Synonyms for interpret
ɪnˈtɜr prɪtin·ter·pret

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1. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   solve, translate, explain, expound, elucidate, render, unfold, decipher, unravel

2. interpretverb

   To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.

   Synonyms:
   elucidate, expound, unravel, unfold, translate, render, decipher, solve, explain

3. interpretverb

   To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.

   Synonyms:
   explain, unravel, decipher, unfold, elucidate, render, translate, expound, solve

4. interpretverb

   To act as an interpreter.

   Synonyms:
   elucidate, translate, decipher, render, unfold, expound, solve, explain, unravel

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. interpret

   Synonyms:
   translate, render, construe, explain, expound, expone, represent, declare, understand, elucidate, decipher, solve

   Antonyms:
   misinterpret, misunderstand, mistake, misconceive, falsify, distort, misdeclare, misrepresent

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1. interpret, construe, seeverb

   make sense of; assign a meaning to

   "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

   Synonyms:
   date, take in, figure, experience, go out, look, reckon, go through, read, run across, find, view, go steady, get word, meet, examine, construe, rede, determine, see, find out, see to it, fancy, picture, translate, visualize, realise, control, encounter, escort, learn, envision, watch, run into, represent, render, assure, come across, understand, get a line, image, take care, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, regard, ascertain, catch, visualise, consider, hear, realize, project, visit, discover, insure, check

2. rede, interpretverb

   give an interpretation or explanation to

   Synonyms:
   see, translate, read, counsel, understand, advise, render, construe, rede, represent

3. interpret, renderverb

   give an interpretation or rendition of

   "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

   Synonyms:
   furnish, construe, deliver, represent, give, fork out, rede, turn in, try, fork up, hand over, translate, supply, picture, fork over, depict, show, generate, return, understand, provide, read, yield, render, see, submit

4. represent, interpretverb

   create an image or likeness of

   "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

   Synonyms:
   stage, act, construe, typify, play, be, represent, stand for, lay out, rede, defend, comprise, symbolise, translate, map, exemplify, present, understand, make up, correspond, read, symbolize, render, see, constitute

5. translate, interpret, renderverb

   restate (words) from one language into another language

   "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."

   Synonyms:
   furnish, construe, deliver, represent, transform, give, fork out, rede, turn in, try, fork up, hand over, translate, supply, picture, fork over, depict, show, generate, return, understand, provide, read, yield, render, see, submit

6. understand, read, interpret, translateverb

   make sense of a language

   "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

   Synonyms:
   construe, infer, scan, say, represent, sympathise, transform, show, empathize, rede, register, learn, sympathize, translate, study, record, empathise, take, realise, read, realize, render, see, understand

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Perform
   • Performing Arts
   • Re-create
   • Understand

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1. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   explain, expound, decipher, elucidate, unfold, define, make out, make clear, explain the meaning of

2. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   construe, translate, render

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1. interpretverb

   Synonyms:
   construe, translate, render

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1. List of paraphrases for "interpret":

   interpreting, interpretation, construe, explain

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How to use interpret in a sentence?

1. Nicky Morgan:

   I don't think anyone should interpret today's announcement or discussion about the licence fee model as any kind of attack on the BBC.

2. William Dudley:

   The evidence to date that liquidity has diminished markedly is, at best, mixed, even if one were to interpret the evidence as indicating that liquidity has been reduced, it is not clear whether regulation is the primary driver, as other changes have played important roles as well.

3. Ruslan Balbek:

   There is often a confusion of concepts: people interpret a crackdown on religious sects which are banned in Russia ... as a persecution of the Crimean Tatars.

4. Neal Katyal:

   The president would be mistaken to interpret today’s decision as a greenlight to continue his unwise and un-American policies, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly said, not everything that is constitutional is good policy. The travel ban is atrocious policy, and makes us less safe and undermines our American ideals.

5. Dean Cheng:

   The Chinese will absolutely interpret The Chinese as being directly connected, having a better sense of how American bureaucracy works, I'd be more skeptical.