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clearing up
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | straighten out, resolve |
| Synonyms: | achieve, adjudicate, adjust, appoint, arrange, call the shots, choose, cinch, clean up, clear, clear up, clinch, come to a conclusion, come to a decision, come to an agreement, complete, concert, conclude, confirm, decide, determine, discharge, dispose, end, establish, figure, fix, form judgment, judge, make a decision, make certain, mediate, nail down, negotiate, order, pay, put an end to, put into order, reconcile, regulate, rule, satisfy, seal, set to rights, square, verify, work out |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mix up, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | solve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, resolve |
| Synonyms: | break*, clarify, clear up, construe, crack*, deal with, decide, decipher, decode, determine, disentangle, divine, do, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, fathom, figure out, find out, fix, get, get right, get to the bottom, have, hit, hit upon, illuminate, interpret, iron out, lick*, make a dent, make out, pan out, put two and two together, puzzle, reason, settle, think out, unfold, unlock, unravel, unriddle, untangle, work, work out |
| Antonyms: | pose, question, search, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clarify, explain |
| Synonyms: | break down, brief, clear up, clue in, decipher, decode, define, describe, diagram, draw a map, expound, fill someone in, get across, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain, point out, put across, put in plain English, teach, tell, throw light upon, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle |
| Main Entry: | square |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay off, satisfy |
| Synonyms: | balance, bribe, buy, buy off, clear, clear off, clear up, corrupt, discharge, fix, have, liquidate, make even, pay, pay up, quit, rig, settle, tamper with |
| Antonyms: | owe |
| Main Entry: | sweep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brush off, away |
| Synonyms: | broom, brush, brush up, clean, clear, clear up, mop, ready, remove, scrub, tidy, vacuum |
| Main Entry: | unfold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known |
| Synonyms: | announce, clarify, clear up, decipher, describe, disclose, discover, display, divulge, dope out, elucidate, explain, explicate, expose, figure out, illustrate, present, publish, resolve, reveal, show, solve, uncover, unravel |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, withhold |
| Main Entry: | untangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | straighten out |
| Synonyms: | clear up, disembroil, disencumber, disentangle, explain, extricate, put in order, solve, unravel, unscramble, unsnarl, untwist, unweave |
| Antonyms: | tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | unravel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve |
| Synonyms: | clear up, disclose, explain, resolve, sort out, unriddle |
| Main Entry: | illume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | illuminate |
| Synonyms: | better, clarify, clear up, construe, define, dramatize, edify, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, express, finish, give insight, gloss, illumine, illustrate, improve, instruct, interpret, light, lighten, perfect, polish, shed light on, uplight |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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