make clear

Main Entry:
decipher [dih-sahy-fer]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: figure out, understand
Synonyms: analyze, break, break down, bring out, cipher, construe, crack, decode, deduce, disentangle, dope out, elucidate, encipher, explain, expound, find the key, interpret, make clear, make out, puzzle out, read, render, reveal, solve, spell, translate, unfold, unravel, unriddle
Antonyms: code, encode, scramble
Main Entry: demonstrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: explain, illustrate
Synonyms: confirm, debunk, describe, express, give for instance, make clear, ostend, proclaim, set forth, show how, teach, testify to, walk one through
Antonyms: confuse, distort, falsify, misrepresent
Main Entry: describe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: explain in speech, writing
Synonyms: call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, name, narrate, outline, paint, particularize, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, write up
Antonyms: confuse, misrepresent, mix up
Main Entry: display
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: show for public viewing, effect
Synonyms: advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, bring to view, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand, illustrate, impart, lay bare, lay out, make clear, make known, manifest, model, open, open out, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, set out, show off, showcase, sport, spread out, stretch out, trot out, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp
Antonyms: conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold
Main Entry: emphasize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stress, give priority to
Synonyms: accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight
Antonyms: depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate
Main Entry: exhibit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put on view; present
Synonyms: advertise, air, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, evidence, evince, expose, express, feature, flash, flaunt, illustrate, indicate, let it all hang out, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, offer, ostend, parade, parade wares, proclaim, reveal, roll out, show, show and tell, show off, showcase, strut stuff, trot out, wave around
Antonyms: conceal, cover, hide
Main Entry: explicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clarify, expand
Synonyms: amplify, clear up, construe, demonstrate, develop, dilate, elucidate, enlarge upon, enucleate, expatiate, explain, expound, give the big picture, illustrate, interpret, make clear, make explicit, make plain, run down, spell out, tell why, unfold, untangle, work out
Notes: explicate also contains the implication that the something of which an account is being given is more complicated or detailed - so while one may explain why a child is crying, one would explicate the meaning of a poem or implications of a legal document; early senses of explain were 'smooth out' and 'spread flat'
Antonyms: cloud, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, tangle
Main Entry: get across
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: communicate an idea
Synonyms: bring home, convey, get through to, impart, make clear, make understood, pass on, put over, transmit
Antonyms: miscommunicate
Main Entry: illustrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demonstrate, exemplify
Synonyms: allegorize, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, draw a picture, elucidate, emblematize, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across, get over, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out, limelight, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, ostend, personify, picture, point up, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify
Antonyms: hide, obscure
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