detailed; expand |
| Synonyms: | amplify, bedeck, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, develop, devise, discuss, embellish, enhance, enlarge, evolve, expatiate, explain, expound, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, polish, produce, refine, specify, unfold, work out, flesh out, particularize |
| Antonyms: | simplify, make simple |
| Main Entry: | elucidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in detail |
| Synonyms: | annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, decode, demonstrate, enlighten, exemplify, explicate, expound, get across*, gloss, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, prove, spell out*, unfold, draw a picture, make perfectly clear, make plain, make see daylight, shed light on, throw light on |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distract, mix up, mystify, obscure, be vague, make ambiguous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | explicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clarify, expand |
| Synonyms: | amplify, clear up, construe, demonstrate, develop, dilate, elucidate, expatiate, explain, expound, illustrate, interpret, run down, spell out*, unfold, untangle, work out, enlarge upon, enucleate, give the big picture, make clear, make explicit, make plain, tell why |
| Antonyms: | cloud, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, tangle |
* = 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: | orate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak |
| Synonyms: | address, expound, grandstand, lecture, moralize, pontificate, preach, talk, vociferate, sermonize |
| Main Entry: | proclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advertise, make known |
| Synonyms: | affirm, announce, blast, blaze, blazon, broadcast, call, circulate, declare, demonstrate, disseminate, enunciate, evidence, evince, exhibit, expound, herald, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, profess, promulgate, publish, show, spiel*, spout, stump*, trumpet*, utter, vent, ventilate, voice, annunciate, get on a soapbox, give out, ostend, pass the word, shoot off mouth, shout out, sound off, spread it around |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | state |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
| Synonyms: | affirm, air, articulate, asseverate, aver, bring out, come out with, deliver, describe, elucidate, enumerate, enunciate, explain, expound, express, give, interpret, narrate, pitch, present, pronounce, put, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, say, speak, specify, spiel*, tell, throw out*, utter, vent, ventilate, voice, chime in*, enounce, give blow-by-blow, give rundown, propound, set forth |
| Antonyms: | ask, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | teach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | educate; instill knowledge |
| Synonyms: | advise, brainwash*, break in*, brief, catechize, coach, communicate, cram, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, expound, fit, form, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, train, tutor, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, improve mind, open eyes, polish up, pound into, show the ropes |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expatiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elaborate |
| Synonyms: | develop, dilate, enlarge, expound |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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