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explain
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXPLAIN
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to make plain or understandable <a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand>
Synonyms clarify, clear (up), construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle
Related Words decipher, decode; analyze, break down; disentangle, undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle; resolve, solve; define, specify; annotate, commentate, gloss
Antonyms obscure
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