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Antonyms for read
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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. readverb

    Antonyms:
    pass

    Synonyms:
    understand, make out, learn, make sense of, interpret, study

  2. readverb

    To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.

    Synonyms:
    read out, speak

  3. readverb

    To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

    Do you read me?

    Synonyms:
    receive, hear

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. read

    Antonyms:
    extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, unpremeditated

    Synonyms:
    elaborated, premeditated, prepared, recited, studied, written

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. read

    Antonyms:
    misread, misinterpret, overlook, misobserve

    Synonyms:
    peruse, interpret, decipher, unravel, discover, recognize, learn

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. readverb

    something that is read

    "the article was a very good read"

  2. readverb

    interpret something that is written or printed

    "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  3. read, sayverb

    have or contain a certain wording or form

    "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

    Synonyms:
    enunciate, sound out, aver, scan, say, record, state, enounce, register, learn, interpret, articulate, translate, study, pronounce, enjoin, allege, understand, take, tell, order, suppose, show

  4. readverb

    look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

    "The King will read the proclamation at noon"

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  5. read, scanverb

    obtain data from magnetic tapes

    "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

    Synonyms:
    take, run down, glance over, translate, say, study, show, skim, scan, understand, register, learn, rake, record, interpret

  6. readverb

    interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

    "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  7. take, readverb

    interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

    "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"

    Synonyms:
    take on, demand, take in, shoot, get, call for, exact, take, pack, bring, acquire, involve, register, make, scan, lease, guide, engage, lead, hire, necessitate, select, have, record, occupy, strike, study, get hold of, train, use up, assume, admit, pick out, need, say, adopt, subscribe to, deal, take aim, translate, show, postulate, claim, ingest, hold, carry, contract, aim, require, fill, film, charter, drive, direct, ask, choose, subscribe, convey, submit, understand, conduct, interpret, take up, rent, take away, consider, accept, learn, withdraw, consume, contain, look at, remove

  8. learn, study, read, takeverb

    be a student of a certain subject

    "She is reading for the bar exam"

    Synonyms:
    require, pick up, occupy, interpret, rent, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, get word, take on, carry, watch, assume, meditate, scan, memorise, subscribe to, hold, choose, learn, fill, instruct, necessitate, discover, pick out, examine, register, con, have, hit the books, consider, need, study, get a line, say, get wind, contract, deal, adopt, film, remove, ascertain, translate, lease, train, check, consume, take up, larn, bring, analyze, strike, use up, select, take, engage, drive, find out, see, claim, demand, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, canvas, call for, take in, analyse, submit, canvass, take aim, shoot, aim, contemplate, direct, charter, hear, postulate, contain, determine, subscribe, convey, involve, acquire, look at, record, hire, accept, understand, guide, admit, teach, show, memorize, ask, conduct

  9. read, register, show, recordverb

    indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

    "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"

    Synonyms:
    express, demo, register, show, testify, establish, depict, evidence, put down, take, exhibit, point, indicate, say, record, picture, memorialize, cross-file, shew, file, immortalize, usher, scan, designate, memorialise, render, study, evince, prove, tape, present, demonstrate, understand, interpret, enter, commemorate, translate, immortalise, learn, show up, bear witness

  10. readverb

    audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

    "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  11. readverb

    to hear and understand

    "I read you loud and clear!"

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  12. 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, interpret, sympathize, translate, study, record, empathise, take, realise, realize, render, see, understand

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. readverb

    Synonyms:
    peruse

How to use read in a sentence?

  1. John Swartzwelder:

    The executives weren't sent advance copies of the scripts, and they couldn't attend read-throughs, even though they very much wanted to. All we had to do was please ourselves.

  2. Michael Zinberg:

    At the end of season 5, there was a script in which Emily gets pregnant, bob calls me and says, ‘ I just read the script. ’ And I say, ‘ Good. ’ He says, ‘ Yeah, it’s very funny. ’ I say, ‘ I ’m glad you like it. ’ He said, ‘ Who’s going to play Bob ? ’ It was his gentle way of telling me we’re not doing that show.

  3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    To learn, read; to understand, participate.

  4. Dining Table:

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  5. Damir Sabol:

    Basically, what we do is teach mobile phones to read things from the real world.

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#1493pass
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#37257impromptu
#60503misread
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#95126misinterpret
#128118extemporaneous
#263939extempore
#315898unpremeditated

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