explain (Also explaining, explained, explains) : Related Words Words similar in meaning to explain

  • explicate«
  • excuse«
  • explain«
  • clarify«
  • interpret«
  • clear up«
  • comment«
  • account for«
  • account«
  • elucidate«
  • alibi«
  • rede«
  • naturalize«
  • describe«
  • reason«
  • answer for«
  • sort out«
  • justify«
  • clear«
  • report«
  • develop«
  • apologize«
  • elaborate«
  • straighten out«
  • flesh out«
  • formulate«
  • shed light on«
  • expand«
  • reading«
  • apologise«
  • rationalize«
  • illuminate«
  • condone«
  • interpreting«
  • accounting«
  • clarifying«
  • demystify«
  • misinterpret«
  • enlighten«
  • crystallize«
  • enlarge«
  • pardon«
  • expound«
  • deconstruct«
  • gloss«
  • reinterpret«
  • annotate«
  • deriving«
  • rendering«
  • disambiguate«
  • rationalise«
  • crystalize«
  • moralize«
  • second-guess«
  • re-explain«
  • moralise«
  • lucubrate«
  • exposit«
  • expatiate«
  • etymologizing«
  • disk-jockey«
  • crystalise«
  • commentate«
  • dilate«
  • crystallise«
  • rubric«
  • disc-jockey«
  • explanation«
  • learn«
  • explanatory«
  • see«
  • explication«
  • exculpation«
  • self-justification«
  • define«
  • definition«
  • instance«
  • interpretation«
  • detail«
  • justification«
  • illustrate«
  • clarification«
  • clarity«
  • instructive«
  • commentary«
  • version«
  • inform«
  • derivation«
  • focus«
  • informative«
  • write up«
  • rendition«
  • study«
  • mitigation«
  • exposition«
  • cause«
  • simplification«
  • specify«
  • interpretive«
  • teach«
  • elucidation«
  • illumination«
  • lucidity«
  • pellucidity«
  • point out«
  • lucidness«
  • represent«
  • limpidity«
  • notice«
  • extenuation«
  • elucidative«
  • note«
  • interpretative«
  • clearness«
  • set forth«
  • walk-through«
  • declare«
  • twist«
  • misunderstanding«
  • remark«
  • instruct«
  • derive«
  • mitigate«
  • input«
  • plead«
  • spin«
  • simplify«
  • grounds«
  • render«
  • color«
  • warrant«
  • free«
  • cleared«
  • mature«
  • vindicated«
  • specialize«
  • exemplify«
  • colour«
  • vindicate«
  • mistaking«
  • construe«
  • absolve«
  • exonerated«
  • reformulate«
  • redevelop«
  • expounding«
  • specialise«
  • palliate«
  • absolved«
  • particularize«
  • particularise«
  • extenuate«
  • exculpated«
  • etymologize«
  • etymologise«
  • clear-cut«
  • suggest«
  • tell on«
  • tell«
  • say«
  • prove«
  • do«
  • let off«
  • indicate«
  • give voice«
  • give notice«
  • give away«
  • make«
  • demonstrate«
  • talk«
  • take the stand«
  • take the Fifth Amendment«
  • take the Fifth«
  • take down«
  • take«
  • evidence«
  • speak up«
  • speak out«
  • remind«
  • get«
  • read between the lines«
  • read«
  • case«
  • mistake«
  • approach«
  • present«
  • perceive«
  • expressed«
  • be amiss«
  • establish«
  • assert«
  • mention«
  • have«
  • regret«
  • warn«
  • propose«
  • point«
  • introduce«
  • promise«
  • cite«
  • show«
  • announce«
  • advise«
  • portray«
  • reference«
  • criticize«
  • word«
  • send word«
  • prepare«
  • minimize«
  • assure«
  • invent«
  • maintain«
  • condition«
  • downplay«
  • premise«
  • witness«
  • bear witness«
  • reduce«
  • observe«
  • phrase«
  • spell out«
  • draw out«
  • count out«
  • source«
  • letter«
  • fight back«
  • conceive«
  • asserting«
  • defend«
  • testify«
  • devise«
  • verify«
  • twist around«
  • educate«
  • fend for«
  • wise up«
  • mock up«
  • support«
  • attest«
  • pick apart«
  • review«
  • oppose«
  • condemn«
  • cover«
  • induce«
  • fill in«
  • draw«
  • fight down«
  • elicit«
  • detailing«
  • forgive«
