| Main Entry: | analyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and determine |
Synonyms: |
assay, beat a dead horse, chew over, confab, consider, estimate, evaluate, figure, figure out, get down to brass tacks, hash, inspect, interpret, investigate, judge, kick around, rehash, resolve, scrutinize, sort out, spell out, study, talk game, test, think through |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
Synonyms: |
account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, calculate roughly, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, form opinion, gauge, guess, guesstimate, judge, look into, look upon, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, run over, scheme, set a figure, size up, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, think through |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |
| Main Entry: | rationalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make excuse; justify |
Synonyms: |
account for, apply logic, cop a plea, cop out, deliberate, elucidate, excise, excuse, explain away, extenuate, give alibi, intellectualize, justify, make allowance, reason, reason out, reconcile, resolve, think, think through, vindicate |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mentally analyze |
Synonyms: |
adduce, cerebrate, cogitate, conclude, contemplate, decide, deduce, deduct, deliberate, draw conclusion, draw from, examine, figure out, gather, generalize, infer, make out, philosophize, ratiocinate, rationalize, reflect, resolve, solve, speculate, study, suppose, syllogize, think, think through, thresh out, work out |
| Main Entry: | anatomize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze |
Synonyms: |
break down, dissect, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, lay bare, scrutinize, think through |
| Main Entry: | valuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate |
Synonyms: |
account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, calculate, calculate roughly, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count*, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, form opinion, gauge, guess, guesstimate, judge, look into, look upon, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank*, rate, reason, reckon, regard, run over, scheme, set a figure, size up, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, take the measure of, tax, think, think through, value |