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Synonyms for explain
ɪkˈspleɪnex·plain

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. explainverb

    To give a sufficiently detailed report about (a) the reason for something, about why something happened, about a causal chain of events; about (b) how something works, about how elements in a system interact; about (c) how to do something, about the steps which need to be accomplished in order to accomplish a certain goal.

    Synonyms:
    expound, elaborate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 4 votes

  1. explain

    Synonyms:
    expound, teach, illustrate, clear up, interpret, elucidate, decipher

    Antonyms:
    mystify, obscure, darken, bewilder, misinterpret

Princeton's WordNet3.7 / 3 votes

  1. explain, explicateverb

    make plain and comprehensible

    "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

    Synonyms:
    excuse, explicate, formulate, develop

  2. explainverb

    define

    "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

    Synonyms:
    excuse, explicate

  3. excuse, explainverb

    serve as a reason or cause or justification of

    "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

    Synonyms:
    relieve, rationalize, explicate, let off, beg off, excuse, pardon, condone, apologise, exempt, rationalise, apologize, justify

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 2 votes

  1. explainverb

    Synonyms:
    interpret, elucidate, expound, illustrate, unfold, solve, ECLAIRCIZE, clear up, make plain, throw light upon

  2. explainverb

    Synonyms:
    account, give a reason, give an explanation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. explainverb

    Synonyms:
    expound, elucidate, unfold, interpret

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How to use explain in a sentence?

  1. Lydia Pickering:

    I can't even begin to explain the impact Tessa Rane Majors had on me, tessa Rane Majors brought joy wherever Tessa Rane Majors went. Tessa Rane Majors had a personality no one could ever copy, Tessa Rane Majors was really just special.

  2. Charlie Kaufman:

    It's about 150 pages now. But, no ...  I can't talk about it, i couldn't explain it even if I wanted to.

  3. Chad Sneve:

    He was generous, kind and special in more ways than I can begin to explain, he was my everything, and he touched everyone he encountered.

  4. Edwin Kite:

    It's already hard to explain rivers or lakes based on the information we have, this makes a difficult problem even more difficult.

  5. Christopher Bathum:

    You gotta understand something, you’re in a world of accusation that’s amazingly complex that has people saying things, all kinds of crazy things that come out in a trauma-filled world. I can tell you there’s certainly easy ways to explain that.


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