Antonyms for read
rɛdread

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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. read

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

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

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1. read

   Antonyms:
   misread, misinterpret, overlook, misobserve

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

Matched Categories

1. • Audition
   • Interpret
   • Performing Arts
   • Predict
   • Speak
   • Understand

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 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

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1. readverb

   Synonyms:
   peruse

How to use read in a sentence?

1. Joe Biden:

   I don't read anything into it until I see what their actions are, we'll see if they follow through on what they’re suggesting.

2. Sasha Cox:

   I personally had my own Wild story, my mom died of cancer and I had read Wild and decided to leave and travel around the world. It was in doing that that I got the guts to start my own business.

3. Shannon Peterson:

   When I was a teen in the '90s, there were probably three shelves of teen books I wanted to read, now, I feel like it's evolved from three shelves to whole hallways of books.

4. Vijaya Gadde:

   I'm very sorry for this, we took a private photo with a gift just given to us — we should have been more thoughtful. Read MoreA Twitter strives to be an impartial platform for all.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

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