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| 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: | analyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and determine |
| Synonyms: | assay, beat a dead horse*, consider, estimate, evaluate, figure, hash*, inspect, interpret, investigate, judge, rehash, resolve, scrutinize, spell out, study, test, chew over, confab, figure out, get down to brass tacks, kick around*, sort out, talk game, think through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | clarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, clear up, define, delineate, elucidate, formulate, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, resolve, settle, simplify, spell out*, break down, draw a picture, make perfectly clear, make plain, shed light on, straighten out, throw light on |
| Antonyms: | confuse, muddle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | decode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decipher |
| Synonyms: | break, clear up, crack, interpret, read, solve, translate, unravel, untangle, work out, crack the code, decrypt, figure out, find the solution, make clear, unriddle, unscramble |
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give description |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, assign, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, illustrate, interpret, label, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate, call a spade a spade, denominate, formalize, lay it out, nail it down |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | depict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe, render in drawing or writing |
| Synonyms: | characterize, delineate, design, detail, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, relate, report, represent, reproduce, sketch, state, sculpt |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, mix up |
| 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: | diagnose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify problem, disease |
| Synonyms: | analyze, determine, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot, determinate, diagnosticate |
| Antonyms: | misdiagnose |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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: | fathom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discern, understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, dig, divine, estimate, follow, gauge, get, grasp, have, interpret, know, measure, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, plumb, probe, recognize, savvy, sound, unravel, cognize, figure out, get to the bottom |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not get |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | define |
| Synonyms: | annotate, comment, construe, elucidate, explain, interpret, justify, translate |
| Antonyms: | misinform |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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