Synonyms for read
rɛdread

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1. readverb

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

   Antonyms:
   pass

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

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1. read

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. read

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

   Antonyms:
   misread, misinterpret, overlook, misobserve

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. readverb

   Synonyms:
   peruse

2. readverb

   Synonyms:
   interpret, decipher, unravel, make out, understand

3. readverb

   Synonyms:
   practise reading, be studious in books

4. readverb

   Synonyms:
   be read, appear in reading

5. readadjective

   Synonyms:
   learned, versed in books

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1. readverb

   Synonyms:
   peruse

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1. List of paraphrases for "read":

   reading, follows, lu, lea, dsl, lis, bed, maltese, lus, leer, read-, leen, lira, interpreted, see, lean, lee, lire, readout, afl

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1. Stephen Colbert:

   I never thought I’d say this, but you’re only 81! You know what they say, they say 81 is the new 79. And don’t tell me your mind’s going. Because I’ve read Bush v. Gore and Citizens United, you never had one, oh, we are supremely screwed.

2. Rafael Nadal:

   Pablo Carreno Busta.READ's a super brave girl.

3. Tom Coker:

   He spent a great deal of time every week reading the Senate rule book. He read it so many times I thought he would wear the pages out.

4. Abigail Harding:

   Peter said to me, 'You need to read this, my gut feeling is that she's telling the truth,'.

5. Betty White:

   I am the luckiest old broad on two feet, i'm still able to get a job, at this age. I will go to my grave saying 'Can I come in and read for that tomorrow?'.