  • fight«
  • picture«
  • reinforce«
  • attack«
  • notify«
  • affirm«
  • articulate«
  • prompt«
  • profile«
  • capture«
  • teaching«
  • informing«
  • redefine«
  • dig«
  • evoke«
  • mislead«
  • sound off«
  • legitimate«
  • state«
  • denounce«
  • depict«
  • betray«
  • model«
  • ground«
  • map«
  • wash one's hands«
  • reward«
  • manifest«
  • credit«
  • misunderstand«
  • crack«
  • extract«
  • sentence«
  • stimulate«
  • update«
  • criticise«
  • conceptualize«
  • sing«
  • coach«
  • understate«
  • swear«
  • paint«
  • train«
  • knock«
  • relieve«
  • lecture«
  • mentor«
  • misconstrue«
  • recount«
  • proclaim«
  • scan«
  • denote«
  • cue«
  • reexamine«
  • plain«
  • forge«
  • narrate«
  • recite«
  • dispatch«
  • sketch«
  • overhaul«
  • profess«
  • lighten«
  • designate«
  • shot«
  • drill«
  • footnote«
  • misread«
  • shop«
  • label«
  • oversimplify«
  • contrive«
  • quip«
  • opine«
  • minimise«
  • chart«
  • decree«
  • popularize«
  • framing«
  • forgiving«
  • doom«
  • illuminating«
  • gossip«
  • patent«
  • disabuse«
  • certify«
  • bulletin«
  • enlightening«
  • familiarize«
  • graph«
  • misreading«
  • discerning«
  • bless«
  • grass«
  • depose«
  • jibe«
  • rat«
  • tutor«
  • acquaint«
  • slam«
  • aver«
  • volunteer«
  • pervert«
  • consecrate«
  • exempt«
  • promulgate«
  • inoculate«
  • exclaim«
  • shaft«
  • popularise«
  • indoctrinate«
  • avow«
  • scoop«
  • misinform«
  • shit«
  • apprise«
  • sanctify«
  • debriefing«
  • familiarise«
  • silhouette«
  • swan«
  • rib«
  • misidentify«
  • assay«
  • unteach«
  • undeceive«
  • subjoining«
  • stylize«
  • stylise«
  • spoonfeed«
  • spiritualize«
  • spiritualise«
  • sensualize«
  • mythicize«
  • mythicise«
  • misconceive«
  • misapprehend«
  • literalize«
  • literalise«
  • kibbitz«
  • focalize«
  • focalise«
  • excogitate«
  • educe«
  • depone«
  • convolute«
  • conventionalize«
  • conceptualise«
  • concentre«
  • concenter«
  • catechize«
  • catechise«
  • carnalize«
  • apprize«
  • animalize«
  • animalise«
  • animadvert«
  • allegorize«
  • allegorise«
  • gibe«
  • ripening«
  • remonstrate«
  • ad-lib«
  • kibitz«
  • exemplifying«
  • edify«
  • hallow«
  • gestate«
  • philosophizing«
  • barb«
  • wisecrack«
  • induct«
  • limn«
  • snitch«
  • despatch«
  • annotating«
  • stag«
  • shew«
  • stopper«
  • sophisticate«
  • nark«
  • crystal clear«
  • written report«
  • news report«
  • description«
  • story«
  • expanding upon«
  • stipulative definition«
  • recursive definition«
  • ostensive definition«
  • explicit definition«
  • dictionary definition«
  • contextual definition«
  • literal interpretation«
  • broad interpretation«
  • defense«
  • apology«
  • judicial activism«
  • educational«
  • forgiveness«
  • expansion«
  • formulation«
  • accountable«
  • construction«
  • descriptive«
  • defence«
  • notation«
  • observer«
  • elaboration«
  • reconstruction«
  • defensive«
  • reviewer«
  • misinterpretation«
  • apologetic«
  • enlargement«
  • vindication«
  • disk jockey«
  • lucid«
  • justifiable«
  • commentator«
  • disc jockey«
  • illustrative«
  • readable«
  • oversimplification«
  • didactic«
  • amplification«
  • glossary«
  • rationalization«
  • well-defined«
  • deconstruction«
  • exegesis«
  • redefinition«
  • ijtihad«
  • expository«
  • reinterpretation«
  • demonstrative«
  • conceptualization«
  • annotation«
  • unequivocalness«
  • unambiguity«
  • simplism«
  • perspicuousness«
  • perspicuous«
  • perspicuity«
  • percipient«
  • ostensive«
  • monosemy«
  • luculent«
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