interpret

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of INTERPRET

to make plain or understandable <a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction>

Synonyms clarify, clear (up), construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, get across, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle

Near Antonyms befog, cloud; confound, confuse, obfuscate

Antonyms obscure

to present a portrayal or performance of <interpreted the role of Fletcher Christian in a challengingly new way>

Synonyms do, impersonate, interpret, perform, play, portray

Related Words depict, dramatize, render, represent; act out, enact, pantomime, playact, role-play, take on; overact, overplay, underplay; ape, clown, ham, imitate, masquerade, mime, mimic, pose (as); star (in); coact, costar

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