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| 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: | 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: | disentangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unwind, disconnect; solve |
| Synonyms: | clear up, detach, disencumber, disengage, emancipate, expand, extricate, free, let off, loose, open, part, resolve, separate, sever, simplify, sunder, undo, unfold, unravel, untangle, untie, work out, bail one out, discumber, disembroil, disinvolve, let go, sort out, unbraid, unscramble, unsnarl, untwine, untwist |
| Antonyms: | entangle, entwine, twist, wind |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alleviate, help |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, appease, assist, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, cure, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, lift, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, still, tranquilize, anesthetize, attend to, clear the way, disburden, let up on, make easier, open the door, run interference for, speed up, untighten |
| Antonyms: | annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen |
| Main Entry: | facilitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assist the progress of |
| Synonyms: | aid, ease, expedite, forward, further, help, promote, simplify, smooth, speed, grease the wheels, hand-carry, make easy, open doors, run interference for, speed up, walk through |
| Antonyms: | block, check, delay, detain, hinder, prohibit, stop |
| Main Entry: | iron out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reconcile a situation |
| Synonyms: | agree, arbitrate, clear up*, compromise, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expedite, get rid of*, harmonize, negotiate, resolve, settle, simplify, unravel, put right, reach agreement, settle differences, smooth over*, sort out*, straighten out* |
| Antonyms: | make worse, mess up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | popularize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make widely popular, accessible |
| Synonyms: | disseminate, familiarize, generalize, promote, restore, revive, simplify, spread, catch on, give currency, make available, resurrect, universalize |
| Antonyms: | discredit, shun |
| 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: | 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: | oversimplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make too simple |
| Synonyms: | reduce, simplify, over reduce |
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